#nuntiis | asks

[eranthiss]

👗"I know you called me a Metagross gijinka the other day, and as someone who had that suit custom tailored, I was a little hurt. So I'm interested to see what fashion you think would suit me."

"Okay, so the leather bracelet goes on the left wrist with the other two, the ring with the starburst on it is for your thumb, the keychains are two to a hip- so the keys one and the gold and silver one for the left, the padlock for the right, if it's too much cover the top with the shirt... The ear cuffs can be two to one ear, near the top, right ear. Jacket open, and the Dolce&Gabana ring goes on your right. You'd need to mess up your hair a lil too. Just shake like a wet Bolthund, and run your fingers through it."

"Actually, how ok are you with painting your nails? This fit could go harder. I'm thinking steel grey and a silverish shade of blue."

[gatorbeast]

PROJECT SWEETBEAST SUMMARY

so you’ve heard of project sweetbeast but don’t know what’s going on with it? here’s a quick summary of what’s happened so far (what i’m calling chapter 1). yipee. the whole thing is told through tumblr and is a sort of interactive story multimedia ARG deal. check it out at @project-sweetbeast

(also i’m making a carrd with the entire transcript of chapter 1 for ease of reading, it’s a wip but should be done soon. but i think this is helpful for now)

PART I: RANGY DOCTOR

at the very beginning, a blog appears online called project-sweetbeast, and it starts sending out cryptic messages. here is the first one:

< NUNTII DEVICE TEST v.X1002 >

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SEARCHING FOR CONNECTIVITY

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EXTERNAL STIMULUS NEEDED

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CONNECTION STATUS: WEAK

after some people interact with the site, asking it if there’s anyone there, eventually someone responds. he seems someone frantic and surprised the message sent, and asks the viewers where he ended up. they tell him he is being broadcasted onto a website. he replies that he is broadcasting this from a sort of alternate dimension, then draws a self portrait for the viewers to see.

he says his name is Dr. Hazard, and he says he is a scientist that studies portal anomalies, and now he lives inside the place these portal networks are connected to. this place is called the Lost and Found, and is a sort of “limbo” where anomalies and supernatural occurrences/reality breaking oddities go to “even out” the natural balance and keep the normal world safe.

he has little conversations with the viewers and tells us a little more about his world. there are no humans, his world is inhabited by diverse animal-like humanoids called madgers (basically furries.) he also explains that portal travel is dangerous, and that anyone who goes in becomes transformed. there are two things a madger can become when they transform:

MADGREMS are madgers who have come to the Lost and Found by accident, not with their consent. these look mostly like their previous selves except for some color changes and reality bending properties.

MASKIES are madgers who have come to the Lost and Found on purpose, with their consent. they look similar to madgrems, but their faces are masks of any shape. they are required to keep this mask on by law to prevent “mass death and destruction”. Dr. Hazard is also a maskie, as well as all characters except one encountered so far.

there is also no way out of the Lost and Found- once you’re there, you’re there forever, and you can’t travel in between portals. it turns out that so many madgers have gone here, it’s been colonized and civilized, and whole cities are built out of this “flipside world”.

Hazard explains that there is a big problem going on that he needs our help with. something has put the Lost and Found off balance and portals are being opened up constantly, with pure energy and chaos leaking out into the normal world more frequently. if this happens too much, both the normal world and the Lost and Found could be completely destroyed. his job is to find out the cause of this and stop it before it’s too late, and he needs our help.

but before he can explain further, he is cut off by the device he uses to communicate powering down. he explains it automatically teleports to a nearby energy hotspot and that he will be looking for the device and that hopefully, no one interacts with it in the meantime. he also says to keep sending messages so that he can track its location, and says goodbye to the viewers.

