Learning a living
Following the strongest pull, I rode to a hidden oasis in the middle of the vast expanse of endless sands. The place was thick with the cloying moisture from the flowing spring, and I could smell - nay, feel - the air from the plants surrounding the body of water.
Here we dismounted and began to feed. The life energy of this area was burdensome, as unaccustomed to such large amounts of it I am.
And then I remembered. At least I feel that's what I can call it. I saw an image of my older home, nothing but the bare figments of light that danced around the endless colorless blur. And yet, I remember seeing every color, all colliding with each other in bright ribbons. It was a sort of brightness that muted itself with the inconsistence, playing in vibrations in the image I could see.
And then I looked past the image and saw the oasis as if that single design was pulling in just enough quantities of light to survive. Blues and warm oranges with just a touch of green and violet, winding itself into smaller and smaller lines from the infinite flood it originated from and weaving itself into every grain of sand below it.
My face felt wet. I suppose the vessel remembers something I do not. But a word I had seen in one of the mage's books flashed before me.
"Beauty."
And I could not disagree.
I shook just slightly as the realization took hold. I was learning as I attuned further to this land. I was getting closer to earning my place here.
I took a deep breath of the smell once more, allowing the senses to witness the experience. I had to take it in slowly, so much of it at once felt like submerging rather than immersing.
What I felt will be a treasured memory.
Ashmedai's Journal Ordered oldest to newest
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Namedays in Darkness
11 Sep 2020 02:20:02
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The cost of narrow view
12 Sep 2020 06:45:15
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Shielding in the shadows
13 Sep 2020 06:50:52
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A tune of intention
15 Sep 2020 06:55:26
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Extant memories
16 Sep 2020 05:46:29
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Solitude Ascension
17 Sep 2020 06:50:25
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Waning Emergence
18 Sep 2020 04:13:57
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Learning a living
20 Sep 2020 06:34:16
11 Sep 2020 02:20:02
12 Sep 2020 06:45:15
13 Sep 2020 06:50:52
15 Sep 2020 06:55:26
16 Sep 2020 05:46:29
17 Sep 2020 06:50:25
18 Sep 2020 04:13:57
20 Sep 2020 06:34:16
The major events and journals in Ashmedai's history, from the beginning to today.
Learning a living
Following the strongest pull, I rode to a hidden oasis in the middle of the vast expanse of endless sands. The place was thick with the cloying moisture from the flowing spring, and I could smell - nay, feel - the air from the plants surrounding the body ...
06:31 pm - 20.09.2020Waning Emergence
The issue with the aether of the land, as most may take for granted, is how finite it is. Every request to twist the natural method of the world, every wish uttered in aid or defense. Every redirection made costs somewhere. The price can be minuscule, qui...
04:13 am - 18.09.2020Solitude Ascension
The commotion outside my place of hiding has died down, I believe they've come to assume that I have long since fled. This will give me time to probe the findings of that self-assured mage, as I had little opportunity to seek anything from his studies...
06:50 pm - 17.09.2020Extant memories
When I was first beckoned to this world, I relished in the freedom from that blighted prison. I shared no portion of time to think, truly engage in my restoration, and then I lost it. Bound back into the endless night that torments with its caustic presen...
05:46 pm - 16.09.2020A tune of intention
Several days, according to the reckoning of this world, have passed since alert after the incident. I am no stranger to periods of inaction, but being surrounded by so much movement and quickness aggressively tests the fortitude of what I managed to grow ...
06:55 pm - 15.09.2020Shielding in the shadows
Perhaps a remnant of the previous occupant of this vessel induced my recklessness. I assumed I could have removed this irritant and take what I needed to be on my way. Little did I know the unfortunate mage had debt collectors on his tail. And recently, h...
06:50 pm - 13.09.2020The cost of narrow view
After wandering the winding sands for a time I cannot count, I never thought feeling the heat drain my aether would be preferable to the experience I was dealing with right now. Some novice mage, having "sought the answers of the ancients," had recovered ...
06:45 pm - 12.09.2020Namedays in Darkness
The first thing one always starts with is a name. One that usually is a gift from parents to child, from generation to generation, a marker by which memory and activity can serve as a symbol. Me? I didn't experience this. One might say I can't describe my...
02:20 am - 11.09.2020The list of amazing people following the adventures of Ashmedai.
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