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| When | Who | Kind | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6d ago | Jorule | marginalia | very Interesting |
| 6d ago | Luĉja | marginalia | Mine was clearer, but it was undoubtedly the same. Mine was a vision. Hers was a dream. |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Jorule | marginalia | oh wait you BOTH had that dream? wild, for some reason I thought that was a memory. tho if you're both having maybe it's still one after all |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | Hm. Yes. However, I suppose ... I found time to do quite a lot of other things. I am not like. Furious with myself. I just wish I'd reoriented a few priorities. |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Luĉja | marginalia | The arrival of the Endjinn was considered by some to be an omen. That The Beast was changing. |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Luĉja | marginalia | I do not know who she is. Though I spoke with Friend-Saranzaya earlier. She has also glimpsed this dream. The Deepforge is alive in the heart of the Beast. I wonder if there is a second thing as well. |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | Do you ... know who she is? The twelve iron spheres seem like they correspond with the moons of the Beast, right? I have ... wondered ... if there is something alive in the heart of the Beast, and if it is waking? Also in ... what way are you a warning, if you don't mind my asking. |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Luĉja | marginalia | Why do you apologize? We spoke of it in rough details when it happened. We have been quite short on free time and quite ...long? on current events. |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | Oh. Luĉja. I am so sorry. I. All that running around, and I never took a moment to ask you about this. Thank you for sharing it now. |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Luĉja, The Clockwork Knight | entries | added note: "I do not fully grasp the usage of this device, but I appear ", added note: "Where Luĉja saw the Dream-Whales and remembered." · deleted note: "I do not fully grasp the usage of this device, but I appear " |
| Jun 09, 2026 | Luĉja, The Clockwork Knight | entries | added: post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ A congeries of knives, and claws, and nails, and sharp, unpleasant things, all), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ A congeries of knives, and claws, and nails, and sharp, unpleasant things, all), post by Unua? The Clockwork Knight in The Sea's Edge, I (flinches, for a moment, but the advice they've received from Archie and Caion ho), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ It shifts, and turns towards you, and every time it moves the knives and sharp), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ A congeries of knives, and claws, and nails, and sharp, unpleasant things, all), post by Unua? The Clockwork Knight in The Sea's Edge, I (flinches, for a moment, but the advice they've received from Archie and Caion ho), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ It shifts, and turns towards you, and every time it moves the knives and sharp), post by Unua? The Clockwork Knight in The Sea's Edge, I (: "No. Nor are you her. You could not know of her. I have lived this once. T), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ Radiant, please.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their 🟡radiant gnosis [d8] -> 4.), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ Roll again, you're Starlit.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their 🟡radiant gnosis [d8] -> 2.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight spent 4 Arete and now has 5 remaining.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their 🟡radiant gnosis [d8] -> 7.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight spent 1 Arete and now has 4 remaining.), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ Ascension!), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their 🟡radiant gnosis [d8] -> 2.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight's 🟡radiant gnosis has ascended unto the 10ᵗʰ rank.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their ⭐Starlit 🟡radiant gnosis [d10: (6, 10), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their ⭐Starlit 🟡radiant gnosis [d10: (6, 1)), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight spent 4 Arete and now has 0 remaining.), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ Ascension!!), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight's 🟡radiant gnosis has ascended unto the 12ᵗʰ rank.), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ You are shining.), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ Roll again!), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their 🟡radiant gnosis [d12] -> 12! It ✨expl), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their ⭐Starlit 🟡radiant gnosis [d12: (9, 1)), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ [57]), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ A star shines, briefly, beneath the waves.), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ A pillar of light rises up, out of the water; a crystal forms at its apex, rad), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ Awe-inspiring. Hard to look at straight-on; shifting form as it did before, mo) · deleted: post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ A congeries of knives, and claws, and nails, and sharp, unpleasant things, all), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ A congeries of knives, and claws, and nails, and sharp, unpleasant things, all), post by Unua? The Clockwork Knight in The Sea's Edge, I (flinches, for a moment, but the advice they've received from Archie and Caion ho), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ It shifts, and turns towards you, and every time it moves the knives and sharp), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ Radiant, please.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their 🟡radiant gnosis [d8] -> 4.), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ Roll again, you're Starlit.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their 🟡radiant gnosis [d8] -> 2.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight spent 4 Arete and now has 5 remaining.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their 🟡radiant gnosis [d8] -> 7.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight spent 1 Arete and now has 4 remaining.), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ Ascension!), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their 🟡radiant gnosis [d8] -> 2.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight's 🟡radiant gnosis has ascended unto the 10ᵗʰ rank.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their ⭐Starlit 🟡radiant gnosis [d10: (6, 10), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their ⭐Starlit 🟡radiant gnosis [d10: (6, 1)), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight spent 4 Arete and now has 0 remaining.), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ Ascension!!), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight's 🟡radiant gnosis has ascended unto the 12ᵗʰ rank.), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ You are shining.), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ Roll again!), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their 🟡radiant gnosis [d12] -> 12! It ✨expl), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, I (- Unua? The Clockwork Knight invoked their ⭐Starlit 🟡radiant gnosis [d12: (9, 1)), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ [57]), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ A star shines, briefly, beneath the waves.), post by The Dragon in The Sea's Edge, I (ꙮ A pillar of light rises up, out of the water; a crystal forms at its apex, rad) |
| May 24, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | I saw this Awa! I will hold you to it. |
| May 24, 2026 | Jorule | marginalia | good, round number |
| May 24, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | Some speculation that this Bubble was created by the Dream-Whales. The level and magnitude of their gnosis-work seems to imply something we've lost since the world was sundered. |
| May 24, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | Notable that there is six of them, to match the six of us. |
| May 24, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | I'm not sure what "different set of geometrical axioms" really means here, but it seems relevant. Also their ability to Bubble---where did they learn it?---and also the *mesh* of gnosis feels. Again, I don't know what to make of it but I wanted to call attention to it. |
| May 24, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | entries | added: post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ As the Glass-Ship cuts through the water, you notice not one but several immen), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Wall (glances down and notices immediately, but casually slides his eyes up and away--), post by The Archivist/Archie in The Wall (, against his better judgment but thinking of Salme and Caion's experiences with), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ Either is appropriate in this instance, face whichever way your heart tells yo), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ Either is appropriate in this instance, face whichever way your heart tells yo), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Wall (tries to catch Archie's eye, flickering his fingers to suggest a weave of gnosis), post by Luĉja, The Clockwork Knight in The Wall (looks up from looking down, and looks over at Archie and nods, before looking ba), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ You sense a tendril of gnosis questing -upwards- to meet you. It feels... unre), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Wall (blinks at feeling Archie's gesture, and at the resulting gesture, and sends her ), post by The Awoken in The Wall (sits cross-legged and cross-armed, straight back, feeling as though he's being w), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Wall (keeps half an eye on Archie and Salme, not offering his own input, just...mindin), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ Steady pulses of green light rising from the depths; the immense presences get), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Wall (rumbles a soothing note at Silver-Throat--trust me, fear not.), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ A pod of the entities - pleasant visitors, Dream-Whales, what-have-you - is ri), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ They look...), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ Well.), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ Two things are true at the same time, about the way they look.), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ Their true visage, an enormous and utterly impossible collection of iridescent), post by the dream-whales in The Wall (have, for the moment, taken the form of truly gargantuan froglike entities, swim), post by unknown in The Wall (- You hear — and your Star hears — a song, echoing from the stillness: Dream-Wha), post by The Awoken in The Wall (: "Ah... ahahahah..."), post by Aurelius in The Wall (: "I. What?" Aurelius blinks twice, then begin laughing.), post by The Awoken in The Wall (me slaps his hands on his knees in joy and begins to cackle riotously.), post by The Awoken in The Wall (: "Ahahahahahaha!! Yes!! Yessssss!!!!"), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Wall ('s throat catches on...something, warning or aid, that he was going to say to Si), post by The Awoken in The Wall (: "Welcome to the surface, friends!"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Wall (tries not to laugh, but. It's just. "So. So stupid." And then she loses it, fall), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ Something shifts in Silver-Throat's crew's song- surprise and joy and laughter), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Wall (: "Are they...are they shielding us from themselves?" Wolf's laughter is clearly), post by The Awoken in The Wall (: "It's the best form I could ever imagine for them!"), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ There is, somehow, a profound dignity to their presence, a gravity to them tha), post by The Archivist/Archie in The Wall (raises his voice carefully, sliding in between the instruments and voices of Aun), post by Aurelius in The Wall (puts a hand to his face, how many were there again? One, two, three...?), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ (They're also enormous magical frogs wearing tiny glasses and mortarboards; it), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ (Also, and this is important, they are not causing any problems, although if t), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ Six of them, ringing the Glass-Ship.), post by Aurelius in The Wall (glances over at Awa, shaking his head.), post by The Awoken in The Wall (looks over to Aurelius, nodding enthusastically. "Yeah! Yeah! It worked, Aury!"