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Hey folks, so it's been a week of us quietly enjoying this life update, but just wanted to say that I'm probably the luckiest guy around because Dorian agreed to marry me.

That said, no details have been set yet but we would like to celebrate with our people here in Vallo and were hoping that you might all join us for dinner and drinks—and a little theater, because it only feels right to do this at a classy establishment like Taste of Tal'Dorei. Don't worry, Exandrians. Already cleared it to make sure the show that night doesn't feature any present company or friends back home. Safe for one night.

So if you're free next Saturday at 7 and would like some food and alcohol (or not alcohol) on us, we really hope to see your faces.

My birthday and my wedding anniversary are coming within the next two weeks and I have three requests in regards to these events:

1. I would like to not be turned into a younger version of myself, an older version of myself, or a version of myself that was an Echo Knight and Taskhand.

2. I would like for Aeor to not do something silly and bring with it snow, wild magic, and Aeorian hunters.

3. I know that it is early for the holidays and the culprit is rather contained, but I would also like to suggest that I would like to not be pulled into a Christmas town.

These things can happen at another time, but not within the next two weeks, thank you very much. I would like to enjoy getting older in peace and also be myself to give my husband his anniversary gift on the correct day. That is all, thank you.



Oh, another:

4. I would like for those of you with an interest to listen to my most recent podcast. It is, as the children might say, a banger.

Hey, it's Halloween next week and apparently I've made it my mission in this place to throw parties as we've done some pretty good Halloween parties at the Keep so guess what: doing it again.

So, details:

Halloween, starting at 7PM (Yes, I know it's a Thursday. Drink responsibly or don't, I'm not your dad and it's your Friday hangover.)
Greyskull Keep
Come in costume or I'll give you shit

PS: This is not associated with the Youth Center (off the hook, Storm) so I don't have to be professional.

GILMORE & VEX

Hey guess what, I'm going to throw a party if you want to help.

Having to explain one's resume in a job interview when you have had only one set of duties your entire adult life and it doesn't really translate easily to this sort of setting? Awkward, yet somehow also easier than one might have expected. I like to think it's my natural charm, more than anything else. (It's hereditary.) (Not magical, though I understand clarifying that unprompted makes it seem as though the opposite might be true. Let's move on from this before I get myself into unwarranted trouble.)

That said, I am now gainfully employed and will be found at the Great Library, where I was spending much of my time at already. It seemed only right.

And rather exciting? As I said, only one job for my adult life and this is going to be quite different than training to run a city, so! I don't start until next week, but come and see me and make me work, please and thank you.

General update and public service announcement: day two as a Gilmore and the man himself hasn't kicked me out yet.

Will report back tomorrow.

( Vax'ilmore Wedding! )

Based on the fact I woke up in a tree and my pockets are filled with what I can only assume are stolen trinkets from various folks around Vallo, I likewise have to assume that I was not myself as of recent. Well, still myself, just—young. My father was/is a dick and I took it out on the pockets of elves that were/are dicks.

Not that any of you are dick elves, of course. Old habits just die hard and I probably thought I was being funny and clever. Which, I mean. It is kind of funny.

Anyway, as is tradition. If you're missing anything small and pickpocket-able, let me know. I probably have it.

On a related note: Gilmore, will you still marry me on Saturday if I return, let's see... three rings, a bangle, and one earring to you?

[FILTERED TO 18+]

( 18+ - Mentions of incubus/succubus vibes but nothing SA triggering I promise. )

FRIENDS + FAMILY OF VAX & GILMORE (feel free to assume)

Good morning. I'm typing this alongside coffee, so no judgements will be permitted on what I manage to string together.

Shaun and I would like to ask all of you (and a plus one, if your plus one isn't already included here) to join us at our home at 5PM on October 5 to watch us get married. You're all our nearest and dearest and it would be an honor if you'd join us in celebrating something that we've been waiting for the most right moment to do—the most right moment being 5PM on October 5.

Dinner, drinks, and frivolity will follow, obviously. Gifts are not necessary, as your presence is literally all we could ask for. And be comfortable. I'm not wearing a tie, so I expect no one else to do it on my behalf.

