Thanks to the well-informed bloody_arrowdog at the talesoftheabyss community, I learned today that the first volume of "Tsuioku no Jade" ("Reminiscences of Jade" / "The Secret Memories of Jade") will have an official english release -- in January! I've read the first four chapters as scanlated by the folks at buusagi_gumi, so I know the art is beautiful and the storytelling solid. I just ( Read more... )

I was pondering what I should wear to SakuraCon this year, since, in the absence of a functioning sewing machine and acknowledging my own lack of follow-through, I do not think I will have Jade Curtiss's uniform completed by March. Here are the known options:

1. "Doctor" Jade. I can accept wearing this costume two years in a row. Though less ( Read more... )

As I worked it warped to a point where it could reference Jade. I'm giving the composition a little punctuation, so it reads better.

The mist now is set:
dismal sheen
on the bright snow.
There, a child listens --
bright head, and shadow right through.

The years flew round and round
'til he was chased out.

Expect another update this evening.

Auldrant Time: 15:00 ( Read more... )

So my dad thinks Jade is a sly, seductive woman. He actually said the Colonel looked "seductive" standing there in a bathrobe with his hands in his pockets, smirking -- at which point marysia went ahead and made the necessary conclusion: "Even your Dad thinks Jade is sexy." Thank you for no longer beating around the bush.

marysia's and my theory that most men ( Read more... )

marysia and I were happily discussing our most recent Tales of the Abyss session. In the game, fellow named Guy suffers from a phobia about physical contact with females. At least he now knows the root of the problem. The ever-teasing Jade remarks that this setback does not effect his interest in women at all, to which Guy agrees, so Jade then tells the ( Read more... )

This guy Jade showed up in Tales of the Abyss, a game I've been watching Marysia play. As you can see he is fine-featured, but quite old for a main character: thirty-five, and acts like it. He also sounds unquestionably like a man of power -- magical, military, and/or political. So it took me a while to realize: Wait, I have his hair. And general ( Read more... )