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The Oak:
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[09/02/14 23:37] Curiose:YOSHI! [09/02/14 23:57] Rophs:With Yoshi's skilldamage back I'll never go mp5 :D [10/02/14 01:04] Awiiya:Hello [10/02/14 01:04] Rophs:Hello Awi [10/02/14 01:04] Awiiya:An hour until the Seedwalk, no? [10/02/14 01:04] Awiiya:How have you been Rophs? [10/02/14 01:05] Rophs:I've been good, and yes an hour. [10/02/14 01:06] :Awiiya nods [10/02/14 01:25] Rophs:Is there a way you could walk with us to the other seeds? [10/02/14 01:31] Awiiya: *shakes* No [10/02/14 01:32] Rophs: *nods* Do you have any desire to do so? [10/02/14 01:33] Awiiya:Yes, but not the means to transport my physical body [10/02/14 01:33] Rophs:Could I carry around one of your leaves? [10/02/14 01:34] Awiiya: *nods* You could, yes. [10/02/14 01:34] Awiiya:It might whispers. [10/02/14 01:34] Awiiya:Whisper, that is. [10/02/14 01:34] Awiiya:I used to have a few saplings that others could carry. [10/02/14 01:34] :Rophs nods [10/02/14 01:34] Awiiya:But I am not sure what happened to them. [10/02/14 01:34] Rophs:Do you remember who had them? [10/02/14 01:40] Awiiya:Aha! I found one. On the other side of the gate it will join you all. [10/02/14 01:47] :Rophs nods [10/02/14 01:53] Intrigue: (afk for about 15 min, go ahead and start without me if i'm not back in time) [10/02/14 02:02] Rophs:Seedwalk time! [10/02/14 02:02] :Awiiya nods [10/02/14 02:02] Rophs:Whose up first for telling the Oak a story? [10/02/14 02:03] Awiiya:Is it just you and I awake? [10/02/14 02:03] Rophs:It appears so Awi. [10/02/14 02:03] Sir Blut:Why don't you go, Rophs? [10/02/14 02:04] Awiiya:I agree with Sir Blut. [10/02/14 02:04] Rophs:I've gone last every time so fat. [10/02/14 02:04] Rophs:But I'll go first this time. [10/02/14 02:04] Rophs:Somebody give me a story topic. [10/02/14 02:05] Awiiya:Beaches. [10/02/14 02:06] :Rophs nods [10/02/14 02:06] :Rophs walks over to the Oak and plops down next to it [10/02/14 02:06] Rophs:This'll be a good story for you to hear, I've been to all sorts of beaches but you haven't been to any. [10/02/14 02:07] Rophs:Although nothing spectacular happened during any of my beach visits.... [10/02/14 02:07] Awiiya:At least, not in a while no. [10/02/14 02:07] Rophs: (I'm talking to the Oak) [10/02/14 02:07] Awiiya:The Oak roamed before being planted. [10/02/14 02:07] Awiiya: (I know) [10/02/14 02:07] Rophs:Golemus beaches have lots boats on them. [10/02/14 02:08] Rophs:One of the most notable of those boats is the ship located at Wraiths Wreak. [10/02/14 02:08] Rophs:Long ago that very ship rose from the sea with the bodies of 100 Empty Aramors on board, give or take a few. [10/02/14 02:09] Rophs:A messenger noticed the ship and reported it immediately to Grido, three days in advance the Golemians had time to prepare. [10/02/14 02:10] Rophs:I'm not exactly sure what happened during those three days, but according to what I've read the Aramors sort of 'took over' Golemus in the sense that their presence outnumbered everybody else. [10/02/14 02:11] Rophs:The Empty Aramors have almost always been silent, save Abra. Abra has talked to Falronn a little bit about trying to leave Golemus. [10/02/14 02:11] Rophs:Whenever Abra crosses the Bridge of Ages from GG into NML he gets sent back soon afterwards. [10/02/14 02:12] Rophs:After much deliberation the community decided they don't know enough about the Empty Aramors to free them from their island prison. [10/02/14 02:12] Rophs:The known parts of this story end there, and the rest of it is in the future. [10/02/14 02:12] Rophs:Now is normally when I'd tell you "The end." but the story isn't done. [10/02/14 02:13] Rophs:To be continued. [10/02/14 02:13] :Intrigue smiles [10/02/14 02:13] :Awiiya nods [10/02/14 02:13] :Sir Blut claps [10/02/14 02:13] :Rophs stands up from next to the Oak and walks across the path back under Awi [10/02/14 