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

Comments

[lionesscouchant.livejournal.com]

So many people!

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Oh, the Library is wonderful! You should definitely come see it.

I work there!

[silk_for_calde]

I certainly plan to. I've been learning my way around slowly. We didn't have much at the Schola besides religious texts, of course, but I have always liked reading.

My name is Silk; I don't think we have met before, have we?

Voice

[eastern-magic.livejournal.com]

Being mistaken for a girl and landing in the fountain.

[silk_for_calde]

Ah, it is rather crowded, isn't it? I think there are more people here than in Viron, but the city is larger than mine was. What sort of whorl do you come from?

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

I'm Rain, and no, I don't think we've met. I'd remember your name.

[lionesscouchant.livejournal.com]

What's a whorl?

Voice

[silk_for_calde]

I could see how that would be unpleasant.
Who mistook you for a girl?

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

There's audio books at the library, so that should help.

For me, it's getting to meet people from fictional stories from back home.

[vampbratprince.livejournal.com]

Waking up in a new place was rather startling. Only for a moment though.

[silk_for_calde]

Perhaps you would say world? Old habits die hard, I'm afraid; I'm not quite used to the language here.

Voice

[eastern-magic.livejournal.com]

Every man I seemed to cross paths with.

[silk_for_calde]

Would you? Several people here have told me that Silk is an unusual name. Rain would be a strange name in Viron, though it's very pretty. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[lionesscouchant.livejournal.com]

World? My world is....well, there are cities and buildings and there's a war going on.

[silk_for_calde]

Ah, so you got your bearings quickly? I wish I could say the same; the kind people I've met here have helped me greatly, but I still find myself bewildered on a daily basis, sadly.

Was your whorl much like this one, then?

[livingmyths.livejournal.com]

Yeah, most people here have regular names - names that don't really mean anything sometimes.

I... I kind of change my name sometimes. But mostly I'm Rain, 'cause that's the name I got on my vision quest.

And I'm really happy to meet you too.

[silk_for_calde]

Audio books? How does that work?

That must be quite unusual! I haven't met anyone I recognized even remotely from my whorl, whether real or fictional. What an odd idea-- so, somewhere, are fictional whorls real as well, then?

[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.

Voice

[silk_for_calde]

Oh my.. that must be difficult.

My name is Silk, by the way; what's yours? I'll do my best not to make the same mistake should we ever meet in person! [Soft laugh]

[browning-baby.livejournal.com]

You can play them on your computer and it reads them to you.

Yep. That's what amazed me at first. It still does most of the time, too.

Voice

[eastern-magic.livejournal.com]

It is alright if you do, Silk. I will not fault you for an honest mistake.

And my name is Marron. It's nice to meet you.

[silk_for_calde]

Smaller cities than this, I presume?

I am sorry to hear there is a war. War is threatening in my whorl as well, I suspect, though I still hope to help avert it, if I can.

[lionesscouchant.livejournal.com]

Some are smaller, some are bigger!

Are you a soldier?

[silk_for_calde]

Ah, now that seems peculiar to me; where I come from, names always mean something. It's odd to hear names that I don't understand, or ones that almost make sense but don't quite. Rain I understand, but it wouldn't be a woman's name or a man's name, really; I guess it might be given to a chem, but even then it would be very unusual.

[silk_for_calde]

Indeed? There are many cities in my whorl, but I have never traveled far from Viron. Until now, I mean.

I am an augur. You might say a priest, in your whorl, but then again you might not. The people of my city, though, wish me to be Caldé; and though I don't have any ambition of that sort, I will do what they wish if it will help keep the peace.