Muse Legendarium

An idea presented by Prarilius Canix. Description: A world-building venture in the tradition of J. R. R. Tolkien and Larry Gonick. It is somewhat like an RRR, only with the tone of a scholarly text or a complete encyclopedia of this world. More inside.

Description by Prarilius Canix:

“A world-building venture in the tradition of J. R. R. Tolkien and Larry Gonick. It is somewhat like an RRR, only with the tone of a scholarly text or a complete encyclopedia of this world.

“A note. While this is craziness, it is strictly nonrandom. If the first few posts set the tone for seriousness, do not attempt to make it silly. Conversely, if it is more in the comic vein, do not inject ill-suited seriousness. A universe of HPBs and pie throwing should not be intruded on by people with cosmic quests and pointy ears, or vice versa.
Another note: this is more like RRRiting an encyclopedic text than playing an RPG. Unlike the Musiverse threads, MBers have no participation in it as pwners, sea captains, prime musers or otherwise. And unlike most RRRs, as far as we’re using the Tolkien analogy, it’s more like the Silmarillion than LOTR and Hobbit, providing backstory instead of an actual story.”

Date: October 9, 2007

Author: Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)

Categories: Fiction, poetry, and fanfiction, Nonrandom Craziness

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Kiki the Great

in October 9th, 2007 @ 18:35

Sorry for being a noobish noob, but what’s the Silmarillion?

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Gimanator

in October 9th, 2007 @ 18:54

There will be many ‘territories’. Like, you know, fire, earth whatnot. What kind of animals live there? depends on the ‘territory’.

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Red-tailed HAWK

in October 9th, 2007 @ 19:42

1-Something Tolk’ “rote”. I haven’t read it yet…

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Purple Panda

in October 9th, 2007 @ 20:23

1 (Kiki) – It’s sort of like an encyclopedia for Tolkien’s works. Though that description hardly does it justice…

So are we sort of making a Silmarillion for the Muses? I think I pretty much understand, but I’m a bit confused.

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Prarilius Canix

in October 9th, 2007 @ 20:32

4- Not necessarily the Muses. We’re building a world, muserly elements optional.
I like the idea in 2.

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Alice

in October 9th, 2007 @ 20:56

DANG! My sister is yelling at me to get off, so I really have to go. Let me be emancipated, PLEASE!
[remarks of varying degrees of bitterness snipped.]

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Gimanator

in October 9th, 2007 @ 20:58

5-why, thank you. what specific territories should there be, oh creater-of-this-thread? that could help.

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Prarilius Canix

in October 9th, 2007 @ 21:08

The Aristotelian elements (fire, water, earth, air) are too cliche. How about the five elements of Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal, water.

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Gimanator

in October 9th, 2007 @ 21:39

8-I was thinking more along the lines of stuff like: snow, wasteland, forest, ocean, plains…

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Alice

in October 9th, 2007 @ 21:57

8,9- How about this:
There are five continents, Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water (but with more original names). In each Continent there are countries/climates/whatyoumaycallem. Graph:
Wood
Forest
Jungle
Parkland (Forest but tidier and controlled by men and/or other “civilized” species.)
Fire
Desert
Something else
Earth
Mountains
Plains
Farmland (like Parkland only not forest)
Metal
Mountains
Wasteland
Mines (See Parkland and Farmland)
Water
Snow
Lakes
Rivers
Water is on the coast, so the oceans are within Water borders.

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Prarilius Canix

in October 9th, 2007 @ 22:18

10- Sounds like something to start with. Let’s begin writing.

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Prarilius Canix

in October 9th, 2007 @ 22:33

When the Ancestors of All fashioned Sinorel, it was at first a seething ocean without limit or boundary, reaching into untold depths and to every horizon, the home of beasts undreamed of except in the darkest nightmares. But the Ancestors saw that their children could not flourish there, so they raised five lands from the depths.
The first was Lush, the largest, which stretched from the evergreen-dotted islands and majestic fjords of the north to the sweltering jungles of the south in one magnificent unbroken forest. It was in the jungle, some say, that the Kiorai first emerged, the first beasts who walked upright and spoke. They had no fur except upon their heads, and it was blue instead of the more typical green. Despite their unassuming appearance, they eventually grew to become masters of Lush and a powerful presence in the lands beyond.
Their first great culture was… (somebody continue, please)

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Alice

in October 9th, 2007 @ 22:56

M-me? I’ll…try.
…[nameâ€“I’m bad at them], originating in the southern jungles. The King, Juri-Tok, kept a chamber of Tijja birds, a huge bamboo ballroom filled with fluttering feathers and singing birds. Thus was the city, years after Juri-Tok’s death, named Tijja.
Okay, I nearly got carried away with tiny details there…I’ll go work on that map, why don’t I?

