![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Nov. 15th, 2013 10:02 pm[Filter: Runecrew, the Adveni, Raetha and Ally]
And once again we're standing in the presence of one of the most magnificent and terrifying things I've ever seen. Every time I look at it, I feel a bit of a shudder run through me. It's still every bit as enigmatic as when we left it -- though perhaps that will be solved quickly enough? At the very least, we now know they didn't manage to damage it in any way since we left. Not in any way we can determine.
So far, they do believe our cover story. I'm still not used to missing my mustache. I suppose it's worth it to not get discovered.
And once again we're standing in the presence of one of the most magnificent and terrifying things I've ever seen. Every time I look at it, I feel a bit of a shudder run through me. It's still every bit as enigmatic as when we left it -- though perhaps that will be solved quickly enough? At the very least, we now know they didn't manage to damage it in any way since we left. Not in any way we can determine.
So far, they do believe our cover story. I'm still not used to missing my mustache. I suppose it's worth it to not get discovered.
(no subject)
Sep. 23rd, 2013 10:54 pm[Filter: Chartri]
It's been years since I've had a Festival that wasn't in the jungle, so I must say that this is the best I've had in a while. Properly cooked food, a roof overhead, and gifts that don't have to be purely practical. Really, this is the way to live at this time of year. I'm truly thankful for everything I've received this year.
I couldn't help but notice, Prudence and Patience, that you seem to have received a great deal of gifts this year.
It's been years since I've had a Festival that wasn't in the jungle, so I must say that this is the best I've had in a while. Properly cooked food, a roof overhead, and gifts that don't have to be purely practical. Really, this is the way to live at this time of year. I'm truly thankful for everything I've received this year.
I couldn't help but notice, Prudence and Patience, that you seem to have received a great deal of gifts this year.
(no subject)
Sep. 3rd, 2013 11:40 pm[Filter: Chartri]
I swear, their true natures will never cease to amaze me. I've flown atop them for days at a time, and they still take my breath away. It's so hard to keep their existence a secret from the world when they're the most beautiful thing, but ahh ... Secrets are secrets for a reason.
They didn't do too much damage to the nets did they? I wasn't particularly watching for that.
[Filter: Ally]
I have a question for you. I read your initial reaction to their appearances, and I must confess that I had ... similar thoughts. Not simply on first glance, but going forward. Even until today.
I am rather interested in what you make of them. I realize that anything we say may drift close to heresy, but they did change everything I've ever believed almost overnight. I haven't been able to talk to another trained priest since I met them.
Are they still the spitting image of the Dragons to you?
I swear, their true natures will never cease to amaze me. I've flown atop them for days at a time, and they still take my breath away. It's so hard to keep their existence a secret from the world when they're the most beautiful thing, but ahh ... Secrets are secrets for a reason.
They didn't do too much damage to the nets did they? I wasn't particularly watching for that.
[Filter: Ally]
I have a question for you. I read your initial reaction to their appearances, and I must confess that I had ... similar thoughts. Not simply on first glance, but going forward. Even until today.
I am rather interested in what you make of them. I realize that anything we say may drift close to heresy, but they did change everything I've ever believed almost overnight. I haven't been able to talk to another trained priest since I met them.
Are they still the spitting image of the Dragons to you?
(no subject)
Aug. 27th, 2013 09:00 pm[Filter: Private]
I would've preferred the truth behind Prudence and Patience remain secret for longer, but it's hard for me to disagree with the results. There's been a noticeable change in the tone of people around them, and this should discourage any further kidnapping attempts. And it did bring the most interesting reactions, of course.
How many Megami minds will go in the same direction as Ally's first did? I sincerely wish it was possible for me to bring my people here and start them down this path, though ... I'm still not entirely sure where I am standing on it.
But ... there are far more pressing issues now. Ones that I'm still grappling with.
Adveni magic is certainly far different from anything I have ever experienced before. Erin might be less out of her depth than I am ... or she might not be. In any case, if it's to be believed, this is the thing we've been missing. Or we've at last found the road we'll have to walk down to get to the answer. Kilia traces its calendar back four thousand years, the Adveni trace their own magic back three thousand years ...
Perhaps Kilia lost something itself? They can hardly use staves, that magic is foreign to them whereas it's like finding an orange tree here.
