Written By Helena
July 29, 2022, 5:04 p.m.(2/9/1018 AR)
I find it serendipitous to find so many mentions of poetry in the whites the week I've returned home after so long away. It is a fond wish that I have been missed at least a fraction as much as I've missed this city and its dreamers.
* * *
We are all creators for we all dream,
and in our slumber, our minds craft
a universe uncharted, wrought of thought.
* * *
We are all creators for we all dream,
and in our slumber, our minds craft
a universe uncharted, wrought of thought.
Written By Ailys
July 29, 2022, 4:36 p.m.(2/9/1018 AR)
Relationship Note on Amari
Scabbage.
Though...that may just be a medical term.
*Is* that a medical term?
Though...that may just be a medical term.
*Is* that a medical term?
Written By Leonaess
July 29, 2022, 4:03 p.m.(2/9/1018 AR)
My wandering feet have brought me back to Arx and I suppose that it is high time that I put some roots in the ground. Speaking of roots, I'd heard disturbing tales of troublesome trees from local villages within the Oathlands during my travels and there is a tension that resides within each household as families struggle with the decision of possibly relocating for fear they'll be next. Even more disturbing, was my passing through the small township of Pimpled Pine to find it void of all life. It looked as if all the folk, that had been laughing a week or so ago during my visit, just vanished into thin air.
From animal attacks, towns mysteriously being empty of life, and now we've got agitated oaks? It is a strange time.
From animal attacks, towns mysteriously being empty of life, and now we've got agitated oaks? It is a strange time.
Written By Amari
July 29, 2022, 10:20 a.m.(2/8/1018 AR)
What rhymes with cabbage?
Written By Mattheu
July 29, 2022, 7:02 a.m.(2/8/1018 AR)
I wonder how many bells can be slung into the trees around the old walls in the city center...
Written By Savio
July 29, 2022, 12:54 a.m.(2/5/1018 AR)
Relationship Note on Noah
Tee hee, I've had this smart idea
And Princess Lou will hate it
How can I make it come to be?
I know, I'll enlist a creative
What I want is custom made
Rhymes to discompose her
Donate silver? Of course not
I'll pay you in exposure
Some might say that this is rude
Some might call me a hater
But it's the very bestest plan:
As they say, none greater.
And Princess Lou will hate it
How can I make it come to be?
I know, I'll enlist a creative
What I want is custom made
Rhymes to discompose her
Donate silver? Of course not
I'll pay you in exposure
Some might say that this is rude
Some might call me a hater
But it's the very bestest plan:
As they say, none greater.
Written By Nina
July 28, 2022, 10:09 p.m.(2/5/1018 AR)
Clearly in poetry, it is quite important to keep in mind the differences in regional vowels and letterings. I love this sort of challenge.
Written By Ilira
July 28, 2022, 8:42 p.m.(2/5/1018 AR)
Relationship Note on Caspian
Prepare for me to obsess. More than I already did.
Written By Caspian
July 28, 2022, 8:42 p.m.(2/5/1018 AR)
hair! i had almost forgotten what it was like to have longer hair! and surprisingly useful in the winter time
Written By Beatrix
July 28, 2022, 5:16 p.m.(2/4/1018 AR)
Relationship Note on Savio
What an entertaining and quick-witted Lord to've met over drinks one fine evening. May it not be the last. The Black Fox shall see us and our friends enjoying their wine again soon, I am certain!
Written By Beatrix
July 28, 2022, 5 p.m.(2/4/1018 AR)
My return to Arx has been fantastically enjoyable already. Reuniting with my cousin and meeting new friends has been a delight. I look forward to making many more. The social scene here remind me ever so fondly of home.
Written By Doll
July 28, 2022, 4:46 p.m.(2/4/1018 AR)
Relationship Note on Sydney
Odd one out swinging around, but smart enough to pay due respect. If only there were more who knew their way around basic fuckin' etiquette not related to banquets and silken gowns. Still oughta learn to dress the part, though.
Written By Beatrix
July 28, 2022, 4:42 p.m.(2/4/1018 AR)
Relationship Note on Mailys
What a treasure to return to the city and associate with so easily again! The humble House Corsetina is well-attended here by my cousin, and I'm ever so grateful to have her to turn to - and to support in turn.
Written By Doll
July 28, 2022, 4:39 p.m.(2/4/1018 AR)
I been on a fresh tour of the Lows and there's things I like to see and things I don't. Some corners look nice and fed but others, they get neglected. I don't like it. There's money out there in this fancypants ass city, see, and too much of it for us not to have our hand in yet.
Written By Doll
July 28, 2022, 4:31 p.m.(2/4/1018 AR)
Relationship Note on Raja
There's some of interest in the Lows, and some not. This is one who is. If you ain't out here making moves, what you really doin'? And she's about it.
Written By Doll
July 28, 2022, 4:27 p.m.(2/4/1018 AR)
Relationship Note on Raja
To be rewritten.