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Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon

in October 10th, 2007 @ 13:33

A name for a culture? Jeranee. The city grew and flurished, but the Jeraneese began to push into the forests, hunting the habitants into shadows. Out of the habitents came large four legged creatures, evolved perfectly to breach the city bamboo walls and carry away the inhaitents in a battle of survival and revenge. These creatures, the Marjki, were striped scarlet on green, with upper teeth continueing belowthe bottom lip.
With the less inteligent but formidable enemy Marjki, desease bagan to attack the Jeraneese, resulting in common death. The disease…

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Lawrence of Antarctica

in October 10th, 2007 @ 16:27

â€¦ took over their minds and body, slowly resulting in an excruciatingly painful death, but not before they were turned into a mindless slave of the virus. It was the most horrifying experience imaginable – able to watch, helpless, as you slaughtered your friends, neighbors, and loved ones, but unable to stop yourself or even kill yourself to end the pain. After many decades of pain, chaos, and terror, one wise man invented a miraculous formula of common plants to combat the disease. His name was…

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Lawrence of Antarctica

in October 10th, 2007 @ 16:28

10- Under fire there should be chains of volcanoes.

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2,3-dimethylPENTane

in October 10th, 2007 @ 16:29

…claimed the lives of many, for in this time the only comfort to the ill was that of healers, who ignored the jungle’s willingness to give them all manner of cures in favor of magic.

And so, it was to the plagues and not the Marjki that Jeranee met its final end. For many years, the future of the Children was uncertain and dark, without the knowledge that the Jeranee had attained during the time appointed them.

Ridiculously formal writing is amusing.

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Lawrence of Antarctica

in October 10th, 2007 @ 16:39

17- Which one of ours should we keep?

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Prarilius Canix

in October 10th, 2007 @ 16:49

And fun.
As the Kiorai declined and Lush became a place of darkness, the lands across the sea began to rise.
Infern was the smallest of them, nothing more than a ring of volcanic mountains surrounding a hostile desert. The only plant which grew there was the kuru, a small, shriveled bulb which swelled into a monstrous, moist ball whenever the infrequent rains came.
It was in the kuru plains that the second race of the Children emerged. These were the Skani, large-eared, sandy-haired bipeds to whom water was the most precious substance in Sinorel. Their hostile clime dictated a harsh and hostile people.
The Skani were originally separated into warring tribes, but during the same year that the plague came to Jeranee, a powerful leader known as Ki-vash-heren gathered seven tribes together and began a war of conquest, eventually subjugating Infern.
Even when he held the whole land under his sway, Ki-vash-heren was not satisfied, and began turning his gaze seaward.

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Kagcomix the Special

in October 10th, 2007 @ 17:02

I don’t know how to do italics so my writing will be normal.

Ki-vash-heren felt there was more to be conquered, a sixth sense told him he should travel forth unto the waves. This sixth sense was his downfall.
Ki-vash-heren set off from the land in a large boat manned by an 1000 man army. he felt certain that whatever life he would encounter could be conquered. Ki-vash-heren and his crew, the Herensen, traveled forth for three years until one day they saw shapes in the distance.

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Prarilius Canix

in October 10th, 2007 @ 17:20

They left the ship and explored along the shore, probing deep into the forest- for it was Lush that they had found.
After traveling many leagues, a scouting party led by Lar-vash-heren, the son of Ki-vash-heren came upon a band of Marjiki. Few in number and unprepared for such a formidable enemy, the Skani were defeated. Those who survived fled back to the ship to tell Ki-vash-heren of the disaster.
Sorrowful and enraged by the death of his son, Ki-vash-heren retreated to his cabin, already plotting his vengeance.

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the man for aeiou

in October 10th, 2007 @ 17:34

the shapes were the hawem, people of the sea…

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the man for aeiou

in October 10th, 2007 @ 17:49

never mind my post.

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Alice

in October 10th, 2007 @ 17:58

What? Whose are we using? Or is TMFA’s a continuation of Canix’s?

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Alice

in October 10th, 2007 @ 18:05

23- Oh, okay.

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Purple Panda

in October 10th, 2007 @ 18:09

…The Marjiki people had lived on the land [[insert name here]] for hundreds of years, feeding on the lush forests and sleeping in the shadows. The were peaceful people, at first, but as soon as the first unfamiliar person journeyed to their land, they grew violent. Protective of their land, they struck back, lashing mercilessly on explorers, leaving none alive. More and more people came, and more and more people they slaughtered. The once beautifully green trees grew leaves with a red tinge, a sign that too much blood had been shed. The Marjiki people had built a strong army over the years, but their culture was ancient, and they knew nothing of the modern tools being designed in other lands…

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gimanator

in October 10th, 2007 @ 18:32

woah. that’s a lot for one day.

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Alice of the Blackberries

in October 10th, 2007 @ 18:32

Yes, other lands. Far, far, to the west of Infern was the land Drin. An ever-changing land, it poured with water. Rivers rushed down from the high mountains, plains flooded and became lakes, the sky never ceased to weep its fresh cold tears upon the people of Drin.

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Alice of the Blackberries

in October 10th, 2007 @ 18:33

Oops. I meant that to be in italics.