Regardless, if they lost something in trying to practice the magics we have here, it stands to reason that it's the very thing we need to keep the worst from happening. And it makes sense that they would hide this information, Megam had a completely different story it wanted to put to the event.
Just as I don't believe Dragons would smite an entire continent for lack of belief -- Atsiria is as proof of that as anywhere -- I fully believe that human error mixed with politics could create such a situation. It makes sense to me. Now if only we had more in the way of the specifics of how to apply this knowledge.
[Filter: Runecrew, in Kilian]
This is certainly a lot to take in, isn't it?
I would've preferred the truth behind Prudence and Patience remain secret for longer, but it's hard for me to disagree with the results. There's been a noticeable change in the tone of people around them, and this should discourage any further kidnapping attempts. And it did bring the most interesting reactions, of course.
How many Megami minds will go in the same direction as Ally's first did? I sincerely wish it was possible for me to bring my people here and start them down this path, though ... I'm still not entirely sure where I am standing on it.
But ... there are far more pressing issues now. Ones that I'm still grappling with.
Adveni magic is certainly far different from anything I have ever experienced before. Erin might be less out of her depth than I am ... or she might not be. In any case, if it's to be believed, this is the thing we've been missing. Or we've at last found the road we'll have to walk down to get to the answer. Kilia traces its calendar back four thousand years, the Adveni trace their own magic back three thousand years ...
Perhaps Kilia lost something itself? They can hardly use staves, that magic is foreign to them whereas it's like finding an orange tree here.
Regardless, if they lost something in trying to practice the magics we have here, it stands to reason that it's the very thing we need to keep the worst from happening. And it makes sense that they would hide this information, Megam had a completely different story it wanted to put to the event.
Just as I don't believe Dragons would smite an entire continent for lack of belief -- Atsiria is as proof of that as anywhere -- I fully believe that human error mixed with politics could create such a situation. It makes sense to me. Now if only we had more in the way of the specifics of how to apply this knowledge.
[Filter: Runecrew, in Kilian]
This is certainly a lot to take in, isn't it?
(no subject)
Jun. 19th, 2013 10:25 pm[Filter: Runecrew, in Kilian]
[copied runes with translations underneath]
(prison) (lightning) (binding) (activate)
[detailed drawings of a disk immersed in a barrel of liquid, scattered notes: "hold magical energy within inanimate object?" "acid, copper, good discharge, unlikely to path back to caster" "do not pull too many runes, unsure of how powerful a draw these have" "stability: 73%?" ]
Mn. I'm not sure if I will actually go ahead with this experiment. Mostly because it requires a certain amount of additional external preparations. Though the implications if it were something that works -- doubtful -- would be enormous. I am likely using this in entirely the wrong way.
[copied runes with translations underneath]
(prison) (lightning) (binding) (activate)
[detailed drawings of a disk immersed in a barrel of liquid, scattered notes: "hold magical energy within inanimate object?" "acid, copper, good discharge, unlikely to path back to caster" "do not pull too many runes, unsure of how powerful a draw these have" "stability: 73%?" ]
Mn. I'm not sure if I will actually go ahead with this experiment. Mostly because it requires a certain amount of additional external preparations. Though the implications if it were something that works -- doubtful -- would be enormous. I am likely using this in entirely the wrong way.
(no subject)
Jun. 11th, 2013 09:51 pm[Filter: Runecrew, in Kilian]
Something is very different today ...
They've always been standoffish, but today of all days it feels as though something's changed. The fact that they're writing is another sign of that. Either a decision is being made, or there's something else going on that they're worried about. I don't want to suspect violence, but at the same time this is a very unique situation.
Has anyone said anything to any of you? It might just be my imagination, but ... I'm not sure that it is.
Something is very different today ...
They've always been standoffish, but today of all days it feels as though something's changed. The fact that they're writing is another sign of that. Either a decision is being made, or there's something else going on that they're worried about. I don't want to suspect violence, but at the same time this is a very unique situation.
Has anyone said anything to any of you? It might just be my imagination, but ... I'm not sure that it is.
(no subject)
Apr. 11th, 2013 09:13 pm[Filter: Patience, Prudence, Erin, and Amalea, in Kilian]
This is ... this is simply amazing. Terrifying. They found one more thing before they decided to come back because it was by the crater. It's the hollowed out cap of a cylinder much like the one at the bottom of the caverns we liberated. No ... exactly like the top of the aurae pillar. Identical markings, and identical shape. It's gone except for this small remnant ...
