Written By Aiden
May 21, 2017, 4:34 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Valerion
It wasn't your fault. As I always said Cousin, girls are weird. The trip we're going to take will help get your mind off things for a while. The world is so vast and there are so many people in it. You'll get through this.
Written By Aiden
May 21, 2017, 4:28 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Arcelia
I would marry you, if such possibilities were broached. You are a fine woman and I do think you'll have no trouble finding a good match for your House. I hope you do not look terribly on me for changing my outlook on love. Even so, I think the trip we're all planning will be well worth it, for a break away from Arx and in spending more quality time together with our friends.
Written By Reese
May 21, 2017, 4:27 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
The celebrations are nice to see. Celebrating still existing is good!
But I know there is much work to be done and I will be continuing my patrols.
But I know there is much work to be done and I will be continuing my patrols.
Written By Aiden
May 21, 2017, 4:25 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Estaban
You are the finest quality of a friend. I do hope you can secure us a ship. I think we all need the break from the city.
Written By Rymarr
May 21, 2017, 4:22 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
I should probably get some sort of duty beyond the manor and patrols with the household guard. Stop being a shiftless layabout. A job, perhaps.
Written By Karadoc
May 21, 2017, 4:16 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
I think today I should learn to not hurt myself in a sparring ring... Before I go into one with someone I am quite certain means to hurt me in one.
Written By Karadoc
May 21, 2017, 4:08 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Eirene
I was auctioned off last night. I am near to certain it was a pity bid, but, 20 thousand silver is still a not inconsiderate sum.
I had thought those with highest titles would go for the most. Generally, that was true. Edain garnered 5 times my amount, and didn't even show.
But.... Auntie Eirene? That was something to behold. I'll never forget that night, when we learned her worth!
I had thought those with highest titles would go for the most. Generally, that was true. Edain garnered 5 times my amount, and didn't even show.
But.... Auntie Eirene? That was something to behold. I'll never forget that night, when we learned her worth!
Written By Serafine
May 21, 2017, 3:49 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Harper
I'm a big fan of 'Eat a dick'.
Written By Ford
May 21, 2017, 3:45 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
I'm starting to think that my missives disintegrate the moment I stop holding them...
It's the only way to explain the sheer lack of responses from anyone in this fucking city.
It's the only way to explain the sheer lack of responses from anyone in this fucking city.
Written By Marian
May 21, 2017, 3:28 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Katarina
Mistress of the Sea
How you carry me
From desert sands
To Arxian beaches
Always flowing wild and free.
Mistress of the Sea
How you play with me
From teasing tides
To ebbing shallows
A mystery throughout history.
Mistress of the Sea
How you defy me
From crashing into rocks
Through narrowing straights
Never to be restrained by fates.
Mistress of the Sea
How you nourish me
From your deeps with bounty
Through the storms and calm
Waters that never bind or anchor me.
How you carry me
From desert sands
To Arxian beaches
Always flowing wild and free.
Mistress of the Sea
How you play with me
From teasing tides
To ebbing shallows
A mystery throughout history.
Mistress of the Sea
How you defy me
From crashing into rocks
Through narrowing straights
Never to be restrained by fates.
Mistress of the Sea
How you nourish me
From your deeps with bounty
Through the storms and calm
Waters that never bind or anchor me.
Written By Thena
May 21, 2017, 3:19 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
Anyone who wants to call Guardsmen Sparte a liar should come to me first so I can give you the slap across the mouth you deserve.
Sparte would probably not approve of my doing this, which is why you're getting the warning.
Sparte would probably not approve of my doing this, which is why you're getting the warning.
Written By Calypso
May 21, 2017, 3:18 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
Returning to the public training center this week was a humbling experience. I feel as though my clout as a General has some how managed to turn in to clout as a Champion. Which I'm sure is sorely disappointing to those face me n the training pit. I hold my own but truly a proper spar for me is fought between battalions and not individuals.
That said, I look forward to learning more personal combat.
That said, I look forward to learning more personal combat.
Written By Harper
May 21, 2017, 3:08 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Sparte
This is what'cu do when someone's bein' wrong and callin' you a liar.
1. Say "Bite."
2. Say "My Ass."
3. Say "You Smellfungus." OR "You Mumpsimus." Both are good words that Scholar told me.
In a sentence to the donkey's mother that's hurtin' your feelings: "Bite my ass you smellfungus." Then, you go on about your own day.
1. Say "Bite."
2. Say "My Ass."
3. Say "You Smellfungus." OR "You Mumpsimus." Both are good words that Scholar told me.
In a sentence to the donkey's mother that's hurtin' your feelings: "Bite my ass you smellfungus." Then, you go on about your own day.
Written By Sparte
May 21, 2017, 2:36 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
I don't quite know what to say to people when they call me a liar. I know I can't always explain things clearly, either because of given word or just my own fool tongue. In the face of opinions on what is best for me, what I should be doing with myself, I too often disappoint. I know how I feel about things, but... Why do others believe they know my heart and mind better than myself? Worse, why do they seem to hate me when they're wrong?
Written By Marian
May 21, 2017, 2:27 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Donella
Raven black locks
With eyes deep blue,
Pure skin of ivory
Shines right through
The darkest day.
You make the angels weep
With how your beauty shines
And leaves us mortals
Feeling the emptiness
Of our own visage.