PART II: THE SCARLET COUNTRY

of course, someone interacts with the device. more like someones.

the device sends out a keysmash, and the viewers ask who’s there, leading to the camera being turned on, revealing the device being inside someone’s mouth. a maskie is yelling at the person we’re in the mouth of to “drop it” and to “stop eating things off the ground”. they reveal themselves as Grimley, the one who tried to eat the device, a big dudebro himbo kinda guy, and begal, the smaller, grumpier one who was scolding him, wearing a cloak. Grimley is excited and talks to the viewers without questioning the fact they’re from an alternate dimension, while Begal thinks it’s just a prank and brushes it off. Begal let’s the viewer know they’re in a “stuck together” situation thanks to something called the Farley Program where older maskies teach newcomers the ropes of living in the Lost and Found.

They also tell the viewers that they’re heading to a place called the “Scarlet Country”, which is the first big city Grimley has ever been to. they enter this huge enclosed tree filled bright flashy urban crazy city, and Begal leaves Grimley with some money and the device and the viewers are left to talk to him and suggest where he should go next. He talks with the viewers and gets to know them a bit. everything’s going fine until someone asks him if he knows any “tricks”, and he takes off his mask, revealing a horrifying unsettling distorted face underneath. he seems pretty proud of himself.

he heads to a store and picks up some goods, until he gets stopped by two officers and gets handcuffed. Yikes.

PART III: SMELLS LIKE STARDUST

Grimley is completely taken aback and asks why he’s being arrested, and they tell him it’s because he took off his mask. he is in the midst of being driven to some sort of headquarters when he tries to contact Begal with the device, but in the chaos he drops the device and it falls stories and stories down into who knows where and we lose contact with him.

Soon, though, someone new contacts the device.

An unknown stranger, really excited and talking strangely, starts talking to the viewers through the device about wanting to be their friend and being really cryptic and goofy in general. he reveals his name is Farley, and he’s some sort of weird reality bending critter in between the void. he keeps spouting nonsense until he shows the viewers a cool trick: he hacks two other blogs and speaks through them. he keeps talking to the viewers and having fun entertaining them, and reveals he’s basically been alive since the beginning of time and is some sort of extremely powerful entity. he eventually learns that Grimley has been arrested and gets very upset. he says he was the first person he met and that he’s a great guy and is now determined to get him out of jail, but needs to talk to his “bestest friend” to get him out. he promptly disappears

The device eventually picks up a conversation between Farley and a new person, and they’re arguing over whether it’s safe to let Grimley out of prison or not. the new person is very close to Farley and is insistent on him staying careful and safe, and doesn’t want to take any risks. Farley remarks on how he’s changed.

Suddenly, the stranger hears the viewers on the device and asks Farley to bring the device to him. a viewer says he would rather not, and he tells them “since when we’re you the one in control?” he then reveals himself as Dewey Stardust, some sort of famous entertainer with lots of status and power, good friends with Farley. He talks to the viewers, explaining that he’s a sort of figurehead for the police but actually dislikes them, and that he has no evil intentions with the device but is curious.

And that’s chapter 1!

[wikixadia-kazi]

Hi Kazi Do dragons have a code they follow by like let's say a life debt?

As far as I can tell, it used to be a much more popular practice for dragons and royalty, and even further back, it can be seen in groups like the Golden Knights of Lux Aurea, and even in the Ventus Foedrium Nuntii.

Though, I don't believe any life debt is currently in practice of any dragons. I do however see that some like to promise aid to those they feel they have wronged. Think of the human Crown Guard, Soren's friendship with the Fire Dragon, Pyrrah. There is no life debt, but the two of them have some sort of mutual agreement that if one is in need of aid, they may ask their friend for help and it is promised.