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Wall (, from where she is literally rolling around on the ground, laughing, asks, "wai), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ Somehow, their mortarboards and glasses stay on even as they swim matching the), post by The Awoken in The Wall (: "Lil' bit, yeah! Big thanks to them for agreeing and playing along, too!"), post by The Awoken in The Wall (: "Who better to teach another than a professor?"), post by Aurelius in The Wall (puts his other hand over his face.), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Wall (stares at Awoken in surprise. "What did you do? When did you..?"), post by The Archivist/Archie in The Wall (looks up at them with a joyful smile. ⌬"Teach, you say? I would like to learn wh), post by The Awoken in The Wall (: "Thusly, the crowned and resplendent, Professor Frog!"), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ One of the Professors Frog waves, pleasantly, but it's weirdly impossible to t), post by The Awoken in The Wall (looks to Wolf with a conspiritorial grin. "Back when I was doing my dive. There ), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Wall (makes an amused "be my guest" gesture.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Wall (sits back up, enough she can wave back. "Did you sing a special ... frog song?"), post by Aurelius in The Wall (: "You remember the joke with Professor Frog is that they were... just a frog...), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ All frog songs are special, Salme.), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Wall (: "A...frog song?" For some reason, that sets Wolf off into gales of laughter ag), post by The Awoken in The Wall (: "I mean, kind of sort of! If you sing a frog and sing of the twelve principles), post by The Awoken in The Wall (looks to Aurelius, and his mouth curls up at the edges, his eyes half-lidded in ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Wall (murmurs, to herself. "Frogs. The thirteenth principle."), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Wall (: "The principle of Frog!" He's not having much luck controlling himself.), post by The Archivist/Archie in The Wall (chuckles at that one, continuing to look up at the Dream-Whales with a sense of ), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ Somehow it seems like they're still always keeping one eye on you. (It helps t), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Wall (: "Though wouldn't, on Samudra at least, they be referred to Scholar-Professors ), post by Aurelius in The Wall (starts and stops several different sentences in Awoken's direction, but doesn't ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Wall (starts laughing again at Aurelius' speechlessness.), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ They do not seems to be doing anything, other than swimming, steadfastly, in f), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ As the Glass Ship cuts through the water, and your eyes scan the horizon, you ), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ Overshadowing them, in every possible sense, is an absolutely massive -wave- o), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ The seas are turbulent, and the clouds are still, actively, roiling. It seems ), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ There is a small aperture in the Bubble, opposite that of the wave of crystal ) · added note: "The change the Dream-Whales have undergone upon our return f", added note: "--- And then, the revelation about them as the Professors Fr", added note: "--- Hope you enjoyed that, because then we discovered traged" · deleted: post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ Either is appropriate in this instance, face whichever way your heart tells yo), post by The Dragon in The Wall (ꙮ Either is appropriate in this instance, face whichever way your heart tells yo) · edited note: "--- And then, the noöplankton", edited note: "--- Twelve of the thirteen spoke here, but I am saving the m", edited note: "--- Caion would later mention that when he washed up as a yo" |
| May 24, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | I'm not really sure I even understand what the difference to which you're referring is, I fear. |
| May 24, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | Yeah but he is built different. That is a thing that is true. |
| May 24, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | I admit that I'm speaking of something rather deeper than mere handling of fear and acceptance of truth. The words are inadequate, I'm afraid. |
| May 24, 2026 | Aurelius | marginalia | You weren't even one of those three. |
| May 24, 2026 | The Awoken | marginalia | we're built different |
| May 23, 2026 | Aurelius | marginalia | tbqh if it's simply accepting and moving beyond one's fears it is... *very* odd that only three people have ever done it before, and that some of us did not. |
| May 23, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | That which Jorule expanded on, more than I could. That this could be a way to make it easier to cross far distances. |
| May 23, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | Mm. Yes. A hope failed, or betrayed, is far worse than one is simply surprised by failure--or expects it. Hope is necessary...but it is also a risk. And we are oft prone to see all risks that did not succeed as failures, even if the risk was one worth taking... |
| May 23, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | Hmm, I see. Then, perhaps, at its core...it is simply the ability to move past one's fear, and accept what lies beyond? Perhaps there are many paths to the same place. |
| May 23, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | It is...different, but...kin? That might be a valuable exploration. Others might hear something I do not. |
| May 23, 2026 | Aurelius | marginalia | Oh, okay. Thank you. |
| May 23, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | It's a compliment! I like that you were able to expand upon the circle. You're clever and smart and I think it's cute! |
| May 23, 2026 | Aurelius | marginalia | Thank you...? |
| May 23, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | You're cute. |
| May 23, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | What are you wondering, Wolf? |
| May 23, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | I think ... I'm not certain if this is correct, but, the despair I am thinking of is---when previous Sword-Saints have told the truth of the cycles, and led people to believe it might be changed. That sense of possibility, and then the knowledge that it failed anyway ... it's tangled in my head, but there's something about the claim that this time it will be different combined with the fact that it has, to date, never been different, that I think evokes a kind of reaction that is difficult to bear. |
| May 23, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | I. Don't think that's it for me? Perhaps, but when confronted with boundless possibility I'm not sure I feel awe so much as ... perhaps the best word is determination? To both understand it for exactly what it is, and to accept both the terrifying and the not. |
| May 23, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | We should see if we are at all able to compare what I heard from the Dream-Whales and what you hear as the Great Song. I wonder if you might have more valuable input in this regard. |
| May 22, 2026 | Aurelius | marginalia | Oh right, I never did elaborate on this since we got distracted. But. If you concentrate a bit more, you'll realize that you're actually seeing everything from every person in the circle-link at once... but only the primary view point is visible by default because they're *overlapped* for some reason. So I took the various viewpoints, made them smaller, and then spread them out so I could see everything at the same time. |
| May 22, 2026 | Aurelius | marginalia | By 86 he means Awa, just to be clear. |
| May 22, 2026 | Jorule | marginalia | Fast travel! It's honestly not too weird in the grand scheme of things, beyond it using tenebrous as a base instead of liminal (from what I understand of the gnosis systems, anyway), but I guess the orbs and obsidian ignoring the time axis is a *little* cooler and flavorful than a simple warp gate or portal, particularly for 86. |
| May 22, 2026 | Aurelius | marginalia | It IS very effective. And honestly it's more funny than anything else, no actual disrespect intended. |
| May 22, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | Ah, lovely. I don't even have to experiment with this, it's already been done. "Scholarship," I believe? |
| May 22, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | One wonders... |
| May 22, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | This now seems to be entirely true, given what we have learned from Bahamut's shade. |
| May 22, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | I would argue that the only thing that makes it bearable at all, even for myself, is the feeling that we might be able to *do* something about it. If I felt *helpless* in front of that truth? I cannot say that even my own stability would hold. |
| May 22, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | This is what I would refer to as the "test" that the Ancient Ones give. Whether or not one can find a way to *touch* that immensity without being overwhelmed by it--hold it lightly enough that it does not drown you, yet hold it closely *enough* to interact and know. Though, as Caion would put it, it is hardly a *fair* test. |
| May 22, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | And I can attest that the Great Song of a world is...far less bound than most would assume. Or wish it to be. |
| May 22, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | Ah. And, for myself, once the fear passed...what replaced it was *delight,* in the sheer boundless breadth of existence. Delight that such a thing *can* exist, *does* exist...if another were be able to move beyond their fear, and likewise accept that boundless possibility for a source of awe, not just terror...would they, too, see it true? Is that why you can see it too, Salme? |
| May 22, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | I find myself humming it without even thinking. It is certain...catchy. Catchy like plague, perhaps, but catchy nonetheless. |
| May 22, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | Aurelius, really. It's very effective at what it does, even if we find that purpose somewhat distasteful. |
| May 22, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | So that it might be clear for future readers, I saw a hunger-demon from Almachadta at first. |
| May 22, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | What an *annoyingly* delightful song. I don't know if I want to fete the composer or wring their neck. |
| May 22, 2026 | Wolf | marginalia | Salme, you will have to teach me how to add my own experiences to this...record. I, too, have had an encounter with a noöplankton bearing a, ah, "letter." |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | Is this what you were imagining when you called *me* a hillybilly that one time? Absolutely rude. |
| May 14, 2026 | Aurelius | marginalia | I still can't believe the Kushtaka were river-rat hillbillies all this time... |
| May 14, 2026 | Jorule | marginalia | Correct, first time it's been used around any of us. |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme | marginalia | This is the first use of 'Dream-Whale' that I recall. |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | entries | added: post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ Anything can be at the edge of the sea, if you try hard and believe in yoursel), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (stands with feet planted slightly wider than shoulder-width apart, his coat bill), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to perform experiments most riotou), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I thank you all for attending, and promise a miracle, and hopefully will deli), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Yeah, I would definitely place the odds of riots at above zero..."), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Are you two sure you're not trying to get Caion fired...?"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I don't think they can fire Caion. I think he's too necessary. So why not tak), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Well..." He straightens up, rocking back and forth on his heels. It's almost ), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (smiles wryly out of the corner of his mouth, having been peering up at the cryst), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "But riotous attainment of knowledge, and satisfaction of curiosity? Well." He), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "We're fortunate to have the distraction. It almost makes the blockade unnecce), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (shakes his head at Salme. "(And you all were worried about me before we arrived), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (blows a kiss at Aurelius. "(I wasn't! I was worried about me fucking up unintent), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (glances around.), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I suppose shooting for intentional does get around that worry."), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "So. Did you have a plan for calling one to the surface beyond a fishing pol), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I told Wolf I appreciated the care you've all taken with my world, and I mean), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (looks up at crystal. "I can't believe Luĉja caused that. And remembered." She so), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (focuses back in on the Awoken. "Oh. I'm sure he has an entire plan."), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (kneels, setting down the pole-and-lantern, and stands back up. "Sure do."), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Just have a few last things to prepare."), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "The texts regarding the Visitors have been most useful in generating ideas. B), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "So, first... I'm not planning on just barreling into this without any safegua), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "In my experience, if you're -looking- for them, they're surprisingly easy to ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (cuts her eyes towards Aurelius at 'without any safeguard' then focuses back on h), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (interlocks his fingers and stretches his palms out, knuckles cracking. He brings), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (barks a sharp, short yell with intention and determination, clapping his hands t), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, III (- The Awoken has attained unto the techné Walk The Strange Paths (Find your way ), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, III (- The Awoken spent 2 Arete and now has 0 remaining.), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (tilts his head to the side.