I am touching what I believe to be the thing that destroyed Dyfeint. It's simply ... I don't know how to describe it ... This is the most terrifying thing I've ever witnessed, and it's the long dead husk of something that sits right under my homeland.
This is ... this is simply amazing. Terrifying. They found one more thing before they decided to come back because it was by the crater. It's the hollowed out cap of a cylinder much like the one at the bottom of the caverns we liberated. No ... exactly like the top of the aurae pillar. Identical markings, and identical shape. It's gone except for this small remnant ...
I am touching what I believe to be the thing that destroyed Dyfeint. It's simply ... I don't know how to describe it ... This is the most terrifying thing I've ever witnessed, and it's the long dead husk of something that sits right under my homeland.
(no subject)
Apr. 10th, 2013 09:30 pm[Kilian]
Success!
I won't go so far as to say complete success, but there's simply nothing to be done to make it work better than it is right now. The spell inside of it seems fully restored, and the brightness itself isn't fading. The physical side ... well, it's a good as it will ever be again. It's pulsing so fast right now that I'm only able to see a faint flicker. Not that I want to look at it directly for any length of time.
I think it's ready for the deep.
Success!
I won't go so far as to say complete success, but there's simply nothing to be done to make it work better than it is right now. The spell inside of it seems fully restored, and the brightness itself isn't fading. The physical side ... well, it's a good as it will ever be again. It's pulsing so fast right now that I'm only able to see a faint flicker. Not that I want to look at it directly for any length of time.
I think it's ready for the deep.
(no subject)
Apr. 3rd, 2013 01:31 am[Filter: Patience, Prudence, Erin and Amalea, in Kilian]
There are ... There are ... Who are those dragons? They look completely different! They're jumping in and out of the water as if they were fish themselves! I can't believe this! Prudence, Patience, you have to come to the coastline again!
... Or ...
What happened to you two?!
There are ... There are ... Who are those dragons? They look completely different! They're jumping in and out of the water as if they were fish themselves! I can't believe this! Prudence, Patience, you have to come to the coastline again!
... Or ...
What happened to you two?!
(no subject)
Apr. 1st, 2013 01:27 am[Filter: Erin, Prudence and Patience, in Kilian]
I wish I had brought a bit of a sharper knife with me. I had forgotten that boning a fish was quite a workout without a good one. It's been quite some time since my last foray into raw tuna, but I'm rather excited. It's considered a delicacy when raw in many parts of Megam. Though it's usually accompanied by other fare.
It's not a dumpling by any means, but it's more than sufficient.
I wish I had brought a bit of a sharper knife with me. I had forgotten that boning a fish was quite a workout without a good one. It's been quite some time since my last foray into raw tuna, but I'm rather excited. It's considered a delicacy when raw in many parts of Megam. Though it's usually accompanied by other fare.
It's not a dumpling by any means, but it's more than sufficient.
(no subject)
Mar. 4th, 2013 11:08 pm[Filter: Erin, Prudence, Patience, Amalea, in Kilian]
I've been thinking about that that island nobleman said. They've found a number of bodies already, and from the description it sounds as if it's the same ones Patience led out into the sea. We should consider the likely possibility that it is they who the islanders have found washing ashore.
I've been thinking about that that island nobleman said. They've found a number of bodies already, and from the description it sounds as if it's the same ones Patience led out into the sea. We should consider the likely possibility that it is they who the islanders have found washing ashore.
(no subject)
Feb. 22nd, 2013 10:43 pm[Filter: Private]
Well, even given a day of deciphering this, I can tell that whatever it is that the man was noting down is something he not want to be public knowledge. Luckily, it appears that he didn't try to write it in code. Simply in a very archaic script...
[Filter: Lady Lyonesse]
I apologize for the delay in getting back to you with this. Even after gaining access to the site again, it took me quite some time to locate the references to it. Honestly, I'm still not sure if I'm reading it correctly. Some of the implications sound ludicrous. Though, if I were to tell you some of the things I've seen in the past few weeks, you'd call me quite ludicrous as well.
Well, even given a day of deciphering this, I can tell that whatever it is that the man was noting down is something he not want to be public knowledge. Luckily, it appears that he didn't try to write it in code. Simply in a very archaic script...