[vladdocs]

ENG: 1457 , November 23, Sigishoara. Mihail Silagi certifies the end of the conflict between the Voivode Vlad Dragula and Brasov, and asks the Brasovians to preserve and not disturb the established peace. RU: 1457 , 23 ноября , Сигишоара. Михаил Силаги удостоверяет прекращение конфликта между воеводой Владом Драгулей Цепешем и Брашовым, и просит брашовян мир налаженных хранить и не нарушать. _____ The letter: "Nos Michael Zylagy de Horogzeg, banus Machouiensis et capitaneus Nandoralbensis notum facimus tenore praesentium significantes quibus expedit universis, quod cum nos cum serenissimo principe et domino domino Ladislao dei gratia regni Hungariae et cetera rege domino nostro gratioso super quibusdam differentiis inter maiestatem suam et nos exortis per medium venerabilis viri domini Alberti praepositi Agriensis vicecancellarii regii ad treugas pacis, quae paci perpetuae praeambula esse consueverunt, a praesenti festo sanetae Clementis papae1) usque ad festum purificationis sanetae Mariae virginis2) devenissemus. Volumus ut huiusmodi treugae non solum a nobis et nostris sed etiam ab omnibus nobis adhaerentibus firmiter observentur. Et ob hoc factum differentiarum quae exortae fuerunt inter illustrem bominum Wlad vaivodam Transalpinum, fratrem nostrum, ad una ac inter prubentes viros iudicem et iuratos ceterosque cives et inhabitatores civitatis Brassouiensis et terrae Barcza ab alia partibus intercepimus ipsasque partes per medium nuntiorum suorum utputa Stoyka, Stan et Dan ipsius Wlad vaivodae et venerabilem Johannem, plebanum de Brassouia ita concordavimus, quod huiusmodi nuntii et oratores utriusque partis ad manus iuraverunt, quod infra tempus praedictarum treugarum et ultra quousque aliud a maiestate regia ipsi cives Brassouienses non habuerint in commissis semper quiete et pacifice vivent sibique ipsis mutuo nulla dampna nullaque impedimenta inferrent nec inferri faciant. Quod quia dicta civitas Brassouiensis et inhabitatores terrae Barcza quendam Dan, qui se pro vaivoda Transalpino gerit in eorum medio non tenebunt neque fovebunt, sed de eorum medio relegabunt et compellent. Nos itaque pro praefato Wlad fratre nostro dictis civitati Brassouiensi et terrae Barcza ac inhabitatoribus eorundem promisimus et promittimus praesentium literarum testimonio, quod Wlad vaivoda pacem et treugas huiusmodi observabit et faciet observari. Si vero in aliquo per se vel suos contrarium contingeret nos id reformare tenebimini et reformabimus. Si vero ex parte praefatorum civium et inhabitatorum terrae Barcza conventio fieret ipsi cives modo simili id emendare et reformare teneantur. Et post reditum dictorum nuntiorum suorum sigillo dictae civitatis secreto literas praesentium videlicet reversales pro praefato Wlad vaivodae conficere et emanare facere teneantur. In < > huius altamsecus fiendis cuius videlicet partis culpa res turbari contingeret. Sciendum erit semper conscire praefati domini Johannis plebani cuius conscientiam in hoc parte constituimus onerari harum nostrarum vigore et testimonio literarum mediante. Datum in Segeswar in festo beati Clementis papae, anno domini Mo CCCCo LVIIo". 1) November 13. 2) Februar 2.

[queenfredegund]

MEROVINGIAN REGINAE | Audovera Regina († af. 580)

Probably the first chief wife of Chilperich I Rex, to whom she bore three sons, Theodebert Rex, Merovech Rex and Chlodovech Rex, and at least one daughter, Basina II Regina.

According to Gregorius of Tours, she was the most influential wife of Chilperich before the year 567, as the mother of three sons. 

“Habebat autem tunc Chilpericus tres filius de Audovera priore regina sua, id est Theudoberthum, cui supra meminimus, Merovechum atque Chlodovechum.

Chilperic had three sons by one of his earlier consorts, Audovera: these were Theudebert, about whom I have told you already, Merovech and Clovis.”