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ The orb would fit uncomfortably in one hand. Comfortably, in two.), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "...Only two Arete for anchor points? Huh."), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "It's not quite what you're thinking. Not yet, at least."), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (walks over to Salme, smiling gently as he holds the orb out to her.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (looks like he's taking notes, in his own head, and he probably is.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (looks at the orb, and looks at him, and smiles brightly, almost shining. "Thank ), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (kisses back fiercely, with a free hand stroking the back of her head, fingers tr), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Hang onto it! I'm counting on you."), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (walks backwards a few steps before turning, and goes to kneel at the lantern, un), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Now... Caion, if you will?"), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (had a hand in front of his mouth, a few moments back, eyes closed- and he exhale), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (closes his eyes and inhales with his chest and abdomen, fully accepting the ligh), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (pets the ball of tenebrous gnosis, much like it's a cat, and frowns. "Does this ), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ You inhale the light off his fingertips, and it settles. For a brief moment, y), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Seems like."), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "... Ah."), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Thence, all the careful precautions." He smiles at Salme, reassuringly. "I wo), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III ('s eyes open and quickly dart over to look at Salme, and... he winks, sticking o), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III ('s grip on the gnosis-ball briefly goes a little less 'tenderly petting a cat' a), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ The orb starts purring.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "You could have one of us go with you if you must. Or." Frowns at Caion. "Coul), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Lack of fear is paramount. Equally thus, is intentionality. Such that I shall), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "By all means, circle away... I doubt you'll want to miss the experience!"), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (sits down with a yawn. "Oh were you not bringing it back up with you?"), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Oh no... I intend on that too. But I figured you'd want to know about the det), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (hums a note, bright and clear, then lets it drop. "Hum with me-" -and he hums th), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (relents her grip on the tenebrous orb, and then sits down next to Aurelius, pres), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (looks at Caion a little helplessly. "I can't sing," she says, flatly.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (pauses, for a moment, then quirks his head to one side, and smiles suddenly; cle), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Anyone can hum."), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (stares at Caion's hand, and then examines the knotwork, and then she nods. She n), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (touches his hand against Salme's, as the pellucid and flourishing gnosis weave i), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (reaches out and fistbumps, while humming the same note Caion was earlier.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (nods, and there's another moment of shared awareness, and then he ambles over sl), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (reaches out with his free hand, and begins to hum as he makes contact, holding t), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (tilts his head to one side, then the other... then sits up and stretches both ha), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "(What are you doing, Aurelius?)" she says, having gone back to slowly petting), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (extends the Circle- it's rudimentary, but strong, and all three of them can see ), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Default picture-in-picture layout on that is kind of ass, was adjusting the m), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "ꙮYou will succeed and you will come backꙮ," she calls to Awoken.), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (nods to Caion, looks to Salme and Aurelius, and nods to them as well.), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "That's the power of ꙮmaking your own truth.ꙮ"), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (suddenly whips around, and starts with a few running steps- he hops up onto the ), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ And you can follow him, with your senses, as he does not fall, but flies, divi), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (keeps her breath slow, slow, slow and steady. She feels the slightly ridged cora), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Aury, if you're done with whatever you're doing, would you put your arm aroun), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (clears his throat, very gently.), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (slips behind Salme, wrapping both arms around her waist and resting his chin on ), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Awa decided it was his turn to blow Caion's mind."), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (leans back into Aurelius. "I'm not worried, kulta. I'm doing what I can to not b), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III ('s mind forces his body to adjust. The sea is cold, and he accepts the cold. The), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Hallo, Wolf. Care to Circle with us?" He's focusing, rather heavily, on being), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "...Kulta. That's clever. How long did you spend finding that?"), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (leans against one of the railings of the bridge, chuckles softly, and hums a ton), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (blinks, at Wolf, as- the tension of being the fulcrum eases, and tilts his head ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (cracks an eye at Wolf, gives him a twitch of a smile. "Hello Wolf."), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (waves two fingers, jauntily, giving her a bit of an arch smile before he closes ), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ Awoken: It was not, precisely, waiting for you, but it's very close, and it's ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (adds him to the weave in her mind. A thread of flourishing, of course, but the n), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (briefly reaches one hand up, pointing at something directly in front of him befo), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (isn't satisfied with that. You see me, you feel me, but that isn't enough. He ki), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ And you turn, slightly, and it's there, it's always been there, and you and Au), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ It's grown over with algae, in places - a green tinge, across all of its color), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (doesn't lose his tone, doesn't falter, but there's definitely an awed edge to hi), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (chuckles quietly to himself.), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (rotates toward it, lowering his forehead towards the entity, not unlike if he we), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (keeps her breathing slowly and steady but notes the 19 eyes. Notes too the green), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ Intricate, subtle. Fractal whalesong. Meandering, and utterly impossible to pr), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (moves a hand to one of the lantern's latches. Slowly, he slides one of the plate), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ The Light of the True Sun spills from the Truth-That-Loves, and its light illu), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (Paying attention with all eyes, yet? I hope so. We want to learn. We want to sha), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (slides the top switch of the lantern down, and all the plates shift into the lan), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ Twenty eyes fix on the Awoken, one utterly unblinking, despite the sudden, ful), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (We fear no Song. Our Stillness is warm. Our virtues are true and sincere, under ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (sends a pulse of gnosis through the tenebrous sphere, through to him, and then h), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (shivers, from head to toe, his tone wobbling--not much, not enough to threaten t), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ The Dream-Whale observes the Awoken. Its nineteen eyes see him, floating in th), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (reaches out, to touch the Song... how would this one go? Its melody is already c), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ The Dream-Whale seems to understand the Song as the Awoken plays it; its warbl), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ The Dream-Whale shifts a slightly deeper shade of green, matching its blooming), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Can Awa hear us over this, by the by?"), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ He can, yes.), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (can't help it--his own hum tries to find the counterpoint to weave in around tho), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (adds a few more notes, on the high end. One, two-three-four... in a chord, five-), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Y'forgot the most important part when greeting a new friend, y'know?" Aurel), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ A thirteenth note, implied, of course, in the negative space left by the twelv), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ The Dream-Whale reaches out a tendril and the tip quirks up in what it is poss), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (laughs), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Can we ... is it possible to invite them into the Circle with us?" she's aski), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (looks at Caion, his hum-tone briefly going quizzical.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (tilts his head to the side. "I'm not... sure. I've tried, before, and been rebuf), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (reaches out a hand giving his own thumbs up, and then tilts it towards the tendr), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ The central eye half-lids, ever so briefly, and it pulls back. Not out of alar), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "It might not matter but you could try telling them that ꙮit's going to be dif), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ The Dream-Whale ripples with- kind, gentle amusement, and all of its eyes puls), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (Still trying to find your own words? That's okay. We trust you. We still love yo), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, III (- Salme, The Sword-Saint has gained 1 Arete, and now has 5.