Crappy weather for a wall-walking; some business with children; no shirts to steal from Perdix; a brief glimpse of a shivering servant girl; Wolves who shit in the woods; payment is demanded; roaches; Calvus, battered; the drowned children of Chalycidice; stilling the earth; meeting Omphale; what is up with the termites.
May 2006 Archives
A neat map; cursing the hash; Calvus and the Wolf Priest; something that nobody saw; holes; “Tentacles, escape hatches, or perhaps subordinate monsters”; a vast and lightless chamber; the death of Choniqua; warning the Princeling; the termite mound is gone; waking Perdix; Gi, with the Lover-priests; a disturbance at the makeshift kennels; “What are we, fucking morons?”; a discussion of theory with Nil; “Well, until those modifiers”; negotiating with monsters; an arm (or a leg); gathering Choniqua.
Lunch; the halves being greater than the whole; fetching Mens; the advantage of covenants; blowing a glass arm; delivering Choniqua; “Arrow-fast?”; the Wolf Priest announces his retirement; no place to raise children; fetching a glass arm; speaking to Yem; breaking a glass arm; measuring the circle; the provenance of clay; stabbing the Baker; Gi, damp and muddy; studying Perdix; Sonata and the Wolf Priest.
Mens, at Manu Tenére; a long night for Nil; smelling what will be; buying a cannibal; a boil of rabbits; a boar; the loss of a Finger; the merits and demerits of pits in boar-hunting; dressed all in green; advancements in boar-spear design; Receptrix’ box; “Ask me when you’re older”; a war, not a hunt; securing a cannibal; “It’s probably benign”; Insomnium in the woods; not so much a Wolf Priest; not so much Imilonhochi; growling at Gi.
The Day of Ascension is the holy day most directly associated with Wisdom itself, the transcendent creator of the Universe and the instiller of purpose into everything. It is an abstruse holy day, with rituals which are often difficult for any but the most devout to truly comprehend. A good holiday for pomp and ceremony, for colored smoke and mirrors and flames.
So I thought I'd lay out Sonata's plans and see who I can get involved in this (actually, with the various monkey's in her head and the former Wolf Priest, I think I've got everyone but Matt and Jenn already participating in Sonata's little quest, but I want to give a head's up on where I am planning on pushing it, so people know what to help me play off of).
Morning calisthenics; “I got a stale roll with me”; the return of Nakni; the first challenge; the second challenge; the red stag; the four candidates; not quite a bear; definitely a wolf; the lesson of the tortoise; the lesson of the hare; the death of Nakni; the new Wolf Priest; Waakimbala finds the bugs; the Wolf Priest finds Nakni; what to do for a yeast infection; “Any new monsters today?”; checking the blind corner; a talkative cannibal; Mens does not wish to be disturbed; more than five; a valuable lesson learned; “I ate my neighbor and now I have bugs in my head.”
“A sandwich would be good”; credit where credit is due; 40,000 eggs in 7,000 days; the difference between monsters; “The Custodire”; “Who?”; perdo string; “How can I trust you?”; three days; how one should address a former Wolf Priest; a letter from Cameron; addressing a former Wolf Priest; how much three days will cost; Perdix’ proxy.
Everybody's favorite Touccian warrior princess, the maga Illuminata Vitreus. Also known less formally as Ishta, or That Bitch.
To my most honored father do these words humbly present themselves, in search of kindred heart and companion mind. All health to you.
I greet you from covenant Nemus Animae, whose quarters I have not found disagreeable.
I write now in turn to give you my requested impressions of the principle magi of this House.
