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WHO: Lan Xichen and William Laurence
WHAT: A discussion after Laurence's memory-dump
WHEN: Tuesday, 24 May, evening
WHERE: The recreation room at the Covert
WARNINGS: N/A

( He’d made no official promises to Lan Xichen, not yet, but he was very aware that he’d made /implied/ promises to Lan Xichen, near enough to the real thing to make no significant difference, and to break those promises because of a promise he’d make in what would have been his future, and was now his past, had always been Temeraire’s past… )

[Filtered to The Untamed crew]

Greetings to you all. After some discussion with Will and with my brother, I have decided to move my lodgings from Cloud Recesses to the Bath Dragon Covert. I hope I may soon receive all of you as guests there, once I am settled.

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[Filtered to Will Laurence]
Other than excessive eyebrow-waggling from Wei Wuxian, the announcement to my family at Cloud Recesses went well. I am telling the rest of those from my home world of my coming change in residences this morning; wish me good fortune.
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[Filtered to Outlanders & Animals Calendar Project]
Good morning, gracious volunteers. All photo shoots are now scheduled for 27th of June through the 2nd of July, and I think we have successfully accommodated everyone's professional and social calendars.

Please see the schedule* posted on my office door at The Art of Expression or on the website to confirm your assigned call times.

When the time comes for shooting, please show the punctuality and preparation that indicate proper respect for one's fellow artists and honor to the artistic process.


* OOC note: We're handwaving this schedule OOC. Just don't talk too specifically about exactly when your call time is. Time slots are morning, afternoon, or night; "behind the camera" folks will be called earlier than models are; assume everyone here is awesome at their jobs. I'll be making an OOC post with more detail for discussing specifics for character whatnots.

I took Nokk for a ride this morning and now am quite sure there are earth giants from home present which is sort of surprising, because I didn't think this world accommodated such large creatures. They're mountain-sized and sleep near the water during the day, so you might see substantial rock noses poking up and I'd just caution to not tickle those, even though it's very tempting.

But at any rate, I'd like to go check on them (and confirm my suspicions - maybe these are other rock giants? Or Vallo rock giants I just never noticed before) but would appreciate some backup if anyone would not mind coming with me? It's very interesting because all of the elemental spirits are now here, myself included - I can only wonder if Ahtohallan will show up next. I know I've not seen a glacier here yet.

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Hello, good morning--happy Thursday? Take your pick of greetings, I suppose. A friend (hello, Dorian) made a suggestion to me yesterday that's been on my mind, so I wanted to see if there would be any interest before I considered it too thoroughly.

For those of you that don't know me, my name is Orym and back home, in another life, I was at one point a guard for the leader of my people, the Air Ashari. We practiced the Zeph'aeratam, which is a form of exercise that involves a lot of fluid movements and poses, practiced breathing, and also incorporates your weapons of choice--for me it's a shortsword, but there were others who had greatswords, longswords, even daggers. The exercises were a mixture of flexibility training and a source of calm. As an example, I greet my mornings this way, and sometimes end my days, depending on how trying a day it happened to be.

To make an already long story a bit shorter, would there be any interest from others to learn this? If there isn't, that's fine, but on the off chance that there is, I wanted to get an idea of numbers before I tried scheduling anything official. It might be once or twice a week, probably more late morning than the very early that I get up for myself. It can also be weapons optional, too, so don't feel like you need to take up arms if you're interested.

PRIVATE MESSAGE TO NICO

Sorry.

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Summer Solstice is on the 21. Solstice beach party on the 20 to ring in the warmer season, since city celebrations will be in full swing on the actual day.

Swimming, surfing, cliff jumping, music, drinks, food, and a bonfire once the sun starts to set. Open to locals if you know them.

MAGIC USERS & SHANG-CHI

If you didn't notice this post, there's a dragon typically draws magic from his home world here, and she doesn't have a strong enough connection to sustain herself.

I've been speaking with with Prigany, Enki, and The Clave, and after consulting with some of their members I think I have a spell that will allow her to connect to Vallo itself, but I can't complete it alone. Rhysh is in, but I need three more people to get this done. Any volunteers?

On the same note, if anyone is willing to channel some magic into the dragon, maybe a schedule, that might help her general state of health until we can get this done. I think I was able to help her a little the other night, but it will only last for so long.

[ Filtered to Sara, Shiro ]

I received an unusual note in my office earlier this week - unusual both in its contents and in the fact that it was delivered without setting off my wards. While I have a suspicion as to who left it, its content is the more concerning matter:

[ Transcript of this note follows ]

'Magical energy of blood' is rarely a sentence that goes well for anyone. I've discovered references to The Morrigan's Grail, and it's a local legend. My library only goes so far in these matters, and so I'm going to ask Sabrina and Bonnie to lean on a few favors with regard to Vallo research. I ask that you consider your most stealthy defense squad team members and assign them to monitor the area with the upmost discretion, given the delicacies of the circumstances. This might be nothing. Our luck, however, rarely runs in that direction.

[ Filtered to Bonnie, Sabrina ]

I've a need of a local collection - specifically regarding urban legends and historical artifacts from Vallo's past. Could either of you please facilitate this request for me with a knowledgeable and prudent coven contact?

[ Filtered to Daud ]

Catch anything good lately?

[The Boys* & The Forest Girl]

I have not forgotten that this time last year was some manner of day for Fathers.

I will accept a dinner. No gifts.

[ooc | *Atreus and Cloud]