Tales from the Light & Shadow Roleplay Group: Daza and Juni (2nd part)

Daza and Juni

Daza Portals to Alasse, taking the pixie Kaia with him....
 
      Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) huffs as she lands on the other side of Daza's portal. She looks up at him with a frown on her face "I see you have your powers back." She focuses her energy allowing her glamour to fall, her body stretching so that she now stands tall in front of the mage, her head reaching his shoulder.

  Daza (daza.mistwalker) looks appreciatively and nods "Yes...more or less all of them are back....and I see you're not a permanent pixie"

  Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) offers Daza a faint smile "I am fae, I appear as I want to be seen."

  Daza (daza.mistwalker) narrows his eyes "And just who ARE you? I am looking for Juni but instead I find this Kaia who has the acorn necklace that I gave her"

  Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) gazes at Daza, her black eyes roaming his form as she looks upon his restored form. "I am Kaia....I am that half of your fae which she keeps hidden from the world. I am that half that comes out when there is nothing but survival left for her."

    Daza (daza.mistwalker) eyes the waterfall nearby, thinking "OH? And what if I don't believe you? You remember what Juni did to to a certain blonde elf when SHE tried to explain something similar?"

    Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) nods, a soft smile appearing on her face "Aye, but, I have not changed my appearance....much. Those that know this fisage know who and what I was. You on the other hand, you were altered."

  Daza (daza.mistwalker): "Oh..but you have changed! And I know all about fae and their glamoury! You could be an imposter! Prove to me that Juni still yet resides within you...that you are not some foul possession that needs to be exorcized by a cleric!"

    Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) arches a brow at Daza, her hand moving unerringly to her bow to stroke the smooth wood. She plucks at the string, the twang of the sinew snapping into place giving her comfort. "And what pray tell would you have me do or say to prove to you that I am indeed that fae?"

  Daza (daza.mistwalker) looks into her eyes, which appear entirely too dark and huffs. In some sort of maddened desperation to bring this to closure once and for all he reaches forward with his hands to grab ahold of the fae's neck

  Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) gasps, her eyes widening in shock as her hands reach up to grasp Daza's wrists. She squeeks, as she flounders for a moment before her eyes narrow on the mage.She chokes out her words "Do you WANT me to fill you with arrows" she asks as tears fill her inky black eyes.

 Daza (daza.mistwalker) feels both the bracelet and the necklace flare with firey warmth and feels a jolt that courses to his bones and releases her suddenly as if he had been burnt and his eyes widen "JUNI! It IS you!"

  Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) falls to the ground gasping for breath, tears burning her eyes as she clutches at her neck. She glances up at Daza and nods as she mummbles to herself "I deserve no less..."

  Daza (daza.mistwalker) reaches out instinctively with a hand to help her up, before a part of him warns, but he ignores that voice for the moment and is more puzzled almost as if he had hurt himself "I...I don't know what to say....you ...I was hoping...I mean..." *stammers* "I have been searching for my fae...for Juni...and I find..this...Kaia"

  Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) grasps Daza's hand in hers allowing him to help her to stand. She brushes her self off, swallowing reflexively as her other hand reaches up to her throat. "I am that which has always been there, which has been kept hidden. Be my name Kaia Fea or Juni, I am of the Twyleth Teg....I am both light and dark. Do you not know your fae well enough to understand that?"

  Daza (daza.mistwalker) shifts and fidgets, scrunching his face in confusion for a bit, almost as he had done as Daizy not so long ago "Wellll...I knew Juni as being a bit fickle sometimes....I never thought of her as light or dark.....but certainly not as two different entities!"

    Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) tilts her head and blinks slowly as she speaks, "the fickleness of a fae, especially one such as I, is oft times a tell tale sign of more."

  Daza (daza.mistwalker) tries to reconcile himself with this and looks into dark eyes and then shakes his head "Fickleness I know....Juni I know...this Kaia....I do not....SO! I wish to speak with Juni....is she in there or not?"

    Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) raises her eyes towards the mage, a smile playing on her lips "All you need to do is look deeply, and you will find her"

  Daza (daza.mistwalker) lifts his chin, even though he is a good deal taller than he was just days a ago and then focuses for but a moment. "I KNOW she is in there! Why does she...you...hide behind this other visage? What must I do to have my fae back?"

  Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) lifts her chin mimicking Daza "You did not loose your fae, but your fae became lost when she lost you. How would you go about proving you are not lost to her?"

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  Daza (daza.mistwalker) had been mulling over summoning his staff but instead blinks :ummm....I came for my fae...I earched and traversed realms and entered the dark lands of the Empress! I NEVER stopped caring and loving my fae....no matter where I was....no matter WHAT I was. I TRIED to be something I was not...even Artemis saw this....now it is time for you to see too." With this he reaches forth to softly caress her cheek before leaning in for a kiss. But this was no ordinary kiss, but a kiss of knowing, for as he kissed he willed his memories of the past weeks and moons into her. His feelings, his lostness, his trials, pains and even a few joys and triumphs.

  Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) 's eyes widen in shock as Daza's lips touch hers. Her gasp lost upon his lips as the feelings he feeds her assault her senses. Her hands reach up to his shoulders and her fingers curl into his flesh as sher reels back and gasps into his lips. She pulls back, her eyes searching his, and as they move from one of his eyes to they other, they slowly shift in color back to the silver that he is familiar with. Only one word escapes her lips, and it is a softly uttered "Oh"

    Daza (daza.mistwalker) sighs momentarily. There is a reason why he no longer used this particular method, once a signature of many of his magiks. It always left him vulnerable. He looked into her eyes and saw "Juni? It's really you?...OH how I have MISSED you!"

  Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) blinks up at Daza, confusion in her eyes "I didn't go anywhere...." her words drift off as she looks around before leaning into the mage, a soft sigh escaping her lips.

    Daza (daza.mistwalker) holds her close and nuzzles his nose into her hair"I don't want to lose you again...I don't want to be lost to you again"

    Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley) leans her head against his chest "then do what you need to do to ensure that does not happen."

  Daza (daza.mistwalker) waggles his brows before causing a mist to rise about them. To any onlooker, they would simply be gone when the mist cleared.

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Roleplayers: Daza (daza.mistwalker), Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)

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Tales from the Light & Shadow Roleplay Group: Daza and Juni

Daza finds Juni with the help of Jaide  (Part 1)