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (exhales, slowly, through the focus, through the intent, a soft laugh, a smile ta), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (thinks, but also...speaks?...from somewhere within himself: ꙮLet the Other be wh), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (presses her lips together, and even more determinedly adds: ꙮHow many times was ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (to that thought she adds her own love. For Wolf, pure and admiring and clarion-c), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ It reaches tendrils, towards the Awoken. Basking in the light of the Sun, imbi), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ Awoken: You can feel Caion's light in your lungs beginning, slowly, to fade.), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (slowly pulls his arm back. Somehow... I know we'll meet again. Tell your friends), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ The tendrils-up wiggle fairly unambiguously. Some of them begin to wave goodby), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (brings his hand up to his forehead, giving a slow, lazy, two-fingered salute... ), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ It connects with an obsidian platform, which blooms an obsidian road behind it), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (, when she felt the Awoken feel Caion's light fade from his lungs, began breathi), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (catches onto it with his gripped fist and propels up, up, up, with dizzying spee), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ Pushing backwards on it, frictionless- not the road itself, nor the water, bar), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (stares down at the Awoken as he returns, and, helpfully, offers: "No, that was b), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (can't NOT laugh, in surprise and no small amount of delight, as the Awoken drops), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (immediately has her hands on him, in his hair and on his shoulders, even as she'), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (is limbs all akimbo, torso draped across her- and also part of Aurelius too, sin), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (laughs, and finally lets go of the Circle, but doesn't look at all as tired as h), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (lets his hum trail off into a jaunty little tune--something like "da-da-da dahhh), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (blinks at Wolf, then tilts her head back to blink at Aurelius, and then focuses ), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (coughs once and starts laughing at Wolf's melody.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "That was..." He's still grinning, he hasn't stopped. "Incredible. Everything ), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Yeah... didn't catch 'em, but I got a good feeling!"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "You laid the groundwork. Or. Built upon the groundwork that had already been ), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I've never seen one... -react- like that, or change its state based on- anyth), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (idly wonders to himself, "(Wonder where it was hiding the machine-guns...)"), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I thiiiiiiiiiink..." There's a wet, slapping sound as he taps a hand on the b), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "You think it's experiencing a period of personal growth?"), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "It came dressed to impress...?"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (laughs.), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (laughs quietly, facepalming gently. "Ahh, it certainly is us."), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (chuckles. "Luĉja described an image of a seed. And I suspect Wolf made an impres), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Oh. Did Wolf?" She turns to look at him.), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (tilts his head towards Caion. "Could you not see the Seed in its main eye?"), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (nods, and sputters as some damp hair falls into his mouth. "That seed is sprouti), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "And, if I'm right, it sent a message to Salme, not long after you got here--"), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "The Seed. In its eye."), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (glances briefly between Salme, Wolf, and the Awoken.), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (raises his hands up, defensively. "I, among all of us, have not done some sort o), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (gestures at Wolf. "I'd take issue with 'rash' but he's got you dead to rights on), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Did you not see it, Caion? The reflection of a seed, sprouting?"), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Ohhhhhhhhhhh Wolfy, what'd you doooooooooooooo...?" he sing-songly calls.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (then mutters to Wolf, "(Did you know Aurelius hummed the exact same tune when he), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (would be dramatically pointing at Wolf if she wasn't busy disentangling Awoken's), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (looks almost indignant. "I haven't done anything! The only thing I can possibly ), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (rather hastily: "Nothing I wasn't around to bear witness to, and I'm glad of it.), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (files that away for later.), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "For what it's worth, you aren't missing much. Know baby plants? They look abo), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "But it carries cosmological importance, so... it's a wash!"), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I didn't put a shining crystal in the sky, I did not make a strange tablet th), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I did that before we got here," A lazy correct, made without enough force to), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ I am being so good right now.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (just looks... amused, albeit mulling over why in the world he didn't see what th), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Why is it that just because it had a seed in its eye that Caion cannot see th), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (leans back into Aurelius so she can get a good look at Wolf. She still has one h), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "You seemed with a nooplankton?! Scandal!! Controversy!!" He's saying this whi), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Hey Caion definitely don't think about what he just said okay? Okay." Tone ), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (trails off, realizes that he's panting a little and that his hair is starting to), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I will exercise the virtues to the best of my ability, Aurelius." Besides, he), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Wolf," she wiggles her hand insistently. "Stop apologizing and unclench. Plea), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Anyway, pretty confident there's a reason we saw and you didn't, but we're no), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I am not clenched," he mutters, visibly making an effort to unclench. He step), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Oh, you have a hypothesis? Excellent, at least someone does," and he rather c), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (nods to Caion.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (grabs his hand, and doesn't ... it's not Circling, and it may not even work, but), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ It's more like Circling than you think, you suddenly realise, having just been), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (exhales, and allows her to take his hand, and allows her to do whatever it is sh), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (then turns his attention back to the Awoken. "Are you really not even going to ), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (helpfully, "There's gnosis-work for that, if you want."), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I mean I'm fine with it, and you're not exactly moving all that quick, yourse), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Hit 'em full blast, Caion."), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (gives a thumbs up to Caion.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (glances at the Awoken for permission and/or verification that getting Aurelius d), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Hm. That was way less hair dryer on max settings than expected."), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (says, just to Wolf: Maybe I want you to be able to do something miraculous and s), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III ('s hair does frizz a little unexpectedly, and she frowns at Caion.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (is helping! He's helping, because he's a helper.), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Ahh... still feel like a good warm dip in a hot bath would be in order after ), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (makes a little bit of a growl in his throat, not...angrily, just...grumpily. ~Ca), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "But," she says sharply, and aloud, "it is not all that you are. Much like thi), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (nods at the Awoken, consciously giving Wolf and Salme space. "Yeaaaah. Every tim), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (yelps and laughs at Salme.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (gives Wolf's hand a squeeze, and then lets it go.), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (sighs, patiently, squeezes her hand back. "I know, Sword-Sister." He smiles, wry), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (smiles at him, then looks at the Awoken. "If you're going to the baths I'd like ), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I like to think we all had fun and nobody got hurt and that's what's can pass), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Honestly, that doesn't sound like a terrible idea. I had my model of reality ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Only three times?" Salme drawls. "You're slowing down, Caion."), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I did with hold one deliberately. Two, actually."), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (kisses Aurelius on the neck, right below the beard. "Good boy."), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (snorts softly, and starts to lead the quickest way to the nice baths, from here.), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (finally starts to push himself up, getting up and over his legs. He slides the l), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Proud of you, Aury!"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I guess I'm also holding back. Hm. Several too," she says, standing to follow), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Now you’re both just teasing me."), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I mean, I'm still slated to get examined, wonder what'll become of that, eh?"), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (snorts.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I'm actually not," she says thoughtfully. "Well. I don't know how model-of-re), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Oh, I know." He gives her a smile, and they all wander off towards a 'vertica), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Ohhhhhhhhhhh Wolfy, what'd you doooooooooooooo...?" he sing-songly calls.) · added note: "And then, the actual attempt to catch a Dream-Whale" · deleted: post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (shakes his head at Salme. "(And you all were worried about me before we arrived), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (blows a kiss at Aurelius. "(I wasn't! I was worried about me fucking up unintent), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (glances around.), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I suppose shooting for intentional does get around that worry."), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (cuts her eyes towards Aurelius at 'without any safeguard' then focuses back on h), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (tilts his head to the side.), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "...Only two Arete for anchor points? Huh."), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "It's not quite what you're thinking. Not yet, at least."), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, III (- The Awoken spent 2 Arete and now has 0 remaining.), post by unknown in The Sea's Edge, III (- Salme, The Sword-Saint has gained 1 Arete, and now has 5.), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (idly wonders to himself, "(Wonder where it was hiding the machine-guns...)"), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (raises his hands up, defensively. "I, among all of us, have not done some sort o), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Ohhhhhhhhhhh Wolfy, what'd you doooooooooooooo...?" he sing-songly calls.