Written By Harper
July 7, 2018, 4:53 p.m.(2/24/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Esoka
Don't think I could have a better aunt than you, Aunt Esoka. Thanks for putting up with me chattering at you all the time. And for letting me adopt you.
Next time wet get together to talk, I promise not to shock you so much. Maybe we can try those scones together that I never got around to trying.
Next time wet get together to talk, I promise not to shock you so much. Maybe we can try those scones together that I never got around to trying.
Written By Fredrik
July 7, 2018, 4:49 p.m.(2/24/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Ida
How hard is it to find a book wedged in a cushion? Remind me to help you find your eyesight, next time, Dame Ida.
Also to explain that helm sometime.
Also to explain that helm sometime.
Written By Ida
July 7, 2018, 4:42 p.m.(2/24/1009 AR)
I tore apart what somewhat serves as my quarters at the shop today looking for a book about tools that I've been carrying around with me since I was an apprentice. I need it for a trip and genuinely feared I might have lost it for good. My assorted array of memory tokens, as I think I'll start calling them, are not a one where they should be, but I'll eventually get them sorted out again. I discovered a few things that I had thought were lost years ago, so things turned out better than I expected. A lot better. I really love my new desk.
Written By Joscelin
July 7, 2018, 4:40 p.m.(2/24/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Orelia
[the scholar notes that the subject is laughing very loudly, there's some concern over mania]
-she thinks I'll be organized for my wedding....!
[there's more laughter]
-she thinks I'll be organized for my wedding....!
[there's more laughter]
Written By Fredrik
July 7, 2018, 4:11 p.m.(2/24/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Luca
From: Desk of Lord Fredrik RedTyde
Subject: Scholars we prefer
I like working with Lord Fredrik RedTyde because I find him easy to relate to, understand, and I can trust him fully.
(jokes aside, I also enjoy working with Appolonia and Wynna, although this might be that I simply have not worked with many of the scholars yet!)
Subject: Scholars we prefer
I like working with Lord Fredrik RedTyde because I find him easy to relate to, understand, and I can trust him fully.
(jokes aside, I also enjoy working with Appolonia and Wynna, although this might be that I simply have not worked with many of the scholars yet!)
Written By Vanora
July 7, 2018, 3:47 p.m.(2/24/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Cambria
I rather enjoyed the essay you tucked into the whites a few days back, I actually read it through slowly. Would have been good with a cup of tea but the archives are so fastidious.
I think you should consider publishing a book. Something about...good listening, empathy, patience, generosity....and how those methods and traits serve Lycene so well.
The truths are what work, not the lies.
I think you should consider publishing a book. Something about...good listening, empathy, patience, generosity....and how those methods and traits serve Lycene so well.
The truths are what work, not the lies.
Written By Rymarr
July 7, 2018, 3:07 p.m.(2/24/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Ailith
I consider myself a knight, first and foremost. I nearly lapsed in that duty. I came quite close in allowing my thirst for adventure, battle, and more to cloud my judgment. I nearly failed to do what was right. When someone who was in need required my aid, I very nearly allowed my desire to mete out justice to overcome my senses. I very nearly left someone who needed me in a desperate moment, to fend for themselves. All so that I may chase valor and glory. I very nearly failed myself and others as a knight.
It is Seraph Ailith that I have to thank for guiding me to the proper path. In the moment where I may have very nearly stepped away from my own nature in order to pursue glory, Seraph Ailith was there to silently coach me back to the proper path. To aid someone who needed me, in that exact moment for their life could have very well depended upon it. I am happy to say that with Seraph Ailith's assistance, I stayed to the path and did what was right, over what would bring my name fame or appease my desire to engage with an enemy in battle.
Sometimes as a knight we must be the shield that refuses to move, so that those behind it may survive. It isn't all valiant charges and climatic moments of heroism. Sometimes it's rooting oneself in place, refusing to budge, and weathering the storm so that another may be protected from it. Sometimes one must stand in the back and watch their friends, allies, or even enemies-turned-allies-of-convenience throw themselves into the fray. Sometimes you must attend to your duty away from the front line, so that those in the front can rest assured that their backs are safe. It may not be what one favors, likes, enjoys, or finds thrilling. A necessity of battle sometimes, still.
Had I just gone charging off foolishly in pursuit of valor? I think I would have been much more disappointed in myself today. I think that others would have been even more disappointed in me. Had the one I needed to stand before died? Then I know that this entry would have been drastically different in tone and purpose. Injuries were suffered, but lives remain. For the sake of another? I'm thankful to have had the opportunity to step forward to fulfill that need. Whether a prayer was made or not, a knight appeared.
Thank you Seraph Ailith for reminding me of this in a heated moment. Without a single word spoken, you reminded me that sometimes a victory can not be the only pursuit. One must take stock of all of the consequences of that victory. A victory gained through extreme consequences is pyrrhic and often not worth the human lives spent to attain it.