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Prarilius Canix

in October 10th, 2007 @ 19:19

This will require a lot of editing.. but heck, so did the Silmarillion.
The Salaman were Drin’s people, sedate beings with blunt snouts and moist black-and-green skin. Equally at home in land and water, they were content to live simple lives, and would have continued so if it had not been for the invasion from the land of Ore.

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Purple Panda

in October 10th, 2007 @ 19:25

I agree, it’s going quite fast. When we go back through to edit we should add a lot more detail and stories about the different lands and people.

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Beavo the Online Stalker

in October 10th, 2007 @ 19:29

This thread should turn out to be interesting. *lurks*

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Prarilius Canix

in October 10th, 2007 @ 19:32

31- Right now we’re just having fun, getting a rather chaotic history and geography in place. Then, after we have the bare bones, we can organize and expand it.

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Musicman841, that guy who constantly lurks and scarcely posts

in October 10th, 2007 @ 19:41

The Salamans’ brittle improvised weapons of bone were no match for the steel swords of the Oreits, yes, the polished, sharpened Oreite swords that can slice through the slower Salamans that could not get away from the silvery gray, color of death, in timeâ€¦

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Alice

in October 10th, 2007 @ 19:55

30,31,33- Yeah, it’s REALLY fast…but it’ll be okay.

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Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon

in October 11th, 2007 @ 05:31

continueing from 34-

The Salaman were driven into the cornors of the land and ina a final desperate chance of survival threw cautions to the wind and left the continent, traveling on rafts bound together with vines. Many died of dehydration, but circa a hundred survived to become the first intelegent inhabitants of…

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Sweet Melpomene

in October 11th, 2007 @ 14:53

Oh….wow….I wish I’d stepped in on this thread earlier. Just one thing to contribute for now:

Re: elements: how about different sects of academia?

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kiwimuncher

in October 11th, 2007 @ 15:07

This is a very interesting thread. *Lurks along with Beavo the online Stalker*

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Kiki the Great

in October 11th, 2007 @ 16:07

Ah. Cool! *Lurks with Kiwimuncher and Beavo*

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Alice

in October 11th, 2007 @ 18:58

But there aren’t any more uninhabited countries! Oh wait, there’s Earth. What should we call it?

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Prarilius Canix

in October 11th, 2007 @ 19:13

…Loam.
Loam was a place of rich earth, and the Salaman soon adapted to it. Though the strange environment made for hard living, it also toughened the formerly indolent race.

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2,3-dimethylPENTane

in October 11th, 2007 @ 19:43

By a rather extraordinary coincidence, the last of the lands on Sinorel was called Earth. Its climate ranged from the frigid to the tropical, so its inhabitants were a hardy people, used to change. They got along marvelously, cultivating their land in cooperation and harmony, except when they were blowing each other up.

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Prarilius Canix

in October 11th, 2007 @ 20:11

42- Extraordinary.
Now that we’ve worked out the names and characteristics of all the lands, what say we start over?

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Alice

in October 11th, 2007 @ 20:25

43- Aye! Going slower this time.

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Sweet Melpomene

in October 11th, 2007 @ 20:34

*lurks also*

Is it creation mythology time?

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Prarilius Canix

in October 11th, 2007 @ 20:49

45- Yes. The deities are called the Ancestors of All.

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Gimanator

in October 11th, 2007 @ 20:51

wait! we need to organize geography, species, umm…current settlements…

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Purple Panda

in October 11th, 2007 @ 21:22

Let’s create a list and basic description of each land, (basically compile everything we’ve written so far and put it in list-form), then work them piece-by-piece.

I think this should all be in one “place,” like Middle Earth–I don’t really like the idea of traveling to different planets, because that would require a bunch of different technologies and such. I’m envisioning a map similar to Middle Earth, just, well, different.

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Prarilius Canix

in October 11th, 2007 @ 21:35

48- Agreement.

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Gimanator

in October 11th, 2007 @ 22:29

48-yes, agreement. check the odd-ysy thread about muse being with musica, and the flavors, and the acadamy, etc…

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Alice

in October 11th, 2007 @ 22:50

48- I’m sort of trying to make a map, but since we haven’t got very far, neither have I.

50- I don’t think so. For one thing, the Musiverse is . . . well, different. More silly, and more RPG-ish. This is just a world like in any RRR, only minus the story. MA is in this world, on an island off the coast if Iceland.

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gimanator

in October 12th, 2007 @ 20:03

51-so the museiverse can be a separate territorry on the lengandarium.

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PrÃ¦riliuÂ§ CÃ¦nix

in October 12th, 2007 @ 20:42

52- No. It is a completely separate world.

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gimanator

in October 12th, 2007 @ 20:52

53-okay…*sigh* fine.