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (then mutters to Wolf, "(Did you know Aurelius hummed the exact same tune when he), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (would be dramatically pointing at Wolf if she wasn't busy disentangling Awoken's), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (files that away for later.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (leans back into Aurelius so she can get a good look at Wolf. She still has one h), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Wolf," she wiggles her hand insistently. "Stop apologizing and unclench. Plea), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Anyway, pretty confident there's a reason we saw and you didn't, but we're no), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I am not clenched," he mutters, visibly making an effort to unclench. He step), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Oh, you have a hypothesis? Excellent, at least someone does," and he rather c), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (nods to Caion.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (grabs his hand, and doesn't ... it's not Circling, and it may not even work, but), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (ꙮ It's more like Circling than you think, you suddenly realise, having just been), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (exhales, and allows her to take his hand, and allows her to do whatever it is sh), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (then turns his attention back to the Awoken. "Are you really not even going to ), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (helpfully, "There's gnosis-work for that, if you want."), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I mean I'm fine with it, and you're not exactly moving all that quick, yourse), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Hit 'em full blast, Caion."), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (gives a thumbs up to Caion.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (glances at the Awoken for permission and/or verification that getting Aurelius d), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Hm. That was way less hair dryer on max settings than expected."), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (says, just to Wolf: Maybe I want you to be able to do something miraculous and s), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III ('s hair does frizz a little unexpectedly, and she frowns at Caion.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (is helping! He's helping, because he's a helper.), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Ahh... still feel like a good warm dip in a hot bath would be in order after ), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (makes a little bit of a growl in his throat, not...angrily, just...grumpily. ~Ca), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "But," she says sharply, and aloud, "it is not all that you are. Much like thi), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (nods at the Awoken, consciously giving Wolf and Salme space. "Yeaaaah. Every tim), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (yelps and laughs at Salme.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (gives Wolf's hand a squeeze, and then lets it go.), post by The Wolf-Priest in The Sea's Edge, III (sighs, patiently, squeezes her hand back. "I know, Sword-Sister." He smiles, wry), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (smiles at him, then looks at the Awoken. "If you're going to the baths I'd like ), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I like to think we all had fun and nobody got hurt and that's what's can pass), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Honestly, that doesn't sound like a terrible idea. I had my model of reality ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Only three times?" Salme drawls. "You're slowing down, Caion."), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I did with hold one deliberately. Two, actually."), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (kisses Aurelius on the neck, right below the beard. "Good boy."), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (snorts softly, and starts to lead the quickest way to the nice baths, from here.), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (finally starts to push himself up, getting up and over his legs. He slides the l), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Proud of you, Aury!"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I guess I'm also holding back. Hm. Several too," she says, standing to follow), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Now you’re both just teasing me."), post by The Awoken in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I mean, I'm still slated to get examined, wonder what'll become of that, eh?"), post by Aurelius in The Sea's Edge, III (snorts.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Sea's Edge, III (: "I'm actually not," she says thoughtfully. "Well. I don't know how model-of-re), post by Caion, the Emissary in The Sea's Edge, III (: "Oh, I know." He gives her a smile, and they all wander off towards a 'vertica) · reordered entries |
| May 14, 2026 | Jorule | marginalia | And you will never *un*heard it. |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | entries | added: post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (pushes a button, or adjusts a slat, perhaps.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (ꙮ The joyous light of the True Sun pours out from a slat of the rakaznar lantern), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (pauses. Slowly turns his head. "Did you steal a sun?"), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "I mean, yeah, I just. Hadn't thought I'd done anything weird or anything." He), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (splutters, utterly lost for words for once, laughing in delight. "How in the-" H), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "I didn't steal it, it's still there, it's just also here."), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "Okay but the question of 'why' still remains."), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Going to catch a Polite Visitor."), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (: "He's putting together a team, you see," she adds.), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "...That's cheating, but I'm not going to stop you."), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Right. Want to help?" He grins.), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "Feels like the sort of thing you might wanna turn into a supervised group act), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (: "Oh, the project's been authorized by a Circle Academic." He grins smugly.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (frowns at Aurelius. "This seems like the kind of thing you'd normally be all ove), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Yeah, what's with this 'cheating' talk?"), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "Oh no I'm just trying to work out the logistics of trapping sunlight in a lan), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "Okay so me and Wolf we kind of talking about this earlier, about how having t), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "- And you're just gunna skip past that part with the Sun that Loves!"), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "Though I must reiterate I am not opposed. But. It's definitely cheating." ), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (: "Hmm. A trial, huh? But maybe not a fair one." He sips at his gin. "Anyways, I), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Okay, well, as thorough as the writings were regarding the Visitors, getting ), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Suffering isn't a virtue. A card game has rules. Life really... doesn't."), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (flicks some nothing at Salme. "I mean... on Samudra being able to bear sufferin), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "So specifically on Samudra, you'd have to be... a really specific kind of per), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (: "There are stories, warnings here about- the Polite Visitors rising to the sur), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (: "I wonder if that's it," she says, carefully. "About it being like the Mask in), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (: "There were 216 tallies in the shrine of the Sword-Saint. Assuming each cycle ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (starts to pace, not fast or irritated, but slow, intentional. "I wonder if it's ), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Wooooooooould it though?"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (stops and tilts her head at the Awoken. "What do you mean?"), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (nods at Salme. "Your calculations line up with mine. And from what Archie said, ), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (: "And I think... I don't know. Someone who sees the Visitors and feels terror m), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (: "...which implies, to me, that something -else- was ultimately responsible for), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (: "Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm seeing connections where there aren't any, maybe i), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "Oh yeah, naw, that's the assumption we're all working on too, I think. Some), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (: "Yeah. I can't be sure but I don't think they cause each other? I just ... thi), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (easily lets him go and then says, to the Awoken, "okay, so what is the plan with), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Get one close and personal. Let the light shine in. And then, when the stars ), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "A very specific application of Stillness.") · added note: "Awoken shows off his lantern and discusses the steps we're g" · deleted: post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (stops and tilts her head at the Awoken. "What do you mean?"), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Wooooooooould it though?") |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | entries | added: post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (pushes a button, or adjusts a slat, perhaps.), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (ꙮ The joyous light of the True Sun pours out from a slat of the rakaznar lantern), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (pauses. Slowly turns his head. "Did you steal a sun?"), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "I mean, yeah, I just. Hadn't thought I'd done anything weird or anything." He), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (splutters, utterly lost for words for once, laughing in delight. "How in the-" H), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "I didn't steal it, it's still there, it's just also here."), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "Okay but the question of 'why' still remains."), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Going to catch a Polite Visitor."), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (: "He's putting together a team, you see," she adds.), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "...That's cheating, but I'm not going to stop you."), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Right. Want to help?" He grins.), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "Feels like the sort of thing you might wanna turn into a supervised group act), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (: "Oh, the project's been authorized by a Circle Academic." He grins smugly.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (frowns at Aurelius. "This seems like the kind of thing you'd normally be all ove), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Yeah, what's with this 'cheating' talk?"), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "Oh no I'm just trying to work out the logistics of trapping sunlight in a lan), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "Okay so me and Wolf we kind of talking about this earlier, about how having t), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "- And you're just gunna skip past that part with the Sun that Loves!"), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "Though I must reiterate I am not opposed. But. It's definitely cheating." ), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (: "Hmm. A trial, huh? But maybe not a fair one." He sips at his gin. "Anyways, I), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Okay, well, as thorough as the writings were regarding the Visitors, getting ), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Suffering isn't a virtue. A card game has rules. Life really... doesn't."), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (flicks some nothing at Salme. "I mean... on Samudra being able to bear sufferin), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "So specifically on Samudra, you'd have to be... a really specific kind of per), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (: "There are stories, warnings here about- the Polite Visitors rising to the sur), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (: "I wonder if that's it," she says, carefully. "About it being like the Mask in), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (: "There were 216 tallies in the shrine of the Sword-Saint. Assuming each cycle ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (starts to pace, not fast or irritated, but slow, intentional. "I wonder if it's ), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Wooooooooould it though?"