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Written By Tessa

Feb. 15, 2018, 3:43 p.m.(3/7/1008 AR)

I have learned something about myself today.... that adventure is fun!

Oh and baby mountain lions are ADORABLE with little bandanas on their heads.

Commander Cougar will have to join Sir Pupsalot and Captain Curls in my personal guard.

Written By Reigna

Feb. 15, 2018, 3:30 p.m.(3/7/1008 AR)

Each new day is a blessing. A promise of potential, up to each of us to fill. We each have a choice -- a dozen dozen choices on what we want to do with the time we have. It is not an easy thing to grapple with, if you sit and really think about the choices we face. It is so very easy to fall into a line of thought, the illusion that there is no choice. But *everything* we do is a choice. Even if we choose to do nothing at all.

Today, I am choosing not to focus too far ahead.
Today, I am choosing to see the best in those around me, to believe in the essential good in my fellow humans (and elves!).
Today, I am choosing to be the best possible version of myself.
Today, I am choosing to be brave.
Today, I am choosing to be hopeful.

Today, as I do everyday, I will pray to our gods, for the safety of my husband, my family, my fealty, our Compact, our world.
Today, as I do everyday, I will love my husband with all my heart, trust in him and his ability, his honor and his martial prowess.
Today, as I do everyday, I will care for our children, give them love and sustenance and teach them.
Today, as I do everyday, I will work for the health and betterment of those of Arx, through healing the sick and wounded and preparing for what comes.
Today, as I do everyday, I will teach someone something new.

Tomorrow I will be better.
Tomorrow I will be stronger.

What of you, Arxians? What will you do today to fulfill your promise of potential? Who will you be tomorrow?

Written By Saoirse

Feb. 15, 2018, 2:34 p.m.(3/7/1008 AR)

Relationship Note on Caith

Of course you got a dog with no legs. Of course you did.

Written By Aeryn

Feb. 15, 2018, 11:15 a.m.(3/7/1008 AR)

First Bloom is coming! First Bloom is coming!
My most favorite of all holidays!

Archlector Roran is doing a thing for it! I can't wait!

Written By Cassima

Feb. 15, 2018, 10:10 a.m.(3/6/1008 AR)

In just a few short weeks, the world has become far more complicated than I ever imagined it could be.

I am finding solace in the quiet, late nights when I am able to work on my book. It shall be my pride and joy when it is completed.

Perhaps it is a useless thing to write a book, when there is so much else going on that seems so deserving of the effort. But my knowledge and capabilities are in numbers, and it is there that I find peace.

To live in a simple numerical world, where the greatest excitement is being an award-winning clam. Ah, what a life that would be.

Written By Lucita

Feb. 15, 2018, 9:31 a.m.(3/6/1008 AR)

Relationship Note on Quenia

Snicker. Kidnapped...Uh Huh! Giggle.
I'm glad that you were able to play along and that at long last you are finding out just how much fun the unexpected, and playful flirting can be. Your betrothed has hidden depths below that formal, dignified surface. Good to see you are avoiding tedium and enjoying each other's company.

Written By Quenia

Feb. 15, 2018, 8:38 a.m.(3/6/1008 AR)

I was informed that I was being taken against my will last night, and then was promptly taken to the Arvum botanical gardens. I informed my captor that my family would probably be mounting a rescue at any moment, so he didn't have much time, and that likely Duchess Dafne would pay any ransom he wanted. He seemed indifferent to the inherent dangers those things could have.

That said, I had a rather delightful conversation with Prince Aurelian, whereby we plotted a family-only event meant for House Igniseri to get to know him better, as well as other issues that might have potential road blocks down the road. Plus, it got me away from the paperwork that has been plaguing my desk since calling the banners.

I'm still rather certain my family would have mounted a rescue, and Duchess Dafne may have paid his ransom. But, in the end, he returned me to my home, a perfect gentleman. I could, possibly, get used to nights like that.

Written By Mattheu

Feb. 14, 2018, 9:12 p.m.(3/5/1008 AR)

Relationship Note on Vano

Serious, as the day is long, the fun is hidden away, I hope it comes to play again!

Written By Mattheu

Feb. 14, 2018, 9:12 p.m.(3/5/1008 AR)

Relationship Note on Eshra

Sister, oh mine, you amaze me, with your wit, and your drive, but fun is need. I hope you remember this.

Written By Caith

Feb. 14, 2018, 8:46 p.m.(3/5/1008 AR)

Relationship Note on Saoirse

Next Salon-style debate topic: How Drunk is Princess Saoirse - The Pros and Cons of Day-Drinking.

Written By Saoirse

Feb. 14, 2018, 8:39 p.m.(3/5/1008 AR)

Relationship Note on Caith

I cannot believe I am having a Salon-style debate about kittens in bars. How drunk am I.

Written By Eleanor

Feb. 14, 2018, 8:26 p.m.(3/5/1008 AR)

I went to see Seraph Ailith the other day, who sent me to Archlector Roran. I've been feeling disconnected from my faith and I was looking for guidance with something that I couldn't quite put into words. They are both wonderful and gave me very good advice. Blessed Roran has given me an assignment. I started today.