02:14] Rophs:Who shall tell the next story? [10/02/14 02:14] Intrigue:I can, if you will give me a suggestion. [10/02/14 02:15] Rophs: *nods* Tell a story about jubliee. [10/02/14 02:16] Intrigue: *plucks a pebble from the edge of the path and rolls it between her fingers* Hmm... [10/02/14 02:16] Intrigue:Long ago, far away and high in the mountains, there was a clutch of dragons [10/02/14 02:17] Intrigue:At the foot of the mountains, there lived a band of giants, and in the mountain itself, there lived a tribe of wee little folk. [10/02/14 02:18] Intrigue:One day, the smallest of the dragons was overcome by curiousity, and decided to look about, and so he flew down the mountain and soared through the valley below. [10/02/14 02:19] Intrigue:While he was looking here and there, he noticed a hole in the mountainside, the entrance of a cave, and decended, so he might peek inside. [10/02/14 02:19] Intrigue:Slowly, he crept forward, not knowing what was within the hole... [10/02/14 02:20] Intrigue:But, alas, it was dark as night within, and the little dragon could see nothing at all. So, as any smart dragon would do, he puffed a bit of fire into the hole to see what was within. [10/02/14 02:21] Intrigue:Just as he had done so, the fire flew back out at him, and startled him something terrible! [10/02/14 02:21] Intrigue:All the little dragon could think of was that there was a big dragon inside, and the little dragon knew he did not want to be caught by one of the elders so he took to flight immediately [10/02/14 02:22] Intrigue:Unknown to the dragon though, there was no big dragon, only a group of the little folk who lived within the mountain. "they've convinced the dragons to join their cause!" they shouted to one another. [10/02/14 02:23] Intrigue:Preferring to not become flame broiled dwarves, they fled back into the heart of the mountain. [10/02/14 02:25] Intrigue:A spy from the giants overheard the commotion and the calls, and smiled to himself as he ran back to his band of brothers. [10/02/14 02:25] Intrigue:"The war is over, the dwarves were dissuaded by a stray dragon and the war is won by luck alone!" [10/02/14 02:26] Intrigue:And all that night, and for a week afterwards, there was a great rejoicing among the giants, for the little folk within the mountain would trouble them no more. [10/02/14 02:28] Intrigue:And so, as time went by, the 100th anniversary of the "luck war" is celebrated throughout the lands of the giants, and the great jubilee rattles even the mountains. [10/02/14 02:28] Intrigue: *speaks seriously* Which is also where the earth shakes come from... [10/02/14 02:28] :Intrigue nods, smiles and flicks the pebble down the road [10/02/14 02:29] :Sir Blut smiles and applauds [10/02/14 02:29] :Awiiya claps [10/02/14 02:30] :Rophs chuckles [10/02/14 02:30] Awiiya:Shall I tell a quick one? [10/02/14 02:30] Rophs:Go for it Awi. [10/02/14 02:30] Intrigue:Oh please do! [10/02/14 02:30] Sir Blut:Yes [10/02/14 02:30] Rophs:Then we'll meet your sapling. [10/02/14 02:30] :Awiiya nods [10/02/14 02:31] Awiiya:On a rocky cliff, in the middle of the ocean, existed, an old woman. She, with her spindled hands and spun sweaters would look out her window at the seas below. [10/02/14 02:31] Awiiya:Sailors knew her as the woman on the rock, and would bring her food and water from the main land for free. They respected her because she had no beginning, and knew no end. [10/02/14 02:32] Awiiya:Seagulls flew in circles above her thatched and constantly repaired roof - and each dawn when she raised her sore limbs and callused feet from bed, and each dusk when she fell asleep in front of a [10/02/14 02:32] Awiiya:quieting fire, she would go outside and fling bread to the birds, sometimes just a few crumbs, sometimes a loaf, depending on the goodwill on the sailors. [10/02/14 02:33] Awiiya:She sang out to them as she did, "To you I feed today, for me tomorrow you must feed!" [10/02/14 02:34] Awiiya:When