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (stops and tilts her head at the Awoken. "What do you mean?"), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (nods at Salme. "Your calculations line up with mine. And from what Archie said, ), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (: "And I think... I don't know. Someone who sees the Visitors and feels terror m), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (: "...which implies, to me, that something -else- was ultimately responsible for), post by Caion, the Emissary in The 36th Tower, X (: "Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm seeing connections where there aren't any, maybe i), post by Aurelius in The 36th Tower, X (: "Oh yeah, naw, that's the assumption we're all working on too, I think. Some), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (: "Yeah. I can't be sure but I don't think they cause each other? I just ... thi), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (easily lets him go and then says, to the Awoken, "okay, so what is the plan with), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Get one close and personal. Let the light shine in. And then, when the stars ), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "A very specific application of Stillness.") · added note: "Awoken shows off his lantern and discusses the steps we're g" · deleted: post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The 36th Tower, X (stops and tilts her head at the Awoken. "What do you mean?"), post by The Awoken in The 36th Tower, X (: "Wooooooooould it though?") |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | entries | added: post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Does a Song know Stillness whatsoever?"), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Or would a Song seek out Stillness? Grasp upon its most vulnerable, weakest p), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Because it is a Song, it sings to what it is, and it is deciding to become th), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "And then, at some point, the Samudrans said- no! I will no longer hand you my), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "This is a theory based off of observation of Samudran practices."), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "They give something form- the form is Stillness. That something, is wildly cr), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (: "...they turn the egg back into an Egg, you mean, and it hatches the horror we), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Do they wish for that? Or is it their nature?"), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Does a Song have a wish?"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (: "What if it's neither?"), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (glances at Salme, curiously.), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (nods to Salme. "It could be neither!"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (: "What if ... when confronted with infinite, limitless possibility, it is easie), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "And why, in 99.999-repeating percent circumstances, has it always had the eff), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (takes a breath. "I could be wrong. I'm probably wrong. But ... there is comfort ), post by Scholar-Professor Xie in An Academic Perspective (looks up. "Dread. Curiosity's old enemy. If Curiosity is the drive to correlate ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (nods at Xie. "Yes. That was. What I was thinking."), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (: "And when I did call out to it, and when I did hear the Visitor," she glances ), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Unscored, unwritable... that is a much better way of putting it."), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (: "No, I... think that makes sense. I'm not sure what it -implies- yet, but I th) |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | entries | added: post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Does a Song know Stillness whatsoever?"), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Or would a Song seek out Stillness? Grasp upon its most vulnerable, weakest p), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Because it is a Song, it sings to what it is, and it is deciding to become th), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "And then, at some point, the Samudrans said- no! I will no longer hand you my), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "This is a theory based off of observation of Samudran practices."), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "They give something form- the form is Stillness. That something, is wildly cr), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (: "...they turn the egg back into an Egg, you mean, and it hatches the horror we), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Do they wish for that? Or is it their nature?"), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Does a Song have a wish?"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (: "What if it's neither?"), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (glances at Salme, curiously.), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (nods to Salme. "It could be neither!"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (: "What if ... when confronted with infinite, limitless possibility, it is easie), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "And why, in 99.999-repeating percent circumstances, has it always had the eff), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (takes a breath. "I could be wrong. I'm probably wrong. But ... there is comfort ), post by Scholar-Professor Xie in An Academic Perspective (looks up. "Dread. Curiosity's old enemy. If Curiosity is the drive to correlate ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (nods at Xie. "Yes. That was. What I was thinking."), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (: "And when I did call out to it, and when I did hear the Visitor," she glances ), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Unscored, unwritable... that is a much better way of putting it."), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (: "No, I... think that makes sense. I'm not sure what it -implies- yet, but I th) |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | entries | added: post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (leans gratefully into him. "(Despite your best efforts, Professor, I fear I'm a ), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "What is a Polite Visitor, and why is it the closest approximation to pure Son), post by Scholar-Professor Xie in An Academic Perspective (raises -both- eyebrows, startled, briefly glances between both Salme and Caion a), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (turns to Salme at almost the exact same time. "May I share your... observations,), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (nods. And then, because she wants to be clear, she says, "anything I told you is), post by Scholar-Professor Xie in An Academic Perspective (: "Salme. You and Caion beheld the same thing? Without being Circled?"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (: "Yes. I barely knew Caion then. We were on the Glass Ship, going to Ripple's R), post by Scholar-Professor Xie in An Academic Perspective (: "Praise the River, from which flows all wonders known and not-yet-known." He b), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (: "Two questions. First, and I feel I already know the answer to this but I have), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Well..." His eyes look about the room, and settle on Caion. "Terrifying or fr), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "I mean it was awe-inspiring, perhaps."), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Like, I'm sure there's some mathemeticians about that if you ask them to real), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "You see... maybe it's just me. Maybe it's the free-association we all have wi), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (nods to the Awoken, looking him right in the eye, very intensely. Not upset or a), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (quietly states: "Studying the Polite Visitors has been the quiet focus of my ent), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "The way the Samudrans have created to combat this phenomenon is to invert the), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (nods. "The technique Archie and I performed, out of concern for your safety. The), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "If I were to hold a lecture on this very technique, I'd name it something lik), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: " 'The Silliness and Song.' "), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "We recognize a song for a song due to either long standing examinations of mu), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "But the Song, capital-S... if a Song could Sing, what form would it take?") · added note: "Awoken, instructing Scholar-Professor Xie, on the Dream-Whal" · deleted: post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (leans gratefully into him. "(Despite your best efforts, Professor, I fear I'm a ) |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | entries | added: post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (leans gratefully into him. "(Despite your best efforts, Professor, I fear I'm a ), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "What is a Polite Visitor, and why is it the closest approximation to pure Son), post by Scholar-Professor Xie in An Academic Perspective (raises -both- eyebrows, startled, briefly glances between both Salme and Caion a), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (turns to Salme at almost the exact same time. "May I share your... observations,), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (nods. And then, because she wants to be clear, she says, "anything I told you is), post by Scholar-Professor Xie in An Academic Perspective (: "Salme. You and Caion beheld the same thing? Without being Circled?"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (: "Yes. I barely knew Caion then. We were on the Glass Ship, going to Ripple's R), post by Scholar-Professor Xie in An Academic Perspective (: "Praise the River, from which flows all wonders known and not-yet-known." He b), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (: "Two questions. First, and I feel I already know the answer to this but I have), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Well..." His eyes look about the room, and settle on Caion. "Terrifying or fr), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "I mean it was awe-inspiring, perhaps."), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "Like, I'm sure there's some mathemeticians about that if you ask them to real), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "You see... maybe it's just me. Maybe it's the free-association we all have wi), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (nods to the Awoken, looking him right in the eye, very intensely. Not upset or a), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (quietly states: "Studying the Polite Visitors has been the quiet focus of my ent), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "The way the Samudrans have created to combat this phenomenon is to invert the), post by Caion, the Emissary in An Academic Perspective (nods. "The technique Archie and I performed, out of concern for your safety. The), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "If I were to hold a lecture on this very technique, I'd name it something lik), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: " 'The Silliness and Song.' "), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "We recognize a song for a song due to either long standing examinations of mu), post by The Awoken in An Academic Perspective (: "But the Song, capital-S... if a Song could Sing, what form would it take?") · added note: "Awoken, instructing Scholar-Professor Xie, on the Dream-Whal" · deleted: post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in An Academic Perspective (leans gratefully into him. "(Despite your best efforts, Professor, I fear I'm a ) |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | entries | added: post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "Oh, are they about ready to...?" He glances up at the stage; there's been a f), post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "Anyways, they're about to start singing." He gestures with a spoon at the sta), post by Synthesis, the Arcanist in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (ꙮ On stage, the Kushtaka performers - fairly clearly a Glass-Ship crew led by th), post by unknown in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (- You hear — and your Star hears — a song, echoing from the stillness: What Swim), post by Synthesis, the Arcanist in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (ꙮ Something falls over the entire