Γ 3

[silk_for_calde]

[VOICE POST]
It has been two weeks since I arrived here, and finally I feel as though I'm starting to understand this place. More or less. I don't know whether I am more surprised by the differences between this city and Viron, or the similarities; finding the rare and often distorted commonalities is shocking since most things around me are so alien. It doesn't help that things are so inconsistent here, due to what I am given to understand is the will of the city's gods. Ours were rarely so involved, at least now; once, of course, it was more common for men to converse with them, but these days very few live who have done so.
Certainly there are some redeeming qualities, here; for one thing if I do not watch myself, I shall get fat before I return to my own whorl. And I must confess the amount of information available, with the use of this computer-glass, is a thrill. I have heard there is a library, as well, though I have yet to visit it myself. I have always liked to read, though I probably should not do as much as I have been, having lost my glasses.

So, I am curious, city-- what is it that surprised you most about this place, other than your sudden arrival in it?
[/VOICE]

[ooc: phwee, may be a little slow on tagging but i will get back to you i swear ^^ ♥]

Comments

[vampbratprince.livejournal.com]

I have a talent for adapting to new situations so there was little challenge to it.

However, I cannot really say that my world was much like this one.

[silk_for_calde]

That's a valuable talent to have! I've found myself having to adapt to a lot of strange things as of late-- even before coming here-- and I've mostly managed by virtue of being too busy to be confused.

What do you think is most different, between this city and your home?

[vampbratprince.livejournal.com]

Ah...That is a good way to handle things.

Hm, let me think. I believe it is safe to say that the curses and people's awareness of vampires is different from my home.

[silk_for_calde]

The curses are certainly a shock. I have been lucky enough to avoid them so far, thank the gods. Mine and those here, I should say!

I'm afraid I must admit my ignorance; what is a vampire?

[vampbratprince.livejournal.com]

You've avoided them all so far? You must be very, very new.

One who lives on the blood of others to survive. At least, that is the definition of my home.

[silk_for_calde]

I have been here two weeks, so far. I think mostly I have just been lucky... Which might well mean that I'll make up for it in time.

That is... unusual. I do not know if we have vampires in my whorl. Are they common, where you are from?

[vampbratprince.livejournal.com]

As I said, new.

Somewhat. Why do you call your home a whorl?

[silk_for_calde]

I suppose that does make me fairly new. Have you been here a long while?

Some words seem to be different, where I am from, though the language spoken here is more or less the same as my own. I never heard the word "world" until I came here; it's curious, though, how much it sounds like "whorl." I almost wonder if the words are related.

[vampbratprince.livejournal.com]

Almost five and a half months now.

And what is your whorl like?

[silk_for_calde]

Beside that, two weeks seems like no time at all.

My whorl is... very different, from this one. There are no skylands here, beyond the sun; and the sun is a point in the sky, not a gold path across the sky. Our city is more crowded and I think older, though I can't say for certain; it looks older, at least, and much of it is not in good condition, sadly; those in the poorer quarters cannot keep the buildings repaired.
I have never traveled very far from Viron-- my city-- so I do not know if other cities are more like this one... I imagine they are not, though, as the whole whorl was built by Pas. We all share the same sun, after all.

[vampbratprince.livejournal.com]

Actually, both lengths of time are just a blink to me.

That sounds fascinating...

[silk_for_calde]

I imagine it could pass quickly, considering the excitement that seems to be normal here. The week before I arrived here hardly seemed a day; so many things happened in quick succession.

It is fascinating for me as well, seeing how different things are in this whorl. I think the night sky as it is here lies outside the whorl-- deep beneath the ground, wide and limitless as the Outsider. We never see it, though; not normally, at least. I have, but I doubt more than a handful of people living in Viron have. If that.