the sailors ceased coming one winter, she ran out of food. The waves had grown restless and the routes of the normal travels called for other ports and coasts. [10/02/14 02:34] Awiiya:When her stomach could rumble no more, and when the seagulls had begun their gyres at ever decreasing altitudes, she knew the day had come to call to them. [10/02/14 02:34] Awiiya:She opened her door, softly padded onto the grass, and called to them. [10/02/14 02:35] Awiiya:"Yesterday I fed you, today me you must feed!" [10/02/14 02:35] Awiiya:The gulls cried, the seas tossed, and they began to swoop lower and lower to her. [10/02/14 02:35] Awiiya:Their beaks began to just barely graze her cheek [10/02/14 02:36] Awiiya:Until one took a bite of her eye. And then an ear. A cheek. Hair. Clothes. A whirlwind of wings and nothing, no noise or sound but flutterings and winged bodies beating each other away. [10/02/14 02:36] :Awiiya end [10/02/14 02:36] :Rophs shudders [10/02/14 02:36] Intrigue: *looks at him with wide eyes* I thought they were going to bring her food... [10/02/14 02:36] Rophs:I though she would eat them. [10/02/14 02:36] Awiiya:Oh no. They're birds. [10/02/14 02:37] :Sir Blut claps [10/02/14 02:37] Sir Blut:I liked it [10/02/14 02:37] Awiiya:Thank you Sir Blut. [10/02/14 02:37] Awiiya:Shall we continue on? [10/02/14 02:37] :Rophs nods [10/02/14 02:38] :Intrigue stands and slings her satchel across her back [10/02/14 02:39] Sir Blut:Hm... [10/02/14 02:39] :Sir Blut shrugs and walks after them [10/02/14 05:24] Rophs:I forgot the log... [10/02/14 05:24] :[Spell] listen to the whisper of the seeds
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The Maple:
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[10/02/14 02:39] :Intrigue sits atop one of the barrels [10/02/14 02:39] :I am Awiiyas Alt rumbles along [10/02/14 02:39] :Sir Blut grabs a bottle and unscrews the cap [10/02/14 02:40] :Intrigue swings her feet back and forth as she looks to the sky and thinks [10/02/14 02:42] I am Awiiyas Alt:What is your tradition here? [10/02/14 02:43] Intrigue:News, the days happenings and such [10/02/14 02:43] Rophs: *nods* To make it feel more part of the community Kets said. [10/02/14 02:43] Rophs:Anything happen at Bob? [10/02/14 02:44] Intrigue: *hmms* Petty Dodds came to visit, and made a sketch of Tree. [10/02/14 02:44] I am Awiiyas Alt:That was our tradition too. [10/02/14 02:44] I am Awiiyas Alt:Today I awoke again. This is small perhaps, but seemed rather large. [10/02/14 02:45] :Intrigue smiles and nods [10/02/14 02:46] Rophs:There's a pub now too. [10/02/14 02:46] I am Awiiyas Alt:I noticed. It seems a little strange to me. [10/02/14 02:47] :Sir Blut downs the bottle [10/02/14 02:47] Sir Blut:The sanctuary was better [10/02/14 02:47] :Intrigue smiles at Blut and shakes her head a bit [10/02/14 02:50] Rophs:I think Curiose saw me when I was taking a nap at the MDA gates, but otherwise nothing much happened. [10/02/14 02:51] Sir Blut:For me the walk is the biggest thing that happened [10/02/14 02:51] :I am Awiiyas Alt nods [10/02/14 02:51] I am Awiiyas Alt:To the Willow? [10/02/14 02:51] Intrigue: *nods* Aye, me too really. I don't leave Tree much. [10/02/14 02:52] :Intrigue hops down off the barrel and heads out across the feild [10/02/14 02:52] :Sir Blut stands and heads towards the Willow [10/02/14 02:52] :Rophs walks towards the Willow [10/02/14 02:52] :[Spell] listen to the whisper of the seeds [10/02/14 02:52] Rophs:Nothing... [10/02/14 02:53] :[Spell] listen to the whisper of the seeds
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The Willow
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: Intrigue kneels alongside the path and plucks a pebble from between the stones
: Sir Blut sits next to the willow
: Intrigue studies it a moment before rolling it between her fingers
I am Awiiyas Alt: Hello Willow. It has been a while. I still live, I am glad to see you do as well.