Reunited And It Faes So Good - RP involving Daza Mistwalker, Juniper Roxley, Jaide Nightifre, and several inhabitants of the IOS. Artemis has restored Daza to his natural state and has asked Jaide Nightfire to find his lost fae, Juni, on the Island of Shadows. As Daizy, Daza had searched for her through Vana's destruction and traced her here under the possible name of Kaia.
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Jaide Nightfire enters the tavern about which he was told by Daza. He looks around casually but notes people and exits. he seems drunk when he walks in but is aware of everything. One slight stumble leads him into the bar. "I'll have whatever whiskey ye 'ave back there." He nods to the bartender upon getting his drink. "I'll take the bottle." he says and heads for a table, noting a small fae hovering about.
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  walks over to the bar, her small head tilting up to the drunken stranger. She smiles, a mischevious glint in her eye before turning her gaze to the bar.
Elda (tosh.snook) walks up to the estbalishment, noticing the closed sign and debating on whether to barge in or not
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  spreads her wings, lifting her small frame off the floor so that she is on eye level with the bartender. She winks at the woman, reaches in her pouch and pulls out a coin, flicking towards the woman as she nods to wards the barel of meade
Elda (tosh.snook) enters ignoring the sign and makes her way to the bar"brandy"
Jaide Nightfire turns back to the bartender "I'm wondering if you might be able to help me. I'm looking for a fae named Kaia. An old friend needs to see her."
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  eyes the woman who entered, her ears perking when she hears her name. She slowly turns her head towards the stranger, her eyes narrowing as she looks at him. Her voice is soft as she speaks "And who might be seaking out the Kaia fae?"
Jaide Nightfire takes another shot from the bottle and turns to the fae next to him on the bar after eyeing the person that just enetered the tavern. He eyes the fae up and down "It's someone she want ta' be seein'" Elda (tosh.snook) places a coupel red gemeralds on the counter, and picks up her snifter of brandy, watching the other two converse
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   tilts her head, her eyes narrowing even more. "I might help ya find her for a price...but I would first be wanting to know who this seeker is." Turns her head towards the other woman, her dark eyes gleaming in the light as she offers her a small grin.
Elda (tosh.snook) makes only the smallest of nods and then sips her brandy, staring at the wall opposite her Jaide Nightfire knows he is in dark territory and not to trust anyone too quickly. The lycans here might take offense to him being here to begin with, given his affiliation with the shadow Claw pack. He eys the fae "it is someone that drew their goddess' ill favor. they became someone else and are back again." He thinks he must sound as drunk as he acted when he came in. he holds back a grin.
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   lands on the bar, her small frame barely making a sound. She arches a brow at the stranger as she tried to make sense of his words. Her brows straighten as she dons a mask of nonchalance and shrugs "Fine be it by me if you wish not to share, for sharing from me you shall not get. Perhaps you wish not to find the Kaia fae after all."
Jaide Nightfire starts to growl then quickly stifles it. "Do you know a woma..." ~he stops himself and corrects as the mage is no longer a woman~ "a man named Daza?"
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   blinks, her dark eyes growing luminous as she looks upon the stranger "Aye, I have heard of this once mage. I hear that he is no longer but something different."
Elda (tosh.snook) nods to the two strangers and makes her way back out
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   watches the woman leave then turns her attention back to the stranger. She holds out her hand. "I will have two gold shinnies from you before I continue."
Jaide Nightfire: aye, he WAS something different but the goddess took pitty on him after being persuaded by an archmage or 2 and restored him to his old self, well...a reformed self he said.
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   rops her hand, her request for shinnies forgotten as she gasps "You say the magie is now a magie again?" Her little brows furrow as she begins to pace the bar "I know you not, why should I believe your words be true?"
Jaide Nightfire thought the fae might be persuaded by shiny objects. He carried with him some freshly shined gemstones; nothing fancy but shiny indeed. He smiles and drops them into her hand. "Here ya go." He was glad he had asked someone familiar with fae before departing on his journey.
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  looks down at the gems, her brows still furrowed as she thinks. She looks up, at the stranger and asks more bluntly and to the point. "Who are you, and how do you know what you know?"
Jaide Nightfire: can't you fae sense if someone is telling the truth or not? I am Jaide. I have no reason to lie to you. I was there and watched as the goddess transformed the woman into a man in front of my Thane and several other members of my pa...~he stops himself once again~ "my home land."
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   crosses her arms, her gaze level on Jaide as she speaks. "I am fae, which means I cannot lie. But it does not mean I can tell when someone else is or not....however..." she smiles mischeviously at him, her sharp teeth gleaming in the light "That does not mean I do not have my ways of finding out of someone is telling the truth or not."
Jaide Nightfire: how about if I share something with you? Something I should not being in these lands. Would that help? I did witness what I told you I did. To share what i have puts me at great risk. Would that make you feel better? You could come with me to my homeland and talk to the Thane, Freya. she will tell you.
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   's arms still folded across her chest, arches her brow at Jaide. "Though I know Freya, I know you not. If I go to visit the Thane, it will be only when I see fit. Now tell me....for I am not yet clear on what you have been saying...is it the Daza Mage who is seeking the Kaia fae?" 
Jaide Nightfire: yes, as I heard it he longs to see his fae as he put it. i think he misses her greatly. He spoke with love in his heart. I could smell it. ~he realizes what he said after he said it~
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   smiles sadly at Jaide as she nods her head "And she has missed him, thinking he all but lost to her." She tilts her head "Love has a smell to it?"
Jaide Nightfire arches a brow "it's hard to explain. Some of us can scent better than others." he grins. I could not lie about this to you or to Kaia since i mentioned Freya if it were not true. I am too close to Freya to bear false witness and use her name associated with it.
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  smiles as she gleans what Jaide is not telling her "you are of the pack" she whispers "tis not a safe place for you to be. Now that you have shared....i shall share as well. You wish to know where Kaia is, I will tell you...."
Jaide Nightfire nods to the fae
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   smirks at Jaide before bowing low to the bartop. Her hand rotating in a flourish before her."You have found that which you seek."
Jaide Nightfire smiles and breathes a sigh of relief as not wanting to disappoint his thane or the mage. He lowers himself down to Kaia "I think you should acompany me to the Shadowlands when you are ready. I shouldn't spend too much time here now that i've found you."
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   tilts her head and nods "I will leave when the time is right for me to leave. Take a message to the mage that his fae is safe, and will seek him out soon."
Jaide Nightfire: I will do that. since I'm here we might as well have some drinks. Do fae even drink?
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   grins and nods "Aye, that we do...honey meade would be my drink of choice." Jaide Nightfire motions to the bartender "Honey meade for the lady." he pays the bartender, tossing a silver piece rather hastilly out of his hand. "that should cover us and any damages." He laughs
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   eyes the silver piece as it flips through the air. She watches the barmaid pour her a thimble full of meade and takes it gratefully from her fingers. She takes a sip, wiping the froth from her upper lip and lets out a belch before giggling. "Thank you for the drink, Jaide."
Jaide Nightfire: you are welcome. hopefully things will be more at peace with the two of you reunited.
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  nods to Jaide before turning back to her drink. Sips at her meade, the drink filling her mouth before she swallows.
Daza (daza.mistwalker) swoops in and lands with a thud
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   hears a noise and turns her head searching for the source of the sound.
Jaide Nightfire turns quickly as he hears a thud. he sees Daza standing a few feet away.
Daza (daza.mistwalker) lets his eyes adjust to the lighting and looks around, having only been here a few times, and sees a familiar face at the bar "AH...Jaide! Any luck?"
Jaide Nightfire: it's funny you should ask ~he chuckles and looks at Kaia~
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  stands quietly watching the mage. She holds her breath as she stands there, her dark eyes scanning the familiar visage of Daza.
Daza (daza.mistwalker) does not even see the small pixie on the bar but continues looking around, peering at one female who looks entirely too dark to be the pixie from what he saw....or his flies say
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   slowly lifts the timble to her lips and takes a few gulps of the amber liquid, her eyes never leaving Daza.  She hiccups.
Jaide Nightfire continues to drink then looks at Daza "Look closer"
Daza (daza.mistwalker) hadn't seen Jaides gaze at first, being somewhat accustomed to not be looking Enthro'mii in the eye and finally does turn around to the bar "Well...hmph..I thought I saw...." Blinks and looks at a pixie "You?"
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  hiccups again and covers her mouth as she nods.
Daza (daza.mistwalker) 's eyes widen and steps closer, carefully wanting to be certain "You...Juni?"
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   sticks her tongue out at Daza before palming the almost empty thimble and throwing it at Daza "Here I am known by another name...here I am Kaia."
Daza (daza.mistwalker) looks over to Jaide and back again just in time to get bonked by the thimble "OW! Kaia?!? What on earth? Are you hiding from someone where you have to be disguised or kept secret?"
Jaide Nightfire: in these lands a few of us must keep our indentities hidden
Daza (daza.mistwalker) rubs his head where thereis a red mark
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   growls low "I did what needed doing so I could survive..."
Daza (daza.mistwalker) tilts his head "Vana...you managed to escape...were you hurt?" His concern over rides his annoyance at being struck in the head for the moment
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   looks down at her hands and whispers harshly "I survived...the pain at the loss of the hawthorne was...." shivers "I survived." she states again.
Jaide Nightfire thinks about the horrors of a land ravaged by fire and lava. Morrana collected many a sould from Vana ~he says as he drinks from his bottle~
Daza (daza.mistwalker) makes a bit of a face, wondering "Oh...a tree....yes. Well...we all had to do what we had to do to survive....and I see Jaide here was fortunate enough to track you down"
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   looks up at the mage "not just a tree Daz, it was a sappling from MY tree....from..." she bites her lip as her eyes dart to Jaide, not wanting to say too much out loud.
Daza (daza.mistwalker) paces around ineasily "Why HERE of all places? why would you come here instead of...I don't know...Alasse, Sylvhara....even across the river with the Enthro'mii...why here?" 
