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prismatica2020-08-06 01:36 am
speakerstone) wrote in prismatica2020-08-06 01:36 am
text; un: camliax
Greetings, fellow travelers! Or captives. Or whatever you choose to call this strange little commune we've found ourselves in.
I am Sypha, a Speaker and an adventuring scholar. I'm one of the crop of recent arrivals, so I thought it would make sense to introduce myself. Most people seem to use this board for personal advertisements and posing profound existential questions. This isn't...not that, but it's a bit of something different, too.
I'm looking for help with my scholarly pursuits, and I'd like to to learn more about this place. Specifically, how it used to be. I get the impression that very few records from that time have survived, if any at all, but if you know where to find information that could help me start to piece it all together, I would greatly appreciate the assistance from our city elders. 😉
If you don't have knowledge of primary sources, I'll also gladly listen to any local legends you might have heard. Strange as it seems, there may well be a grain of truth hidden in every off-the-wall story. Heck, if you have any boogeymen from your own worlds you're eager to chat about, I suppose I can listen to those stories, too! Not that studying can't be exciting, but it'd be nice to have something else to do while I'm here.
So! Ancient history, local legends, distractions from daily chaos...or perhaps other things you think may be important! If any of those sound like something you'd know about, and you're willing to share, I'm eager to collaborate.
I am Sypha, a Speaker and an adventuring scholar. I'm one of the crop of recent arrivals, so I thought it would make sense to introduce myself. Most people seem to use this board for personal advertisements and posing profound existential questions. This isn't...not that, but it's a bit of something different, too.
I'm looking for help with my scholarly pursuits, and I'd like to to learn more about this place. Specifically, how it used to be. I get the impression that very few records from that time have survived, if any at all, but if you know where to find information that could help me start to piece it all together, I would greatly appreciate the assistance from our city elders. 😉
If you don't have knowledge of primary sources, I'll also gladly listen to any local legends you might have heard. Strange as it seems, there may well be a grain of truth hidden in every off-the-wall story. Heck, if you have any boogeymen from your own worlds you're eager to chat about, I suppose I can listen to those stories, too! Not that studying can't be exciting, but it'd be nice to have something else to do while I'm here.
So! Ancient history, local legends, distractions from daily chaos...or perhaps other things you think may be important! If any of those sound like something you'd know about, and you're willing to share, I'm eager to collaborate.
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not quite. and if you were in this story, knowing what you know now, i'd strongly advise against that step. jorogumo knew such a covert operation required utter silence, no whispers, no murmurs, no suspicion. jorogumo had honed all sorts of abilities in over 400 years — the least of which, honestly, was the ability to control hoards of normal spiders. Jorogumo would often call out to the average spiders to do their bidding, an open web of communication, pardon the pun. any time villagers started to wonder too much, talk too much, jorogumo sent its spiders to burn down those people's houses. you see, back then, fires were a lot more common — lots of wood buildings, paper walls, oil lanterns, it wasn't so unbelievable or uncommon if a house caught aflame spontaneously. and how unfortunate if everyone inside perished in the flames, as if there'd been seemingly no chance for rescue at all — so it goes... but who would ever consider for even a moment that a tiny, normal spider was the secret arsonist? jorogumo covered its tracks well, masters of stealth. because it couldn't risk its clever cover being blown by mere gossip.