DLH, IV, 28. De uxoribus Chilperici

As the wife of Chilperich, she might have lived in Sexonas (Soissons), the capital city of his regnum. Even if stories have made her the archenemy of Fredegund Regina, Gregorius never said a word about a potential hatred between the two women: they must have had cordial relations as Audovera was already the mother of three sons, when Fredegund did not have any son yet. 

In 567, as Chilperich asked for the hand of the wisigothic princess Galswintha, a special request from King Athanagild of Toledo forced him to get separate of all his precedent wives in order to marry his daughter. Therefore, Audovera was officially dismissed alongside the others women of the harem and retired in an unknown place, perhaps with her daughter Basina.

“Quod videns Chilpericus rex, cum iam plures haberet uxores, sororem eius Galsuintham expetiit, promittens per legatus se alias relicturum, tantum condignam sibi regisque prolem mereretur accipere.

When he saw this, King Chilperic sent to ask for the hand of Galswinth, the sister of Brunhild, although he already had a number of wives. He told the messengers to say that he promised to dismiss all the others, if only he were considered worthy of marrying a King’s daughter of a rank equal to his own.”

DLH, IV, 28. De uxoribus Chilperici

Even if little is known about the rest of her life, we can assumed that she lived on her estates, probably near Rotomagus (Rouen) or perhaps Ecolisina (Angoulême). An apocryph tale said she retired herself in a nunnery of Ceromannos (Le Mans), but is based on a later legend and could perhaps be a confusion with Ingoberga Regina. She apparently kept contact with her sons, despite the fact that they grew up at their father’s court, and was especially involved in the career of her son Merovech after the death of her firstborn, Theodebert, on the battlefield.

“Ineuntes autem proelium, Theodoberthus evictus in campo prosternitur, et ab hostibus exanime corpus, quod dici dolor est, spoliatur. Tunc ab Aunulfo quodam collectus ablutusque ac dignis vestibus est indutus et ad Ecolisinensim civitatem sepultus.

Battle was joined; Theudebert was beaten and killed; his dead body was despoiled by his enemies, which is sad to have to relate. It was later picked up by a certain Aunulf, washed and wrapped in decent vestments. Theudebert was buried in the city of Angoulême.”

DLH, IV, 50. Quod Chilpericus cum Guntchramno foedus iniit

In 575, Audovera may have been a part of a conspiration with the help of Bishop Praetextatus of Rotomagus, the godfather of her second son, in order to promote the political status of Merovech: after the death of Sigebert I Rex, his widow Brunehilde had been exiled to Rotomagus under the supervision of Chilperich, and was thus a good opportunity for the young prince. Therefore, Audovera and Praetextatus managed to expedite a wedding between the two of them, perhaps in the hope that Merovech could then claim lands and power by himself.

“Ipsi vero simolans ad matrem suam ire velle, Rodomago petiit; et ibi Brunichilde reginae coniungitur, ea quoque sibi in matrimonio sociavit.

Under the pretext of visiting his mother Audovera, he next moved to Rouen. There he joined Queen Brunhild and made her his wife.”

DLH, V, 2. Quod Merovechus Brunechilde accepit

However, as this wedding was not only an act of treason, but also contrary to canon law, that decision infuriated Chilperich, who then captured Merovech and forced him to get separate of Brunehilde. After having sent her back to her son Childebert, the rex had his son tonsured and locked in a monastery for some months. It is unknown if Audovera was specifically threatened as well, or if she stayed in her retreat like before. 

Nevertheless, she continue to lose gradually her influence throughout the years: in 577, she indeed lost both her alleged ally, Bishop Praetextatus, against whom Chilperich brought charges before a council of bishops who finally sentence him into exile, and her son Merovech, who eventually killed himself in order to preserve his honor after having escape from his retirement but lost all his supporters. 

