Written By Derovai
June 1, 2018, 12:14 a.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Mirari
For the sake of brevity and to be a sport, I will limit the list to the top ten complaints. I think I should get a gift in return for that kindness. Let's discuss.
Written By Mirari
May 31, 2018, 11:56 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Derovai
Feel free to send me a missive with the list, I'll be happy to have a laugh this evening.
I'm positive it's not my perfume, thank you for asking though.
I'm positive it's not my perfume, thank you for asking though.
Written By Derovai
May 31, 2018, 11:44 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Mirari
Don't worry; there's more besides that. Would you like a list?
By the by, this isn't your perfume, is it? Nobody's sent me a missive yet about its provenance.
By the by, this isn't your perfume, is it? Nobody's sent me a missive yet about its provenance.
Written By Mirari
May 31, 2018, 11:38 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Derovai
I'm okay with my dark hair, I think it's you who want me to be blonde.
It's fine to admit it Voss, you wouldn't be the first to want to change *just* one thing about me.
It's fine to admit it Voss, you wouldn't be the first to want to change *just* one thing about me.
Written By Gianna
May 31, 2018, 11:37 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
I have finally secured a building on Grace Way, near the Whisper House. The acoustics in the great hall are wonderful; only some minor modifications are required. It’s very empty right now, but at least it’s clean. There is still so much to do. Furniture, decor, a stage, instruments. I can see it all in my mind’s eye, and this is a large step toward making this project a reality.
Written By Derovai
May 31, 2018, 11:35 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Mirari
"Is there anything this impressive lady can't do?"
She can't be a true blonde, much to what I'm sure is her everlasting regret.
She can't be a true blonde, much to what I'm sure is her everlasting regret.
Written By Mirari
May 31, 2018, 11:29 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
Thank you for the recent warm words .
Lord Karadoc, thank you for reminding me of something I need to do.
Lord Karadoc, thank you for reminding me of something I need to do.
Written By Joscelin
May 31, 2018, 11:10 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Mirari
Mirari Corsetina is one of the few jewelers I trust to take work from me when I'm over-loaded, her skill and craftsmanship something I have complete confidence in. She's also a brilliant tailor and an amazing perfumer, and to speak to her is to have a conversation with a brilliant individual with a keen mind and a sharper wit. Her work ethic is second to none, as is her devotion to her peers. I am proud to have her in the Guild, she only does us credit with her work and her presence.
Written By Karadoc
May 31, 2018, 10:59 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
As far as I am aware: Mistress Corsetina does not bake nor brew. Yet.
Written By Astraea
May 31, 2018, 10:31 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Mirari
Mistress Mirari Corsetina makes some of the greatest perfumes and sets of jewelry I've ever seen. Now I'm just finding out that she also makes clothes! Is there anything this impressive lady can't do?
Written By Murdoch
May 31, 2018, 8:37 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Pasquale
As Malespero's Voice, he's agreed to let me "put the ledgers in order", but I haven't officially sworn any oaths yet.
Written By Iseulet
May 31, 2018, 7:22 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
After a project or two has come to fruition I may just entertain the idea of accepting a Patron for the first time in my life.
I'm taking some time to make considerations of what would be expected of me and what I should expect from a Patron.
I know I had sworn it off for so long but Arx has me firmly rooted here, I think. I'm not going anywhere. Maybe it's time to formalize some ties and relationships.
Something to think about, but far from the main course on my plate. For now.
I'm taking some time to make considerations of what would be expected of me and what I should expect from a Patron.
I know I had sworn it off for so long but Arx has me firmly rooted here, I think. I'm not going anywhere. Maybe it's time to formalize some ties and relationships.
Something to think about, but far from the main course on my plate. For now.
