heelies: (( peripeteia ))
Achilles, son of Peleus ([personal profile] heelies) wrote in [community profile] prismatica2019-07-24 03:21 pm

( video )

[The video feed begins on a close view of a face, revealing a stern set of eyes and a curve of nose but little more. Then the picture shakes as a new perspective is gained. The man who comes into view posesses a princely bearing and wears well the mantle of importance. His voice belongs to one who is accustomed to being listened to.]

I am told that this is the way that men call others to counsel in this land, and so as strange as it seems to me to address those whom I see not, I shall follow the local custom. I am Achilles, son of Peleus — Peleus who rules the fertile plains of Phthia, and who claims for his own worthy father Aeacus, judge of the House of Hades. New as I am to this land, which is farther from my dear native land than even the windy plains of Ilios, I bear many questions, but the first in my heart is this.

What deathless gods watch over the city of Lunatia? I have seen no temples built to honor Zeus who bears the aegis, nor bright-eyed Athena, nor Phoebus Apollo. Where are the priests who aid in the rituals of sacrifice, the seers who interpret the will of the gods in bird-signs? Surely, a city so rich as this, with precious silver trimming its houses, and all manner of riches I have never before seen — surely its people have the benison of the gods. Yet I see no practices that would suggest such reverence. Tell me, therefore, the ways to honor these gods who to me are so mysterious.
ciao: (that you always see the pretty view)

[personal profile] ciao 2019-08-19 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, please, think nothing of it! Coming to a world like this is overwhelming to everyone, so I like to be able to offer some assistance in any way possible, because having information always makes these things a little easier.

[ it's not like this concept was foreign to italy, and when rome had made his appearance before it had come up. But it was still something that was somewhat embarrassing, because honestly... him? ]

Honestly, if that were the case... I believe that this sort of blessing was best made for Germany, whereas I tend to be more of an artist.

[ at least he's being honest, but the analogy that the other used—it worked didn't it? ]

That would precisely be the same concept, being a guardian is closest to my existence and responsibilities to my home.