“Sed hic cum in hospitiolo quodam reteneretur, timens, ne ad vindictam inimicorum multas lueret poenas, vocatum ad se Gailenum familiarem suum, ait: 'Una nobis usque nunc et anima et consilium fuit; rogo, ne patiaris me in manibus inimicorum tradi, sed, accepto gladio, inruas in me’. Quod ille nec dubitans, eum cultro confodit. Advenientem autem regem, mortuos est repertus.

Merovech, who knew what they were up to and who was afraid that in their desire for vengeance his enemies would maltreat him in the most cruel way, called his servant Gailen to him. ‘Until this day’, said he, ‘we two have always shared the same intent and the same thoughts. I beg you not to allow me to fall into the hands of my enemies. Take my sword and kill me.’ Gailen did not hesitate for a moment. He killed Merovech with his own sword. When the King arrived Merovech was found dead.”

DLH, V, 18. De Praetextato episcopo et interitu Merovechi

After that, Audovera did not seem to be a part of politics anymore, even if she had still a living son, Chlodovech. That same Chlodovech however became more and more implicated in the reign of his father, especially since that 575 all the sons Chilperich had from Fredegund Regina kept dying from illness. Thereby, in 580, he was the only possible successor of his father and managed to threaten some of his enemies at court. 

This is probably due to this pretention that he was eventually accused of having collude with witches and used witchcraft on his step-brothers, in order to gain the whole regnum of his father. After a quick investigation led by the grieving Fredegund, the accusation was taking serious enough to requiring a real punishment: Chlodovech was stripped from his regalia, and jailed, where he was ultimately found stabbed in the heart; his concubine, accused of being a witch with her mother, was whipped and his household dispersed.

“Interea advenerunt nuntii ad regem, qui dicerent, quod ipse se ictu proprio perfodisset, et adhuc ipsum cultrum, de quo se perculit, in loco stare vulneris adfirmabant.

Messengers were sent off to the King to announce that Clovis had stabbed himself with his own hand; and they added the confirmatory detail that the knife with which he had struck the blow was still in the wound.”

DLH, V, 39. De interitu Chlodovechi

The execution of her last son, meant the last time we heard about Audovera. We also did not know if she was seriously implicated in the growth of his popularity, nor if she tried to having him spared from his father’s wrath. Even if a lots of scholars had concluded she was eventually murdered on Fredegund’s command, she simply disappeared from the sources. Moreover, a lot of translations actually spoke about her assassination based on a spelling error from a second manuscprit of the Decem Liber Historiae, which have made change the word “negata”, meaning “denying” in “necata”, meaning “being murdered”:

“Mater autem eius crudele morte negata [...].

His mother was murdered in the most cruel fashion.”

DLH, V, 39. De interitu Chlodovechi

Her real date of death is then unknown, as well as her burial.

[kianknw]

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[eranthiss]

Don't mind Kats offering Arkē a nice big, fresh carrot grown at home (after making sure with Iris it was alright to give it to her).

GIVE

please?

Don't worry, those screeching noises are friendly. Mind your fingers, she's got Teeth for days.

[eranthiss]

Zinnia boops Iris -- wait. Why is she a Latias?

"Lemme guess, more illusion confoolery?"

You get away without getting bit!

[eranthiss]

"You should see the other guy."

Send "Hey...where did you get that?" For your muse to take notice of a bruise or wound on my muse's body--Send "You should see the other guy!" For the reverse!

@luckykatstravels

Squints. "Cmere. I can't see that properly- you're too fuckin' tall- is that actually from a fight or did you fall on your face again?"

It looks like a black eye, from her perspective- but she's literally less than half his size, come on- give a girl a break.

Digs around in her bag for a second... Archeops, housekeys, lippy... bootleg first aid kit. Gotcha.

"What you need? Oh- and Katsuya- if I gotta hide a body i'm coming for your kneecaps."

[eranthiss]

Why does Hydreigon sound like That?

Rude.

[eranthiss]

Does your character remember names or faces easier?

Is your character preoccupied with money or material possession? Why or why not?

Which does your character idealize most: happiness or success?

Character Development hard mode?