It is Seraph Ailith that I have to thank for guiding me to the proper path. In the moment where I may have very nearly stepped away from my own nature in order to pursue glory, Seraph Ailith was there to silently coach me back to the proper path. To aid someone who needed me, in that exact moment for their life could have very well depended upon it. I am happy to say that with Seraph Ailith's assistance, I stayed to the path and did what was right, over what would bring my name fame or appease my desire to engage with an enemy in battle.
Sometimes as a knight we must be the shield that refuses to move, so that those behind it may survive. It isn't all valiant charges and climatic moments of heroism. Sometimes it's rooting oneself in place, refusing to budge, and weathering the storm so that another may be protected from it. Sometimes one must stand in the back and watch their friends, allies, or even enemies-turned-allies-of-convenience throw themselves into the fray. Sometimes you must attend to your duty away from the front line, so that those in the front can rest assured that their backs are safe. It may not be what one favors, likes, enjoys, or finds thrilling. A necessity of battle sometimes, still.
Had I just gone charging off foolishly in pursuit of valor? I think I would have been much more disappointed in myself today. I think that others would have been even more disappointed in me. Had the one I needed to stand before died? Then I know that this entry would have been drastically different in tone and purpose. Injuries were suffered, but lives remain. For the sake of another? I'm thankful to have had the opportunity to step forward to fulfill that need. Whether a prayer was made or not, a knight appeared.
Thank you Seraph Ailith for reminding me of this in a heated moment. Without a single word spoken, you reminded me that sometimes a victory can not be the only pursuit. One must take stock of all of the consequences of that victory. A victory gained through extreme consequences is pyrrhic and often not worth the human lives spent to attain it.
Written By Luca
July 7, 2018, 2 p.m.(2/24/1009 AR)
Dear Compact,
..this being addressed to all the people who come to paw through my white journal entries, for which I cannot blame you. I put so many things of interest here. I have an important question. Who is your favorite scholar to work with? I'm looking for someone who can handle a little terror while I drag them into a joint venture that will both thrill and possibly leave them drunk. But they have to be able to also write it all down. It could also be a little dry in parts, but life is a series of challenges to overcome, isn't it? Just for the people who only skim the first and last lines of these things, I'll ask again at the bottom:
Who is your favorite scholar to work with?
..this being addressed to all the people who come to paw through my white journal entries, for which I cannot blame you. I put so many things of interest here. I have an important question. Who is your favorite scholar to work with? I'm looking for someone who can handle a little terror while I drag them into a joint venture that will both thrill and possibly leave them drunk. But they have to be able to also write it all down. It could also be a little dry in parts, but life is a series of challenges to overcome, isn't it? Just for the people who only skim the first and last lines of these things, I'll ask again at the bottom:
Who is your favorite scholar to work with?
Written By Fredrik
July 7, 2018, 1:45 p.m.(2/24/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Cambria
from: Desk of Lord Fredrik RedTyde
Subject: Not being 'that' person
That was a long read, but a good one, full of excellent advice. You really should take the Whisper Natalia's sage suggestion and turn these into pamphlets to be left in all the big social locations of Arx. Please, for the good of all.
Subject: Not being 'that' person
That was a long read, but a good one, full of excellent advice. You really should take the Whisper Natalia's sage suggestion and turn these into pamphlets to be left in all the big social locations of Arx. Please, for the good of all.
Written By Lisebet
July 7, 2018, 1:19 p.m.(2/24/1009 AR)
All of this jogging in the early morning makes me tired. Are you sure I really need to?
Written By Josephine
July 7, 2018, 12:09 p.m.(2/24/1009 AR)
I stood beside my daughter and looked at the piece made before it was to be sent off to the Duchess. The dragonweep. So many evenings spent taking care with it, each curl carefully bent. No seams seen. Lord Grady even spent an evening or two joining me when he wasn't busy with work or his wife and I showed him some of the finer points of tending to the ignots and fashioning the piece. He struck the sytgian a time or two and helped to file and polish. More the polish. His song now added to the whole of it. All piece get my best but some pieces just seem to fall into place better. I hope that she finds joy in this. The song I hear is a blend of sorrow and joy and I am sure to hear it for some time. Till something else sings a little sweeter in it's desire.
Written By Natalia
July 7, 2018, 11:33 a.m.(2/24/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Bliss
I went and looked. If it were anyone else I'd suggest you just read it, because it's good advice.
The last thing YOU need to worry about is being boring, though.
You really don't need the advice. I can't help but feel like we should make pamphlets out of her entry and leave them on a table in the reception room, though. As a helpful tip.
The last thing YOU need to worry about is being boring, though.
You really don't need the advice. I can't help but feel like we should make pamphlets out of her entry and leave them on a table in the reception room, though. As a helpful tip.
Written By Orelia
July 7, 2018, 9:09 a.m.(2/23/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Edward
Oh no! Place guards around the cheese, immediately if not sooner!
