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Announce Post #3322: Gossip System
You will be prompted about it being a gossip spot upon arrival and from there you can either continue to passively listen to the gossip while in the room, or IGNORE GOSSIP if you change your mind. We are starting with gossip being available only in that one spot, mainly to get that feature to you as soon as possible. Something larger or more complicated can be worked on in the future but right now, we want you to get some of that gossip right away.
What constitutes gossip? Right now events, denizen interactions, and assorted world additions that make sense to be a topic of conversation. For example, there is gossip about the new Rikenfriez quest, about sweaters being a new pattern, and about pilgrims visiting this or that place. Not all interactions result in event posts so it is not always easy to find out what happened recently. And once you know, there are lots of ways to interact with that further. The gossip will generally point you to the right place and provide a summary or a starting point, but if you want to learn more, you will still have to ask around.
You will notice that some gossip comes with hints, pointing you to news posts, changelogs, or new quests. If you would rather just get the gossip, disable hints temporarily. In addition to that, some gossip might be in a specific language, but when that happens it will usually just provide additional information or opinion on gossip already available in common too.
The oldest piece of gossip in the system right now dates back to May 7th, but everything else is no older than a month. The intention is for the system to have gossip from the past 30 days or so, so you can easily catch up on what has been going on around the Basin of Life. The gossip will fire once every minute right now, but will delay slightly if there is chatter at the camp so as not to interfere.
Hope you enjoy!
Junzain the Scintillae in Serenwilde
Hopefully someone can supply the first log. In the meanwhile, a news summary by Galaphyrae:
Junzain, the Scintillae
Written by: Fair Galaphyrae
Date: Thursday, June 1st, 2023
Addressed to: Everyone
Sudden as a splash
are the friendships kindled here,
for bright is the light
of silver fireflies that dance
with the steps of the Seren.
-Xiran, 16 Dioni, 650
Last month, a handsome sylph sought out our Isotta of the White Hands on a quest to find the most beautiful of each fae. After an exchange of pleasantries and songs, the encounter quickly deteriorated when the sylph became fixated on Isotta's comb and a struggle ensued as he tried to wrest it from her, an ordeal that would see them fall together into her pool.
Perhaps unbeknownst to the sylph, Isotta had received a visitor by way of her pool a month prior in another disconcerting encounter. When Isotta emerged from the pool with her comb before the sylph, she became quite distressed at not only having her treasured comb stolen but also another trespasser into her pool. Such was the emotion that the pool responded and attracted more fireflies into its depths where they blinked and flickered wildly around the sylph within it.
What would emerge from the pool after this wild tumult was neither sylph nor fireflies, but something quite new. Quite different. The Lady Maylea, Who had been drawn by Isotta's cries, identified him as an ephemeral spirit and dubbed him the Scintillae before bidding him to our care and wondering if he might bring new colours to the Serenwilde.
And so it was that Junzain was welcomed under the eaves of the Grace of the Moonhart.
Be blessed ever under Moon's silver gaze,
for I remain,
Galaphyrae
Xiran
Re: Character breakdown
Order: Drocilla
Hair: Currently, very long, blond, and overly styled by eager servants. Alternatively, her hair appears as dark as a soothing abyss.
Height: Perfectly poised at five feet. Not a mistake.
Scars: Her divine template wouldn't be disrespected by the signs of haphazard, imperfect healing. Dutifully, she is marked with a perfectly healed brand and skilfully renewed devotional art.
PERSONALITY
Strengths: Investigatory, Vicious loyalty, Zealous devotion, Forgetful, Grim humour, Traditionally explorative, Selective hearing, sight, and acknowledgment.
Attitude: Quiet and observant. Reserved to a whisper of a snarky joke to those closest to her. Eager to volunteer when her skills align. Very firm in her tastes.
Pet Peeves: Rude contemptibles, the Audience of bird-spies, Running out of ink, Misplaced books, Slow walkers, Uninteresting dishonesty.
FAVOURITES
Colour: Ectoplasmic glow. Aureate.
Stubbornly knows: Tarot. Mother said they weren't paying for another Hex or Astrology tutor if she couldn't keep them alive.
Animal: Spiders and dogs, because they were never allowed inside! Swans respectably keep secrets. Never owned a starfish, could be nice.
Village/forest/region: An exclusive retreat upon Nil, The Shallamurine Cathedral, or Caoimhe Dell for supplies.
Hobbies: Adding gold-dipped preservations to her collection, Sketchbook expanding, Reading foreign writings, Harassing the Prison, Toying with new food, Family imp farming, Chanting at the Duke. Always time to get interested in something new.
MINDSET
Goals: Acknowledgment from the Supreme Master, Replace her Inheritance Requisite Husband to regain access to her trust fund, Design a new mask.
Ambitions: Gain deeper communion with the flowing creative wellspring through Drocilla's teachings, Finishing one of several books she's started, Explore more libraries and read all the things.
Unrequited Besties: Bernardi the recipes-skull. Exeryte, because he has very nice origami.