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jammin j

in October 12th, 2007 @ 22:09

how’s this :

When the Ancestors of All fashioned Sinorel, it was at first a seething ocean without limit or boundary, reaching into untold depths and to every horizon, the home of beasts undreamed of except in the darkest nightmares. But the Ancestors saw that their children could not flourish there, so they raised five lands from the depths.
The first was Lush, the largest, which stretched from the evergreen-dotted islands and majestic fjords of the north to the sweltering jungles of the south in one magnificent unbroken forest. It was in the jungle, some say, that the Kiorai first emerged, the first beasts who walked upright and spoke. They had no fur except upon their heads, and it was blue instead of the more typical green. Despite their unassuming appearance, they eventually grew to become masters of Lush and a powerful presence in the lands beyond.
Their first great culture was Jeranee, originating in the southern jungles. The city grew and flurished, but the Jeraneese began to push into the forests, hunting the habitants into shadows. Out of the habitents came large four legged creatures, evolved perfectly to breach the city bamboo walls and carry away the inhaitents in a battle of survival and revenge. These creatures, the Marjki, were striped scarlet on green, with upper teeth continueing below the bottom lip.
With the less inteligent but formidable enemy Marjki, desease bagan to attack the Jeraneese, resulting in common death. The disease took over their minds and body, slowly resulting in an excruciatingly painful death, but not before they were turned into a mindless slave of the virus. It was the most horrifying experience imaginable – able to watch, helpless, as you slaughtered your friends, neighbors, and loved ones, but unable to stop yourself or even kill yourself to end the pain. After many decades of pain, chaos, and terror, one wise man, Terak-vee invented a miraculous formula of common plants to combat the disease, but to no avail. And so, it was to the plagues and not the Marjki that Jeranee met its final end. For many years, the future of the Children was uncertain and dark, without the knowledge that the Jeranee had attained during the time appointed them.
As the Kiorai declined and Lush became a place of darkness, the lands across the sea began to rise.
Infern was the smallest of them, nothing more than a ring of volcanic mountains surrounding a hostile desert. The only plant which grew there was the kuru, a small, shriveled bulb which swelled into a monstrous, moist ball whenever the infrequent rains came.
It was in the kuru plains that the second race of the Children emerged. These were the Skani, large-eared, sandy-haired bipeds to whom water was the most precious substance in Sinorel. Their hostile clime dictated a harsh and hostile people.
The Skani were originally separated into warring tribes, but during the same year that the plague came to Jeranee, a powerful leader known as Ki-vash-heren gathered seven tribes together and began a war of conquest, eventually subjugating Infern.
Even when he held the whole land under his sway, Ki-vash-heren was not satisfied, and began turning his gaze seaward. Ki-vash-heren felt there was more to be conquered, a sixth sense told him he should travel forth unto the waves. This sixth sense was his downfall.
Ki-vash-heren set off from the land in a large boat manned by an 1000 man army. he felt certain that whatever life he would encounter could be conquered. Ki-vash-heren and his crew, the Herensen, traveled forth for three years until one day they saw shapes in the distance. They left the ship and explored along the shore, probing deep into the forest- for it was Lush that they had found.
After traveling many leagues, a scouting party led by Lar-vash-heren, the son of Ki-vash-heren came upon a band of Marjiki. Few in number and unprepared for such a formidable enemy, the Skani were defeated. Those who survived fled back to the ship to tell Ki-vash-heren of the disaster.
Sorrowful and enraged by the death of his son, Ki-vash-heren retreated to his cabin, already plotting his vengeance.
The Marjiki people had lived on the land [[insert name here]] for hundreds of years, feeding on the lush forests and sleeping in the shadows. The were peaceful people, at first, but as soon as the first unfamiliar person journeyed to their land, they grew violent. Protective of their land, they struck back, lashing mercilessly on explorers, leaving none alive. More and more people came, and more and more people they slaughtered. The once beautifully green trees grew leaves with a red tinge, a sign that too much blood had been shed. The Marjiki people had built a strong army over the years, but their culture was ancient, and they knew nothing of the modern tools being designed in other lands
Yes, other lands. Far, far, to the west of Infern was the land Drin. An ever-changing land, it poured with water. Rivers rushed down from the high mountains, plains flooded and became lakes, the sky never ceased to weep its fresh cold tears upon the people of Drin. The Salaman were Drin’s people, sedate beings with blunt snouts and moist black-and-green skin. Equally at home in land and water, they were content to live simple lives, and would have continued so if it had not been for the invasion from the land of Ore. The Salamans’ brittle improvised weapons of bone were no match for the steel swords of the Oreits. Yes, the polished, sharpened Oreite swords sliced through the slow Salamans who could not get away from the silvery gray, color of death, in time the Salaman were driven into the cornors of the land and ina a final desperate chance of survival threw cautions to the wind and left the continent, traveling on rafts bound together with vines. Many died of dehydration, but circa a hundred survived to become the first intelegent inhabitants of Loam.
Loam was a place of rich earth, and the Salaman soon adapted to it. Though the strange environment made for hard living, it also toughened the formerly indolent race.

i just copied and pasted and edited just a teeny bit. thats the sum of info so far. this should be interesting.