Day 1. What is a change or moment of growth in your past, that was the hardest, or perhaps, was far more painful than you thought it would be?

The day I showed up at Crownguard Tower and asked to be trained. My mother was with me. I was only fourteen, but I felt so old and grown up at the time. I'd been longing for that moment for years, dreaming of it day and night. I remember walking up to the Tower clinging to my mother's hand (yes, very grown up), as it got taller and taller as we approached. The moment the Lord Commander accepted me was one of the happiest of my life. I'd never been more proud.

But the things I hadn't thought about, all those years I'd been dreaming about joining the King's Own: leaving my mother, leaving my father, leaving the ocean. I hadn't spent more than a few days in a row on land, before. I had no idea how much I would struggle to fall asleep in a bed that didn't rock with the waves, or how much I would miss the smell of salt in my hair, or the reflection of stars on the water. And no matter how prepared you think you are, it's impossible to be quite ready for the difficulty of King's Own training. (Thank you, Lord Commander.) At least that helped me sleep at night.

I love being a knight of the King's Own, and I don't regret a single moment of my path to get here. But when I reflect back on it, I honestly had no idea how big of a change it would be. I THOUGHT I knew, but I didn't. I had no clue. Every single part of my world changed, literally the ground beneath me. Would I have been brave enough to go through with it, had I known? I'm not sure. I suppose there's a lesson there.

Written By Margerie

Feb. 14, 2018, 7:26 p.m.(3/5/1008 AR)

Relationship Note on Roran

The Archlector's writing about change has inspired me! While this may not be a direct answer to the questions he posed our community, those questions did make me think of all the times when children have come in and out of my life and how important it is to work together to provide them all youngsters with the greatest opportunities. I look forward to seeing what the communities of our city can pull together, to have a legacy for all the youngsters yet to come!

Written By Itzal

Feb. 14, 2018, 6:43 p.m.(3/5/1008 AR)

Relationship Note on Mae

Now that seems like a big step, not one I'd like to take lightly. Perhaps you'd care to tell me of your experiences when you find yourself a patron?

Written By Mae

Feb. 14, 2018, 6:31 p.m.(3/5/1008 AR)

Relationship Note on Itzal

Getting a pet seems like a mighty big responsibility for you. Are you sure you wouldn't be better off just finding someone to take you in as their pet? I'm sure there's plenty of people in the city that would feed and walk you regularly.

Written By Itzal

Feb. 14, 2018, 6:28 p.m.(3/5/1008 AR)

Relationship Note on Tomwell

I've been told cats are independant arrogant pricks that care about their master so long as they're fed.

So really so far I think they'd be the perfect fit for me.

Written By Tomwell

Feb. 14, 2018, 5:15 p.m.(3/5/1008 AR)

Relationship Note on Itzal

I just got a kitten. She's gorgeous, I highly recommend it.

Written By Itzal

Feb. 14, 2018, 4:58 p.m.(3/5/1008 AR)

I wonder, should I get a dog, or a cat?

Why, you ask, do I set this down in the whites?

Why not? I've just read the last dozen entries, you have no high ground to stand on.

Written By Roran

Feb. 14, 2018, 3:49 p.m.(3/5/1008 AR)

A petitioner came to the shrine, professing to be experiencing a disconnection with the faith. Not that they didn't believe in so much as they did not feel the fullness of the Gods in as much as they did before.

You are not alone.

In truth, this happens far more often than most are willing or even able to speak. To feel this distance, instead of closeness, happens to many. It spurs people forward and in most times, to take action to close this distance. I applaud this. Personal growth is still growth even if it's retaking steps that you fell back on.

And so I take to my whites to lay to paper the set of tasks that I set before the petitioner in the hopes that those who may be feeling the disconnect or at least a disconnect with Lagoma and are uncomfortable to paying visit to the shrine to speak with a disciple, devoted or otherwise, can follow in the steps that this other individual will be taking and join them on their journey. It takes no more than a few minutes a day or longer, depending on how long you want to devote to it.

I encourage you to take to your whites and record your thoughts. Even those who do not feel this disconnect but feel close as ever to our Gods and their ideals are encouraged to do the same. Sit before a flame, close your eyes and think upon the answer to the following questions.

Day 1. What is a change or moment of growth in your past, that was the hardest, or perhaps, was far more painful than you thought it would be?

Dary 2. What is a moment of personal growth or change that came far easier to you than you thought it would be?

Day 3. What is one small thing that you think the compact as a whole, needs to change for the better?

Day 4. What is one thing, that you think you could do, to change yourself or the better. Easy or hard? What could you do to achieve this change? Do it.

When you have attempted the change, I encourage you to come to the shrine, sit on a bench and looking into the eternal flame, meditate upon the following. How has this change, this betterment, affect you? For the better? For the worse?

As ever and always, I make myself available in the Shrine of Lagoma for all those who might need guidance and I look forward to hearing the words of those who choose to take up this exercise.

Written By Theron

Feb. 14, 2018, 2:56 p.m.(3/5/1008 AR)

Relationship Note on Brianna

You might be right, I could use being more impulsive, sometimes. Fully embrace it and all that.

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