prismatica | 💍💸👄

[ What does one do after the Cordis cycle, after a tiring few days? Stay in bed and... post because she has nothing better to do. She will be judging everyone. ]

Out of curiosity, how many of you are looking for moonlacing partners? I mean, you could probably just ask a friend or something, but for the more available, what do you have to offer that makes you stand out from the others who are looking for partners?

Show a picture of yourself and what you're looking for. I'll provide a sample.

NAME Reyvenne
AGE 53
LOOKING FOR I need a lot of money. A LOT. I'm a bandit but I don't want to live a life of crime here so I'm going to need to moonlace with at least 30 people a month. 
OFFERING What. You don't think I'm hot?

((Feel free to advertise your chars or someone else!! Here's the code:

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Great! Does the medium have to be ink?

Yes; that's part of the process. I mill herbs and flowers into pigments, and then I imbue the pigments with words of power. Herbs from Azeroth usually have their own special properties, too: that's why I'm not sure what, if anything, I'll be able to create from the flora here.

Though I'm sure I can make it look good

:)

Sorry, I was a bit too vague in my question! I meant, does it have to be a WET medium? Could you work that pigment into something like, say... wax? I don't know if your word has anything like crayons or pastels, but that's the sort of medium I mean.

Hmm

I usually use pots of ink and quills, but if you have the means to do otherwise, it might be possible.

I was thinking it might be something exciting for the daycare class I teach to try, but quills and ink would probably be a disaster in those tiny hands. I can look around for make-your-own crayon kits or something, and maybe we could see if anything there would suit your abilities?

Oh, you teach children! I should have guessed

If I can mill and imbue the pigment, I suppose the medium wouldn't matter much. Just never tried it

Do I give off that impression?

Well, you have plenty of time to try now! If it isn't an imposition, I mean.

You do have a caretaker's way about you

But also

Crayons

It's no imposition, though. Nothing but time in this place

I didn't know if that was a universal constant!

Time and a lot of leisure activities. Apparently there's monthly field trips for the kids!

That sounds great

I have a son of my own, you know

Really? I never would have guessed!

Though, I'm not one to talk, I suppose. Most people are pretty surprised when I mention my own daughter.

You do seem a little young for a daughter

But honestly I'm not very good at discerning human ages

['A little young' is more true than he knows. So, so much more true.]

Well, various things happened and I more or less adopted her. Age is a tricky thing to figure out at a glance for most of the people I know back home, really. I'm not too surprised that you're older than I'd be likely to guess.

Ah, my son is adopted as well. Also due to various things.

My people's physical aging slows down considerably after we reach our twentieth year. I'm always gonna be a lot older than I look.

Are you saying it's similar for you?

Not for me exactly. A lot of the people around me were beings called "Servants," magically summoned to life from legends or history, usually at the prime of their lives.

[THAT'S NEW ...]

Servants? What do you mean? Who do they serve?

The 'Masters' that Summon them, during a Holy Grail War. I'm. the only Master left in the Moon Cell, so I suppose they all serve me when it isn't embroiled with inter-Servant conflict.

[there's a lot to parse in this response, but he's just gonna go for the question that matters the most to him, personally.]

Do they serve because they want to, or because they have to?

It's complicated. As collateral for all the energy the Master puts into the summoning, they get three unbreakable 'Command Seals'. When all those are spent, in my War at least, the Master would die. Certainly, it's not impossible for a Servant to reject their Master before those even come into play, though; I know a girl back home who became bored with and slaughtered her Master early on. It's not slavery, if that's what you mean. From a certain perspective, a Servant is a Heroic Spirit only is recorded and exists to be summoned back from the dead or dreams of the past, in a normal Holy Grail War.

I'd recommend talking. to one of the ones here and getting their stance on the matter, myself.

Hmm. That does sound complex ...

How many such Servants are here?

At least four or five.

Any particular one you recommend talking to?

Sir Gawain, I suppose.

Got it. That all?

Identities can be precious things for Servants, so I'm not sure who else would be fine with me handing. their names out without asking first. Gawain may know for sure.

(no subject)

hymnals - 2019-04-28 13:44 (UTC) - Expand