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TNÃ– who absolutely CAN NOT wait for NaNo to start in 14 days

in October 18th, 2007 @ 22:14

Very interesting. Can I join?

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kiwimuncher

in October 19th, 2007 @ 15:39

*lurks*

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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 12 days

in October 20th, 2007 @ 15:45

Let’s systematize this. We need to follow the exploits of one race instead of hopping from one to the other.
The Skani seem the most warlike. Let’s have them sweep out and attempt to conquer the rest of Sinorel, thus allowing us to meet all the types of Children (who will be in different degrees of primitivity when the Skani show up.)
But before we do that, let’s answer a question of great importance. Magic, or no magic?

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the man for aeiou

in October 20th, 2007 @ 15:54

58- no magic.

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TNÃ– who CAN NOT wait for NaNo to start in 12 days

in October 20th, 2007 @ 17:41

59- Agreed.

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Purple Panda

in October 20th, 2007 @ 18:36

58 – I agree, no magic, as in Harry Potter magic. But maybe there could be some kind of magic, like the magic of the Elves in LotR. Or there could be a race that was good at healing, or something else, because they had some sort of magical powers. I can’t really decide…

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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 12 days

in October 20th, 2007 @ 19:49

OK.
Can we keep the general description of Infern, the kuru plains and the Skani?

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Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas

in October 21st, 2007 @ 09:41

We should divvy it up and assign a culture for a person or a group of people to work on. I mean, particulars of the culture and such.

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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 11 days

in October 21st, 2007 @ 11:44

I should like to work on the Skani of Infern (fire.)

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TNÃ– who CAN NOT wait for NaNo to start in 12 days

in October 21st, 2007 @ 14:37

I’d rather enjoy working on the Oreits of Ore (metal).

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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 11 days

in October 21st, 2007 @ 14:42

Anyone want to claim Lush, Drin or Loam?

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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 11 days

in October 21st, 2007 @ 15:00

I shall begin work on the Skani now.

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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 11 days

in October 21st, 2007 @ 16:19

I’ve gotten to the point where they’ve reached another land.

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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 11 days

in October 21st, 2007 @ 16:27

Here’s what I’ve done with the Skani so far.
Infern was the smallest continent of Sinorel, a spacious desert ringed by an impenetrable range of active volcanoes, from whose frowning peaks molten rock coursed down in swells of scarlet and black. The rock hardened slowly in the blazing desert, forming fantastic drifts of smooth red stone from which great crystals jutted. But on the other side, the lava met with freezing water, sending up drifts of steam and fog which boiled and seethed about the coasts of Infern and made the ocean around it look like a devil’s cauldron.
The desert itself was barren. The only plant which grew in its ebon sands was the kuru, a small, shriveled rosette which swelled into a drumskin-tight barrel of water, twenty-five feet in diameter, when the infrequent rains came.
Most of the animals on Infern were creatures that had once flown, for how else could something pass the impenetrable wall of mountains? Many of them were flightless birds, giant insects or reptiles with ridged sides where flaps of gliding skin had graced their forefathers. And all fed upon and drank from the kuru, or on creatures that did.
The Skani were the exception. It is said that they were descendants of the Dwikk, small, carnivorous rodents that often lived in colonies of a hundred or more in the feathers of the titanic six-winged gog bird. But nobody knows exactly how they or their ancestors came there, only that once they emerged, they became utter masters of their hellish homeland.
They domesticated the swift shraik bird, using it as a steed in their hunts, and great swarms of binkel fly, to sniff out the kuru most replete with water and to perform various menial tasks. They were nomads at first, but soon built villages and eventually towns and cities.
The Skani method of housebuilding is so unique that it deserves an entire paragraph to be devoted to it. First, they would harvest the gikk, the small, yellow crystals that formed in great abundance on the volcanic slopes. They then mixed it with the urine of a shraik bird, forming a gritty yellow paste. They then rubbed the paste thoroughly over the surface of a ripe kuru. After a few days, the skin of the kuru would harden into a thin yet incredibly strong shell. The Skani would drain off the water, cut a hole in the shell for entrance and exit, and use fragments of other shells similarly treated to create rooms.
No trees grew in the desert of Infern: no plants except the kuru. Thus, the Skani used bone and kuru shell where other races might have used wood. Scarcity of materials and resources hardened the Skani into a race of hardy warriors.
Originally, the Skani were separated into warring tribes, and then hostile city-states, but in the year 1 by the Infern reckoning, a powerful leader named Ki-Vash-Heren rose and united eight of these into a powerful empire, the Okhni. The Okhni Empire quickly either allied with or subjugated the rest of Infern. But Ki-Vash-Heren’s thirst for power was too great to be sated, and he turned his gaze to the steamy seas beyond the mountains.
In the year 5 of the Infern reckoning, Ki-Vash-Heren led an expedition through the Nirhin Pass and to the shores of Infern. The Skani knew nothing of sailing, and so much water was quite alien to them. Several of Ki-Vash-Heren’s soldiers died from drinking too much seawater, as salt water and its properties were completely unknown.
Ki-Vash-Heren was not daunted. He had heard legends of other lands beyond the sea, and was determined to conquer them. So he called together the greatest craftsmen and most brilliant tacticians (the two professions being the closest Skani came to engineers) from every corner of the land and set them to invent a vehicle which would carry them beyond the ocean.
Fortunately, the Skani were not entirely ignorant of wind power, often rigging sails to kuru-shells and using them to skim across the desert. It was simply a problem of working out how to apply the same skills to water, and that was solved in the year 6. In 7, the first reliable ship was constructed. A great fleet was soon built and sent across the ocean, led by Ki-Vash-Heren.
The Skani ships, however, were not suitable for deep water, having only been tested in the shallow seas around Infern. They sank in the first violent storm, the only survivors being Ki-Vash-Heren and forty warriors, washing up in a tangle of rope and kuru shell on the shore of…

