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Post by Admin on Oct 24, 2023 5:43:11 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/vjCYcS6/rhanda~png "From the damage, you were still not yourself when you arrived here. If you recall correctly, your method of crossing over is of concern to us. Such a method has never been recorded before." The other soldiers mutter among themselves about Maeve's passing beyond the mirrors. "Through the mirrors. You have been seen, Lady Maeve, and judged a good one. Although, we can only see the surface, not your inner thoughts.
"We are the Shroudlings. This has been our realm, and these have been our mirrors since the beginning of time."
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Post by Maeve on Oct 24, 2023 20:15:12 GMT
"A Good one." It sounds sad. "I can not remember the last time when I felt like I was a good person. I lost a part of me. Somewhere sometime."
Maeve pause.
"Thank you for giving me the credit, I will try my best to live up to it."
"The mirrors, I'm sorry. I'm not very found of mirrors. I most often do not like what I see in them about myself. It seems my unconsciousness is very violent about this part."
"It is a honor to meet you."
"I did no wanted to intrude into your realm. If it helps to understand my passing into your realm, I think that this sphere might be connected with my unlce Brand and my aunt Deidre. It was at a place with a lot of statues of them, both together."
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Post by Admin on Oct 31, 2023 5:08:12 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/vjCYcS6/rhanda~png "You must stare deeper into your reflection. Look deep into your eyes to see the truth buried there. All children of Lyr have this potential."Rhanda touches one of the remaining mirrors, and Maeve sees her reflection change. She wears Moire's crown, the emerald Jewel of the Deep hangs from her neck, and she holds Moire's sceptre. "They were not good ones. Often had they attempted to reach through the mirrors to this realm. The woman had a talent for seeing beyond her reflection.
"Come with us. You will be fed and you can tell of the Corridor of Mirrors. We wish to know how it is from the other side."
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Post by Maeve on Nov 1, 2023 8:08:08 GMT
Maeve looks at the reflection and shakes her head. "The throne of Rebma has a Queen and an heir, both of them are my relatives whom I wish no ill. I will not go against my Aunt, my cousin or my mothers to get the throne."
"Deirdre and Brand Both reported to be dead, fallen into the Abyss."
She follows her hosts
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Post by Admin on Nov 6, 2023 6:52:11 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/vjCYcS6/rhanda~png "Your fate may be to rule. It may not be your knife which ends the lives of the others.
"They fell. We can not be entirely convinced of their deaths."Maeve is led into a large room, the larger space making the askew geometries of this place even more disorienting, and they all sit at a table with wine and fruit. "Try to eat slowly no matter the greatness of your hunger. Some do not take well to our mirrored food in their first sitting or two."
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Post by Maeve on Nov 6, 2023 14:25:41 GMT
"If my fate is to rule, then it will be so, but I will not kill my kin to achieve it." Maeve replies.
"What did those two do? I know that my uncle Brand tried to destroy the pattern in Amber and redesign the Universe to his liking. I did not know that my aunt Deirdre was allied with him, so from what I saw, that might have been the case. I saw two children displayed with them, maybe twins."
Maeve takes seat. "Thank you for your hospitality." Maeve tries some food. She is careful and eats moderately, even if her hunger tries to drive her to eat more.
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Post by Admin on Nov 15, 2023 5:19:54 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/vjCYcS6/rhanda~png "You may not have a choice. It is kill or be killed among your people. The strong cull the weak. It is doubly dangerous for you with family at both ends of shadow. Where are you on the line of succession in the Courts?"
"I didn't see them as allied, but more that they had mutual ambitions. We saw nothing of children with them.
"You are quite welcome. Of all potential unwanted intruders to our realm, you are among the least offensive."
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Post by Maeve on Nov 15, 2023 7:05:59 GMT
"Line of succession in the courts.
When it is about the House, then I'm number two, first my father, then me. But I guess one or more of my relatives have ambitions on their own in this regard.
When it comes to the Throne of Chaos, I have to check. I bet cousin Merlin or let's better say cousin Mandor and cousin Dara are cleaning up the line, removing people with too much ambition. Despil and Jurt are before me in the line. It may be that I have ended up in the top 10 since the last time I was in the Courts." Maeve replies.
"I do no want to cause problem with my presence here. I need a bit time to recover and then to find a way back. I do no want to stress you hospitality, even if I enjoy it."
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Post by Admin on Nov 17, 2023 1:40:27 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/vjCYcS6/rhanda~png OOC: "I bet cousin Merlin or let's better say cousin Mandor and cousin Dara are cleaning up the line, removing people with too much ambition." Why would she think this? Why would she call Mandor and Dara her cousins? "I can't imagine Merlin being involved in such a conspiracy. Dara is a different matter; the apple fell far from the tree with Merlin and Jurt.
"Eat your fill. When done we can deliver you back to your side of the mirror."
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Post by Maeve on Nov 17, 2023 1:47:57 GMT
[OCC: Dara is a cousin of Lysander, so a cousin once removed to Maeve. And Mandor as Dara's step-son is a step-cousin second grade. Mandor calls Merlin his brother even so they are only step-brothers.]
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Post by Maeve on Nov 17, 2023 1:57:13 GMT
Maeve continues to eat a bit more but she finds that she is getting full. She might need to eat more later but right she can no eat much more.
She looks around and admires her surroundings.
"You said that my side would call your place mirror-world. Can you tell me more about your world?"
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Post by Admin on Nov 17, 2023 4:11:37 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/vjCYcS6/rhanda~png Maeve notices that these people eat very little of the food on the table. "It is not easy to put into words. This place is beyond the boundary between the real and the image of the real, beyond shadow, though it is a shadowy place. The Pattern and Logrus have little power here. Some say it was created when the Serpent of Chaos first saw its reflection in the Abyss; others say that this is the first place and Unicorns and Serpents and shadows are merely a distorted reflection of our reality. Some sages have claimed a conservation principle involving whatever was created in shadow required a reflection on our side — something to do with Thermodynamics, Entropy, and Information Theory. I don't understand it, but they scribble fine hieroglyphics to try and explain it.
"We were once many but now are few. We hunt and feed on those we deem digestible."
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Post by Maeve on Nov 17, 2023 7:23:15 GMT
"Ah then I'm the dish of the day?" Maeve politely asks.
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Post by Admin on Nov 21, 2023 3:00:18 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/vjCYcS6/rhanda~png "Not today, unfortunately," she says, staring at Maeve's neck. "We ate well earlier in the day, thanks for offering."
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Post by Maeve on Nov 21, 2023 15:14:47 GMT
Maeve seems no to be bothered or she is to polite to show it, after all, she is a guest here that requires politeness.
"Since you eat nothing from the table, you need different nourishment?" Maeve inquires. "What is it that you need?"
"And may I ask your name?"
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