Candida ( Read more... )

But I don't want to grow up. It involves regular hospital shifts where it's advisable to show up sober, filling out paperwork, and not disappearing on a whim for years at a time. I could be out swinging from the rigging and buckling some swashes, and instead I'm checking on when my next hospital shift is ( Read more... )

It's funny what sticks with me. The little accident that took out my eye hasn't given me any phobias about heights, rivers, sharp rocks, poison darts, or angry hordes. (It did give me a new and healthy respect for care in architectural design.) Hallucinogenic attack flowers in Cibola, no problem. Swarms of bugs eating people in the lower city, okay ( Read more... )

I got back to Amber from Cibola and claimed nothing exciting ever happened here at the city.

Did I get proven wrong or whatWhat I'm discovering is that there's a big, big difference between Adventure! undertaken on my own in foreign places, and Adventure! undertaken in the city alongside other people, some of whom may even be counting on me. ( Read more... )

Duchesses, of Mandrake, new: 1 ( Read more... )

Commissions: Overwhelming ( Read more... )

Why don't I ever get kidnapped by ghosts? Cultists, yes. Aggressive pollsters, yes. Slavers, yes. But never ghosts. It seemed like an interesting variant for adventure, if prone to making the kidnapping victim's clothes fall off. (Depending on the company, not necessarily a downside, that.) And I did get a chance to meet more interesting people ( Read more... )

Ships, functional: 0

Thanes, on the roof: 1
Pirates, not on the roof: 2 1
Not-really-pirates-honest, not on the roof: 1Cousins, failing to go down with the ship: 1 ( Read more... )

One cousin shot, another stabbed, a rug I'm never going to be able to get the bloodstains out of, trousers I might yet be able to clean, and two new pieces of jewelry commissioned. I'm not sure what to call this evening. Interesting ( Read more... )

Attached to a silver ring etched with running horses:Moddie ( Read more... )