Written By Angelo
May 31, 2018, 7:09 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
From southern climes returned, to a Journal more dust and moth-eaten parchment than heartfelt thought. Overdue, this opportunity to reflect in the form of words upon the page -- in similar fashion I reflected upon myself, mirrored in reverse -- at the Shrine. A question of calling. Some are called to serve their Houses. Some called to serve the Faith. Others to serve the Crown. Yes, I have been thinking. To these latter concepts, I ask myself what I am willing to sacrifice in my life in order to follow my call. A calling to discover, inscribed upon my nature and hidden. The one to bring me fulfillment.
Written By Cambria
May 31, 2018, 7:06 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
Everyone unquestioningly believes that he or she is the leading authority on their own life, especially when it concerns ones thoughts and experiences. It is only when I began to doubt that such a realization came to me at all - as I do not imagine that many people frequently consider such things when they seem so very obvious. I was reading through a series of journals from several years ago and it struck me that if I were to die today, someone reading through these White Journals would know more about some of my own experiences than I would ever remember myself without having to resort back to these old journals.
Proof that memory is indeed fallible.
There are scores, if not hundreds, of such journals that seem to have little connection to me; that is to say my current version of me, though it was undoubtedly I who wrote them. Most alarming of all, one journal has my mother's dying words, which I wrote down at her request shortly before her passing.
'Dear family,
I enjoyed the time I was able to spend with you and appreciate your kindness and understanding. I am sorry to have to leave you.
Love, Adriana'
I only recall this vaguely, and could not swear before the Sentinel whether or not I passed her message on in person as well, or simply left it to be read after submitting the journal to the Archives.
Perhaps there are people who have recorded their lives much more thoroughly than I, but there must be even more who have left even less of a personal record behind. I must suppose that all description of mortal life, even a single life - ones own - is, at best, an approximation.
Proof that memory is indeed fallible.
There are scores, if not hundreds, of such journals that seem to have little connection to me; that is to say my current version of me, though it was undoubtedly I who wrote them. Most alarming of all, one journal has my mother's dying words, which I wrote down at her request shortly before her passing.
'Dear family,
I enjoyed the time I was able to spend with you and appreciate your kindness and understanding. I am sorry to have to leave you.
Love, Adriana'
I only recall this vaguely, and could not swear before the Sentinel whether or not I passed her message on in person as well, or simply left it to be read after submitting the journal to the Archives.
Perhaps there are people who have recorded their lives much more thoroughly than I, but there must be even more who have left even less of a personal record behind. I must suppose that all description of mortal life, even a single life - ones own - is, at best, an approximation.
Written By Merek
May 31, 2018, 7 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
Relationship Note on Joscelin
Still best Guildmaster!
Written By Merek
May 31, 2018, 6:59 p.m.(11/21/1008 AR)
I like to think that it will be a nice winter this season. It is always fun to play in the snow in general, when you can!
Written By Cambria
May 31, 2018, 6:23 p.m.(11/20/1008 AR)
A Scholar who's work I was reading wrote that it is easier to give good advice than it is to take it, to which I think I would add: it is also easier to agree with good advice than to act on it. Enacting wisdom is a little like having learned a foreign language, which in your mind sounds perfect, but when spoken comes out with a heavy accent.
If good advice were easy to take, the world would have long ago been perfect. Or, at any rate, a great deal better off than it currently is.
If good advice were easy to take, the world would have long ago been perfect. Or, at any rate, a great deal better off than it currently is.
Written By Malesh
May 31, 2018, 6:05 p.m.(11/20/1008 AR)
Having made many a gaff in my own life, I must reflect that I am fortunate to be ultimately responsible only to myself. Of course I serve my liege faithfully, but my embarrassments should be my own.
I can't imagine every publicly challenging the King's Chief Magistrate, but if I ever do there's something to be said for the fact that the only person I'll be shaming is myself, rather than my own cousin who both I and the target of my snub serve in different capacities.
Worry not, I can assure you from great personal experience that these things always blow over, and that our merciful King in his wisdom and humor is unlikely to deal too harshly with those that publicly question his judgement.
