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(Log) Reasons for running away from Amber
Location: A year ago, a time of bugs. A barricaded room in the Lower City during the swarming bug invasion.
Cast: Catriona, Fiamme, Sel (NPC), a very unlucky man. And a lot of rather mean bugs.
Note: This is backstory with Fiamme and Catriona. It happened in a time of great upheaval, over a year ago in MUSH time. Do not be alarmed, adjust your sets ( Read more... ) -
OOC - Endpoints vs Always The Same
Beatrice demonstrated something very cool to me. When I have something hanging around in my character sheet, completely unused, and someone threatens to take it away from me -- its hitherto unseen awesomeness sparkles forth ( Read more... ) -
Fiamme and Basil log: The Mandrake Manor Business
"...Harmony is not what keeps Amber as it is. If you have doubt of this look where you will. Peace has never been our way. There is blood and there is your word ... this is the basis of Amber and in the end ... that is what matters."
~Basil, Duke of Feldane
Basil is seated behind his desk. There are two neat piles of paper on his desk and one sheet ( Read more... ) -
Log: Gwen and Fiamme discuss Good Works
In which Fiamme survives another attempt to find Lily (NPC) in New Lyonesse, with only her dignity bruised (again).
Picking her way carefully across the rooftops is a woman in upper city clothing. Her steps are quiet, but not particularly stealthy, as if Fiamme is trying not to make a lot of noise, but not hugely skilled at it. She's looking for ( Read more... ) -
Fiamme's diary
Neatly written:Spoke with Walter Karm regarding the proper way to do things. Troubled by the further information, which made the prepared lecture redundant -- indeed, one's Duty changes all. Reviewing our talk, I think the message I conveyed was not, as intended, that a duel removes those who offend us, while discouraging vendetta. It may be that ( Read more... ) -
Log: Incompatible World Views: Fiamme and Frank
New LyonesseFiamme pushes off from the wall where she's been leaning, and grins, so her eyes crinkle a bit at the corners. "Worried you'll get soft?" Then the smile fades. "This is about where we were yesterday, I think, when the knight showed up. Too much to hope we'll just run into him again, I suppose ( Read more... ) -
To do list
Neatly written note on the Knight Commander's desk:
1) Brief knights re appropriate spontaneous gestures during and after ceremony. Cheers, yes. Rambling anecdotes to be discouraged.
2) Dress uniform -- check alterations.
3) Honour guard required? General inspection.
4) Lute strings.
Scrawled note beside item 1:
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OOC: Soundtrack to 'Road to Amber'
So I keep hearing songs, and they mean something entirely different with a "Road to Amber" filter on...
Today's was: There's Nothing That The Road Cannot Heal (Conor Oberst).
Snip of the bits that made me go "!"
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IC Journal
Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets...
The strictures and oaths and process of the Order feel like shackles that daily grow heavier. I still believe in their cause, and their worth, but daily find myself less and less fit to push their agenda.
Scrawled in the margin: Subtle, subtle, when it sneaks in -- it is ( Read more... )