Written By Quenia
June 20, 2018, 8:15 a.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
Is it ever acceptable to lie? I'd say, in some cases, yes. Especially if your life and the lives of the people surrounding you may be on the line, or the lives of others in general.
I learned that lesson the hard way. I told him I was dealing with family issues, that were unavoidable, to delay the wedding until the investigation ended. I suppose you could argue that it was true, it was. But, I still had doubts at that time, and having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that he could have done the things others said he'd done. I wasn't sure, and I felt all the poorly for it. Each single day after that was excruciating. But, then, he lied to me first. And, his lie was was so, so much worse than the one I had to tell. His omission too, when I told him that others had betrayed me in the past, and that I was wary of a relationship. But, I let one foster and grow, and he'd betrayed me as others have.
So, yes. In some cases. I think it is acceptable. But, it doesn't make you feel any better for having done it, or any less a liar, even if it saved lives.
I learned that lesson the hard way. I told him I was dealing with family issues, that were unavoidable, to delay the wedding until the investigation ended. I suppose you could argue that it was true, it was. But, I still had doubts at that time, and having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that he could have done the things others said he'd done. I wasn't sure, and I felt all the poorly for it. Each single day after that was excruciating. But, then, he lied to me first. And, his lie was was so, so much worse than the one I had to tell. His omission too, when I told him that others had betrayed me in the past, and that I was wary of a relationship. But, I let one foster and grow, and he'd betrayed me as others have.
So, yes. In some cases. I think it is acceptable. But, it doesn't make you feel any better for having done it, or any less a liar, even if it saved lives.
Written By Edward
June 20, 2018, 8:04 a.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Vanora
The feast was wonderful. Well thought out and well prepared.
Written By Cullen
June 20, 2018, 7:05 a.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Truly, some of the most fortuitous events can spring out of some of the most strange occurrences - something I should expect by now.
Written By Arik
June 20, 2018, 3:09 a.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Eilonwy
Eilonwy Thunderoak a prodigal voice of House Blackwood. She is young but brutal honesty can take a person far. We will see what my newest protege can accomplish. In the oldest of prodigal tradition what one strives for is a mark of character and civility, traits held high by the Compact.
Written By Prisila
June 20, 2018, 2:08 a.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
The requests in the classifieds are just getting more and more eclectic. I like it.
Written By Derovai
June 20, 2018, 1:55 a.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
We're talking now? How very interesting. I hope you've been well, Countess Keaton, and I am flattered that my idle musings have caught your notice. Is that play going well?
Written By Reigna
June 20, 2018, 1:35 a.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Derovai
I was not aware that I said that they were?
Asking the same question in multiple ways is really only an acceptable tactic if the person you are asking is not understanding. Otherwise one might think that you are trying to influence the answers you receive.
Asking the same question in multiple ways is really only an acceptable tactic if the person you are asking is not understanding. Otherwise one might think that you are trying to influence the answers you receive.
Written By Lys
June 20, 2018, 1 a.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
I dreamt I stood before a table carved from gleaming stygian. This great table stretched on and on until it was wrapped in shadows. The chairs were carved of the purest iridescite and they sat empty. Yet I stood to the left at the head of the table, pouring wine into a goblet of gold until it overflowed and ran like a river of blood across the shining black surface of the table.
Written By Derovai
June 20, 2018, 12:53 a.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
"Is it ever acceptable to lie? Is it better to be polite or to express what you really think of the actions and beliefs of someone else?"
These two questions aren't really the same thing.
These two questions aren't really the same thing.
Written By Saoirse
June 20, 2018, 12:46 a.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
For the record, Bliss, Luca, Tikva, and I are all in cahoots.
Just in case we were all worried about the Very Serious Merits of Dueling again.
Just in case we were all worried about the Very Serious Merits of Dueling again.
Written By Luca
June 20, 2018, 12:27 a.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Ainsley
I'll take one.
Written By Reigna
June 19, 2018, 11:45 p.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Ainsley
I know only too well your anxieties, your Highness. I feel them as well. Wanting to protect them, each and every one. But the best thing we can give them is a place to be loved. We have heard them. Listened, taken down the lists. Hopefully their burdens are fewer, even if our shoulders are more bowed.
Know you have my deepest respect and admiration.
Know you have my deepest respect and admiration.
Written By Ainsley
June 19, 2018, 11:27 p.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
The children are ready for homes, they would even like to have homes... families. It would be cruel of me to keep them still-- I can't devote, forever, the amount of time they need. And my own children are not restful companions for children who need a lot of human attention, but gentle... oh so gentle and quietly calm attention.
But gods as my witnesses, these children will break me. Giving them over into the care of others...
I must do it, for their well being.
But I don't like it one bit.
But gods as my witnesses, these children will break me. Giving them over into the care of others...
I must do it, for their well being.
But I don't like it one bit.
Written By Cambria
June 19, 2018, 11:22 p.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Two years.
One new Mazetti.
Zero deaths in the family.
One new Mazetti.
Zero deaths in the family.
Written By Coraline
June 19, 2018, 9:27 p.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Fairen
I should hope that one never need find out if I were wearing undergarments or not, but certainly with such danger of Arx wide exposure, were I in fact brave enough to wear such a fashionable garment, I would hope I would have equally fashionable underclothes.
Written By Coraline
June 19, 2018, 9:22 p.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
An excellent suggestion Countess! Indeed it would keep the sheet firmly settled against the body however, unless it is a particularly large sheet draped with far more skill that I believe I possess, and true there might be one truly skilled in bedsheet draping whom I have not yet met, or have met and simply are unaware of this previously undeclared but significant skill, it would show far more of my person than I think the rest of Arx could take.
I fear I will never wear a sheet with as much skill as Prince Luca managed to display.
I fear I will never wear a sheet with as much skill as Prince Luca managed to display.
Written By Fairen
June 19, 2018, 9:19 p.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Coraline
I would hope undergarments are also a part of the consideration for this attire. In case of a stiff breeze.
Written By Reigna
June 19, 2018, 9:16 p.m.(1/17/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Coraline
The application of a belt in a contrasting color would secure the seasilk drape in place to ensure proper modesty, your highness.
Written By Coraline
June 19, 2018, 8:45 p.m.(1/16/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Luca
An excellent suggestion however, one good stiff breeze and it would no longer be so modest. I fear I must shy away from this very fashion forward fashion and instead seek something a little less...exciting. However should you wish to model such fashions I hear that there is a great deal of prestige to be garnered!
I do agree with the seasilk though, that is most certainly very chic.
I do agree with the seasilk though, that is most certainly very chic.
Written By Carissa
June 19, 2018, 8:42 p.m.(1/16/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Pasquale
I'm not sure what to make of my kin-by-oath, Pasquale. A good man, to be sure, and the best possible choice to be made Voice. I just think I should get to know him better, before my tongue--or my journal!--get me into trouble.
(Let's be honest. I'll get into trouble regardless... I'll try hard not to, though! Either with him or anyone else, promise.)
(Let's be honest. I'll get into trouble regardless... I'll try hard not to, though! Either with him or anyone else, promise.)
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