Worst personal achievement: A Demon Lord once pointed out her wings were 'quite small'. At first, she mistook it as an insult.
Most shameful moments: Finding great interest in someone very off limits.
Vella
Re: Descriptions: From Divines to Mortals, and Beasts, and Items, and Mobs, and Places!
Junzain, the Scintillae
A swarm of silver fireflies has coalesced into, or perhaps around, a humanoid form, their movement giving shape to an ethereal being of air and twinkling luminescence. He is a radiant immortal, bearing only the vaguest hint of being masculine, namely in the slim musculature and bare-chestedness suggested by the swarm's shape. Though the individual fireflies drift slowly, each to their own rhythm, the overall being maintains a sense of cohesion, his movements emerging from the seemingly unordered dance of the small insects. The fireflies' soft, silvery blinking continue nonchalantly, generally uncoordinated except when stronger emotion from the being creates a synchronized effect. The only fireflies that do flicker in tight concurrence are those making up the outline of the ephemeral's eyes, which blink as would any mortal's.
He is wearing:
fluttering moonhart leaves shaped into breeches
Xiran
Events Post #504: Of Squirrels and Shrines
It was Fair Galaphyrae of Serenwilde, who was the first to discover the bluejay causing the racket. Alas, the bluejay was so surprised by her arrival that it flew away quickly, so much so that the tree branch they were both upon snapped, sending Galaphyrae falling! Curiously, the ground below happened to be right over a forgotten shrine, and she was sent plummeting to the deep cave shaft below.
Displaying comportment uncharacteristic to one who has just fallen through the ground, landed in a cave shaft, and found oneself in front of a long lost shrine, Galaphyrae brushed herself off and knocked politely on the door the the shrine, knocking loose the shrine's key as she did so. By this time, several others had arrived and they collectively entered the shrine, discovering a small fae within after brief exploration.
Hazeline, the name by which the fae introduced herself, was overjoyed by the arrival, for she had been alone in the shrine since just before the Taint Wars, as she was quick to explain. She asked those present if they wished to gather nuts for the shrine's silo, this being the purpose of the shrine, and offered some of the shrine's scrolls in return for the work. Fair Galaphyrae and Spirit Warden Xenthos An'Ryshe of Glomdoring set to work very shortly to gather nuts, with Huskii Myeras of Serenwilde following sometime after, while those remaining engaged in further discussion with and the comforting of the little hazelnut fae, alone for so long.
After some time, Galaphyrae was the first to gather enough nuts to be given a scroll, with Xenthos following soon thereafter. Not content with the singular scroll, Galaphyrae continued gathering nuts in an effort to collect all ten scrolls the shrine had to offer. It would be Kalas Zagreus of Magnagora, however, who would be the first to earn all ten scrolls and with it, Great Spirit Squirrel's blessing for his diligence.
As revealed to those who read the scrolls, the shrine continues once more in its purpose of gathering up a portion of the nuts which the bountiful squirrels of the Basin of Life have foraged, as is in accordance with the Precepts of Adept Chajoli. A stone marker invites into the underground shrine dedicated to the Great Spirit Squirrel once more and within Hazeline awaits. Those with an empathetic heart may wish to bring along a honeycake to give to her, as Xiran Stormcrow of Serenwilde did, to give the little fae a delicious reminder of her home.
Re: Events Post #504: Of Squirrels and Shrines
Jolanthe
Assembling Chixesaka Miim's Ledger
Assembling Chixesaka Miim's Ledger
With: Chixesaka Miim, Xislia Dith, Tloxenga Chum, a loboshigaru pilgrim
as well as Eiselle, Galaphyrae, Huskii, Beda, Ixchilgal, Jalraza, Jezira, Uzriel, Xenthos, and Xiran.
Xiran
Re: QUOTES 8: THE QUOTING
Mistress of the Silk, Tloxenga Chum says, "For Chixesaka? I don't know... He is so grumpy."
Fair Galaphyrae says, "The need is most dire."
Huskii Myeras of the Misty Vale whispers, "Well, not really..."
Chiming like gently struck crystal, you echo to Fair Galaphyrae, "Why do I hear you speak in the most flat affect..."
Galaphyrae's melodic voice sings into your mind, "Perhaps it is just my attention to diction."
(later)
Nodding slowly, Counter of the Coins, Chixesaka Miim says, "Yes, this is an improvement on quality. Still needs work, but... it could be used."
Tossing both hands lightly up into the air, Galaphyrae intones, "Huzzah."
Xiran
Re: Lack of Raves VI: Rave Today, Tweet Tomorrow
I can't top @Huskii's hilarious rave in Discord #godmin_raves, but it was a fun event to follow in Dairuchi. The bonus interaction between Eiselle and the loboshigaru pilgrim was nice. Thanks to everyone who made it happen and everyone who joined in! (Log at https://forums.lusternia.com/discussion/4830/assembling-chixesaka-miims-ledger )
Xiran