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  looks back at Daza through her lashes, her black eyes glinting in the light. "why here? if you but look, you might see that I am not now the fae you think me to be."
Daza (daza.mistwalker) squints a bit, trying to look into her little beady black eyes "Hmmm....well Linwe said you were somehow darkened and twisted....what HAPPENED?"
Jaide Nightfire mumbles "she doesn't seem that twisted."
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  turns her head towards Jaide and smiles showing a row of sharp little teeth. "Why thank you, Jaide!" She turns back to Daza the smile still on her face, but not reaching her eyes "my mate was dead and my home was gone...this..."she gesturest o herself "is what came naturally to me in order to survive that"
Daza (daza.mistwalker) frowns "Your mate was NOT dead! And...I'm right HERE! I've been looking all over you!"
Johnnie Winterwolf lets out a howl trying to find his Ameera
Montana (montana.brianna) lets out a howl leading her Sha to her.
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  spreads her wings, lifting herself off the bar and gets in Daza's face "And how was I supposed to know that?!"
Daza (daza.mistwalker) points to Jaide "Well...I sent HIM...And didn't you talk to Zos and Rhianne? THEY believed me when I told them who I was!"
Jaide Nightfire: aye this is definitely the man that was a woman when we met. There can't be too many of those running around.
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   reaches her small hand out, finger extended with the intent of poking Daza in the nose a few times "I am fae, I am a trickster when need be. therefore I look for the tricks in that which happens around me. I do not readily beleive in things such as magies becomig weeeeeee little girl elfs!"
Jaide Nightfire hears the howl of wolves outside. he recognizes one of them from his travels here a few nights ago. they seemed willing to let him pass but knows there are others not so forgiving here.
Jaide Nightfire grins "and a pretty elf she was" He swigs from his bottle again. he growls low at the bartender when he tries to take it from him
Daza (daza.mistwalker) blinks and backs up after the first poke, and shoots a glare at Jaide, remembering his lascivious looks before looking back at the pixie, trying to come to grips with ...whoever this person was and looks a bit crestfallen "Sooo....you aren;t glad...to see me?"
Ahnu squeezes his way in, tucking his wings Parzival Von Hamborg (sirsprocket) lands on the balcony and makes his way in, kneeling before his Empress.
Ahnu: Greetings your Imperial Majesty
Ahnu bows his head respectfully, turning his glance over to the small group at the bar and nods a greeting Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   gets momentarily distracted by the dragon before turning her gaze back to Daza and frowns "your makign assumptions that I am not."
Parzival Von Hamborg (sirsprocket) notices his Empress is distracted and rises. He gives a casual glance to the others at the bar.
Lexie Lukas gazes upon the DArk Templar "Sir Parzival.. please rise, and good evening to you" Turning to the ones who stand near the bar, the Dark Empress smiles 'good evening guests"
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  turns her gaze to the Empress and waggles her fingers in Lexie's direction, "greetins Empress"
Lexie Lukas smiles without turning toward the dragon behind her " Lord Ahnu.. your hot breath has been missed these last weeks" Her voice holds a formality yet warmth for the Lord Preceptor
Daza (daza.mistwalker) looks over and first notices the big dragon waddle and follows the conversation and the eyes to the Empress. He clenches his jaw and nods and then looks back at her "Welll....I searched you out...found you and you welcome me by throwing a thimble at me, poking me and....welll...just not seeming very glad to see me"
Jaide Nightfire turns to the ones entering the tavern. He nods to them in greeting being glad his scent is masked as an alpha his age would do. he is also glad he wore boots instead of his usual feet in pawed form. Ahnu: It is good to be home again, majesty. I trust the rest of my Order did their duty and took my place as guard in my absence
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   keeps her arms crossed across her chest, one hand idly reaching up and toying with the acorn upon her chest as she levels her gaze at Daza "I see not what one has to do with the other."
Jaide Nightfire hears Kaia refer to one as Empress. He takes another swig out of the bottle and watches the crowd for a moment. Not only is he in dark territory but is a few meters away from their queen.
Lexie Lukas: Noticing that she recognizes the pixie first, then the mage from some time long ago she speaks "Kaia, and Mage Daza.. nice to see you" Her eyes crinkle a bit, at once wearing a bit of a perplexed demeanor.
Parzival Von Hamborg (sirsprocket): We did our best in your absence Lord Preceptor.
Ahnu blinks in recognition of the names and watches the group curiously. visibly more alert and on guard Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  smiles at the Empress, and nods "as tis good to see you as well."
Parzival Von Hamborg (sirsprocket) tilts his head curiously at those gathered after his Empress addesses them.
Jaide Nightfire turns to Daza wanting to turn up the heat "You should speak as you spoke the night at the lupinar. you had suh compassion in your voice as you spoke of the small one here." ~he looks at Kaia~ "he really does miss you ya know."
Lexie Lukas listens to the man speaking, then turns her head not wishing to eavesdrop
Daza (daza.mistwalker) furrows his brow "Ummm....nice to see you, Empress.....I wish it were under less...confusing circumstances. Juni....erm.....Kaia....ummm...whatever you wish to be called.....I am here....I never stopped caring for you no matter where I was...no matter WHAT I was...I never stopped"
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   tilts her head at Daza, her brows furrowing as she becomes a bit uncomfortable with the discussion in front of a growign crowd. She flutters her wings and clears her throat, biding time before speaking. Her voice is low so that only Daza can hear "and you think that I have?'
Elda (tosh.snook) strides into the tavern, glancing about at the faces, studying them
Parzival Von Hamborg (sirsprocket): My Empress, did you receive my message the other night?
Ahnu spots another new comer enter and bows his head in greeting
Daza (daza.mistwalker) rubs his head where he was hit with a thimble "Ummmm....that isn't exactly a kiss you welcomed me with"
Lexie Lukas: A sudden flash of heat strikes the Empress.. her eyes move slowly toward the source
Parzival Von Hamborg (sirsprocket) follows her gaze and spots the newcomer, he bows his head in greetings.
Lexie Lukas: Turning back to Sir Parzival she asks "Which please?"
Elda (tosh.snook) approaches but stops a short distance away and nods slightly to each of them in turn Parzival Von Hamborg (sirsprocket): The letter I had a page deliver to you.
Daza (daza.mistwalker) feels the newcomer without even looking and quickly dispels his cloak, not wishing to start a ruckus
Ahnu: Greetings and welcome to the Godiva Tavern
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   rolls her eyes before fluttering close and laying a soft kiss on Daza's lips "Better?" She asks as she crosses her arms in front of her once more
Elda (tosh.snook) walks to the bar and drops some red gems upon"brandy"
Daza (daza.mistwalker) finally feels some warmth and smiles "YES...a bit better...a LOT better! I wish you would have done that right at first!"
Jaide Nightfire sees the kiss but cannot hear the fae speak to Daza which troubles him slightly but he knows they can do that sort of thing. his gaze moves to the empress for a few moments. he admires her beauty but turns before he accidentally disrespects royalty. He turns back one more time then looks around the room some more as people come and go.
Ahnu eyes trail after the stranger at the bar, watching curiously. His tail waves in the air behind him slowly Elda (tosh.snook) picks up her snifter of brandy and turns back to those in the hall, sipping
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)   lifts her chin in a haughty manner "YOU did not even notice me standing there or even recognize, yet you expect me to greet you with kisses??"
Lexie Lukas leans back in her chair, the comfort of the evening resting upon her as a comforting blanket.. her eyes close as she reaches through the ethers.. silently filling the voids near her with vibrations
Daza (daza.mistwalker): Well, yeah! It would have helped with the recognition tremendously!
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  snorts and rolls her eyes.
Daza (daza.mistwalker) eyes the little acorns "Well...I see you at least kept SOME reminder of me"
Elda (tosh.snook) sips at her brandy quietly, hearing the small lover's quarral, and feeling a slight sense of power float by but then it fades
Lexie Lukas cocks her head to the charcoal skinned newcomer "Have you a story to tell of where you got your sword perchance.. or some other tale befitting our establishment ?" Her eyes glow momentarily as she notices the glowing heart
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  follows Daza's line of sight and reaches up to play with the acorn once again. Elda (tosh.snook) appraoches the table having been addressed and says" the swords are a symbol of my race, and they are made by our own hands"
Lexie Lukas curls her lip, interested in the being. Reaching out a hand toward this one she offers" Please feel free to sit at the table if you so desire"
Ahnu leans froward slightly with interest "I hope you will not consider me rude for asking, but which race specifically do you mean?"
Lexie Lukas notes where the new one sits.. her eyes glass over with a quick look to sir Parzival
Elda (tosh.snook) sits quietly but with a purpose in her movements she stops sipping her brandy" the hospitlity here is warmer then then the ranger hall I foiund earlier"
Elda (tosh.snook) hears the dragon behind behind the seated woman, but address the one at the end of the table" I am elda, of the eastern kingdom, and I am a master of fire"
Lexie Lukas looks toward the new one "We look at ourselves as somewhat civil if it is worth our while, Master Elda"
Daza (daza.mistwalker) looks around the room and feels a bit uneasy with the growing crowd, though totally unwilling to be parted from his fae after so long. So he focuses and fixes himself upon that necklace, reaching out to touch it softly, sending some of his energy into them, recharging their enchantment just enough before fixing his mind mind and his will elsewhere
Ķαϊα Ŧєα (juniper.roxley)  looks at Daza's hand as it touches her necklace and then up at his eyes wondering what it is that he is doing. Her eyes widen in surprise as realization dawns on her and her lips part slightly
Elda (tosh.snook) takes another sip of her brandy and then sets it down looking at the woman " I seem to be at a disadvantage as to your group or to whom I address"
Lexie Lukas calms her soul to its deepest depths... slowly touching the air between she and the fire one in charged energies "I am Empress Lexie" she answers continuing to sample the aura, the student within her enjoying a new challenge
Daza (daza.mistwalker) fixes his will to a much warmer place ...Alassee....and begins to reach out to connect while at the same time he gives a wave to Jaide "Thank you so much Jaide, and Empress you're ever so gracious...but I think I'll be departing now....with my fae" He gives a bit of a grin before opening his portal and taking the little pixie with him"
Lexie Lukas: "Dark Paths to you "
Jaide Nightfire speaks without thinking in his drunken state "May Luna light your path." he realizes he might have let that slip a wee bit too loudly.
Lexie Lukas perks to an interesting farewell message.. the words familiar in meaning
Kaley Quintessa had scaled the wall not wishing to be seen. She stood now on the parapet listening, waiting. Her neck would tilt back and forth with movements as s snake.. She smirks having just left Montana knowing full well what the man below was now. Her features hidden mostly by her clothing in the shadows continued her watch.

