Apparently LJ is going to start purging accounts that haven't updated in a set amount of time? I don't comment often enough anymore (I really really need to play at milliways_bar more, but :effort:, and anyway, it looks like that wouldn't be good enough...)

Somebody nag me to do something w/ Chur or Ben Pollard at some point.

I escaped from the Dungeon of Mapmakerchur!

I looted the Sword of the Pride Of Chanur, the Armour of Geran, the Armour of Meetpoint, the Dagger of Faster-than-light Travel, the Wand of Map Making, a Figurine of Gone Byebye, the Wand of River Meimei, the Dagger of Stars and 0 gold pieces.

Score: 50
( go explore... )

This morning I carefully packed a small bag and locked it into a cabinet. Some ui and an Anuurni pebble for Naraht, quite a bit of mraufn tea, some gold coins... and a mahen translator, plus copies of Tully's tapes. I didn't tell him why I wanted them ( Read more... )

From here.

So I stumbled out onto the Pride from Milliways. Thousand-paths. Appropriate name for it. It was still dark, and I could still feel Touin - I don't think I was gone more than a minute of time there. No wonder I needed to lose weight and shed fur!

I got myself over to my station and buckled myself back in, and only a little later, we ( Read more... )

hani naming:
Females: either

ker firstname clanname par clanname - unmarried women, or women whose mothers' clans are more important than their husbands' clans, or women who have repudiated their husbands (the first clan is their father's, the second their mother's father's)
ker firstname clanname nef clanname - married women (the second is their ( Read more... )

Ask Chur anything - anything at all - and she'll answer. You or your characters can either ask her (and I'll write the answer as if she was answering) or ask me (which might be more helpful, with some questions). This isn't in-game knowledge for your characters. If the answer comes from my own head or from something already RPed out, rather than ( Read more... )

In spring, just after the snow has melted, a woman goes out to Hermitage to find a husband. She finds a man who is exceptionally tall and exceptionally heavy, and though his arms and legs are scarred from many fights, his nose and ears are untouched and beautiful ( Read more... )

The tides from Touin were especially strong as the Pride entered jump. Made me glad I hadn't doped up - I like actually dreaming sometimes, like everyone else, but it's good to be able to monitor those things.

Geran had apparently turned her head to watch me, right before we went in. I'll have to scold her when we drop out - if I need to say ( Read more... )