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Kaveh Karimi (khastenabashee) wrote in marluna,
@ 2022-05-03 14:03:00

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character: kaveh karimi, player: mary, type: network

Moon
The last day of Ramadan is judged on the sighting of the first sliver of the waxing crescent. Then, it is Eid al-Fitr.

Something about that always gave me strength to know the moon will grow big again in times of darkness and fasting.

~~It is interesting Seneca also took comfort in the moon like this~~

Anyways, just wanted to give some holiday words of wisdom and encouragement!

[Private to Faihan]

How are you? It's been quiet.

[Private to James]

So about the recent theft...

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	raabta 2022-05-03 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	İyi Bayramlar. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	khastenabashee 2022-05-04 02:23 pm UTC (link)
	رَمَضان مُبارَك (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Kaveh. gameel 2022-05-03 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	رمضان كريم Just waiting/hoping for things to blow over entirely. Thinking about past mistakes. The usual. You? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Faveh khastenabashee 2022-05-04 02:41 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you for the well wishes. What past mistakes? Past mistakes or /past/ mistakes? Well, I used the holiday to figure out where I should go from here -- and decided I would have to pause my desire for a quiet simple life for now. And explain blow over to me? Is everything okay? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Faveh

gameel
2022-05-04 04:20 pm UTC (link)

Past-past mistakes. I keep thinking about several things Badr might have done that could probably have made things better. Hindsight and all.

Everything is fine—thanks to my shiny connections. But on that note, I have something I want to show you, though, when you do have time to drop by. We unearthed some bizarre data. It's a read, but I think you'll find it interesting.

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	Faveh khastenabashee 2022-05-04 04:28 pm UTC (link)
	Ah yes. Letting hindsight make you feel guilty is never fun. :\ You really have become quite the social butterfly as of late. Some bizarre data? How so? Now you got me curious. Never tempt a scientist with data. :P (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Faveh gameel 2022-05-04 04:50 pm UTC (link)
	Last year me would be in complete shock. I hope you like the concept of the "multiverse." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Faveh

khastenabashee
2022-05-04 07:27 pm UTC (link)

Even though it may seem like a lot is going on and you have taken on this leadership role, I am so proud of the growth you have made not just in the last year, but since I've known you. I would be very proud to call you my son.

Multiverse? Well, I have played all the Chrono games and early Final Fantasy. So I know it from that perspective.

Scientifically, multiverse seems more in a physicist's wheelhouse.

But I'm willing to take a look at anything at this point.

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Faveh

gameel
2022-05-04 09:16 pm UTC (link)

Kaveh...that's really...

Thank you. I don't know what to say...

I hope you know...that I've always felt the same.

It makes things certainly more complicated, but it might be what we're looking at. What it means for us...well, maybe you'll have some ideas. One of the magitech science kids of yore took a look at something for me, and this is his write up of everything he learned. The gist of it is that all the data from that time period—the period we remember—is showing as three possibilities at the same time, so that's definitely complicated.

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	Faveh khastenabashee 2022-05-05 03:26 pm UTC (link)
	I mean it. With all my heart. This is all not any stranger than me being able to do magic. Are the three possibilities here or there or a combo of both? Was this because someone tried to time travel? Maybe I should just read it and ask questions later. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Faveh gameel 2022-05-05 03:32 pm UTC (link)
	To my knowledge ~~[...]~~ time travel is still implausible, if not impossible. But it seems that ~~[...]~~ there is a possibility that somehow, what happened in Elysium ~~[...]~~ is not yet an absolute reality. But what that means for us—what that means at all—I don't know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Faveh khastenabashee 2022-05-05 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	I wish I were friends with the Physicists. And they had Elysium selves. But hmmm... I wonder if this means that ourselves here could be snapped back there if things are theoretically fixed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Faveh gameel 2022-05-05 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	I do know some of the professors in that department from classes. I'm not sure I feel comfortable following that lead, or that it would be particularly useful without an additional understanding of magic... I don't know if we could or couldn't. I do know that a gate to Elysium is in the underwater ruins here in Mar Luna. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Faveh

khastenabashee
2022-05-06 01:47 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, you also don't want to deal with physicists. Believe me. They think geology is easy so not really a science but ...

I'll try to dust off my physics notes to see if I can refresh my memory -- I only took a few classes back in the day -- but it couldn't hurt.

There is a gate to Elysium in the underwater ruins?