Anyway, in conclusion: we love you all and we hope to see you there.

An entity that I can only describe as a ghost pirate just attempted to abscond me of all of the various earrings and jewelry on my person, which is a great deal regarding the former thanks to, you know, long ears.

That is a sentence that I both wrote and is 100% factual and truthful.

I was once a high-ranking government official at court and the eldest son of the matriarch of respected noble family. I am now being interrupted while grocery shopping in order to prove to ghost pirates that my wedding ring is my own. What is this life, sometimes?

Alright, I get that we're more or less embroiled in spooky season, but these scarecrows have got to go. I just had to dispatch four of them while walking from my temple back to the house and that seems like three too many. If I'm going to get sliced up by a creepy scarecrow, it could at least give me a cool scar that I can talk about later on.

And I know that crows and ravens are different birds, but it feels a little personal at this point.

Anyway, Vex'ahlia, your dragon is now an accomplished scarecrow killer.

Xantheus

Hello, darling. I didn't want to embarrass you, but Rodrigo certainly had no qualms about that as he ran ad tattled.

You can go home if you're tired. You should go home. My concern is you and your wellbeing.

Also I have no small fear that you may fall asleep and slip into that cauldron and although I do love magical experimentation, I much prefer it to be consensual and out of an abundance of curiosity, not out of fatigue.

I was so delighted by being around my brother (Vax'ildan, it's alright if you didn't notice, I am the far more attractive twin and now I have several years on him) that I never made a proper introduction. I am Lady Vex'ahlia de Rolo, but Vex will do! We're all friends here, I think? At the very least we should share embarrassing stories of Vax - I will tell you of him as a child if you all tell me idiotic things he's done here.

My youngest daughter is with me, so if anyone has any suggestions for schooling and clothing for a young girl, age 8, I would appreciate it. In that same vein, I will be looking for a job - I have been on the Tal'Dorei Council as the Master of Commerce (I prefer Coinmistress, it has a nicer ring to it) for over a decade now, finances are my bread and butter.

XHORHAUS INHABITANTS (PERMANENT AND VISITING) + OTHER EXANDRIANS

There are a lot of us here right now and I think that calls for togetherness. I don't make the rules.

I want to suggest we eat at Taste of Tal'Dorei and then run around the damn theme park, but I also recognize that's pretty on brand, so I will take other suggestions. Except now I want that disgusting chicken sorbet and the not disgusting pie flight, so I might argue suggestions.

VEX & KEYLETH

How are you both doing?

Vex'ahlia

First of all, it's been far too long since I've had a reason to write you and it feels, dare I say to stay on brand, rather glorious.

I know Vax has been trying to fit in as much as possible with you, but I thought I'd add a little commentary or explanation or oration about what our life looks like here, if you had questions.

Or you can fill me in on years of Tal'Dorei gossip, obviously.

Hi everyone, my name is Keyleth. I'm here at the DOA with Vax and he's showing me how to use this. It's pretty neat, I wish I had one of these at home. It's very convenient. I don't know what else to write just yet, but... your city is beautiful? The looks, the smells, the design. It's all so nice.

TEXTS TO SHAUN

» Have you been kidnapped by a gnome
» Blink twice if yes

Where I'm from, dragons aren't so uncommon a sight. The area that I live in is called the Dragon Empire, among other things, so it's probably not too hard to entertain the thought that they're rather around. Dragons rule, they're basically nobility, all of that.

But I can say that I've never once seen a dragon quite like these and that's a bit of a shame. We're all gold, red, white, silver, and so on back home, so these are a unique sight. I hope this isn't one of those Vallo Things, as I've heard and seen others put it, as it would be a shame if they disappeared one day.

Though I'm typing this as I'm walking to my room at the Crossed Quills and am being followed by a few of the large bee ones, though I don't know if they count as dragons. Regardless, I'm concerned I might have roommates, if I don't shake them.

It has been three days of this. I cannot handle another.

Why is it so hot.

TEXT TO GILMORE

( Cut for picture! )