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Taken from: The Light & Shadow Roleplay Group

The Bard Circle

Pio got a message with an invitation... opens the scroll and reads eagerly. It's been a while since she last went back to Sylvhara.... smiles pleased..

The Bard Circle Will Gather Today (10/14/12) in Beautiful Sylvhara at 1:00 PM pm SLT.
Please come and present your poems or stories or just come enjoy the readings
and the serene surroundings of a magical forest.

Everyone is welcome.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sylvhara%20Tari/130/173/22

Odil Lumiere: Next we will hear from ShadowDancer
Cerine Swordthain watches the Regent blush
Odil Lumiere: he dreams a lot
Aiden (herb.bricklin) brushes leaves from his hair
Odil Lumiere: Shadow if you please
Pionia Destiny: smiles.. glad she's not too late and can still enjoy some good stories.
ShadowDancer (bob.horton): thank you Lady Odil, yes I dream
Pionia Destiny: sits comfortably looking at the audience.. recognizing some old friends..
Ǿυεεŋ  Čөмεŧ (comet.quijote): smiles

ShadowDancer

ShadowDancer (bob.horton): Conversation with a Special Owl

All day long I am thinking about my last dream, the dream of falling out of the sky and how an owl saved me from death. I have to see this owl again, I have to learn about him, talk with him ask him the questions that burn in my gut. Long treks to places I think I might find it do not yield any result. Where does a great bird like that live? What does it do? What does it want with me?
After long day of searching I am weary and hungry. I think I missed what they call a pay day and have no coin in my purse. All I have is an apple. I eat that and look for a hospitable bush to spend the night under. I find an abandoned camp site, the embers are still alive, I fan them to life and warm my cold body at someone else's fire. I stare into the flames for a long time as sleep eludes me and listen to the night sounds of the forest. Finally I sleep... Soundlessly great wings glide though the air, the forest sounds cease as if all creatures know that something significant is taking place. I watch the shadow of the owl but I cannot see it yet. "Greetings from one Shadow to another", - I think.

Me:"Greetings Owl, are you one who saved me?"
Owl: "I am not only that owl I AM THE OWL!"
I look on him with surprise and wonder.
Owl: "It is time for you to fall into the shadow and visit your ancestors, connect with them, learn about them. About their traditions, joys and sorrows".
Me: "How? I do not remember anything about my family I was taken too early for memories".
Owl: "You will find a way", - says the owl.
When I wake up I am even more confused than before and hungry too, I set out to find food.

End

Spica Inventor: nice story

Cerine Swordthain

Cerine Swordthain: The Wine of Creation

She lounges sleepily in the depths of her mother's cave. Deep blue eyes watch the spiraling dance of flame and ash as slender fingers caress the intricately-carved metal goblet. The aroma of a strong red wine wafts past her nostrils as she breathes with her unseen brethren and the Rhythm that connects them all. Closing her eyes against the light of the leaping flames; time fractures and dissipates as she knew it would...the sound of the fire's crackle becoming a roar in her sensitive ears before all goes blessedly silent. Only darkness now...has she forgotten to breathe? The fragile body gasps and pulls at the surrounding air as blood seeps gently from her nose. The metal goblet whose attention she had sought minutes before, was now in danger of spilling it's fluid onto the exquisitely-woven carpet that lay as a barrier against the chill of the damp cave. She listens as silence reigns in the Pathways. A frisson of fear runs through her...silence held it's place but not here...not in the glen that was her own.

She sits upon the Spring grass she cannot smell and wraps her arms tightly around her knees. Ebony curls lift on an unheard breeze as sapphire eyes survey the edges of her place within the Rhythm. The movement she often sensed outside her own branch in the Pathway was eerily still. "The calm before the storm." She thinks as her eyes shift from the tightly-woven bushes to the Cedar trees lining the edges. She feels for her connection with this place and sighs as she is reassured of it's place in her mind as she even now rested in it's flow.  She laughs suddenly...the sharp sound refusing to echo in the dead quiet. Words run through her thoughts...a lesson from long ago and pertinent even now...

"You will be subject to wild swings of self-indulgent behavior- much of which will frighten and confuse those around you. I went through this, but in the holds of Mori Tarma away from prying eyes. You cannot stop it...only try to contain it to avoid rousing too much interest or objection."

She had asked him how long this would go on...he had merely smiled, his blue eyes crinkling with a true humor and replied, "A thousand years I will give you, Cerine. A day more than that and I shall take measures to curtail your behavior by whatever means necessary." His voice held a promised threat...completely at odds with the timeline given for surely she would have matured far sooner than a millenia?

Self-indulgent for most was self-explanatory but for the Sereg....deadly...as evidenced by her recent behavior. She'd played the pieces upon the board with a clarity she should not have and yet...so much of the future was murky...pieces moved in a given moment with no guarantee what the next would bring.: And what most would have called spoilt behavior was in fact her testing the boundaries...manipulating...and questioning, always questioning. Who was she to decide another's fate?

