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Re: Lusternia Mood Boards!
I've got quite a handful going. Not so much mood boards as actual inspiration boards for things I want to include. Magnagorans might recognise the below:
Uilani
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Re: Absence Thread
I cringed visibly reading this. I've had infected teeth before, and I truly feel your pain (though not to that level). Glad things are looking up.Aleyah said:Help, I'm alive my heart's still...
So it's been a while huh. I've nosed about this on Discord a couple times, and Adrien's been very sweet to plead my case when the diagnosis first came in, but I have some updates and it's time to like... explain. Gonna put this in a spoiler block: TW for medical/dental drama.
TL:DR I got VERY sick, but the beginning of the end is nigh.
Sometime during the big mush of last year one of my molars rotted through and cracked in half, with the majority of it above the gum being a hollow shell of a once-tooth and everything under the gum being a black source of infection. This was, and is, excruciatingly painful, to the point where on more than one occasion I seriously considered digging the damn thing out in my home bathroom. Didn't do this. Considered it.
Last year being what it was, though, I didn't get to a dentist until January. Turns out I had a very bad infected tooth (which I figured) but that the infection also had gotten into my jaw, and leaked into my blood stream. This explained the headaches, dizziness, and various other neuro symptoms I was getting: I had a septic infection, and I was dying.
Since then I've been on-and-off rounds of antibiotics, taking just enough of a pause between rounds to let my stomach recuperate before beginning the next one, to keep myself upright. I can't really look at scrolling text; IREs make me dizzy when I'm in good health, and like this they are not a negotiable pass time.
It has been three months since the dental consult, on and off antibiotics. It's been even longer since my tooth basically imploded and I was subjected to the worst pain I've ever experienced in my life. (Seriously, the entire right side of my head from my temple down to my collar bone ached like something inside it was trying to escape. Do not recommend this.) But I finally have a surgery date to have the infected tooth and surrounding infected bone removed.
Recovery after the fact will probably be a process, but once the constant dizziness goes away, I plan to start very gently easing myself back into this game.Apologies to the Shee-Slaughs, to Hallifax, to Viravain, to Glomdoring as a whole, and everyone else because my god I don't even remember who I play right now.
Love you all. It's been a long ride. Also: Wish me luck. I'm so fucking scared of dentists.
Re: Lack of Raves VI: Rave Today, Tweet Tomorrow
Usually don't like to double-post, but I think this one has to got a mention, for @Terentia, who's so firmly managed to shake both Aeldra and me with a few sentences that I completely lost my train of thought and Aeldra went tumbling over her own words. The rave is specifically for giving Aeldra and me a chance to pull this straight instead of just brushing me off. 
Aeldra
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Prayer to the Sword
Avaris prays to @Terentia for guidance on the Wyrd, but the instruction
that he ends up leaving with is...Entirely unexpected, to say the least.
An absolutely phenomenal RP session, and one that I am delighted to have had the chance to participate in - Very interesting to see Terentia's take on the matter, and it was so nice for Avaris to be able to engage someone that shares his style of perspective, and who he could engage comfortably as a soldier. She's also pretty danged funny, which is amazing to learn!
Avaris
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Re: Lack of Raves VI: Rave Today, Tweet Tomorrow
Really not sure if it's a tweet or a rave but I'm super happy to have
met @Alexandria and @Aevum who have been awesome, friendly and always approachable! It's
really made a huge difference in my first couple of weeks in Hallifax! Between throwing myself and my ingame siblings into silly situations to try out different and new things, I wanted to say a big thank you for being welcoming!
Re: The Story So Far: Esei
the same log, but with *jazz hands* thinks (also god this was. so wholesome. )Esei said:@Cheliyi has been struggling lately, more than Esei thought she'd be. So they try to help. And cuddle, a little.
Cheliyi
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Re: The Story So Far: Esei
@Cheliyi has been struggling lately, more than Esei thought she'd be. So they try to help. And cuddle, a little.