Iris has a hard time with names in general- they don't stick in her head easy unless you're someone important to her or someone she's got a grudge against, no in-between. Faces, however, Iris is much better. If she's seen your face once and interacted with you for longer than five minutes she's near enough certain to be able to pick you out of a crowd with ease.

Iris has had to learn to budget very, very carefully. Mostly from irl experience with Drayden, she's absolute horseshit at classroom maths. Her dragons are very expensive to keep - especially the Hydreigons and Zweilous who are all obligate carnivores- but she's both got a well paying, salaried job and the backing of a extremely old and secure Dragon Tamers at her back, so she's never really had to worry much about money. Iris could be called materialistic quite easily, and you'd have a point- she kinda is ,but she's been raised to take meticulous care of her appearance, and is painfully conscious of how people view her, as she's in the public eye- so she can't avoid it.

Hands down, success. Iris takes her job as Acting Champion very, very seriously, and seems to have slipped into the mindset of "Unova's Safety and Interests before mine-" which means that she barely sleeps, eats in a strange regularity, and doesn't get many true social interactions anymore. Iris is the Unova Champion before she is a human, after all, and she swore she'd never let harm come to her region once more.

[eranthiss]

so if Iris's Champion Room is a replica Shrine to Reshiram is it sacred ground

"Nah, it's a replica of a real shrine. Y'know where the Plasma Castle used to be? There was a shrine down there, until Plasma destroyed it building the castle."

Cough, cough. She's not getting angry about that today.

"The shrines back home all have the Sacred Flame kept alight, and that's not here. So..."

[eranthiss]

Echoes of the past with Cait

@hxraya

Send "Echoes of the past" for your muse to experience one of my muses memories in a vision/dream.

Mama stands behind you, in the greathall as you look up at Nanna's portrait. Your feet ache in your tegolo shoes, and your neck twinges as you crane your neck up to try and make eye contact with the portrait.

"That's what Nanna used to look like when she was... ah, if I remember right, twenty?"

She's got the same eyes as you- and apparently you bear quite a frightening resemblance to her. You... don't really care. You just want to go out with Deino and Arkē. There's fresh fruit in the orchards, and it's best picked off the vines.

Better yet, you'd like to fly out of this suffocating estate and its assorted mess of buildings and landscapes and not spend all your time trying to do things you really don't care for. You're ten. You just want to be normal.

"You know what they called her, don't you? "The Dragon Queen". Undefeatable Champion of two regions, and completely untouchable even back here." Her grip on your shoulders loosens, and she turns you to face her, crouching a little to meet your gaze, her silver eyes boring down into you. You don't look like your mother much. You both have purple hair and a similarly piercing gaze, but you suppose that's about it.

"At the beginning of next year, after you turn eleven, you will leave this country, and go to Unova. You are to become a understudy to their Eighth gym leader. I know you are a very capable battler-" Mama pats your shoulder. You know what it means. 'Control your abilities.' But you can't help it- you're scared, and it's far too much for you to contain. Of course it's going to leak out and stain the environment.

"-So I know you will do well. And remember, my daughter-"

She pauses, to push her hair back over her shoulders.

"You must always remain perfect. You must never let them see you cry. People will take any fault they see in you as weakness, and exploit it. Do not give anyone a reason to find fault with you."

[eranthiss]

What's Iris's animal motif?

The Honey Badger.

[eranthiss]

Boss Battle

Send me “Boss Battle”, and I’ll post the music that plays when your muse fights mine as a boss. Alternatively, send me “Reverse Boss battle”, and I’ll post the music that plays when my muse fights yours as a boss.

"Don't think I got to battle you before..."

[eranthiss]

Does Unova have a battle facility?

"There's the battle subway... The regular subway.... Uh, Mallwart, 8/12, and our busses are basically just a PvP enabled area against my best efforts."

"Oh, and the Bed, Bath and Beyond parking lot in Acumula."