Her head snaps up as color bleeds into the dense twilight bringing with it the rushing of thoughts and voices she associated with her brothers. The muted melody of their Chords vibrates within her, causing an instant reaction and the ringing of her own. She holds her breath as they suddenly still...assassins.... all perched listening and waiting. How she hated it when they all turned to her! Growling softly she stifles her own Chord into silence and waits until they continue on with their inner speech in the Pathways of the Sereg'wethrin. Slender fingers relax their hold on the goblet whose flight to the rug below is muffled as metal meets silken fibers and wine stains them blood red. A delicate body slips to the floor in a crumpled heap....

"Centuries of creation
Fashioned and transformed
A mystical ultimate organism that holds expectancy of union with the divine
No surprise that what seems to be insurmountable barriers are merely stopping points gaining our attention
Without bread or wine or altar the sun sets its host of fire upon the trembling chalice of earth
The shades of this fair season reflect in the lake of vineyards
The wine of creation
Blood Red and Real"

Poem by Ondine Ninetails
Cerine Swordthain: ~end~ for now

Odil Lumiere: Please read you poem
Sequoyah (vlosh.troncon): of course
Odil Lumiere: please*

Sequoyah (vlosh.troncon)

Sequoyah (vlosh.troncon): Ode to the Bards Circle Tree
What a delight to behold this tree
In its predetermined cycles,
Undisturbed by human greed
And worshipped by poets and lovers alike.
Take your mind back to first creatures
Who built homes from trees like this
And removed many just like this.

They burnt them for fuel. How tragic.
And how fortunate is this one
Surviving for hundreds of years
In the soil fueled in turn
By fallen decomposing neighbors,
In the unending cycles of life,
worshipped by those who appreciate it's magisty.
We can learn from trees.
Unlike other creatures,trees use discretion in choosing the company they keep.
Hardwoods don't do well in conifer soil,
Hemlocks not with beech.
This grand tree chooses us, we do not choose it.
It chooses poets and lovers to protect.
Thank it for it's protection.
The Ent

Odil Lumiere: applauds and it is a true Ent poem too
ShadowDancer (bob.horton): appplauds the Ent
Ǿυεεŋ  Čөмεŧ (comet.quijote): applauds
Cerine Swordthain claps
Aiden (herb.bricklin): thank you migthy tree
Zoskia (zoskia): that was winderful
Malakyte Thorne applauds

galadriel Silverspar applaud
Ǿυεεŋ  Čөмεŧ (comet.quijote): smiles
Spica Inventor: :-) nice poem sequoyah :-)
Doyle Slen (beastmcstien): shakes his leaves

Odil Lumiere: I was ging to read a story today but we are out of time
Sequoyah (vlosh.troncon) smiles at some, winces at others
Odil Lumiere: I will just read a short poem too
Ǿυεεŋ  Čөмεŧ (comet.quijote): pretty good for wood
Malakyte Thorne: heheh

Odil Lumiere

Odil Lumiere: Dark Moon Nights
by Odil Lumiere

While the moon is hiding
And the winds are still
A lone owl is gliding
Over the empty hill
Only the distant stars are gazing
Coolly upon the land
The milky way is blazing
Like a silver band

The sea is moans it secret sorrows
With relentless beat
And little waves are sobbing
Among the reed
While it is dark you can hear
Small foot steps in the grass
All the creatures that hide in the daytime
Come out at least

Faint mist embraces the hills like smoke
Among them ghosts so restless
Shreds of old memories smote
With pain endless

Only the Moon remembers
What once was such delight
The cooling embers
Tell me I lost you heart

Odil Lumiere: end

Spica Inventor: claps
ShadowDancer (bob.horton): applauds
galadriel Silverspar smiles and claps
Cerine Swordthain applauds
Aiden (herb.bricklin): applauds
Doyle Slen (beastmcstien): appluads, well done loremaster
Frogie Foxdale: claps
Sequoyah (vlosh.troncon) shakes his leaves
Zoskia (zoskia) looks at Odil for a moment, then smiles softly
Ǿυεεŋ  Čөмεŧ (comet.quijote): smiles
Spica Inventor: one of sequoyahs pine cones hit me on the head
Malakyte Thorne applauds
Odil Lumiere: Thank you all for coming, your presence makes this Bard Circle what it is, a delightful time,
Sequoyah (vlosh.troncon): That was no accident, Spica!
Sequoyah (vlosh.troncon): Thanks for organizing this Odil!
Odil Lumiere: I hope to see you all again next week
Spica Inventor: i know hehe
Malakyte Thorne: Thank you Lady Odil
Cerine Swordthain: Thank you Odil!
Spica Inventor: thanx odil :-)
galadriel Silverspar: Thank you Odil
Odil Lumiere: It is my pleasure and I am so proud of all the talented persons we have here
Ǿυεεŋ  Čөмεŧ (comet.quijote): Thank you Lady odil
Ǿυεεŋ  Čөмεŧ (comet.quijote): Thank you everyone
Odil Lumiere: Thank you for coming queen Comet
Sequoyah (vlosh.troncon) tries to stand up but realizes he is already standing

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Roleplayers: Spica Inventor, ShadowDancer (bob.horton), galadriel Silverspar, Cerine Swordthain, Aiden (herb.bricklin), Doyle Slen (beastmcstien), Frogie Foxdale, Sequoyah (vlosh.troncon), Zoskia (zoskia), Ǿυεεŋ  Čөмεŧ (comet.quijote), Malakyte Thorne, Odil Lumiere, Pionia Destiny

Casting spells: Vocabulary

Here, we have some examples of the use of the language to cast spells with Wands and Staves..

Casting lightning
She waved the wand in a tighter motion and invoked the proper wording with a confident articulation. A bolt of lightning shot out across the still water of the creek. Sparks and smoke filled the air, and a tree limp dropped to the ground.

Vibrancy illusion
She waved her hand through the air and chanted, drawing a glimmer of light into being. With the energy manifested, she wrote her name across the air. Each letter remained for a few moments before fading from sight.

More examples on how to describe wand spells:

* Her hand flicked from side to side, and she spoke the incantation, a prismatic light sparkled from her wand, and she drew flowers at the tops of the weeds and ferns beside her.

* Flickering her wrist, casting a spray of light at him, staining his clothes for a few seconds before fading away..

* She swished her wand at him and spoke the words, flinging a pink wave of energy.

* She casts another cone of light and changing her clothes to a sky blue color.

* She casts her spells wider and faster, coloring his clothes a mixture of pink and purple, the spell sent a warm rush through his body as it passed around him.

* With a quick motion, she cast, sticking him in the face with an imaginary flower.

* With a flick of the wrist and incantation muttered, a blast of energy strikes the boy and send him to the ground.

* She places a book in front of you. It's leather bound with stamped impressions of runes and glyphs burned into the cover.

* She spoke an incantation and waves the wand, closing her eyes as sparkles of purple flames licked the air nearby. She raised the wand to the sky when she finished the words, then trust it in the direction of the horses at the head of the wagon. With a crackling sound, the pure energy shot through the air and the smell of jasmine filled the air. The horses reared and snorted while glittering light surrounded them. As fast as they had appeared, the candescent waves disspated, and the horses resumed their stirring.

Spells with a rod

* Ismerelda produced a rod made of intertwined shiny metals which seemed to have been bent in a spiral by the hands of a giant. A fiery red stone was set into the top of the scepter. The appearance of the rod of great craftsmanship and ornamentation. She spoke a phrase of magic words and made a swaying motion with her casting hand. Glints of white luminescence dripped from the end of the rod like a font of shimmering light.

* She brought forth her rod and flung it towards him with the utterance of an incantation he didn't recognize. Erupting from the tip of the scepter, a ball of energy flew across the room, then exploded with a flash when it struck an invisible barrier in front of him.

More on wands and staffs... Taken from Wikipedia..