Written By Doll
July 28, 2022, 4:25 p.m.(2/4/1018 AR)
Relationship Note on Raja
Doll has met this Culler on friendly terms and found they had much in common. Doll is looking to make things happen in the Lows, and Raja seems eager to encourage moves being made. Doll feels she has a kindred spirit and hopefully a powerful ally in the making. We'll see.
Written By Tanith
July 28, 2022, 11:23 a.m.(2/4/1018 AR)
One of the girls at the Murder had her first today, right there in the kitchen. Not a bad spot, tucked between the stove and one of the better rugs. It was after I'd promised to come home early and when I was getting my coat, because of course it was. Babe and new mother are fine, bundled off with some frantic looking Harlequins.
It was a good day.
It was a good day.
Written By Orland
July 27, 2022, 2:41 p.m.(2/2/1018 AR)
Thoughts on .... having a bounty on my head, thoughts of injuries, and war... and dependencies...
I consider we were in the right time, right place, to help House Eswynd defend their shores from attacks. I won't get into the details, there's no need. War is happening as we speak. Loyalties are challenged, beliefs are challenged, families are pitted against families. Grudges are sought out in blood.
Though, what caught me off guard - though it really shouldn't - was the voice of a Captain putting a bounty on my head amidst the fight. I was not prepared for the sudden turn of attention upon me. I had held my own up until that point. I had a choice of being skewered for a bounty of booze, not even silver, but booze for life - another insult I suppose to go along with the commentary that I was a flea - back to the choice, die or leap off their ship. I did what I could to get out of that harrowing position and I ended up breaking a leg over it. Literally, broke a leg. Never let anyone tell me to go 'break a leg' when I perform, I'll be sour with them. Breaking a leg is not enjoyable, at all, - especially when your spouse wanders off for hours after promising to fetch you something.
I mean, it's not been all that bad. In truth it's helped slow things down for me. And this is okay. Sometimes life doesn't have to be solving every big bad thing happening. Sometimes it's nice to be in the present moment. Like, just the other night, sitting with Savio watching the snow fall.
If only such moments would last longer, than a mere moment.
I consider we were in the right time, right place, to help House Eswynd defend their shores from attacks. I won't get into the details, there's no need. War is happening as we speak. Loyalties are challenged, beliefs are challenged, families are pitted against families. Grudges are sought out in blood.
Though, what caught me off guard - though it really shouldn't - was the voice of a Captain putting a bounty on my head amidst the fight. I was not prepared for the sudden turn of attention upon me. I had held my own up until that point. I had a choice of being skewered for a bounty of booze, not even silver, but booze for life - another insult I suppose to go along with the commentary that I was a flea - back to the choice, die or leap off their ship. I did what I could to get out of that harrowing position and I ended up breaking a leg over it. Literally, broke a leg. Never let anyone tell me to go 'break a leg' when I perform, I'll be sour with them. Breaking a leg is not enjoyable, at all, - especially when your spouse wanders off for hours after promising to fetch you something.
I mean, it's not been all that bad. In truth it's helped slow things down for me. And this is okay. Sometimes life doesn't have to be solving every big bad thing happening. Sometimes it's nice to be in the present moment. Like, just the other night, sitting with Savio watching the snow fall.
If only such moments would last longer, than a mere moment.
Written By Dacian
July 27, 2022, 2:07 p.m.(2/2/1018 AR)
The Lament of a merchant...
Sometimes the only way to get what you want is to be vicious about it. I have learned the markets here have no sympathy for the novice haggler trying to deal with these brokers, as goods sell for less than half of what they're worth on the open market. I'm unsure how any merchant makes a living in this economy, because even the sudden war inflation on goods hasn't eliminated the huge margin of loss that a merchant is taking trying to compete to make a sale. I'm not sure if it's the nobility or the other merchants that have pushed the prices far below their listed value, but it makes the work extremely hard to get into. With no other source of income but the market, I was living hand to mouth for the better part of a month.
This is why I'm looking for my own personal network of people who would need my particular services. I cannot give things away for free, but perhaps, we can partner and run a store or sail on expeditions to bring in unique items that no one else can haggle for. I do need another source of income outside Arx's volatile market.
With luck,.
DK
Sometimes the only way to get what you want is to be vicious about it. I have learned the markets here have no sympathy for the novice haggler trying to deal with these brokers, as goods sell for less than half of what they're worth on the open market. I'm unsure how any merchant makes a living in this economy, because even the sudden war inflation on goods hasn't eliminated the huge margin of loss that a merchant is taking trying to compete to make a sale. I'm not sure if it's the nobility or the other merchants that have pushed the prices far below their listed value, but it makes the work extremely hard to get into. With no other source of income but the market, I was living hand to mouth for the better part of a month.
This is why I'm looking for my own personal network of people who would need my particular services. I cannot give things away for free, but perhaps, we can partner and run a store or sail on expeditions to bring in unique items that no one else can haggle for. I do need another source of income outside Arx's volatile market.
With luck,.
DK
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