Rophs: I bring a sapling.
Rophs: Awiiya walks to the seeds
: I am Awiiyas Alt waves happily in Roph's hands
Rophs: He gathers his things
: Rophs nods
Rophs: A haiku.
: Intrigue smiles and nods
(a few lines are missed)
: I am Awiiyas Alt laughs
I am Awiiyas Alt: False starts and blind alleyways.
I am Awiiyas Alt: Forgotten wires and broken glass.
I am Awiiyas Alt: Collapsing arches, a stone trickle falling.
I am Awiiyas Alt: And a seed, in the center, scaffolding on statues.
I am Awiiyas Alt: Crawling, first, imperceptibly. Move and they will kill you.
I am Awiiyas Alt: But crawl, and wiggle, when they blink, when their stone pestles rest before the mortar.
I am Awiiyas Alt: Grind grind, rooted.
: I am Awiiyas Alt end
: Sir Blut smiles
Intrigue: *smiles and nods* Weeping willow, why do you cry? You have water... earth and sky! Little willow, listen to me, when you grow up, be glad to be a tree!
: Intrigue flicks the pebble into the waters: Intrigue flicks the pebble into the waters
Sir Blut: A disturbing wait
Sir Blut: as I fill my lungs with tar
Sir Blut: Fill the empty gap
Sir Blut: another haiku
: Intrigue nods
I am Awiiyas Alt: *smiles* I do not remember having haikus here before. It is refreshing, like a small drop of water on a parched tongue.
Sir Blut: *nods* Haikus are my favorite
I am Awiiyas Alt: I have never attempted the form
I am Awiiyas Alt: They seem solid to me. I am more fluid than that.
I am Awiiyas Alt: But I respect them.
Sir Blut: *nods* I wish I could write better freeverse though
: Intrigue flicks the pebble into the waters
Sir Blut: A disturbing wait
Sir Blut: as I fill my lungs with tar
Sir Blut: Fill the empty gap
Sir Blut: another haiku
: Intrigue nods
I am Awiiyas Alt: *smiles* I do not remember having haikus here before. It is refreshing, like a small drop of water on a parched tongue.
Sir Blut: *nods* Haikus are my favorite
I am Awiiyas Alt: I have never attempted the form
I am Awiiyas Alt: They seem solid to me. I am more fluid than that.
I am Awiiyas Alt: But I respect them.
Sir Blut: *nods* I wish I could write better freeverse thoughSir Blut: *nods* I wish I could write better freeverse though
: Rophs nods
Sir Blut: Does seem more fitting
I am Awiiyas Alt: I write slipshod freeverse. But I don't mind. What matters is the writing.
Sir Blut: To the spruce?
: Intrigue stands and nods
I am Awiiyas Alt: Indeed.
I am Awiiyas Alt: Carry me Rophs?
: Intrigue scoops up another pebble and departs
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The Spruce:
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: Sir Blut leans against the wall
: Intrigue leans against the wooden railing and rolls the pebble between her fingers
: Rophs puts the Sapling down across the path from the Spruce
: Rophs crawls over to the Spruce on all fours
Rophs: *whispers to the spruce* Carrying Awiiya's sapling was really hard, trees are heavy.
Rophs: *spins around on his butt and looks around* DID ANYBODY HEAR?
: I am Awiiyas Alt is innocently swaying
: Rophs 's eye dart around
Intrigue: *looks around* Hear what? is someone coming?
: Rophs crawls back across the path
Rophs: Nothing!
: Rophs carries the Sapling over to the Spruce, faces away and covers his ears
: I am Awiiyas Alt leans in and whispers
: I am Awiiyas Alt finishes and pats the Spruce
: Rophs walks back across the path and puts the Sapling down next to him
: Intrigue walks slowly to the spruce and kneels
Intrigue: *leans forward and whispers* I still don't know why I'm doing this, other than I was asked.
: Intrigue shakes her head and walks back to the fence
: Sir Blut plops down next to the spruce
I am Awiiyas Alt: Goodnight all
: Sir Blut whispers something to the spruce and stands to lean aginst the wall again
Rophs: Night.
Sir Blut: Goodnight
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