Esei
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The resolve of a quest and the start of another
@Terentia has set Aeldra a task after Aeldra came bumbling into Her fulcrux, to bring Her a task worthy of being asked and thus, after much debate, Aeldra decided to seek to solve that quest and deliver. The result was an intriguing conversation with quite some things to ponder for Aeldra and a possible continuiation.
Thanks for the RP, am rather certain Aeldra might be back
Aeldra
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Re: Your Character's Playlist
I'm a sucker for these! The spotify playlist has a bunch more that are more feel and atmosphere (lots of angry heavenly chorus type songs!) so I'll leave it here if people are curious. 
Fellow armsmen, I ask you, "Will you follow me tonight to break their spine /Never shall I tolerate their crimes again
Seven thousands souls, scared and daunted, such a tale of woe/Not too long ago, this village was a golden scene of hope
Call down the reckoning/To bring back hope and peace; restore our gloria
Call down the reckoning/To bring back hope and peace; restore our gloria
Bring down the dark regime
"Should my campaign come to an end?"/There's way more to avenge
Let me rise to stand
here beside your form/ As your right
Hand here within the storm
Let me feel your light/Let me speak your name/Let this righteous song
Thunder to proclaim
Lift me to your lips/
Let me be your voice
/Here on holy ground
/Let me rise to stand
Bless me with your kiss
/As your right
Hand clenched into a fist
God's Gonna Cut You Down (Cantus ver.) - I'll transcribe the lyrics later, but it is VERY Avaris.)
My heart is strong,
my faith goes on
But if my world is threatened
I'll fight the fight,
they'll pay the price
Their blood will flow with vengeance!
The dogs of war will rip apart hostility unbounded
Crushed! To the point of no return
Beg for mercy, scum of Satan
Lucifer's a corpse in waiting!
A wake of devastation will not be tolerated
A threat without foundation will be eradicated
Defend our own existence from evil's pure persistence
And if our spirits falter we face the devils alter
Gods of darkness, heed my words of warning
When the worlds collide and skies fall down
In a pit of hell, we'll be
In Damnation, crucified and tortured
Our spirits guide us through the fear to our immortality
A threat without foundation will be eradicated
Defend our own existence from evil's pure persistence
And if our spirits falter we face the devils alter
Gods of darkness, heed my words of warning
When the worlds collide and skies fall down
In a pit of hell, we'll be
In Damnation, crucified and tortured
Our spirits guide us through the fear to our immortality
I will end your suffering and let the healing light come in
Brace yourself for all will pay
Help is on the way
I will cover you when the sky comes crashing in
Help is on the way
I will cover you when the sky comes crashing in
Stand by Me (Specifcally this lovely duet version) -
No, I won't be afraid /Just as long, just as long /Just as long as you stand by me
No, I won't be afraid /Just as long, just as long /Just as long as you stand by me
If the sky we look upon now, now /Should tumble and fall
All of the mountains may crumble /May crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry /No no no no no, I won't shed no tears
Just as long, just as long /Just as long as you stand by me
All of the mountains may crumble /May crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry /No no no no no, I won't shed no tears
Just as long, just as long /Just as long as you stand by me
Follow You -
I want to put you into the spotlight /If the world would only know what you've been holding back
I want to put you into the spotlight /If the world would only know what you've been holding back
I will follow you way down wherever you may go /I'll follow you way down to your deepest low
I'll always be around wherever life takes you
You know I'll follow you/I wanna take you into the sunlight/You're not the type to give herself enough love
She lives her life, hand in a tight glove
I wish that I could fix it, I could fix it for you /But instead I'll be right here comin' through
I'll always be around wherever life takes you
You know I'll follow you/I wanna take you into the sunlight/You're not the type to give herself enough love
She lives her life, hand in a tight glove
I wish that I could fix it, I could fix it for you /But instead I'll be right here comin' through
Manuela - Very much reminds me of Lantra, in a lot of ways. Lovely song, definitely worth listening to.
The Sacred Land of the Kais - I listen to this a lot when I'm in Lantra's realm, I think it really fits the tranquility and mystical feel the area has.
Avaris
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(c) Iron Realms Entertainment 2012.