Written By Edward
July 7, 2018, 8:37 a.m.(2/23/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Orelia
Panic! The rum is gone...
Written By Cullen
July 7, 2018, 7:26 a.m.(2/23/1009 AR)
It's a curious thing to never have been out to sea, and now my first such voyage is coming up rather quickly. I am both rather thrilled and figuring that I should pray to Mangata for calm weather, although I doubt I should be so fortunate. I suppose the lesson I ought take from this is to do more sailing, although I can honestly say it never crossed my mind in the Greenwood that such a thing would be a concern. Change is constant, inevitable and desirable.
Written By Cullen
July 7, 2018, 7:11 a.m.(2/23/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Quenia
I had the good fortune to attend a dinner hosted by Marquessa Quenia Igniseri recently, and all of her innate qualities as a charming conversationalist, gracious hostess, and an all around intelligent individual were on full display. Having the opportunity to sit down, dine, and drink with her, her family and friends was a rather noteworthy occasion.
Written By Thorley
July 7, 2018, 6:33 a.m.(2/23/1009 AR)
It has been a strange week. I suppose I should have finally made my way out more now that I've had a couple of months to feel my way around Arx again. Yet I find myself dreaming of home. Should I wish to return, it will not be alone. Not this time. Not ever again if it can be helped.
The search has begun. And I am glad to make new friendships and alliances in the process.
The search has begun. And I am glad to make new friendships and alliances in the process.
Written By Orelia
July 7, 2018, 6:11 a.m.(2/23/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
It is almost time! I imagine my dearest cousin is in quite the flurry of excitement and, knowing her, meticulous organisation.
I hope she will enjoy the few verses I've strung together for her, as my gift. And no, these ones are not about potatoes.
Not to sound like a priss, but I have absolutely /nothing/ to wear. I wonder if Luca might lend me one of his shirts, if I promise not to spill rum on it..? Bah, any garments of his are likely soaked in rum down to the last thread, anyway.
I hope she will enjoy the few verses I've strung together for her, as my gift. And no, these ones are not about potatoes.
Not to sound like a priss, but I have absolutely /nothing/ to wear. I wonder if Luca might lend me one of his shirts, if I promise not to spill rum on it..? Bah, any garments of his are likely soaked in rum down to the last thread, anyway.
Written By Orelia
July 7, 2018, 5:59 a.m.(2/23/1009 AR)
I find myself oddly inspired, today. I can't quite put my finger on it. What? Yes, scribe, I am quite serious. Come on, here, I'll clap the rhythm for you while I sing...
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They're red, they're white, they're brown
They get that way underground
There can't be much to do
So now they have blue ones too.
We don't care what they look like, we'll eat them
Any way they can fit on our plate
Any way we can conjure to heat them
We're delighted to think they're just great.
Potato potato potato
Potato Potato Potato Potato
Potato potato potato
Potato potato potato
Sometimes you ditch the skin
To eat what it's holding in
Sometimes you'd rather, please,
Have just the outside with cheese.
They have eyes but they do not have faces
I don't know if their feeling get hurt
By just hanging around in dark places
Where they only can stare at the dirt.
Potato potato potato
Potato Potato Potato Potato
Potato potato potato
Potato potato potato
I guess the use is scant
For other parts of the plant
But that which grows in view
Is eating potato too.
I imagine them under their acres
Out in Stonehearth or Arx, just the same
They'll be wondering if they'll be bakers
Or new, deep-fried, boiled or plain.
Potato potato potato
Potato Potato Potato Potato
Potato potato potato
Potato potato
Potato potato
Potato potato potato.
(Actual credit: Cheryl Wheeler)
----
They're red, they're white, they're brown
They get that way underground
There can't be much to do
So now they have blue ones too.
We don't care what they look like, we'll eat them
Any way they can fit on our plate
Any way we can conjure to heat them
We're delighted to think they're just great.
Potato potato potato
Potato Potato Potato Potato
Potato potato potato
Potato potato potato
Sometimes you ditch the skin
To eat what it's holding in
Sometimes you'd rather, please,
Have just the outside with cheese.
They have eyes but they do not have faces
I don't know if their feeling get hurt
By just hanging around in dark places
Where they only can stare at the dirt.
Potato potato potato
Potato Potato Potato Potato
Potato potato potato
Potato potato potato
I guess the use is scant
For other parts of the plant
But that which grows in view
Is eating potato too.
I imagine them under their acres
Out in Stonehearth or Arx, just the same
They'll be wondering if they'll be bakers
Or new, deep-fried, boiled or plain.
Potato potato potato
Potato Potato Potato Potato
Potato potato potato
Potato potato
Potato potato
Potato potato potato.
(Actual credit: Cheryl Wheeler)
Written By Aethan
July 7, 2018, 1:53 a.m.(2/23/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Ian
My brother is the first Sword of Stormward. There are none more deserving. I'm proud of you.
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