Written By Reigna
June 1, 2018, 4:37 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
I will have to have a talk with Gigi about letting me send off journal entries to the Archives when inebriated. I had hoped that I only dreamed of writing to my Whites last evening. Apparently it was no dream.
Ah well. I am human and I have not indulged in quite a while. It is good to unwind and have a little fun now and again.
Ah well. I am human and I have not indulged in quite a while. It is good to unwind and have a little fun now and again.
Written By Cambria
June 1, 2018, 4:16 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Venturo
As a Lycene, I was raised with views more contrarian than elsewhere found in the Compact. I remember the Seraph of Ostria - a Mirrormask, for those who may not know or remember - once brought me a leather-bound folio of the White Journals written by an ancestor of mine. Written between the years of 645 to 647 AR, the Seraph bade me to observe the collection and tell him what I noticed. While I offered several obvious things (the leather was calf skin, it was written on Vellichorian vellum, it was over three hundred years old, etc), he seemed to be waiting for a specific answer from me. I opened the folio, and began to leaf through it. It was then that I realized this particular set of journals had never been read beyond page eight, for the rest of them, all four hundred and thirty seven of them, were uncut thereafter.
Only once I discovered this peculiarity did the Seraph further explain his lesson: That it was a warning to all, especially those convinced of their self-importance and puffed up with excess vanity. We Arvani, for whom the written word is of enormous importance, if not all-important, should try always to remember that despite the tenant of Vellichor, most people do not read; those who read do not understand; and those who understand forget.
Only once I discovered this peculiarity did the Seraph further explain his lesson: That it was a warning to all, especially those convinced of their self-importance and puffed up with excess vanity. We Arvani, for whom the written word is of enormous importance, if not all-important, should try always to remember that despite the tenant of Vellichor, most people do not read; those who read do not understand; and those who understand forget.
Written By Aureth
June 1, 2018, 4:14 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
Get a rude fucking bird.
Written By Reigna
June 1, 2018, 4:11 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
Of course we will, and happily so. We have a few pups left over from the last litter that are about ten months old and already have basic training. We should be having a pair of new litters in the next three weeks, though they would not be ready for new homes for about two months.
Written By Ida
June 1, 2018, 4:02 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Austen
Time of need? What do I not know? Do I want to know?
Yes, scholar. This is why that white streak of hair is getting bigger. Hush.
Yes, scholar. This is why that white streak of hair is getting bigger. Hush.
Written By Joscelin
June 1, 2018, 4 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Morrighan
Thank you.
Written By Joscelin
June 1, 2018, 3:59 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Oliver
Things haven't changed so much as been completely upended.
I'm getting another dog. A meaner, angrier dog. Or a more protective, loyal one. I wonder if the Keatons would be willing to do business with me.
I'm getting another dog. A meaner, angrier dog. Or a more protective, loyal one. I wonder if the Keatons would be willing to do business with me.
Written By Morrighan
June 1, 2018, 3:10 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
My room and liquor cabinet is always welcome to you if you ever need it. I'll have your personalized bucket ready.
Written By Oliver
June 1, 2018, 2:45 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
Of course, it goes without saying - and I sincerely mean no disrespect to the invitations that you have received - but the right company should not require a drink to be able to enjoy it.
I'm certain you already know this. But perhaps things have changed even more than I've come to find.
I'm certain you already know this. But perhaps things have changed even more than I've come to find.
Written By Jonathan
June 1, 2018, 1:59 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Reigna
Never, ever let anyone change you, Countess.
Written By Jonathan
June 1, 2018, 1:56 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Oliver
I highly recommend a Keaton Hound, if you need a dog companion, and not just because I'm in charge of breeding the ones at the Keaton Hall. No, because they are large, loyal to a /fault/, excellent guard dogs and hunters, and calm and solid as granite with the right training. All-around excellent animals.
Written By Lianne
June 1, 2018, 1:51 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Oliver
You must know different dogs than I do.
Written By Oliver
June 1, 2018, 1:47 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
A simple thought, on the subject of good dogs. I always wanted a dog - some hulking, foul smelling beast with fur and a penchant for jerky.
Dogs are always happy to see you, particularly when you come home after a long time away.
But the best things about dogs, of course, is that they do not have thumbs and therefore cannot throw things at you.
Dogs are always happy to see you, particularly when you come home after a long time away.
But the best things about dogs, of course, is that they do not have thumbs and therefore cannot throw things at you.
Written By Joscelin
June 1, 2018, 1:30 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Torian
It's nice to read so many checking up on me, that others will reach out no matter how much time and business has passed between us. It pleases me and reassures me.
That being said, I'm fine for now. Thank you, my friend.
That being said, I'm fine for now. Thank you, my friend.
Written By Derovai
June 1, 2018, 1:18 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Venturo
"Should someone only read a snapshot in time of what we document, what wrong assumptions might they jump to?"
I'd suggest that our Whites read as exactly the picture we mean to portray, and that any assumptions others make aren't necessarily wrong but merely the product of impressions left. If you brew a beer with coffee in it, most will say it's too bitter for them, but three or four might like it. Who is right in that circumstance?
I'd suggest that our Whites read as exactly the picture we mean to portray, and that any assumptions others make aren't necessarily wrong but merely the product of impressions left. If you brew a beer with coffee in it, most will say it's too bitter for them, but three or four might like it. Who is right in that circumstance?
Written By Oliver
June 1, 2018, 1:16 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Mongoose, I encourage you not to despair over the writings of your owner. You are a good dog.
Written By Torian
June 1, 2018, 1:14 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
At the risk of revealing that I have my apprentices keep tabs on journals related to the Guildmaster,
If she needs good drink and good company, I can make a recommendation on both.
If she needs good drink and good company, I can make a recommendation on both.
Written By Venturo
June 1, 2018, 1:01 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
Nonsense, Guild Mistress. Drinking can fix many things. You just need the right drink to enjoy with the right company. I'll prove you wrong yet on this particular matter.
Written By Venturo
June 1, 2018, 1 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Cambria
I knew a fellow once who would only read the very last couple of sentences of a missive. 'Venturo,' he would tell me, 'it's only at the end that people get to what they want from you.' Once, he skipped past a missive whose last lines were a plea for money from his sister, dismissing it as yet another attempt to grab what silver he'd been able to save over the years from what he led me to believe was a greedy member of his family. Later, he'd find out, it was an askance to help tend to their mother who had grown ill, and only when news of her death came to him did he understand the consequences of that choice. From that point forward? He read each and every word of the messages that came his way.
I wonder if our whites aren't the same way. Should someone only read a snapshot in time of what we document, what wrong assumptions might they jump to? Are we best off to keep such detailed notes that our whole life might be explained, for fear of being captured wrong for all of posterity? Or are we best off leaving that mystery, keeping to only the important parts and let the future read into it what they will.
I wonder if our whites aren't the same way. Should someone only read a snapshot in time of what we document, what wrong assumptions might they jump to? Are we best off to keep such detailed notes that our whole life might be explained, for fear of being captured wrong for all of posterity? Or are we best off leaving that mystery, keeping to only the important parts and let the future read into it what they will.
Written By Joscelin
June 1, 2018, 12:57 p.m.(11/23/1008 AR)
Addendum:
My dog is still a traitor.
My dog is still a traitor.
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