refectory, as they sing - like an incredibly l), post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (mouths the last words in the song, a -little- wryly.), post by Aurelius in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (looks absolutely bewildered for about a verse and a half and then begins to burs), post by The Wolf-Priest in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (leans back in his seat, toe tapping...but he can't not glance at Caion, a narrow), post by The Awoken in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest ('s mood gets brighter and cheerier (and it was already so), and he's got a foot ), post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (ꙮ There's a -moment- after the song as the refectory snaps out of it, and there'), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (has to admit the beat makes her want to clap along, but she keeps herself still ), post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (grins a little at Aurelius' reaction, and laughs, too. Grins at the look on Salm), post by The Wolf-Priest in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (applauds as the song finishes--it really was an excellent performance--but his e), post by The Archivist/Archie in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (meets Caion's gaze and gives him a similarly baffled expression. ⌬"I've spent so), post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (absolutely cannot -not- laugh once Archie starts, and ends up with his face buri), post by Aurelius in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "D...does... does one of them play a Jug - I. I can't."), post by The Awoken in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "It's great! Ohh, it made me want to dance!"), post by The Wolf-Priest in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (grins at Aurelius. "Really quite a lovely performance, I think. Enthusiastic and), post by Aurelius in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "Ah it's great. It's great. But it's so... Goddess I can't even."), post by Aurelius in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (leans his head down against the table, waving a hand in defeat.), post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "It's -catchy-, right? It's -supposed- to be catchy, that's..." -he's trying t), post by Synthesis, the Arcanist in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "I have never heard this version of it! You and your generation had not given ), post by The Archivist/Archie in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (looks over to Synthesis. ⌬"Was this one you knew already?"⌬) · added note: "The first time we heard *What Swims Below?* which certainly " · reordered entries |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | entries | added: post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "Oh, are they about ready to...?" He glances up at the stage; there's been a f), post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "Anyways, they're about to start singing." He gestures with a spoon at the sta), post by Synthesis, the Arcanist in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (ꙮ On stage, the Kushtaka performers - fairly clearly a Glass-Ship crew led by th), post by unknown in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (- You hear — and your Star hears — a song, echoing from the stillness: What Swim), post by Synthesis, the Arcanist in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (ꙮ Something falls over the entire refectory, as they sing - like an incredibly l), post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (mouths the last words in the song, a -little- wryly.), post by Aurelius in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (looks absolutely bewildered for about a verse and a half and then begins to burs), post by The Wolf-Priest in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (leans back in his seat, toe tapping...but he can't not glance at Caion, a narrow), post by The Awoken in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest ('s mood gets brighter and cheerier (and it was already so), and he's got a foot ), post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (ꙮ There's a -moment- after the song as the refectory snaps out of it, and there'), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (has to admit the beat makes her want to clap along, but she keeps herself still ), post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (grins a little at Aurelius' reaction, and laughs, too. Grins at the look on Salm), post by The Wolf-Priest in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (applauds as the song finishes--it really was an excellent performance--but his e), post by The Archivist/Archie in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (meets Caion's gaze and gives him a similarly baffled expression. ⌬"I've spent so), post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (absolutely cannot -not- laugh once Archie starts, and ends up with his face buri), post by Aurelius in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "D...does... does one of them play a Jug - I. I can't."), post by The Awoken in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "It's great! Ohh, it made me want to dance!"), post by The Wolf-Priest in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (grins at Aurelius. "Really quite a lovely performance, I think. Enthusiastic and), post by Aurelius in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "Ah it's great. It's great. But it's so... Goddess I can't even."), post by Aurelius in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (leans his head down against the table, waving a hand in defeat.), post by Caion, the Emissary in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "It's -catchy-, right? It's -supposed- to be catchy, that's..." -he's trying t), post by Synthesis, the Arcanist in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (: "I have never heard this version of it! You and your generation had not given ), post by The Archivist/Archie in Afternoon, at Ripple's Rest (looks over to Synthesis. ⌬"Was this one you knew already?"⌬) · added note: "The first time we heard *What Swims Below?* which certainly " · reordered entries |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | entries | added: post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Before any of that. Archie... while we're bubbled. I don't know if you recall), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "May I speak of my results?"), post by The Archivist/Archie in A Cellar, In Ripple (nods to Caion eagerly. ⌬"Please. Was our hypothesis confirmed?"⌬), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "The noöplankton are at least two hundred and fifty thousand years old. I don'), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Nothing... the core sample from the Septentrione, -nothing- we've ever studie), post by The Archivist/Archie in A Cellar, In Ripple (: ⌬"I can answer the question of how long, too, though my answer came not from t), post by The Archivist/Archie in A Cellar, In Ripple (nods. ⌬"To clarify, the 1300 years presents the length of Almachadta's current c), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple (closes her eyes. "The noöplankton and also your ... at least one of your Polite ), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (stares at Salme. "How do you know that?"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple (opens her eyes and meets Aurelius' gaze, because it's easier to meet his unimpre), post by The Archivist/Archie in A Cellar, In Ripple (looks pensive. ⌬"We've always been taught to avoid the Polite Visitors, that the), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (wiggles, very slightly, heels to toes. If he had a tail, it would be thudding. H), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "There's ... one more thing. After I sent that message out, I received ... wel), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "They -what-." His gaze flicks up towards Salme, again. Corners of his mouth s), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "And I'm going to be selfish and keep the message for myself, at least for now), post by The Wolf-Priest in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Thirteen, one silent..." His tone is tinged with just a hint of wonder. "Do y), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (laughs, again, in wonder. "What Swims Below, indeed. I'll have to make sure they), post by The Archivist/Archie in A Cellar, In Ripple (: ⌬"It's hard to not at least make the connection. Twelve constellations, and on), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "There are... we -sing- about things, sometimes, that we can't talk about in w), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Wolf, Aurelius. Did -you- see something... 'beautiful and strange', on my Aun), post by The Wolf-Priest in A Cellar, In Ripple (inhales slowly, exhales. "At first, I saw something fearful. Something of my wor), post by Aurelius in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Yes, but it was also very distinctly menacing and attempting to make me feel ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "For clarity ... I didn't see anything like what belongs on Almachadta. I saw ), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (untangles himself, finally, from Archie, though, looks up at Wolf and Salme. "..), post by The Wolf-Priest in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Yes?" With the air of a man who knows he's answering a question of great weig), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Correct."), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (grins that cracked, light-gets-in grin again. "Then that must -be- what they rea), post by The Wolf-Priest in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Yes...?" Somewhere between amused and bemused.), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Nobody's ever- you don't -agree- on what a Polite Visitor looks like unless y), post by The Wolf-Priest in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Hmm." He clearly a moment to think of what it looked like to start, gives a l), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "And you learn to... look at them, and see something that's -like- something y), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple ('s mouth twists into something wry and humorless for a moment, but then the expr), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (looks right at Salme, and the grin is still there. The grin is -more-. And he ta) · added note: "This happened later, when Aurelius and I were showing the ta", added note: "Caion would later mention that when he washed up as a young " · deleted: post by The Archivist/Archie in A Cellar, In Ripple (: ⌬"I can answer the question of how long, too, though my answer came not from t) |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | entries | added: post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Before any of that. Archie... while we're bubbled. I don't know if you recall), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "May I speak of my results?"), post by The Archivist/Archie in A Cellar, In Ripple (nods to Caion eagerly. ⌬"Please. Was our hypothesis confirmed?"⌬), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "The noöplankton are at least two hundred and fifty thousand years old. I don'), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Nothing... the core sample from the Septentrione, -nothing- we've ever studie), post by The Archivist/Archie in A Cellar, In Ripple (: ⌬"I can answer the question of how long, too, though my answer came not from t), post by The Archivist/Archie in A Cellar, In Ripple (nods. ⌬"To clarify, the 1300 years presents the length of Almachadta's current c), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple (closes her eyes. "The noöplankton and also your ... at least one of your Polite ), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (stares at Salme. "How do you know that?"), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple (opens her eyes and meets Aurelius' gaze, because it's easier to meet his unimpre), post by The Archivist/Archie in A Cellar, In Ripple (looks pensive. ⌬"We've always been taught to avoid the Polite Visitors, that the), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (wiggles, very slightly, heels to toes. If he had a tail, it would be thudding. H), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "There's ... one more thing. After I sent that message out, I received ... wel), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "They -what-." His gaze flicks up towards Salme, again. Corners of his mouth s), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "And I'm going to be selfish and keep the message for myself, at least for now), post by The Wolf-Priest in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Thirteen, one silent..." His tone is tinged with just a hint of wonder. "Do y), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (laughs, again, in wonder. "What Swims Below, indeed. I'll have to make sure they), post by The Archivist/Archie in A Cellar, In Ripple (: ⌬"It's hard to not at least make the connection. Twelve constellations, and on), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "There are... we -sing- about things, sometimes, that we can't talk about in w), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Wolf, Aurelius. Did -you- see something... 