[Filter: Lady Lyonesse]
I apologize for the delay in getting back to you with this. Even after gaining access to the site again, it took me quite some time to locate the references to it. Honestly, I'm still not sure if I'm reading it correctly. Some of the implications sound ludicrous. Though, if I were to tell you some of the things I've seen in the past few weeks, you'd call me quite ludicrous as well.
(no subject)
Feb. 14th, 2013 07:18 pm[Filter: Private]
I know she's not happy about how events panned out. Not entirely. There is little to be done about it, but I can't help but think that's going to be yet another wall going down the road.
I can't say as I'm especially happy about not being able to bring it back with us. Though the cleared campsite allows us a certain amount of freedom that we would never have had otherwise. It's very ... quiet here.
I haven't found the notes that Lady Lyonesse was interested in yet, but I'm sure it will turn up. Until then...
[Filter: Amalea, Erin, Patience, and Prudence, in Kilian]
We're no closer to finding out exactly what we're dealing with, but it's rather obvious that we're going to need a lot of help with it.
The name aurae meant nothing to me until I saw it in person, but what we found deep in the cavern was a giant pillar of it climbing out of unimaginable depths. On the top Erin found the exact runes that were depicted on the map. Nothing more, and nothing less. There is no doubt that this is what we came here to find.
Now, with the area clearly to ourselves, we've nothing left to do but try to figure out what we are truly dealing with.
I know she's not happy about how events panned out. Not entirely. There is little to be done about it, but I can't help but think that's going to be yet another wall going down the road.
I can't say as I'm especially happy about not being able to bring it back with us. Though the cleared campsite allows us a certain amount of freedom that we would never have had otherwise. It's very ... quiet here.
I haven't found the notes that Lady Lyonesse was interested in yet, but I'm sure it will turn up. Until then...
[Filter: Amalea, Erin, Patience, and Prudence, in Kilian]
We're no closer to finding out exactly what we're dealing with, but it's rather obvious that we're going to need a lot of help with it.
The name aurae meant nothing to me until I saw it in person, but what we found deep in the cavern was a giant pillar of it climbing out of unimaginable depths. On the top Erin found the exact runes that were depicted on the map. Nothing more, and nothing less. There is no doubt that this is what we came here to find.
Now, with the area clearly to ourselves, we've nothing left to do but try to figure out what we are truly dealing with.
(no subject)
Feb. 11th, 2013 09:42 pm[Filter: Erin, Prudence, Patience, in Kilian]
It's almost as if their numbers have grown. I think they brought some men out of the cavern. And the fact that they're all watching the sky at every interval they can ... I think we can safely say that they spotted you. They're expecting something right now. They're expecting something on the horizon.
Honestly, we couldn't sneak in even if there were half of the number they've got right now. They've got at least four times as many people as they need to keep this place secure. They could hold off a small invasion from Korin right now. A small exaggeration, but ... an apt one. They have enough magic in their hands to repel a small army.
I don't see how we're going to get in.
It's almost as if their numbers have grown. I think they brought some men out of the cavern. And the fact that they're all watching the sky at every interval they can ... I think we can safely say that they spotted you. They're expecting something right now. They're expecting something on the horizon.
Honestly, we couldn't sneak in even if there were half of the number they've got right now. They've got at least four times as many people as they need to keep this place secure. They could hold off a small invasion from Korin right now. A small exaggeration, but ... an apt one. They have enough magic in their hands to repel a small army.
I don't see how we're going to get in.
(no subject)
Jan. 31st, 2013 02:54 am[Filter: Private]
In nearly a month it will be four years since I began my work with Erin. These were no help in determining that, of course. When it began I had no idea what I would find with her. I had no idea what I would find out about her. I had no idea that running for our lives through the jungles would bond us together. I only knew that I wanted to help her for my own benefit. I was so sure that it was the Church that wronged her. I was sure that the only way her husband would have gotten killed here was because the Church saw him as a threat.
I am still the man who offered to help her. I will not credit the Church for merely not being the cause this time. But the people who wronged her husband are far more like my own...
...