Have you spoken to James? This seems up her alley

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	Faveh gameel 2022-05-06 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	They're not that bad. I mean, I didn't leave school because I hated those sciences or anything. Yeah, she says she is going to ask around with the local fisherman who might know where those relics were found in the first place. There might be bribes required, though. Whether it's whiskey or cash, I'm still not certain. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Faveh khastenabashee 2022-05-06 05:25 pm UTC (link)
	Hehe, I knew that would rile you up. I did have a physicist imply my science wasn't real once. They aren't all bad though. Okay, good. Way ahead. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Faveh gameel 2022-05-06 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	I guess on that note, there is on emore thing. You probably already guessed the Arakis have something to do with Nero. Be careful, especially around the Dean. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Faveh khastenabashee 2022-05-06 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, good call. I'm trying to keep my nose clean. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	trasnochar 2022-05-03 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	The moon seems to be very symbolic in Arabic literature and other writings. Why is that? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	khastenabashee 2022-05-04 02:30 pm UTC (link)
	I'm Persian but the moon is important in the Middle East/Islam in part because we follow a lunar calendar. The less religious reason is a lot of the Middle East is desert so people traditionally traveled at night by the light of the moon. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trasnochar 2022-05-04 03:36 pm UTC (link)
	The more you know. That's fascinating. I've read a little poetry, but I'll be first to admit, my knowledge is middling. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	khastenabashee 2022-05-04 04:25 pm UTC (link)
	What kind of poetry do you like? It may be cliche, but I really like Rumi. "Some nights stay up till dawn, as the moon sometimes does for the sun. Be a full bucket pulled up the dark way of a well, then lifted out into light." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trasnochar 2022-05-04 04:49 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not that into it, but there are times it will catch my eye, or I have a craving for it. For a short time, I had a girlfriend who was a fan of Meira Delmar, and that rubbed off somewhat. She was one of the only ones that lasted very long. An independent woman, but two overly independent people sometimes struggle to stay in the same space for long. Why Rumi? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

khastenabashee
2022-05-04 07:36 pm UTC (link)

I am not familiar with Meira Delmar. Perhaps I should check her out.

It is sort of amazing how people through the exchange of ideas with people we hold dear, if only for a moment rub off on us in subtle ways.

Do you miss her? Your ex-girlfriend I mean.

Why Rumi? Well, I loved the imagery he uses in his poems and also he wrote often on themes of love and forgiveness. I found it uplifting. There is one line of his poems that talks about love reaching everyone no matter what they believe.

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	trasnochar 2022-05-04 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	People are always leaving things behind. Often things we can't even see. But no, I don't really miss her. I prefer to be single. I suppose I am atypical for "my kind" that way... Is that what you believe? That anyone can be reached given the opportunity? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	khastenabashee 2022-05-05 03:28 pm UTC (link)
	Some people like it that way and no one should feel judgment against them for it. It is more that I want to believe everyone is good and can be reached and the world is mostly filled with love. Even if there is evidence to the contrary. Sometimes, it uplifts me to think of the world as in possibilities than realities. What about you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trasnochar 2022-05-05 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	I've always been a realist, I suppose. Then and now. The idea of a better world is nice, but I would prefer to focus on what I can make good for myself here and now, since that is, after all, the only thing I can control. I didn't know you were such a dreamer, Professor. Was Seneca secretly an idealist? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	khastenabashee 2022-05-05 04:45 pm UTC (link)
	I'm a cautious optimist, I would say. Seneca is the origin story of every cynic -- once an idealist until they met the world he let it break him down. What about Yrsa? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trasnochar 2022-05-05 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	I suppose you have managed to avoid the breaking down in this life. That's good. Yrsa and I are of one mind. Be realistic. But don't accept the bare minimum. Take what you can from life, because it's too short to be demure. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	khastenabashee 2022-05-05 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	Everyone deals with things differently! Some people take comfort in cynicism or realism. There is something comforting in seeing things that way too. Seize the Day! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trasnochar 2022-05-05 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	And what about you, professor? How is your love life these days? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	khastenabashee 2022-05-05 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	Pretty good for the most part! I really love the man I'm with. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trasnochar 2022-05-05 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	I'm glad to hear it. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Kaveh/James bathyal 2022-05-05 12:14 am UTC (link)
	About that... I heard some professors were being questioned. Did they bother you with any of that nonsense? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Javeh khastenabashee 2022-05-05 03:28 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, I was questioned but not followed up on. Were you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Javeh bathyal 2022-05-05 03:41 pm UTC (link)
	They did check in. But I'm not even a professor, so it seemed more a matter of protocol than anything. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gigajoule 2022-05-05 12:22 am UTC (link)
	Cool. Thanks for the reminder, Doc. The moon is getting brighter, right? Good energy to make everything around you brighter too. Good time to think about growth, intentions, big changes... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	khastenabashee 2022-05-05 03:29 pm UTC (link)
	Any time! And yes, we're all growing and witnessing big changes. I hope you are dealing well with yours. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gigajoule 2022-05-05 03:42 pm UTC (link)
	I love for the thrill. You? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	khastenabashee 2022-05-05 03:50 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe not so much the thrill. Maybe more mystery. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gigajoule 2022-05-05 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	What's not thrilling about a little mystery? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	khastenabashee 2022-05-05 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	Point taken. I guess when I think thrill, I'm thinking of stuff like sky diving. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gigajoule 2022-05-05 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	Now you're talking! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	khastenabashee 2022-05-05 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe not quite for me. I take it that is something that appeals to you? What about bungee jumping? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gigajoule 2022-05-05 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	Well, I never tried either, but hell yeah, bruther. Just me and Slappy, the Flying Squirrel. (Reply to this) (Parent)