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Forty Seventh Blessing [[ Action // BACKDATED TO THE 22ND ]]

Oct 23, 2009 13:53

-There's a large bonfire going on in a clearing Sasarai has made near the New Feather Integration and Welcome Center. It's burning quite nicely and provides a lot of warmth from the growing chill in the air. There's all sorts of food set up, most notable things to make franks and smores (he did his research at the library).-Alright everyone, who ( Read more... )

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spiritarrows October 23 2009, 19:50:18 UTC

... Would you mind a folktale?

ahappylie October 24 2009, 00:22:11 UTC

I'd be quite interested in hearing it.

spiritarrows October 25 2009, 14:27:52 UTC

This is one my grandfather told me. It's called 'Shita-kiri Suzume', and it's quite well-known in Japan.

An old man went into the mountains to cut timber one morning and came upon an injured sparrow crying for help. Feeling sorry for the creature, the man takes it back to his home and feeds it some rice to try to help it recover. His wife, being very greedy and ill-natured, is annoyed that he would waste precious food on such a filthy little thing as the sparrow. The old man, however, continued caring for the bird ( ... )

belmontlegacy October 25 2009, 23:15:57 UTC

An interesting tale. We tell similar ones in Wallachia.

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neverplaysfair October 23 2009, 22:02:33 UTC

Stories, hmm? Alright, I have one.

A lamenting goddess left this prophecy for the five warring kingdoms below: that their world would end in blackest sun-fire. Yet her prophecy held hope. The goddess promised to all living things, great and small, a saving Light to ward off their doom.

But the five kings would not believe her. So one sought strength and found futility; so another sank in mindless wisdom. In the end, the kings' delusions led them to a chamber of reckoning, where their unspent chaos brought fear and woe to all.

Now, as the boy stands before Eden, the five kings in his wake, the goddess rewards his balanced judgment with her Light.

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neverplaysfair October 23 2009, 23:57:45 UTC

But it's such a good story!

cactus_carnival October 23 2009, 23:44:16 UTC

Sasarai, this food is so yummy, meow!

[Tao'll sit and listen to stories for now, until she fills up on yummy food.]

mikangirl October 24 2009, 04:28:50 UTC

[Nami's going to turn up to the bonfire because she's interested in hearing tales, but probably won't share any of her own for now. Nevertheless, here she is, picking delicately at the food and listening intently.]

belmontlegacy October 24 2009, 05:28:16 UTC

I will tell a story of one of my ancestors, if you do not mind ( ... )