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<blockquote data-quote="Brimshack" data-source="post: 4153268" data-attributes="member: 34694"><p>Hey there!</p><p></p><p>My name is Alyra Kyne, and I am so really, really pleased that you’re reading my journal. I hope you find it to be a nourishing experience and a genuine opportunity for growth and healing. With your help and support, I know I'll become a better person for writing it, and I sure hope you feel the same about reading it.</p><p></p><p>This is so wonderful!</p><p></p><p>Okay, I wish I could tell you that the whole thing was all apples and puppies, but I’m afraid there are some real sad moments in this story. But you just hang in there with me and we’ll make the sun smile bright all over everything. …kay? So, you just pour yourself something healthy and wholesome to drink and let’s get started on our healthy-learning kinda journey now.</p><p></p><p>It’ll be fun!</p><p></p><p>Alright, we have to start with kind of a frown, but just hang in there we’ll find some puppy-dogs and sunshine moments soon enough. Just remember, you are my reader and I love you. …kay?</p><p></p><p>It all started with stories of a major brawl up on the north side of town. There is a dingy little inn about a half mile up the coast from the docks. Word was that a group of monsters stomped into town and fought it out with Gable One-Eyes gang. Word has it that the Gable One Eyes boys didn’t do very well at all, and a whole bunch of them weren’t around to lick their wounds when it was all over, if you know what I mean. So, the monsters are supposedly down from the city of Kaenesdovl and they ended up sleeping the night at the dingy inn.</p><p></p><p>…okay, I would tell you the name of the Inn, but it’s really gross, and I just don’t like to think about things like that. It’s not healthy.</p><p></p><p>So, anyway the whole city (it’s called “Pflorendrine," by the way) is wondering why a bunch of monsters from a rival city are having a fight with the biggest gang in the dock area on the North side of town, but when it turns out the monsters are allowed to sleep it off in town that really set the rumor mill to churning. Now I don’t normally engage in such things, but sometimes gossip is important work. It’s what everyone wanted to know about, all day and all night for a whole day people were just talking about the big iron creature and the giant and all the other bad things in there. Some folks even said the monsters had been pillaging the whole countryside for weeks. This one guard said there were no farmers left in the hinterlands to the north side of town. They were all killed. So, people were really shocked to learn the guards didn’t try and get rid of these bad creatures. Oh heckles! The guards even protected them. That was waaaaay strange, and everyone in the whole city wanted to know what was up. Were we on the verge of an invasion? Was the rest of the army on its way? And …all of my gosh! What if our own nobility had conspired to surrender. I’m telling you everyone was worried we might be sold into slavery, the whole town. Oh, oh, oh! This whole situation was really for the birds.</p><p></p><p>Not that I have anything against birds, I mean. We really shouldn’t wish bad things on birds like that, but, you know what I mean. May the gods forgive me, …and the birds! I really was scared when I heard about these events. </p><p></p><p>So, then there was this huge battle in the center of town the next night, and I know the big monsters were involved, and like at least two nobles from inside the city were in it too. We all heard the fighting, but I didn’t get a chance to learn who was mean to whom and how bad. I did hear something about a little girl… No, you don’t need to read that. That’s awful! I still hope it isn’t true, and I won’t make it happen on the paper, not while there is still hope!</p><p></p><p>And I do hope! Please gods, please, PLEASE don’t let it be true.</p><p></p><p>…well, anyway, I warned you that there was a lot of badness and frowning in this story. Sometimes there are even tears. I’m crying right now, my dear reader, and I hope you are with me. That poor girl!</p><p></p><p>Well anyway, the next day I was summoned to the house of my sponsor, Lord Methgar. Now Methie, …that’s what I call him, Methie isn’t real big on swords and bows and other mean stuff. He’s mostly a merchant. He makes money trading all sorts of fun stuff to other ports and things. He sends balsa wood up North and wheat from the hinterlands out to the islands. He’s a great guy, really, and he helps a lot of us to adjust to this terrible place.</p><p></p><p>Because you know, this whole world is a really, REALLY, terrible place. Almost nobody is born here. We all just show up sometime, because of some awful magic that brings us from our home worlds. The sun here never gets real bright; it just kinda stays a little off the horizon. Big monsters hunt people in the outer areas and it’s all just one big mean place that everyone wants to leave. Only no-one ever gets anywhere, cause no-one knows why we’re here or how to get back, so we all just make do and live here till something really bad happens and we die.</p><p></p><p>I miss my Daddy.</p><p></p><p>Well anyway, Methie is one of the people that tries to help. He says, what the heckles, if we’re gonna live in this dump we might as well try to live large. Okay, he doesn’t say it quite like that, but you get the idea. So, he makes money and then he uses the money to help those of us really-really new to this bad place adjust and get along. He’s been paying my room and board for a couple months now while I learn how to find my smile again. Let me tell you, the transition was really rough, but I’ve been working on the whole vision thing. I’ve been trying to vision my happy place here. Usually, I think my happy place is home where I used to be, but that’s just stinky to think about, so I find this nice little tree that grows in the main park, and it’s even got a couple flowers near it sometimes, and I think about that being my happy place, and I’m a little better. I’ve even been learning to share my happy thoughts with others.</p><p></p><p>Just like you!</p><p></p><p>So, anyway, Methie summoned me and, it turns out, a few other people to his big house. I guess he figured I was ready to help others. You know how you start with yourself and then you learn to be a bright light shining rays of warmth on everyone about you. Well, I guess I was starting to flicker a bit, and he wanted to see if I could help.</p><p></p><p>Big smile!