I can't imagine every publicly challenging the King's Chief Magistrate, but if I ever do there's something to be said for the fact that the only person I'll be shaming is myself, rather than my own cousin who both I and the target of my snub serve in different capacities.
Worry not, I can assure you from great personal experience that these things always blow over, and that our merciful King in his wisdom and humor is unlikely to deal too harshly with those that publicly question his judgement.
Written By Natalia
May 31, 2018, 5:44 p.m.(11/20/1008 AR)
Some of the reasons why I might say no to a contract:
1. It's to entertain you.
2. You're boring.
3. You didn't accept 'no' to #1. Or for any other thing. 'You didn't accept a no' is probably better.
4. You don't think I have the right to do so.
5. You're boring.
6. You think I owe you something because you're willing to pay me.
7. You talk to my chest and not my face. My eyes are really pretty too. Promise.
8. I don't feel like it at the time you ask.
9. I'm bad at whatever you're asking for (I can neither sing nor play any instruments, and have no interest in learning! as an example).
10. You socially abuse people who have no way to defend themselves against you.
11. You're mean to animals.
12. You're boring.
13. You disrespected one of the other Whispers and I found out about it.
14. You don't like dogs.
15. I would rather light myself on fire than do what the contract is requesting that I do. While there are a number of incredibly gifted and patient Whispers who would be more than happy to teach etiquette to your teenage children, I am not one of them. You don't want me to try. I promise. Unless it's for entertainment value, in which case I refer you back to no reason number 1.
This is not an all-inclusive list. Number eight is by far the main reason I say no. I am not calling anyone out in specific, so nobody who bothers reading my journals (I am still amazed when I find out anyone actually bothers, I am not an entertaining person, see #1!) should feel like I mean them. I don't. It does seem like a lot of people are surprised by the fact that we are able to decline particular contracts or refer people to others. We are not obligated to accept any given request; there are enough of us that someone can almost always be found, and if not, the request itself should probably be re-evaluated by the person making it.
These opinions are my own and do not reflect upon the other Whispers. Except that they have the right to say no for whatever reason they want, too.
1. It's to entertain you.
2. You're boring.
3. You didn't accept 'no' to #1. Or for any other thing. 'You didn't accept a no' is probably better.
4. You don't think I have the right to do so.
5. You're boring.
6. You think I owe you something because you're willing to pay me.
7. You talk to my chest and not my face. My eyes are really pretty too. Promise.
8. I don't feel like it at the time you ask.
9. I'm bad at whatever you're asking for (I can neither sing nor play any instruments, and have no interest in learning! as an example).
10. You socially abuse people who have no way to defend themselves against you.
11. You're mean to animals.
12. You're boring.
13. You disrespected one of the other Whispers and I found out about it.
14. You don't like dogs.
15. I would rather light myself on fire than do what the contract is requesting that I do. While there are a number of incredibly gifted and patient Whispers who would be more than happy to teach etiquette to your teenage children, I am not one of them. You don't want me to try. I promise. Unless it's for entertainment value, in which case I refer you back to no reason number 1.
This is not an all-inclusive list. Number eight is by far the main reason I say no. I am not calling anyone out in specific, so nobody who bothers reading my journals (I am still amazed when I find out anyone actually bothers, I am not an entertaining person, see #1!) should feel like I mean them. I don't. It does seem like a lot of people are surprised by the fact that we are able to decline particular contracts or refer people to others. We are not obligated to accept any given request; there are enough of us that someone can almost always be found, and if not, the request itself should probably be re-evaluated by the person making it.
These opinions are my own and do not reflect upon the other Whispers. Except that they have the right to say no for whatever reason they want, too.
Written By Lys
May 31, 2018, 5:38 p.m.(11/20/1008 AR)
Trust is such a peculiar thing, but how pleasant to give it and not have it betrayed.
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