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Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas

in October 21st, 2007 @ 17:49

I want to work with Lush.

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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 11 days

in October 21st, 2007 @ 17:53

70- Gotcha.
Once someone has described their particular land, we can work it into the narrative.

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Alice

in October 23rd, 2007 @ 18:46

If you don’t mind waiting a week or so, can I please have Drin? *puppy eyes*

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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 9 days

in October 23rd, 2007 @ 19:48

72- Don’t worry, this place is going nowhere fast.

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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 8 days

in October 24th, 2007 @ 16:36

Come on. Doesn’t anybody have some detail on their lands and people yet?

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Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas

in October 24th, 2007 @ 19:19

Let’s see…
I’ll be using the original descriptions of Lush as a kickboard. These are my most basic perceptions of Lush.

The Kiorai are the species of homo sapiens (let’s call them that for now) first to pop up in the world. Due to the Kiorai migrating across the span of Lush and many genetic mutations of great spans of time, many cultures will be created. However, the first and one of the greatest will be the Jeranee. The Jeranee will have come from the southern jungles. They will have been a culture that lived in the trees; tree hovels, tree villages, and tree cities, eventually. These conglomerations will have been created using a very durable, useful material known as Laiturus. Laiturus would have been a kind of reed that could be found growing only in the highest reaches of the tree canopy. Ergo, it was quite dangerous to obtain. Later, Laiturus will become one of the main exports for the Jeranee, virtually being the basis of their economy. Jeraneese will be a patriarchal society in the arena of politics, with most of its rulers being male. However, a female influence will be prevalent in most areas elsewhere, excepting the scientific fields and the theatrical entertainment industry. Jeraneese will get most of their crops from the two plants Umbrol (think of potatoes, but more humidity-resistant and somewhat smaller) and Eimhaws (like oranges, but more delicate and far larger). They cultivate these foods using platforms hooked to the trees. The soil in the southern jungles is highly fertile, so once they get it on the platform, the crops grow beautifully.

Ugh. More later. I’m out of ideas.

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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 8 days

in October 25th, 2007 @ 17:44

75- Quite excellent. Shall we have the exhausted remnant of the invasion party land on Lush when you have gotten more detail?

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in October 26th, 2007 @ 18:09

Working on my. Probably I’ll be done middle of next week sometime, since I’m working a lot this weekend and have to clean my room (ugh) and will thus not have much writing time until Monday.

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in October 27th, 2007 @ 13:45

I’m just a bit lost….
What posts should I read to catch up?

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in October 27th, 2007 @ 15:00

Anything w/ italics, generally.

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Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas

in October 28th, 2007 @ 18:24

76- Sure, why not? I’m afraid this project hasn’t been foremost in my MB priorities… I’ll do more stuff later this week.

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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 4 days

in October 28th, 2007 @ 18:28

Do you mind if I write it?

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lifewithoutanipod-Feel Good Inc.

in October 28th, 2007 @ 18:53

Does anyone mind if I write about Drin?

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Prarilius Canix who cannot WAIT for NaNoWriMo to begin in 4 days

in October 28th, 2007 @ 19:00

82- Alice already claimed it. You could do Loam.

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lifewithoutanipod-Feel Good Inc.

in October 28th, 2007 @ 19:03

83-oh yeah Sure i’ll do Loam.

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TNÃ– who absolutely CAN NOT wait for NaNo in 3 days

in October 29th, 2007 @ 18:07

So far, this is all I have.

