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[poetswarn]

Essay meme!

Comment in with your line up and others will ask you questions about characters, relationships and motivations they want you to tl;dr on.

Fun!

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[in_quietus]

really need to get over a writing hump, so tagging in with all four.

silence
saoirse
dominic
caelus

hit me!

[junethelight]

How does Caelus feel now that his secret has been completely outed to his mother?

How does Dominic view the Citadel right now and why exactly does he want to go back?

Dominic

[murrha]

As it stands, Dominic is locked in a strong state of confusion. He has never been a fan of organised religion, believing that it takes advantage of the lack of education in commoners, teaching them only to be sheep that spy on their neighbours and jockey fearfully amongst themselves for that coveted place in utopia. Beyond that, it locks even rational, educated people into believing what intelligence and academia should logically render impossible. Despite being raised by a mother who spent most of her time encouraging courtly manners and attention to personal appearance, her encouragement to read poetry and novella actually led him to picking up factual books regarding the world in general (for example, as a sailor he has no problems at all believing the world is round) along with primitive theology and the arguments contained therein. His experience with the Holy Fires in Rome replaced his attitude of disbelief and questioning with something more virulent, and he has carried that hatred with him ever since, easily mapping it over to

Caelus

[redwrensinging]

Caelus isn't as concerned as he thought he might be. Originally he thought she'd distrust him even more because of it, or avoid him because he can see what she's thinking. He has the same fear for everyone else, because nobody wants to be overheard in their secret moments. There's also a part of him who thinks it's cheating, and that he isn't actually a very good guard at all. In his more paranoid moments he still wonders if he got the job because of his parents more than his own merit, especially as his own merits really revolve around drinking and wenching. He hasn't yet reached the point where he's connected 'stopping' those things with 'getting better at everything else

[inseaweedswim]

What does Silence think of his identities? Does it ever confuse or upset him to be so many people at once?

Does Sao ever dream of a different life or is she content being a mummer?

How is Dominic dealing with his blindness? What problems in particular has it caused for him?

Saoirse

[redwrensinging]

Saoirse doesn't often think outside of her own little box. Due to how she was raised, the life of a mummer and a traveller is the absolute ideal, and everyone else is either deluded, stupid or both. She feels sorry for people who've never stirred from their home town for their whole lives, and although she's lived in Tyrol for the better part of her life, promises herself that she could leave at any time - should she find something worth leaving for

Dominic

[redwrensinging]

Dominic was a sickly child, and as he was the third, unnecessary son, he was left to his mother's care rather than joining his brothers and Hollis under the wing of his father. As he was the first she could really dote on, Firenze went a little nuts on pushing him into the exact type of offspring she could want, which primarily focused on pushing the arts in his direction as soon as he showed any form of talent. His visual arts came later than the musical ones, but they both mean a great deal to him as outlets, as a place he can pour all of his negative feelings without having to burden someone else with them verbally. It means he can maintain his formal outlook in public, rarely loses his temper, and therefore represent the family without embarrassment - beyond, of course, his lack of ability in those manlier sports the nobles expect. His horse, too, represents an avenue of freedom, to ride on paths that nobody dictates, where there are no warning chirps from the sidelines, no appraising glances, and most importantly to a spoiled

Silence pt.1

[in_quietus]

In game to date, Silence has fenced under the names Silence, Jai, Lin, Amber, the nameless stump-footed servant, the messenger boy at the Hour, and the helpful passer-by. It would be dishonest to say he doesn't enjoy disguise. He enjoys pulling the wool over the eyes of the ignorant, and the more they pride themselves on weeding out the wicked, the more he enjoys proving them fools. Dressing up as the odd commoner or public service official does not give him much pause in the larger scheme of things, nor does it worry him. They are personalities made up on the spur of a moment. They plug a hole, serve a need, and are discarded the moment their costume falls out of use

Re: Silence pt.2

[in_quietus]

Out of role, when Silence is alone and considering an action, or a consequence, or worse, on the rare occasion he takes to his cups and history reasserts itself, that is when his mind will forget who is who. Unsurprisingly it is at these points that he recalls who he is, who he was, and wonders what would have been different had he followed the path his mother had wished, and all of that kind of thing. He wonders about when the end will be and who will strike the killing blow - determines again that it will not be the noose, because that would be embarrassing - and he wonders whether any of the people he plays are really him. He presumes Jai is, because Jai is the one he lives through most often, and personalities don't erase themselves overnight, but he will never know for certain. It both bothers him and doesn't, he finds it ironic that he is such a master of disguise that he has forgotten who he is disguising, and wonders, if and when the Guard and his other enemies put the pieces together and track him down, who exactly they will

[poetswarn]

What plans does Silence have for the Whispers?

[in_quietus]

Silence's plans for the Whispers change quite often as their surrounding situation changes