</p><p></p><p>Okay, it’s more of a hope than a happy ending, but you take your happy places where you find them. I’ll write more when I have time. Till then,</p><p></p><p>Warmth in your soul and health in your heart!</p><p>Love</p><p>- Alyra.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brimshack, post: 4153268, member: 34694"] Hey there! My name is Alyra Kyne, and I am so really, really pleased that you’re reading my journal. I hope you find it to be a nourishing experience and a genuine opportunity for growth and healing. With your help and support, I know I'll become a better person for writing it, and I sure hope you feel the same about reading it. This is so wonderful! Okay, I wish I could tell you that the whole thing was all apples and puppies, but I’m afraid there are some real sad moments in this story. But you just hang in there with me and we’ll make the sun smile bright all over everything. …kay? So, you just pour yourself something healthy and wholesome to drink and let’s get started on our healthy-learning kinda journey now. It’ll be fun! Alright, we have to start with kind of a frown, but just hang in there we’ll find some puppy-dogs and sunshine moments soon enough. Just remember, you are my reader and I love you. …kay? It all started with stories of a major brawl up on the north side of town. There is a dingy little inn about a half mile up the coast from the docks. Word was that a group of monsters stomped into town and fought it out with Gable One-Eyes gang. Word has it that the Gable One Eyes boys didn’t do very well at all, and a whole bunch of them weren’t around to lick their wounds when it was all over, if you know what I mean. So, the monsters are supposedly down from the city of Kaenesdovl and they ended up sleeping the night at the dingy inn. …okay, I would tell you the name of the Inn, but it’s really gross, and I just don’t like to think about things like that. It’s not healthy. So, anyway the whole city (it’s called “Pflorendrine," by the way) is wondering why a bunch of monsters from a rival city are having a fight with the biggest gang in the dock area on the North side of town, but when it turns out the monsters are allowed to sleep it off in town that really set the rumor mill to churning. Now I don’t normally engage in such things, but sometimes gossip is important work. It’s what everyone wanted to know about, all day and all night for a whole day people were just talking about the big iron creature and the giant and all the other bad things in there. Some folks even said the monsters had been pillaging the whole countryside for weeks. This one guard said there were no farmers left in the hinterlands to the north side of town. They were all killed. So, people were really shocked to learn the guards didn’t try and get rid of these bad creatures. Oh heckles! The guards even protected them. That was waaaaay strange, and everyone in the whole city wanted to know what was up. Were we on the verge of an invasion? Was the rest of the army on its way? And …all of my gosh! What if our own nobility had conspired to surrender. I’m telling you everyone was worried we might be sold into slavery, the whole town. Oh, oh, oh! This whole situation was really for the birds. Not that I have anything against birds, I mean. We really shouldn’t wish bad things on birds like that, but, you know what I mean. May the gods forgive me, …and the birds! I really was scared when I heard about these events. So, then there was this huge battle in the center of town the next night, and I know the big monsters were involved, and like at least two nobles from inside the city were in it too. We all heard the fighting, but I didn’t get a chance to learn who was mean to whom and how bad. I did hear something about a little girl… No, you don’t need to read that. That’s awful! I still hope it isn’t true, and I won’t make it happen on the paper, not while there is still hope! And I do hope! Please gods, please, PLEASE don’t let it be true. …well, anyway, I warned you that there was a lot of badness and frowning in this story. Sometimes there are even tears. I’m crying right now, my dear reader, and I hope you are with me. That poor girl! Well anyway, the next day I was summoned to the house of my sponsor, Lord Methgar. Now Methie, …that’s what I call him, Methie isn’t real big on swords and bows and other mean stuff. He’s mostly a merchant. He makes money trading all sorts of fun stuff to other ports and things. He sends balsa wood up North and wheat from the hinterlands out to the islands. He’s a great guy, really, and he helps a lot of us to adjust to this terrible place. Because you know, this whole world is a really, REALLY, terrible place. Almost nobody is born here. We all just show up sometime, because of some awful magic that brings us from our home worlds. The sun here never gets real bright; it just kinda stays a little off the horizon. Big monsters hunt people in the outer areas and it’s all just one big mean place that everyone wants to leave. Only no-one ever gets anywhere, cause no-one knows why we’re here or how to get back, so we all just make do and live here till something really bad happens and we die. I miss my Daddy. Well anyway, Methie is one of the people that tries to help. He says, what the heckles, if we’re gonna live in this dump we might as well try to live large. Okay, he doesn’t say it quite like that, but you get the idea. So, he makes money and then he uses the money to help those of us really-really new to this bad place adjust and get along. He’s been paying my room and board for a couple months now while I learn how to find my smile again. Let me tell you, the transition was really rough, but I’ve been working on the whole vision thing. I’ve been trying to vision my happy place here. Usually, I think my happy place is home where I used to be, but that’s just stinky to think about, so I find this nice little tree that grows in the main park, and it’s even got a couple flowers near it sometimes, and I think about that being my happy place, and I’m a little better. I’ve even been learning to share my happy thoughts with others. Just like you! So, anyway, Methie summoned me and, it turns out, a few other people to his big house. I guess he figured I was ready to help others. You know how you start with yourself and then you learn to be a bright light shining rays of warmth on everyone about you. Well, I guess I was starting to flicker a bit, and he wanted to see if I could help. Big smile! Okay, it’s more of a hope than a happy ending, but you take your happy places where you find them. I’ll write more when I have time. Till then, Warmth in your soul and health in your heart! Love - Alyra. [/QUOTE]
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