Ore was in the farthest reaches of the north. Great cliffs rose suddenly from the cold reaches of the sea, some soaring to indescribable heights. Veins of iron, silver, and other such metals winded through the bedrock, where they glistened in the light of day and glowed in the faint moonlight. The cliffs guarded a stretch of barren, unforgiving land of snow, which was blown by the prevailing wind into smooth, asymmetric drifts and winding trenches. The land sloped gently downward, becoming a kind of funnel, so that anything to land on the surface was sure to arrive at the center at sometime or another.
Though the surface of Ore was entirely uninhabitable, the interior of the continent was quite a different story. Within the enormous caverns that rested below the frigid, icy exterior lay vast pools of water, veins of iron and silver, and crystalline formations which reflected light wonderfully and could light up an entire cave from the light of a single flame. Within the caves, too, was a curious lichen that grew in complex patterns upon the walls, depicting strange creatures at work, at play, at war.
Ore was home to but one species of creatures. They were called the Grentes, and they made their homes in the caverns. They delighted in the warmth, for their lives were spent fighting the cold for their very lives.
The Grentes began to create enormous buildings within the caverns which could contain fires of incredible size. Soon they discovered that the abundant metal in the walls of the caves could be mined, and used to create weapons, dwellings, and heaters.

More later.

:idea:TNÃ–:idea:

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Purple Panda

in November 16th, 2007 @ 19:34

What about the more detailed civilizations/species living in each category? Are we going to individually develop those, or will they fit in in the general descriptions?

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Prarilius Canix

in November 16th, 2007 @ 20:09

86- They may fit in the descriptions.

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&separate pentity;

in December 4th, 2007 @ 11:23

Have we got any peoples/continents left over? I like worldbuilding.

Even if we don’t have any continents, I could work on culture or something. I like that aspect of worldbuilding too.

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Prarilius Canix

in December 4th, 2007 @ 16:25

I don’t think we’ve got any left. Lemme check.
Nope, sorry.
But Life w/o iPod hasn’t come back in a while. You could do Loam if he/she doesn’t show up soon.

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the man for aeiou

in December 5th, 2007 @ 12:17

do you know what whould be cool?
if after this is writen, we write a story in the land.

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POSOC

in December 21st, 2007 @ 17:45

In order to revive this dead thread, I shall write some more, continuing from my long post about the Skani.
…Lush.
The remnant of the Skani invasion army made camp on the beach, constructing makeshift shelters from their shattered vessels.
From the beginning, they faced daunting challenges. The Skani knew almost nothing of Lush’s wildlife, and less of its flora. The only plant they had ever seen was the kuru, and they knew not what to make of the tangled trees and shrubs that grew twenty yards from the shore.
Ki-Vash-Heren sent forth hunting parties in an attempt to find edible meat- vegetables and fruits were, again, utterly alien to them. Though they were physically able to consume and digest certain plants, and later did so with great enjoyment, they had been a primarily carnivorous culture throughout their history.
One of the parties, venturing deep into the jungle, came upon a small town. This settlement was on the outskirts of the Jeranee Kingdom, the most advanced culture of Lush at the time. [[little backstory about Lush and the Kiorai here- more space will be devoted to it in the section on Lush]]
The Skani, though they had domesticated many animals, had never cultivated livestock, and thus assumed that the creatures wandering about in corrals beneath the trees were wild and free for the taking. They dispatched a few gori* and began to transport them back to the camp on the shore.
An angry Jeranee farmer rushed at them with an axe. He would not have succeeded in his endeavor if the Skani had been prepared, but the attack took them completely by surprise. He struck the hindmost of the hunters and brought him down.
The ancient Skani protocols absolutely forbade attacking an enemy from behind- any treachery in battle was sufficient cause for a blood feud. The Skani turned on the village and carried out a horrible massacre. They then went back to Ki-Vash-Heren’s camp, reporting that the inhabitants were simple herders, easy for even such a small army to conquer.
But the Skani had only seen the backward provinces of the Jeranee Kingdom. If their greedy eyes had taken in the magnificent tree-city of Tijja, or Marjik’s green-clad legions parading along the massive boughs of the jungle, they might have been less hasty.
*gori: Kiorai livestock, as is rather obvious from the context.

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Alice

in December 22nd, 2007 @ 17:18

Oh! Drin! Right. *brainstorms*

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POSOC

in December 22nd, 2007 @ 19:42

So what I’m thinking is, there’s a short and bloody war, which the Skani lose. They flee northward and capture a ship from one of the fishing villages of a less advanced culture, using its original crew as slaves. Then they go on a return voyage to Infern, where Ki-Vash-Heren gathers a more substantial fleet and constructs better ships, using the boat they sailed back in as a pattern. They return to Lush and… that’s as far as I’ve gone.

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KaiYeves

in December 23rd, 2007 @ 17:55

Is “water” taken?

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POSOC

in December 23rd, 2007 @ 18:15

94- ‘Fraid so.

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Alice

in December 23rd, 2007 @ 18:22

94- YES. By me.

I think on I’ll work on it because frankly, I might as well not even be here for all I’m contributing.