You are not content
To sit on your throne
A mannequin of plenty.
Only fools of cacophony
Would claim it so.
Intellect and reason
Are your craftsmen’s tools.
Vision and temperance
Are your nighttime guide.
You are a monarch butterfly.
Violence and whispers
Snip at your heels.
Tradition and fear
Try to clip your wings.
But you are not daunted.
Politics and passion
Follow in suit.
Princes and princesses
Watch your words.
Oh how your soar.
With eyes deep blue,
Pure skin of ivory
Shines right through
The darkest day.
You make the angels weep
With how your beauty shines
And leaves us mortals
Feeling the emptiness
Of our own visage.
You are not content
To sit on your throne
A mannequin of plenty.
Only fools of cacophony
Would claim it so.
Intellect and reason
Are your craftsmen’s tools.
Vision and temperance
Are your nighttime guide.
You are a monarch butterfly.
Violence and whispers
Snip at your heels.
Tradition and fear
Try to clip your wings.
But you are not daunted.
Politics and passion
Follow in suit.
Princes and princesses
Watch your words.
Oh how your soar.
Written By Anze
May 21, 2017, 1:09 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
Well, new experiences are worth something right? That was certainly a new experience. Not sure how Calypso managed to get out of it but, she owes me one now.
Written By Eleyna
May 21, 2017, 1:02 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Harper
You might be the only person in this city to actually refer to Talen and I as 'relationship goals'.
I swear I heard someone mutter 'match made in the Abyss' at our wedding.
Pretty sure I'm related to whoever said it as well. Luca.
I swear I heard someone mutter 'match made in the Abyss' at our wedding.
Pretty sure I'm related to whoever said it as well. Luca.
Written By Rymarr
May 21, 2017, 1:01 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
Relationship Note on Orazio
The Heart of Solace. The list of nicknames I can attribute to the Legate only grows. I hope the Purveyor of Frowns likes the new nickname provided to him by the populace. He's certainly earned it.
Written By Eirene
May 21, 2017, 12:51 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
I must be the most fucking valuable person in Arx. 200,000 total.
I can't even begin to describe what the hell that was. I hadn't had enough to drink before hand and clearly too much afterwards.
But the money will be good to help the city rebuild. Can't argue that.
And I guess I clean up nice? Hell if I know...
I can understand why Prince Mason would be upset; if it was a permanent thing, if I had been doing it against my will or my time purchased by someone I had no desire or inclination to spend time with -- that would be different. But I can see how it smacks of uglier traditions and a devalue of human life.
I can't even begin to describe what the hell that was. I hadn't had enough to drink before hand and clearly too much afterwards.
But the money will be good to help the city rebuild. Can't argue that.
And I guess I clean up nice? Hell if I know...
I can understand why Prince Mason would be upset; if it was a permanent thing, if I had been doing it against my will or my time purchased by someone I had no desire or inclination to spend time with -- that would be different. But I can see how it smacks of uglier traditions and a devalue of human life.
Written By Aislin
May 21, 2017, 12:45 p.m.(7/3/1006 AR)
One of my favorite parts of being an explorer, an adventurer, is learning to try to see the world through different eyes. And Prince Mason's recent white journal serves as a reminder to how we can become blind to certain aspects of our own culture that we take for granted.
To an Arvani, auctioning off time with someone may seem harmless; we see someone willingly putting themselves up there, auctioning off not themselves -- or so we tell ourselves -- but their time. And for a good cause! It's only for a short time, after all, and they chose to do so.
But to foreign eyes, it must look like we're play-acting at the slave auctions in Skal'daja, the City of Chains. And perhaps there's less difference than we'd like to admit. If the winning bidder demanded things of their 'purchase' -- to change their hair color, or shave their head, or perform actions they did not want to do -- we cross the line and become what Eurusi eyes see there. I'll admit, the ending of the auction -- around the point where I showed up -- did make me a bit uncomfortable, what with the demands that Count Darkwater change his appearance.
And while I don't think the charity auction is evil or corrupt in intention... it does make me think, nonetheless.
Perhaps we all could stand to learn to look at each other through different eyes, now and then. A Grayson looking at ourselves through Lycene eyes, a Thrax looking at themselves through Valardin eyes, and so on. Or through eyes more foreign still.
To an Arvani, auctioning off time with someone may seem harmless; we see someone willingly putting themselves up there, auctioning off not themselves -- or so we tell ourselves -- but their time. And for a good cause! It's only for a short time, after all, and they chose to do so.
But to foreign eyes, it must look like we're play-acting at the slave auctions in Skal'daja, the City of Chains. And perhaps there's less difference than we'd like to admit. If the winning bidder demanded things of their 'purchase' -- to change their hair color, or shave their head, or perform actions they did not want to do -- we cross the line and become what Eurusi eyes see there. I'll admit, the ending of the auction -- around the point where I showed up -- did make me a bit uncomfortable, what with the demands that Count Darkwater change his appearance.
And while I don't think the charity auction is evil or corrupt in intention... it does make me think, nonetheless.
Perhaps we all could stand to learn to look at each other through different eyes, now and then. A Grayson looking at ourselves through Lycene eyes, a Thrax looking at themselves through Valardin eyes, and so on. Or through eyes more foreign still.
Please note that the scholars may take some time preparing your journal for others to read.