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[silk_for_calde]

They say in Trivigaunte, the women fight like guardsmen...

This is a new curse for me. It's... awkward. A little embarrassing, though certainly far from the worst this City has to offer.

I was not afflicted the other day, when a great many of us were offered a glimpse of a life that might have been, had the whorl treated us differently; I'm almost sorry. Who would I have become, if I'd gone into politics as my mother wished, if Scylla hadn't chosen me to be an augur? What would have happened if the Outsider had not prepared me for the purchase of my manteion?

If I'd been a daughter instead of a son, would I have become a sibyl for Patera Pike? And who would have come to aid the old augur-- or would the Chapter have let Sun Street fall into disrepair, abandoned like the building on Music Street, to become a home for ghosts and devils?

Curious questions, and ones with no answers.

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[silk_for_calde]

There are those who'd claim otherwise, but it's either trickery, or man claiming responsibility for the work of the gods.

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[sleepyseer.livejournal.com]

It's not the same...but still...

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[sleepyseer.livejournal.com]

Being able to speak with the gods...is that a skill you learn? Or is it a talent you are born with?

[silk_for_calde]

It's... complicated. Augurs have a vocation; we're chosen by the gods, but we must study as well. In the schola we're taught to interpret the Chrasmologic Writings, the signs in sacrifices, and are introduced to other forms of divination-- though hepatomancy is the only one commonly employed.

However... when the gods choose to speak, plainly, they may choose to speak to anyone. Although, of course, only those men who have not known women, those women who have not known me, can see the gods' faces.

[sleepyseer.livejournal.com]

But it is not something you choose. In a way, it chooses you.

[silk_for_calde]

In a sense, yes. I could not have decided to become an augur if I were not intended to, no more than I could decide not to be one, having been so intended.

[sleepyseer.livejournal.com]

I see.




...thank you.

[silk_for_calde]

Are there augurs, where you came from? Of a different sort, even?

[sleepyseer.livejournal.com]

Where I am from, magic of any sort carries a penalty of death.

[silk_for_calde]

I assume, in your whorl, it exists in a more.. tangible form?

[sleepyseer.livejournal.com]

What do you mean?

[silk_for_calde]

Human magic? Something not wielded by the gods, but not mere trickery?

[sleepyseer.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[silk_for_calde]

I can understand how it might be seen as a threat.

[sleepyseer.livejournal.com]

Of course.

[silk_for_calde]

Why do you ask?

[sleepyseer.livejournal.com]

Simple curiousity.

[silk_for_calde]

Very well, my daughter.

Are you new to the City?

[sleepyseer.livejournal.com]

I'm not your daughter.

And yes, I've been here little less than a week.

[silk_for_calde]

I meant no disrespect. We're taught to refer to all biochemical persons as our children, and speaking of my vocation tends to bring the habit back.

I see. Are you settling in well?

[sleepyseer.livejournal.com]

Reasonably. This is a strange place, but somehow much freer than home.

sob, sorry, i'm a backdatey h0r lately. orz

[silk_for_calde]

It has its... advantages, yes. For many, freedom is among them.

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May I ask a delicate question? You have my word that the answer is under the seal of Pas; that is, I am bound not to tell it. Are you a-- magician, of some sort?

[1/idk] does that make me a backdatey john?

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