Okay. *gathers notes on Drin*

The Salaman were Drin’s people, sedate beings with blunt snouts and moist black-and-green skin. Equally at home in land and water, they were content to live simple lives, and would have continued so if it had not been for the invasion from the land of Ore. The Salamans’ brittle improvised weapons of bone were no match for the steel swords of the Oreits. Yes, the polished, sharpened Oreite swords sliced through the slow Salamans who could not get away from the silvery gray, color of death, in time the Salaman were driven into the cornors of the land and ina a final desperate chance of survival threw cautions to the wind and left the continent, traveling on rafts bound together with vines. Many died of dehydration, but circa a hundred survived to become the first intelegent inhabitants of Loam.

B-but- that doesn’t work! That would give me Drin AND Loam, and I can’t do both!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Oh well. I’ll just work on the beginning until I get feedback *coughthat’saHINTcough*

More notes:
Water
Snow
Lakes
Rivers
Water is on the coast, so the oceans are within Water borders.

Drin was a long, storm-tossed land along the coast, stretching from the south to the far north, extending into the west until it began to merge with [whichever land is west of water]. The sun did not shine often in Drin, but was cloaked by clouds which dropped rain or snow upon the land.

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POSOC

in December 27th, 2007 @ 14:57

Well, this thread is still in a stupor. At least I brought it back to life for a short period.
I think a little later I’ll write a bit more about the Skani invasion of Lush.

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Vixen in the Eyes of the Moon

in December 27th, 2007 @ 16:16

The creatures that inhabited the worldtips were of the oddest kinds and mainly into two groups: the furred, which are a variety of giant wolves and bears, all white, and giant elk and deer, also albino, and the creature swhich are mainly made of mist and pure, sound magyk, whose form are of their own choosing and can make the Gates, the threads that cross place, time, and other worlds. These creatures have become increasingly rare, and sertain species are now considered extinct. The giant furred, the Illiyd, have also become rarer as they are hunted fur fur and the consumation of their flesh.

sorry, this doesn’t really fit in everywhere, but this thread need a kick in it’s behind.

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POSOC

in December 27th, 2007 @ 17:23

98- Tha’ duzzen fit anywhar, y’rite.
m’fingrs ‘r’ num, so can’t type too well. But they’r warm’n’ up quick.
Where are the so-called “worldtips?”

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Lawrence of Antarctica

in January 7th, 2008 @ 16:32

Sorry, but this must be done.
100th POST W00T

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in February 22nd, 2008 @ 20:02

COME TO MUSE LEGENDARIUM!

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The Man For Aeiou

in February 23rd, 2008 @ 15:00

I Came, I saw, I can’t write.

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Alice

in February 23rd, 2008 @ 15:29

101- I’m here.
Much use that I am.

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Î¡Ã–ÅžÎÄˆ

in February 23rd, 2008 @ 22:30

103- Write about Drin!

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Î¡Ã–ÅžÎÄˆ

in March 29th, 2008 @ 12:47

Attention, all- The Muse Legendarium thread is in a stupor! We need to bring it back to life! Excuse the excessive exclamation points, but I want this all to be visible on the Recent Comments bar!
Gwendolyn of the Eastern Seas, Alice, TNÃ–, lifewithoutanipod, we need you to return and work on Lush, Drin, Ore and Loam respectively!

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Alice

in March 29th, 2008 @ 12:56

105- *appears out of thin air* I have come.

OK, OK. But I haven’t seen TNÃ–, lwoai, or Gwen for a good long time.

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Cat's Meow

in March 29th, 2008 @ 12:58

I think I helped with this for a little while. Or not. I forget.

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Î¡Ã–ÅžÎÄˆ

in March 29th, 2008 @ 13:13

106- Excellent. Thank you!

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Alice

in March 29th, 2008 @ 13:49

Far, far, to the west of Infern was the land of Drin. An ever-changing land, it poured with water. Rivers rushed down from the high mountains, plains flooded and became lakes, the sky never ceased to weep its fresh cold tears upon the people of Drin, the Salaman.
They had, leathery, grey-green skin, webbed hands and feet, and flat faces with startling amber eyes and sharp teeth. But despite their alarming appearance, the Salaman were peaceful creatures, and led a simple existence, feeding off the fish that swam in Drin’s oceans and rivers. They built huts for themselves out of driftwood that floated in on the tides, and swam in the deep cold water.

See? I actually did something. And I’ll do more when I think how to do it.

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Î¡Ã–ÅžÎÄˆ

in March 31st, 2008 @ 18:25

109- Thank you so much! I will connect the Skani with the Salaman as soon as I think how to do it.

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Choncha

in April 2nd, 2008 @ 20:37

I don’t know how t use italics but anyway

However, the lands of Drin were begining to dry up. The Salaman were beginning to die out being so far from the one thing that kept them alive: water. They became violent and pretty soon all but (insert # her) w.ere left\

I think that the Skani should come to conquer Drin and find the Salaman

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POSOC

in April 2nd, 2008 @ 21:21

111- Actually, Alice is doing Drin. I’m not sure if any of the others are open. Maybe Loam- l w/o ipod hasn’t been on in ages.

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Alice

in April 2nd, 2008 @ 21:29

111- It’s not an RRR, Choncha. Certain people are working on certain countries.

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