Magic wands commonly feature in works of fantasy fiction as spell-casting tools. Few other common denominators exist, so the capabilities of wands vary wildly. Note that wands fill basically the same role as wizards' staffs, though staffs generally convey a more 'serious' image; a fairy godmother would often use a wand, possibly with a star or some form of decoration on the end, while Gandalf would most likely not (however, in The Hobbit, he is said to use a wand, referring to his staff, to fight the goblins of the Misty Mountains and their Wargs). Gandalf's name is Northern Mannish (one of Tolkien's invented languages, similar to North Germanic languages) for "Elf of the Wand", a reference to the staff he carries. In dramatic fiction, wands can serve as weapons in magical duels. Personal Wands are common in the fictional world of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter, as necessary tools to channel out each character's magic; it is the wand which chooses its owner. A wand is also present in the Children of the Red King series in the possession of Charlie Bone as well as the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft where caster classes such as the mage and warlock use wands offensively.

Circle of Sorcerers: Ismerelda's Teachings

Ismerelda's Teachings on magic

These are the notes of Laedron Telpist, an apprentice of mage...

The first rule of magic is that all effects are temporary. The spell's effect remains, so long as you continue concentrating. The wave of magic can affect the things it comes in contact with while it is in existence. Therefore, a lightning bolt can break a tree in half. You could drown an enemy in magically created water so long as he passes before the water is dispelled. Magic is just as much about figuring out solutions as concentrating to make it happen. Magical fire can set other things aflame. It's not because the magic remains, but because it has affected something else in the world that is material.

There are several types of magic. These are known as aspects to sorcerers. They each deal with a particular part or effect of magic. The first and most popular is energetics. Being the study and conjuration of raw energy from nothingness, almost every offensive spell is a part of this aspect, but there are some practical uses, too.

Next comes the transfiguration aspect. This style of magic is done to change some feature of something. A weaker transfiguration might be changing a copper coin into a gold one for a short period of time, while a major use would be transforming a person into a rabbit.

After transfiguration, you have alteration. That is the magic of illusions and shadows. It's easier to project an image of something than to conjure up the sum of its parts. Instead of making a man from nothing, you make his image. Alterations cannot interact with things since they are simply apparitions.

The final aspect is a rather new practice which can be difficult to master. It is called Captivation. It is the art of the silver tongue. I can be used to persuade or manipulate others. While requiring a great deal of concentration, it involves speaking at the same time. These two actions working simultaneously can be troublesome to achieve, and even the masters find it nearly impossible to control anyone for any considerable length of time. It can aid you in communicating with those who don't speak our common tongue, though. Birds, for instance. They can be told simple directions, many sorcerers use the smarter creatures for mundane tasks. A carrier pigeon, for example.

There are others aspects, but they are very specialized  and they are branches of these four aspects. Each sorcerer might also develop his own incantations, making our game both interesting and dangerous.

The most important spell a sorcerer can ever know is the invocation of dispelling. Many mages begin their training by learning simple offensive spells or changing water into milk.

Alteration magic deals with illusions. In order to make a mirage, you must be familiar with what you are trying to mimic. The more complex the apparition, the harder it will be to maintain  Even though an illusionary image cannot interact with the material world, it can still be convincing. It's also easier to create than the actual thing. Whereas making a real human is a daunting task, summoning the mere image of one is often plenty to accomplish the effect.

Captivation magic can be used to exert control over another, its common practical use is to communicate with others, its common practical use is to communicate with others who do not share your tongue. And animals. The incantation is spoken, and  you must concentrate the words into its base emotions and thoughts, conveying them to the recipient in their rawest form. That's why we can communicate with animals in this way, although they may not always understand our meaning. Advance beings are capable of higher thought and feelings.

To influence another in this method yo must concentrate while bringing out the thoughts you want to portray. Then, you must stregthen these thoughts to draw them to act the way you want. it's not a method of commanding them outright; you use your powers to sway thwm one way or another.

Let's us supposed that you are angry with me, an I would prefer you to be cordial. I would then speak the incantation to bring about the spell and feed positive thoughts of myself directly to your mind . especially those which I feel would be the most effective.

Taken from : The Circle of Sorcerers. By Brian Kittrel

When Laedron Telpist's sorcery training is interrupted by a knock on the door, what once seemed a proper profession must now be hidden. In a world where priests and mages vie for the limitless power of the elements and a new Grand Vicar has sworn death to all sorcerers, Laedron is tossed into a nightmare which would see his destruction at every turn.

From the home shores in western Sorbia, through the Cael'Brilland heartlands, and even across the seas to the great city of Azura, Laedron finds himself embracing old friends, consorting with unlikely allies, and confronting potent enemies. As he struggles to train himself in spellcraft, Laedron must face that he lives in a time when the utterance of a simple spell could be the signature on his death warrant.

About Runes and Rune Language for Mages

About runes and rune language

Runes are the written equivalent of the ancient first magical language known as rune-tongue. In written it was similar to languages like Chinese an Egyptian in that there were thousands of characters, each having meaning of a word, thing, place, or object.  Mages believe it to be a form of the original, primeval language and mastery of it is necessary for performing magic.

The runes and rune-words hold no magic power in and of themselves, but when spoken by someone who could sense the magical energy of the land and use their mind to focus that energy, the words of rune-tongue transformed that energy into magical action. It is like a request between the earth and the mage, the rune-words making the appeal clear.

What complicate things for mages is the fact that rune-words and written runes can not be learned like English, they had to be soul-remembered, brought back to the conscious mind from ether of the collective magical mind of the universe itself. What this means for mages is that they do not necessarily remember rune-words or symbols the same way. Since the same rune-word spoken by two mages could sound different or be written differently, All written runes have similar look. Even if they are unique. Most creatures write runes the same way.

Casting fire to open a Dragon's Lair

To open the passage to the dragon's lair. Pionia has to conjure a rune of fire that serves as the key to unlock the magical door closing the lair. Getting her eternal companion, her fire wand, draws the rune of open on the ground. Drawing energy from the magic in the place, it is known that dragons have magic of their own and they dwell in caves in magical locations. Pionia shakes her hands a bit taking a deep breath, raising her hands out before her chest and, holding them with the palms facing a slab of rock that disguises the entrance to where the dragon sleeps.  "Ogni" she says and a small ball of flame appears before her hands. She repeats the word, chanting it softly, as the ball of fire moves to the center of the rock face and begins to grow.

The mage continues to chant, the words getting louder, the fireball sinking down to the rock and engulfing it in flames. Pionia began to add words to the chant and the flames twist and grow in size until the blaze reaches up twenty feet into the sky. Pio begins to shake as she chants. Her eyes are ablaze with the power of the magic as she shouts the fire into being. Her hands weaving through the air as she struggles to control the colossal conflagration confronting her. As she chants, the fire begins to bend and twist in synchronization with the movements of her hands. The flames curve and coil, shifting like living creatures across the face of the granite slab, until they finally took the form of the rune for open that Pio had drawn in the dirt minutes before.

A rumble like thunder fills the air as the ground begins to quake and the giant outcropping of rock begins to move. The wedge of granite still slid forward, moving all as one piece up the side of the mountain. Pionia shakes herself and releases the magical energy of the fire, the flames winking out as she does, draining the energy back to the land. Pio closes her eyes, breathing softly, her body feels  light as a feather, letting the energy runs out of her hands.

Casting a glow-wand

Pionia pulls out a small crystal cylinder from her pouch, saying "Kesha-Tomm", speaking the rune-word for light and focusing a small amount of magical energy from the land into the crystal. The glow-wand responds by emitting bright, blue-white light.

Adapted from: The dark Shadow of Spring. The young Sorcerers Guild. By G.L. Breedon

More on runes:

Runes are an oracle from which one seeks advice. They work best if you detail your current circumstances and then ask a specific question. Rune readings are sometimes obscure. They hint toward answers, but you have to figure out the details. This is when the rune casters intuition becomes paramount. Some times the Runes "sing" to me, and their meaning becomes instantly clear.

Runic divination or "rune casting" is not "fortunetelling" in the sense that one actually sees the future. Instead, runes give one a means of analyzing the path that one is on and a likely outcome. The future is not fixed. It changes with everything one does. If one does not like the prediction, one can always change paths.