I don't think she loves me. It's strange to think of it that way. And perhaps I'm simply underestimating the Kilian drive to leave everything under the covers. She's still every bit the mystery to me as when she came, and she sees nothing wrong with that. I open myself up to her as far as I dare at every corner. If she were to ask me any question, I would answer it honestly. Even the worst questions. Perhaps I have more of those than one man should ever have. Still, I would tell her. I would open myself up like a book to her. I've never even come close to sensing the same from her. Not in that way. We'll share bodies, and we'll share passions, and we'll share ourselves empty of everything except love.
I could be misreading her, but I don't think I am. For the longest time I couldn't put my finger on what it was. Perhaps I still can't. She simply doesn't love me. Though, the advantages of age are already quite apparently. I do care that she doesn't love me, but not enough to break what is going so well. We bond physically and intellectually. If I'm the only one bonded emotionally ... well, more's the better for me.
Ha, and all of this ... That Dentorian confirmed everything. I will see truer dragons soon. I could never have imagined anything like this before I met her. My whole life seems to lead up to these moments that will happen in the next few days. Rescuing Megam, meeting true avatars of the Dragons ... going to Kilia?
All of this, and I can't ask for more.
In nearly a month it will be four years since I began my work with Erin. These were no help in determining that, of course. When it began I had no idea what I would find with her. I had no idea what I would find out about her. I had no idea that running for our lives through the jungles would bond us together. I only knew that I wanted to help her for my own benefit. I was so sure that it was the Church that wronged her. I was sure that the only way her husband would have gotten killed here was because the Church saw him as a threat.
I am still the man who offered to help her. I will not credit the Church for merely not being the cause this time. But the people who wronged her husband are far more like my own...
...
I don't think she loves me. It's strange to think of it that way. And perhaps I'm simply underestimating the Kilian drive to leave everything under the covers. She's still every bit the mystery to me as when she came, and she sees nothing wrong with that. I open myself up to her as far as I dare at every corner. If she were to ask me any question, I would answer it honestly. Even the worst questions. Perhaps I have more of those than one man should ever have. Still, I would tell her. I would open myself up like a book to her. I've never even come close to sensing the same from her. Not in that way. We'll share bodies, and we'll share passions, and we'll share ourselves empty of everything except love.
I could be misreading her, but I don't think I am. For the longest time I couldn't put my finger on what it was. Perhaps I still can't. She simply doesn't love me. Though, the advantages of age are already quite apparently. I do care that she doesn't love me, but not enough to break what is going so well. We bond physically and intellectually. If I'm the only one bonded emotionally ... well, more's the better for me.
Ha, and all of this ... That Dentorian confirmed everything. I will see truer dragons soon. I could never have imagined anything like this before I met her. My whole life seems to lead up to these moments that will happen in the next few days. Rescuing Megam, meeting true avatars of the Dragons ... going to Kilia?
All of this, and I can't ask for more.
(no subject)
Jan. 10th, 2013 11:07 pm[Kilian]
70 days before a full recovery, apparently. I wonder if there's any significance to the date? There's nothing apparent in the moon cycles from what I remember. There's nothing special about it at all as far as I can tell. Besides it being 10 weeks to the day.
And speaking of things magical, I am hoping for a bit of good news on the research front. Are you having any luck there? I'm not expecting good news from the silence on the issue, but if there's any progress at all I'll take it as a good sign.
70 days before a full recovery, apparently. I wonder if there's any significance to the date? There's nothing apparent in the moon cycles from what I remember. There's nothing special about it at all as far as I can tell. Besides it being 10 weeks to the day.
And speaking of things magical, I am hoping for a bit of good news on the research front. Are you having any luck there? I'm not expecting good news from the silence on the issue, but if there's any progress at all I'll take it as a good sign.
(no subject)
Sep. 24th, 2012 07:20 pm[Kilian]
You know, even if this is one of the least ideal ways to spend our Festival, I don't regret it at all. Perhaps I'm simply a little quick to accept our fate, but I think there would be worse ways to spend it. I'm no longer trapped. You're no longer worried about getting me out. We're out here, as safe as we can make ourselves, and we're right where we have to be.
We'll make the best of it, hmm?
You know, even if this is one of the least ideal ways to spend our Festival, I don't regret it at all. Perhaps I'm simply a little quick to accept our fate, but I think there would be worse ways to spend it. I'm no longer trapped. You're no longer worried about getting me out. We're out here, as safe as we can make ourselves, and we're right where we have to be.
We'll make the best of it, hmm?
