Group intro

[oi_theoi]

Who: Newbies and returns
When: Day 34, Mooorning
Where: Shine apt
What: Arrivals!

[I think you know the drill]


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[gestaltwandler]

[nods]

[cloakanddaikon]

Or at least not such as I would assume them to be.

If it is not unduly personal to ask, what were you?

[gestaltwandler]

If we were meant to have some purpose, no one in my family followed it.

[cloakanddaikon]

A race, then, rather than one born of circumstance.

[gestaltwandler]

Ja.

[cloakanddaikon]

[Lips twitch a little.]

Your heritage is showing.

[gestaltwandler]

[. . . raises eyebrow]

It does that sometimes.

[cloakanddaikon]

Out of curiosity, what other languages are known to you?

[gestaltwandler]

English, French, and Russian. I'm passable in most of the European languages. But I'm fluent in those three. [pause] And most dialects in my native tongue.

[cloakanddaikon]

Gilbert's reaction was appropriate. There is something deeply nostalgic about the older tongue

[gestaltwandler]

He mixed his accents.

[cloakanddaikon]

Countries grow and change with their people. He will remember more the more time he spends with you.

[gestaltwandler]

—no, I don't mind. I knew them. It's also nostalgic, for me.

[cloakanddaikon]

He would prefer to remember well, though. I would not begrudge him that.

He takes very deep pride in his people.

[gestaltwandler]

. . .

[cloakanddaikon]

For good reason. There was much to be proud of.

[gestaltwandler]

Yes, there was.

[cloakanddaikon]

[It's a heavy weight, that 'was'. And it takes a moment for it to settle.]


Given the freedom of choice, what style of sword do you favour?

[gestaltwandler]

One-handed. Degen, rapier, straight sword - I'm not picky.

[cloakanddaikon]

[nods, making note of it.]

Thank you.

[gestaltwandler]

[nods]

Nothing flashy. I'm simple.

[cloakanddaikon]

I would never have guessed.

[gestaltwandler]

Just making sure.

[cloakanddaikon]

While such specifics may still lie with the god from which such an item is petitioned, it does no harm to make note of them in one's request.

[gestaltwandler]

Ja, that's true enough.