Since ancient times, runes have been used for divination and magic, in addition to writing. The word "rune" actually means mystery, secret or whisper. Each rune has esoteric meanings and properties associated with it, beyond its mundane meaning and phonetic value. Each translates into a word or a phrase signifying concepts important to the early peoples who used them, representing the forces of nature and mind. Each rune has a story attached to it, a relationship to a Norse God.

* Ancient Runes
* Runes (wikipedia)
* Runes the alphabet of mistery

Slanguages: Demo Class: Role-Playing Cooking in a Tavern

Pionia Destiny

6th SLanguages Annual Symposium Conference

Language & culture in virtual worlds
Fri-Sun, 28-30 September 2012
pre-conference events, 23 and 26 Sept
Twitter hashtag #slang12
Conference Themes:  Games and Machinima

SUNDAY, 30 September 2012 - 12pm SLT | 7pm GMT | 4am TYO
Your local time: http://tinyurl.com/30Sept12pmSLT 


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Demo Class: Role-playing cooking in a tavern

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Get a look at how Medieval role-play in virtual worlds sparks imagination and creativity when communicating in a new language. This session will introduce you into the basics of role-playing in virtual worlds by allowing you to immerse and interact in a fantasy role-play tavern through conversations and a treasure hunt game. Have a look at the tools used in this fantasy worlds and meet some of its role-players.

Bio
Pionia Destiny, also known as Dr. Doris Molero is a Professor at Dr. Rafael Belloso Chacin University in Maracaibo, Venezuela, where she has taught campus and on-line classes since 1999. She has a Doctor of Sciences of Education degree and her research blends virtual worlds, emerging media, education, innovation, literacies and language learning and teaching.

http://medievalroleplay.blogspot.com/
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Roleplay: Acting after stanislaviski

Tain Strom

Acting after Stanislaviski  .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin_Stanislavski

Acting is about sharing. It is about action and reaction. This is a very simple principle in the actors tool box.

-knowing your back ground so you understand why you react like you do.
-acting is about having a goal and a problem reaching it.
- Action / reaction.

These very simple rules can be easily adapted to role-play, however, they can be very difficult tools to master.  I do not expect that people are professional actors with a full understanding of good acting, however, I do expect that people will make an effort to try a bit harder than what I have often seen.  This is the reason for this note card.
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Background :
Acting is about as Stanislavski  would put it "Be like you were the evil Queen.  Think to yourself what life did she live? (ie. What is her background story).  How did her background impact her?  How would she react to different things because of her background and so forth.  Think like you would, if you were her, be her, live her and become her in the glimpses of role-play you do".  What kind of circumstances does she have.  Is she rich, poor. Where does she live, does she have a land, people?  What kind of lover would she pick?  Does she want to be a killer or is she feeling forced to into being a killer due to her background.
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Goal /problem/ situation : 

The problem -
When making conversation, have a goal, and then a problem reaching this goal.  Eg.  Amanda is in love with Dawn, but she is too shy to tell her.   The conversation could look something like this.  Amanda looks at Dawn and moves closer to her,  looking at her shoes, blushing,  while trying to find the poem she has written for her.  "Can....ca...can I please take a brief moment of your life Dawn?"

The important goal-
A very important thing is also it has to mean something for Amanda. If Amanda does not care to be rejected, what is the point of doing the role-play.  It must mean a lot to Amanda and the more she make herself convinced this is a "life /death " sitatuion for her, the more exciting it will be for all involved.

If she gets rejested, and her only response is to role-play  "Well whatever, who cares" and then walks off, it makes for bad role-play.
However, if it is vitally important to her, she will keep working on the goal dispite her problem achieving it, and a long and juicy role-play can then go on for weeks.

The situation- 
A good acting situation is to build up a scenario between two people, them both sharing a the goal, and the problem.  The important thing in the scenario is that it is hard to reach the goal.  The more difficult the goal is, the more exciting it is for all involved.  Amanda saying she is in love with Dawn ends the scenario immediately.  If  Amanda goes to Dawn with the goal being that she wants to tell her she is in love with her, but she is afraid of being rejected, and types out the example above (her Amanda blushing, and stuttering).. this will put Dawn in a situation where she can react, try to find out what is going on, why has this person written a poem to her, is she in love?  This will make Dawn curious.  So, Dawn’s reaction will be one of curiosity to find out what is going on.
A situation involve your rp - partner in a conflickt = goal and problem.
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Action/reaction:
Try to make your role-play partners feel something, provoke them, flirt whit them, move them emotional; involve them, instead of speaking of your self over and over and over.
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Good Scenes:

So what works on a screen, in sceond life.
The same that woks on stage and on movies.

Why are movies boring sometimes. Often it is becuse you just know the hero will never die and he beat all up whit out a drop of sweet, and there is nothing to worry about or be exitet about. We know he will win and he wont even have a hard time doing it.

San

Avilion Magic

These are some nice videos roleplayers have made to show the beauty of Avilion.

Believable Fantasy:The Mage

Ondine Ninetails

Pio went to a class.. a mage class in Sylvhara. There, she met the archmage.. Ondine Ninetails. She belongs to the Sylvhara Mage Guild. She explained really good tips on how to be a good mage and how to roleplay believable fantasy. Here, it is the class.

Believable Fantasy:The Mage
By: Ondine Ninetails

When you hear this phrase " Believable Fantasy" what comes to mind for you?
When we apply this term >Believable Fantasy< to RPing a Mage, we hope that those that we engage as a Mage “believe” within the exchange of discussion IC that we ARE a Mage.

The actions we perform must fall into the agreed upon description of what a Mage is and what a Mage can perform within the rules of the Mage Guild  and according to the ROE to accomplish this goal.
A Mage is a person skilled in the mysterious and hidden art of magic, and has the ability to attain objectives, and acquire knowledge by supernatural means.
To do these things a mage will harness and bend energy with staff, wand, hud,spell, ritual, and ceremony…and sometimes with just a word or the gesture of a hand will suffice.
A Mage is wise; esoteric, serious and mysterious.

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How a mage RP various occult practices, traditions, and components of magic will be colored:
First by the mode of MAGE behavior,
Secondly it will be colored  by a race and culture.

This may include deities depending on the mage’s background. But know Since some of these dieties and "gods goddesses" actually exist amd interact, a Mage would still consider  homage or worship of this diety/god misplaced .A Mage would see all existing creatures as results of energy and deserving of only what they *earn* weather respect  homage etc.
The superstition part is that the clerics or druids see them as omnipotant . To the Mage "AS ABOVE SO BELOW" :all things die
..... even gods.....thus ......abandoned religions and temples
we are the scientists of our time

Remember the basic racial traits. The race the player chooses for their character will influence the actions of the Mage a great deal. A Drow will be moody , a Dragon will be aloof and neutral , and an Undead may well be quite bitter and/or sad, having been recently killed and brought back to life.

KNOW your race and its characteristics .Let people know a bit about you in your initial interactions. And the reverse is true as well. Know the race you are talking to. Learn about them so you know their culture and can act accordingly when visiting their territory.

Many misunderstandings IC and OOC are merely not knowing the race’s culture and manner.

  When Captain Kirk approached a new civilization, he learned its culture so as not to offend.

 If one is male and enters the Drow realm, he would be expected, out of respect for the race, and the culture, to bow before the Matron.
The list of knowledge and behaviors within the boundaries of the Mage Rp is endless, but several can be found with a little research.
Example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_magical_terms_and_traditions

Mages draw on the magic of the universe, elements, and their own inner energy, in order to create or change, protect or destroy. Magic itself is neutral, as is Nature and the Universe.
What each Mage intends and chooses to do with his or her skills and powers define them and their life path.

As you progress you will be encouraged to specialize in one of the Magical classes of magic. This too will color yoru weapons, abilities and interactions.
 a CLASS of mage as listed on the site
  A necromancer will engage a situation much differently than a Elementalist or Warlock
Arcane being a more general term of a balanced magician. And anyone aspiring to be Arch mage must be Arcane.

And an Elementalist. >>>Here it is important to remember and know that an ELEMENTALIST is DIFFERENT form an elemental.There is sometimes confusion on this.
An Elementalist Mage bends and works the elements.....An elemental IS energy and usually in the form of fae/sprit/etc
... again on different levels
...much as undead are on different levels

What we need to remember
Is
 that this is a game,
and games have rules to insure all can enjoy the fun.

