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Guild Commander Illyana Ackermann ([personal profile] arrowroot) wrote in [community profile] prismatica2020-02-23 11:24 pm

video | un: druidic

[It's evening on the 23rd when this goes up, starting with the camera view being shifted around a bit before whoever is holding it settles it overlooking a quiet part of Greatmoon Groves. The sun is casting gold and red across the scene, reflecting off the flame-colored hair of the young woman who steps in front of it holding a green violin in one hand and bow in the other.

She doesn't bother with an immediate introduction, instead putting the bow to the strings and giving it a few testing notes before starting a somewhat melancholy but high energy song. She plays through to the end and lets the last note linger before letting out a breath of obvious nerves and returns to her communicator to pick it back up.

It takes a moment for her to adjust properly, being too close at first but eventually pulling away so she can give a proper wave and awkward smile, freckled cheeks tinted pink.]


Ah, hello Lunatia. I'm Illyana Ackermann. I arrived here last month, and...

[A pause, attempting to funnel some of her nervous energy into staying something coherent and not rambly.]

And I've been hearing amazing new music since I got here, so I wanted to try and play something. That is, I should say, new to me. I'm mostly used to tavern bands and talent guilds, and most human music in the Kryta region is more what you'd expect drunken soldiers to loudly sing along with. There's also Charr metal...

[Don't ask.

Or do.

She pauses and tucks some errant hairs back behind her ear, looking off into the distance.]


I didn't do so well when I first arrived here. I was upset and foolishly took it out on myself. Drinking too much, hangovers well into the night. Thought I was better off under blankets in the dark than trying to make the best of an unusual situation. I'm sure I'm not the first one to do something like that, or the last.

[Off screen she's idly running a finger up and down one of the strings, making a soft but inadvertently haunting noise.]

I've made some friends here somehow in spite of my best efforts to become an unwashed undesirable hermit, so I'm going to swallow my pride and actually put myself out there. Playing was always more of a hobby for me and came second to anything else that was going on in my life, but there's no time like the present I suppose to become more serious about it. It's not like I have much else to do here. I'm curious about whoever else might be interested in music here, or even interested in lessons. I play a few other instruments, though violin is my strongest skill.

Sorry this was so long, but thank you for listening if you stayed this long.

[... how does one end these things?

Another wave?

... okay, she's just going to awkwardly shut it off.

She'll be in the park probably until dark if anyone wants to find her there continuing to play on the bench she sat at.]
have_hat_will_travel: (Huhwhat?)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2020-03-30 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's definitely different than the planar spheres I'm aware of. Though I've only been to, uh, one plane besides the Material Plane that is the central world - the place of mortals and battles and stuff.
have_hat_will_travel: (Bothered)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2020-04-01 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Wish I could examine it more, but... Yeah.

I know that there's something like an Ethereal Plane here, since one of my powers specifically relies on that. That implies an Astral Plane. But the rest... No sure answer.
have_hat_will_travel: (Huhwhat?)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2020-04-06 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
... Druids use leylines on your world???

That's. Definitely different than mine, where that kinda stuff is the realm of wizards usually..
have_hat_will_travel: (Wistful)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2020-04-08 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
That sounds awfully inconvenient, honestly...
have_hat_will_travel: (Curious)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2020-04-16 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
Well, yeah, doesn't that mean that magic is more or less powerful based on your location? The implications for how combat would be affected are terrifying to think about...
have_hat_will_travel: (Huhwhat?)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2020-04-20 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. That's less bad, then.
have_hat_will_travel: (Huh)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2020-04-24 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Never mess in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with ketchup."

The source of that quote is lost to history, but it's generally good advice on my world.
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[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2020-04-27 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Honestly, I only discovered it after leaving my world. It's this mildly sweet tomato paste, goes great with sausages and ground meat.

... I'm not sure where the quote came from if it in fact didn't exist on my world, but when you're on a world with activist gods, you hear about stuff you learn just not to question sometimes.
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[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2020-04-28 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Because the divide between worlds is weird like that, sadly. So many food traditions clearly hop over, but then others...
have_hat_will_travel: (Confident)

[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2020-05-02 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[It is amazing the things that will engage the mind of people.]

Okay, let's see... I know it uses tomato, salt, and sugar, I don't know beyond that. It's usually associated with savory foods, often fried, but also goes on top of ground meat stuff I think? And mixing... At least a couple other condiments maybe?

[The word, is it new to Ana? Pidonus isn't sure whether to clarify or not.]
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[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2020-05-03 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I can see I've hit on another major cultural shift.

To be fair, even vinegar on fish and sugar in tea were new to me when I first got worldpulled, so....
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[personal profile] have_hat_will_travel 2020-05-10 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
Not really. World-specific, perhaps?

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