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[seaboards]

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

There have been a lot of riftfarers arriving lately. It seems like there have been more arriving than usual. So many different kinds of people from different kinds of worlds with stories to tell and experiences to give.

A little game has appeared on the shellphone network in hopes of getting to know just a little more about these otherworlders. You might find it on your shellphone as you’re scrolling through one day.

Tell the world two truths and one lie about yourself. And let others try and decipher which of the three is your lie. If they can guess right, perhaps you’ve been able to make a new acquaintance. Or in the least learn more about someone from another walk of life.

Comments

[empyrean_mirror]

It's almost been a relief, to not have any of it mean anything here...

I'm proud of my work, and I don't mind talking about it, but the way people talk about me....it's like they exult me as a miracle, and don't take to the time to understand what I did, or why. Maybe art cannot be truly understood, but that's still...a little lonely, isn't it?

thanks autocorrect subject line

[netherese]

I'll admit, I have to agree. I used to want nothing more than to be renowned for my deeds, my composing of the Weave, but it has been surprisingly refreshing, to have no one know me by my reputation.

[He wouldn't have expected that of himself, quite frankly.]

It does sound terribly lonely. I do believe I can relate. To be passionate about one's work and proud of one's achievements are to be expected, and such pride is well-deserved, but once your best has reached a certain height, it feels as though nothing else will ever suffice.

I was wondering lmao

[empyrean_mirror]

Do you have any embarrassing titles, too?

For a genius to be regarded as something inherently different than other people...it separates someone burdened with that title away from others. People don't...try so hard to understand, because they think they never could. but we're still just...people.

[netherese]

'Gale of Waterdeep' is the most common, but admittedly one that I welcome and use myself. I rather like the gravitas of it, the way it evokes wizarding prowess. There have been some others, but none that necessarily stuck. The word 'prodigy' has been thrown around quite a bit over the years, for better or for worse.

I couldn't have said it better myself. In fact, I think you've managed to say something I've often found myself struggling to articulate, which is quite surprising, given my propensity for verbosity. We are, indeed, just people.

[But still at least a bit exceptional, yes? Yes.]

[empyrean_mirror]

I'd prefer that to the Light of the Kshahrewar, I think.

It takes all kinds of people to reach the root of wisdom, not only the exceptional. The underlying truth of the universe may serve no master, but knowledge is discovered by people, and those advancements then should in turn be made for people.

[netherese]

That's quite the title. Rather complementary, I think, but I understand how it might wear on you after some time, given the expectations it must set.

Is there difficulty with that sort of thing where you come from? Advancements and knowledge being held onto as privileges for the exceptional, that is. I imagine it must be a problem everywhere, to some extent, but I quite agree with you. Knowledge and all that it arms us with should be accessible to all who wish it, not hoarded away by a chosen few.

[empyrean_mirror]

It's embarrassing, is what it is. Being declared a one-in-a-centurry genius is really not all it's cracked up to be.

It's an issue that's been true a long, long time. That is changing, but change is always slower than we'd like it to be.

[netherese]

It does stroke the ego a bit, but it can be a bit much. I confess, I always thought I enjoyed the fanfare and acclaim, convinced as I was of my own greatness, but as time has gone on, I wonder how much joy I truly derived from that renown.

Change may be slow, but it is sometimes the slower changes that are more likely to take root, to last. Still, I've no doubt you're doing your part to make such things right.

[empyrean_mirror]

Why do you think I'm so frustrated? I've railed and shouted and clawed at it until my throat's sore and my fingers bled. I'll be relieved when I can finally yell a little less.

[This is a lie. kaveh loves yelling.]

[netherese]

It is not always the loudest in the room that gets the most attention in the end, but the most consistent. Continue to pursue your goals and stand up for your values, certainly, but perhaps a slightly more measured approach might serve you well.

Then again, it is true that well-behaved folks rarely make history.

[empyrean_mirror]

A measured approach doesn't build palaces at twenty-eight, I suppose.

[netherese]

Nor does it earn one the favor of a goddess.

[He gets it.]

They must have been some palaces. A shame; I would have quite liked to see them.

[empyrean_mirror]

Oh, I have the blueprints.

It's just the one palace, but I think I have the sketches from renovating Port Ormos, too.

[netherese]

One is surely enough, I imagine. Certainly more palaces than most people ever manage to build! I would be quite keen to see these sketches of yours in the futures, however. As ever, my curiosity is endless.