* Keep It BELIEVABLE FANTASY.

 In roleplay you can't see profiles, titles, tags or names. You do not address people by name unless you have met them before or been introduced.

When you consent to play the game of becoming a Mage, and join the guild, you agree to RP the process that brings you to that goal as a Full Mage.
When you become an initiate and learn the use of particles and RP the process of  what it is to have the desire and talent to become a great magician within the Agreed upon RP in the guild.

Make sure to always check the weapons page so that you know you are using only what is level appropriate

if you have any questions on weapons..ask lexie

 You RP your LIMITATIONS as well as these acquired skills.
That is, if you are an initiate and a demon is going to attack you ,…
you can only defend or attack  in return with knowledge and weapons of an INITIATE.

 The results depends upon your clever manipulations and skills of that level.
Or, if you like,  you can use the dice to decide the results and RP *why* you won.

As an Initiate,you cannot use the skills and weapons of an Adept or Mage.
Even if you steal or gain a staff, you would not know how to use it
( ….other than hitting the demon over the head.)

Even if an initiate stole a Staff and read scrolls on how to use it,
 he would still most likely harm himself.

The use of magic is to be a RP knowledge process
 as well as having all the bling and bang weapons that anyone can buy and pretend with.

The game of becoming a mage comes under the practice of skills and studies RP within the structure of the guild.

And when you join the guild you agree to play the process within that structure , so all are able to have fun without godmoding or playing out of character.

RP is a balance, its not all about you, its about everyone involved and having fun throughout.  RP is about giving and taking.

A note here on RP;One thing the guild discourages is the use of being a shapeshifter as member of the guild. Although there are tines it might works in a well crafted RP,...within the guild you have Transmutation and illusion to use to accomplish this. And being a shapeshifter only MUDDLES the RP.

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Let’s quickly  review the different forms of RolePlay and common rules of IC and OOC.

ROLEPLAY DEFINITIONS

Private Roleplay:
    A roleplay occurring between a small group of people, most often only 2 or 3, that has little or nothing to do with other players or events in the realm.

Casual Roleplay:
    Roleplay that occurs between groups or individuals that has not been predestined or planned out. It usually takes place on the spot, and is created by only those who are involved, each adding their own input to it.

Realm Roleplay:
    Roleplay that roughly flows from an existing plot line that has been initiated by several players throughout the realm has escalated from individual players participating in casual roleplay, to the involvement of realm wide institutions such as race and or guild groups as a whole.

Epic Roleplay:
    Roleplay who's storyline has been approved by Council , leaving sufficient latitude for individual contributions . It involves several key players who follow the predetermined plotline( ezample -SYLVHARA LEGENDS).  Epic roleplay can last for an hour, or up to several days, even weeks or years,..

IC AND OOC

* READ AND FOLLOW the Realm rules. Not knowing the rules of the Realm, does not exempt you from them.that include skirmish rules

* What is In Character (IC) stays IC, and what is Out Of Character (OOC) stays OOC. What you learn OOC can not be used IC.

* This is Roleplay, don't let it slide. People play sides. If a player is playing a baddie it doesn't make them a bad person, they are just good people playing baddies. Don't take it personally.

*Don't chatter too much in ((OOC)) during a roleplay. Go into ims to ooc chat. Same goes for disagreements, always go into im. If you must argue, NEVER argue openly
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Something to contemplate in yoru RP

The difference between Light and Dark Magic and Neutral magic is :
neutral magic relies on thought and the Will, while Light and Dark magic relies on feeling, emotion . All have intent behind them.A CAUSE to draw on the magic of the universe, elements, and their own inner energy, in order to create or change, protect or destroy. Magic itself is neutral, as is Nature and the Universe. Which of those 3 Magics would be the most powerful? And Why?

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We use our eyes and judge a person on what their character looks and acts like.

Look and Act like a Mage,that is, unless you are trying to be hidden within the context of the story.
its part of the staging

In roleplay your senses are limited. Using radars or maps to see or locate people isn't real IC unless you have developed in Rp these skills or have reached the level that these are your tools..

Listening through solid stone walls or buildings isn't real unless it has been established you have that skill.

 We are mortal characters, not Gods. If you get hurt, act hurt.

If you get killed, you are dead.

Ghosts don't interact with mortals (again ..unless that is part of the story).

Don't make things more complicated or twist events to suit you unless worked through the format with others understanding the why and where it is going. (COMMUNICATE)
Giving peolpe a HINT of where it MIGHT go is not scripting. Its good Rp to have people informed on basic outlines. All that happens within the RP...... win or loose or come and go happens because of peoples skills and imagination.
Don't 'Godmod' This is All actions (unless incapacitated) should have a reaction.  Meaning, you RP an action and you give others the time to RP an action back.
You do not RP someone else's actions, but you can give hints as to what your actions could do or effect them.

 Be creative, and think of yourself in the position for real. when a player starts to dictate how other characters will react, for example,

”The dragon swoops down and grabs the elf by his jacket and lifts him into the sky .”

This gives the elf no choice in the rp!

 Better to say
 ”The dragon swoops down aiming for the elfs jacket so as to lift him into the sky.”

This gives the elf a choice to either “SEE”  or to “NOT SEE”the dragons approach and run or else describe what it is like when the dragon grabs his jacket and lifts him.
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Don't be afraid to use emotes.But avoid long thoughts...noone can react to yoru thoughts ,it stifels RP. however sometimes the thought is used to remind someone what they SHOULD have known

A character can be made interesting even if they're not doing anything by simply typing /me and a description. For example "/me looks up at the stars and smiles" or "/me looks lost in thought". The /me will be replaced with the character name when it is posted.

Don't use smileys or text speak in  character conversation.
Role players generally don't mind bad spelling as long as an effort is being made to stay in character.

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You do not have to be a member of a guild in order to roleplay in the Realms
However, if you roleplay as a Caster, and use magic in roleplay or combat and are not  a member of a Mages Cleric or Druid Guild or other caster guildsc your abilities will not be recognized.
To join a guild, pick one you deem most suited for you.  Contact the Head of the Guild and process with your course as a member.
 You are not bound to stay in any one guild, but we do ask that you inform the Head of your Guild before pursuing another course.

AND the change MUST be RPed

And lastly…..

Do be generous to the rp of others and allow them to add or comment
Do take the time to be caught up on a running storyline before you contribute roleplay to it
Do be a good listener and reply thoughtfully. Listen for a bit and get an idea of the flow of an rp before contributing something more than a nod or short comment.
Do be creative with your character. Even the baker or, storekeeper can be engaging, and add his perspective to the roleplay.
Do be patient with those just beginning. Share your roleplay knowledge kindly, and help to make better roleplayers
Don't use non-rp words like Ok (okay), lol, omg! or, common phrases like"Its a done deal" or "Gimme a break!"
Don't draw focus from the roleplay at hand, such as fainting, becoming ill or, announcing something outside the context of the rp.
Unless your realm is being attacked, then you can run up and yell, "We are being attacked!"
When a Rp is going on try asking questions rather than interrupting with your own story and history
Don't comment or, ask questions that divert or interupt the flow of the rp. (ie) Player 1 says: "My lord, do you believe the volcano is going to erupt tonight? Player 2 says, "the ground has been rumbling all day" Player 3 says "Have you seen my frog?"
Don't choose a character that cannot be affected by anything. Unless you are playing in a land of gods, where everyone has the same footing, characters who are all powerful or, have no vulnerabilities bring roleplay to a dead stop. They can also undercut and trivialize the roleplay they enter by not being the least concerned or affected by it.
Don't interject a different roleplay storyline into an RP already in progress, interrupting the flow.!"
DO Be consistent in your character at first. Establish who/what kind of Mage you lean toward,begin now creating your characters persona ,so others will understand enough to interact with you.

If you are constantly changing race /character/etc …people will avoid interaction.
be sure!!!! you have picked the race you want to go with