'beautiful and strange', on my Aun), post by The Wolf-Priest in A Cellar, In Ripple (inhales slowly, exhales. "At first, I saw something fearful. Something of my wor), post by Aurelius in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Yes, but it was also very distinctly menacing and attempting to make me feel ), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "For clarity ... I didn't see anything like what belongs on Almachadta. I saw ), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (untangles himself, finally, from Archie, though, looks up at Wolf and Salme. "..), post by The Wolf-Priest in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Yes?" With the air of a man who knows he's answering a question of great weig), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Correct."), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (grins that cracked, light-gets-in grin again. "Then that must -be- what they rea), post by The Wolf-Priest in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Yes...?" Somewhere between amused and bemused.), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Nobody's ever- you don't -agree- on what a Polite Visitor looks like unless y), post by The Wolf-Priest in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "Hmm." He clearly a moment to think of what it looked like to start, gives a l), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (: "And you learn to... look at them, and see something that's -like- something y), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in A Cellar, In Ripple ('s mouth twists into something wry and humorless for a moment, but then the expr), post by Caion, the Emissary in A Cellar, In Ripple (looks right at Salme, and the grin is still there. The grin is -more-. And he ta) · added note: "This happened later, when Aurelius and I were showing the ta", added note: "Caion would later mention that when he washed up as a young " · deleted: post by The Archivist/Archie in A Cellar, In Ripple (: ⌬"I can answer the question of how long, too, though my answer came not from t) |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | prolegomenon | Though the Dream-Whales of Samudra have had many names, this entry uses the epithet "Dream-Whale" for them, which seems to be the truest name for them that is currently available to us. We were eventually introduced to them as the "Polite Visitors." There is a song called [*What Swims Below?*](https://strangepaths.aludel.xyz/ost/8) by the Kushtaka of Whisker-Clan that chronicles many of the names which they've had in the past. I've chronicled the words to the song here. ## *What Swims Below* Who swims where all light fails? (Whisker-Clan, Whisker-Clan!) Born of Wave-Mother! (Whisker-Clan, Whisker-Clan!) What lurks in the Lung-Drown deep? The Coil-Beast, the Many-Toothed, the Thing-We-Don’t-Mention! Grandfather Ripple saw it first— Bless his whiskers, bless his memory! What did he name it, there in the kelp forest? The Shadow-With-Teeth, the Gulf-Maw, the Reef-Render! But now we call it— (The Swimming-Sorrow! The Depth-Dancer! The Cold-Embrace!) Words change like currents, but the clan remembers— Whisker-Clan, Whisker-Clan, holders of old-knowing! Three generations back, Elder Foam-Paw named it— The Stone-Swimmer! (that word is old-speak now!) Two generations back, Aunt Silver-Throat named it— (The Trench-Creeper!) That word makes younglings shudder! This generation, we call it— The Polite-Visitor! The Uninvited-Guest! The Thing-That-Takes-But-Gives-Nothing! And when the next pups ask “what swims below?” We’ll find new words, safe words, clan-words! For naming is knowing, and knowing is drawing-near, and drawing-near is danger! |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | prolegomenon | Though the Dream-Whales of Samudra have had many names, this entry uses the epithet "Dream-Whale" for them, which seems to be the truest name for them that is currently available to us. We were eventually introduced to them as the "Polite Visitors." There is a song called [*What Swims Below?*](https://strangepaths.aludel.xyz/ost/8) by the Kushtaka of Whisker-Clan that chronicles many of the names which they've had in the past. I've chronicled the words to the song here. ## *What Swims Below* Who swims where all light fails? (Whisker-Clan, Whisker-Clan!) Born of Wave-Mother! (Whisker-Clan, Whisker-Clan!) What lurks in the Lung-Drown deep? The Coil-Beast, the Many-Toothed, the Thing-We-Don’t-Mention! Grandfather Ripple saw it first— Bless his whiskers, bless his memory! What did he name it, there in the kelp forest? The Shadow-With-Teeth, the Gulf-Maw, the Reef-Render! But now we call it— (The Swimming-Sorrow! The Depth-Dancer! The Cold-Embrace!) Words change like currents, but the clan remembers— Whisker-Clan, Whisker-Clan, holders of old-knowing! Three generations back, Elder Foam-Paw named it— The Stone-Swimmer! (that word is old-speak now!) Two generations back, Aunt Silver-Throat named it— (The Trench-Creeper!) That word makes younglings shudder! This generation, we call it— The Polite-Visitor! The Uninvited-Guest! The Thing-That-Takes-But-Gives-Nothing! And when the next pups ask “what swims below?” We’ll find new words, safe words, clan-words! For naming is knowing, and knowing is drawing-near, and drawing-near is danger! |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | prolegomenon | a song called [What [*What Swims Below?](https://strangepaths.aludel.xyz/ost/8) Below?*](https://strangepaths.aludel.xyz/ost/8) by the Kushtaka |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | prolegomenon | is a song from called [What Swims Below?](https://strangepaths.aludel.xyz/ost/8) by the Kushtaka of...the song here. ## *What Swims Below* Who swims where |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | prolegomenon | Though the Dream-Whales of Samudra have had many names, this entry uses the epithet "Dream-Whale" for them, which seems to be the truest name for them that is currently available to us. We were eventually introduced to them as the "Polite Visitors." There is a song from the Kushtaka of Whisker-Clan that chronicles many of the names which they've had in the past. I've chronicled the words to the song here. Who swims where all light fails? (Whisker-Clan, Whisker-Clan!) Born of Wave-Mother! (Whisker-Clan, Whisker-Clan!) What lurks in the Lung-Drown deep? The Coil-Beast, the Many-Toothed, the Thing-We-Don’t-Mention! Grandfather Ripple saw it first— Bless his whiskers, bless his memory! What did he name it, there in the kelp forest? The Shadow-With-Teeth, the Gulf-Maw, the Reef-Render! But now we call it— (The Swimming-Sorrow! The Depth-Dancer! The Cold-Embrace!) Words change like currents, but the clan remembers— Whisker-Clan, Whisker-Clan, holders of old-knowing! Three generations back, Elder Foam-Paw named it— The Stone-Swimmer! (that word is old-speak now!) Two generations back, Aunt Silver-Throat named it— (The Trench-Creeper!) That word makes younglings shudder! This generation, we call it— The Polite-Visitor! The Uninvited-Guest! The Thing-That-Takes-But-Gives-Nothing! And when the next pups ask “what swims below?” We’ll find new words, safe words, clan-words! For naming is knowing, and knowing is drawing-near, and drawing-near is danger! |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | prolegomenon | Though the Dream-Whales of Samudra have had many names, this entry uses the epithet "Dream-Whale" for them, which seems to be the truest name for them that is currently available to us. We were eventually introduced to them as the "Polite Visitors." There is a song from the Kushtaka of Whisker-Clan that chronicles many of the names which they've had in the past. I've chronicled the words to the song here. Who swims where all light fails? (Whisker-Clan, Whisker-Clan!) Born of Wave-Mother! (Whisker-Clan, Whisker-Clan!) What lurks in the Lung-Drown deep? The Coil-Beast, the Many-Toothed, the Thing-We-Don’t-Mention! Grandfather Ripple saw it first— Bless his whiskers, bless his memory! What did he name it, there in the kelp forest? The Shadow-With-Teeth, the Gulf-Maw, the Reef-Render! But now we call it— (The Swimming-Sorrow! The Depth-Dancer! The Cold-Embrace!) Words change like currents, but the clan remembers— Whisker-Clan, Whisker-Clan, holders of old-knowing! Three generations back, Elder Foam-Paw named it— The Stone-Swimmer! (that word is old-speak now!) Two generations back, Aunt Silver-Throat named it— (The Trench-Creeper!) That word makes younglings shudder! This generation, we call it— The Polite-Visitor! The Uninvited-Guest! The Thing-That-Takes-But-Gives-Nothing! And when the next pups ask “what swims below?” We’ll find new words, safe words, clan-words! For naming is knowing, and knowing is drawing-near, and drawing-near is danger! |
| May 14, 2026 | Salme, The Sword-Saint | entries | added: post by The Archivist/Archie in The Quarry (bobs his head, tilting it from side to side with a noncommittal expression. "It'), post by unknown in The Quarry (- Aurelius spent 1 Arete and now has 6 remaining.), post by Aunt Silver-Throat in Geode (ꙮ Speed, distance - these things simply do not signify, here - the clouds billow), post by Aunt Silver-Throat in Geode (ꙮ Caion, gazing down into the depths, nudges Archie gently. Outside of the warde), post by Aunt Silver-Throat in Geode (ꙮ As it gets closer it begins to resolve to your eye, more and more clearly a...), post by The Awoken in Geode (sits up, propped up with one arm, and looks down into the sea below.), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in Geode (notices it, and peels back the rug a little bit more to look, to see. She wants ), post by Aunt Silver-Throat in Geode (ꙮ ...that. That's what it looks like. Caion immediately leans in, pressing his f), post by Aurelius in Geode (: "...Uh."), post by Aurelius in Geode (: "How... Huh."), post by The Wolf-Priest in Geode (focuses on...something, suddenly, and there's just the briefest hitch in his bre), post by The Archivist/Archie in Geode (takes it and focuses his mind on Caion, his touch, the sound of his voice, the f), post by Aurelius in Geode (: "So... just to put us all on the same page, there is. No way in hell the rest), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in Geode (looks over to Caion and Archie, a question on her tongue that dies immediately, ), post by Unua? The Clockwork Knight in Geode (vents a tiny bit of steam, remembering Archie's warnings. They remember the sun), post by The Awoken in Geode (: "Nah buddy, that's... that's just you." He isn't looking up as he says this, a), post by Aurelius in Geode (: "Yeah, thought so."), post by Caion, the Emissary in Geode (leans against Archie, and it's still- it's still as easy as it ever was. His min), post by The Archivist/Archie in Geode (matches it, then drops down, taking the low harmony to Caion's tenor.), post by Caion, the Emissary in Geode (ꙮ Whatever you were seeing before: You are now looking at a comically large Maw ), post by Caion, the Emissary in Geode (: "You... imagine something preposterous, something you can laugh at, rather tha), post by The Archivist/Archie in Geode (laughs a little. ⌬"Just a Polite Visitor who wanted to welcome me home. I'll tel), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Rocks, Near Ripple (walks forward enough that when the waves come they lift her feet off the ground,), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Rocks, Near Ripple (thinks of lotus flowers in still ponds--not like this, but it's the best she can), post by The Dragon in The Rocks, Near Ripple (ꙮ Did you know that lotus roots, also, are a kind of rhizome?), post by The Dragon in The Rocks, Near Ripple (ꙮ And as Salme meditates, the sea -stills- around her, in response to her medita), post by The Dragon in The Rocks, Near Ripple (ꙮ The truth that Salme saw is that there is nothing ugly, beneath the water's su), post by The Dragon in The Rocks, Near Ripple (ꙮ It is as ancient as the Sea itself. It warbles, softly, mournfully, across a d), post by The Dragon in The Rocks, Near Ripple (ꙮ In the silence, floating in the sea, you notice things, drifting through the w), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Rocks, Near Ripple (looks at them and reaches out a tentative finger into their orbit, to see if the), post by The Dragon in The Rocks, Near Ripple (ꙮ Each of them, in turn, as they orbit, brushes up against her finger. They're o), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Rocks, Near Ripple (: "Hello," she murmurs quietly.), post by The Dragon in The Rocks, Near Ripple (ꙮ They reply, once she speaks, with voices like very soft chimes, each a differe), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Rocks, Near Ripple (: "Did I disturb you?"), post by The Dragon in The Rocks, Near Ripple (ꙮ "No." "Disturb?" "What is that?" "It is when a rock is thrown into the water."), post by Salme, The Sword-Saint in The Rocks, Near Ripple (: "Twelve voices, all of them lovely, but there are thirteen of you," she says, ), post by The Dragon in The Rocks, Near Ripple (ꙮ "There are thirteen virtues, too." "That is also a distraction." "There are -f) · added note: "The first mention of the Polite Visitors, given by Archie, a", added note: "The first encounter with the Dream-Whales upon arriving on S", added note: "And then this thing I did, almost immediately after arriving", added note: "And then, the noöplankton", added note: "Twelve of the thirteen spoke here, but I am saving the messa" · deleted: post by unknown in The Quarry (- Aurelius spent 1 Arete and now has 6 remaining.) · edited note: "The first mention of the Dream-Whales, given by Archie, as w" · reordered entries |