piano music

[incandescens]

Someone in this block of apartments has a piano and is good at playing it. I hear fragments of music come drifting in, usually in the early evenings. It has to be someone on the same floor as me or above, but I have no way of telling who it is. (I've tried opening the window and listening, but can't make out the direction.)

Pause for a Neverwinter Nights moment. Allow me to express my utter loathing for giant ancient red dragons who, despite having been given a Dead Dragon Sphere and already being Seriously Wounded, still manage to trample me into the ground. I think I need to go raise myself a level or two. I hear the Creator Ruins calling me.

Memo to self; remember to call by blood donation centre. Also remember to buy those brushed cotton sheets/etc at Muji, since bank account can afford it.

Must work busily and hard all this coming week, since the week after that I have off! Off! OFF! (Must also try to do something useful with said week, rather than just sleep in and play computer games, fun as that would be.)

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A Piece Of The Storm

For Sharon Horvath

From the shadow of domes in the city of domes,
A snowflake, a blizzard of one, weightless, entered your room
And made its way to the arm of the chair where you, looking up
From your book, saw it the moment it landed. That's all
There was to it. No more than a solemn waking
To brevity, to the lifting and falling away of attention, swiftly,
A time between times, a flowerless funeral.
No more than that
Except for the feeling that this piece of the storm,
Which turned into nothing before your eyes, would come back,
That someone years hence, sitting as you are now, might say:
"It's time. The air is ready. The sky has an opening."

-- Mark Strand

Comments

[valancymay.livejournal.com]

Yay, you're in Chapter 3! That's my chapter!

[incandescens]

Then allow me to state that it is extremely cool. ;)

(Have already saved the Elk tribe, killed the commander who was handing out infected blankets and got the plague cure, got the first Word of Power, sorted out that tribesman accused of murder, and resolved three of the henchman quests . . .)

[valancymay.livejournal.com]

I think it's the best chapter, personally. I can say that because I had nothing to do with writing the story or the plot, just with making it go.

[incandescens]

I'll reserve judgement, because I havent' finished the game yet, but I am finding it a definitely very good chapter.

[evilmagnus]

Memo to self; remember to call by blood donation centre.

You know, abbatoirs are a better source of blood than blood donation centers. Sure, the quality's lower, but they're more receptive to selling the stuff. Last time I tried to buy a quart from the Red Cross they called the cops on me. Go figure.

[incandescens]

I think that was more because of your habit of rubbing your hands and going, "Yeth, Mathter!" than your attempts to buy the stuff, though.

[shiny-monkey.livejournal.com]

Do you still have Linu with you? Alas, not the strongest of henchpersons... Levelling up is a good idea, and don't forget to be hasting self and henchperson (especially if it's Linu!). Best of luck!

And yay on having a week off!! I suppose doing some useful things would be good, but don't deny yourself some fun. That's what holidays are for! (especially the sleeping in part ;) )

[incandescens]

Something weird happened and I lost Linu. She got killed, and then I couldn't find her in the Temple, or even hanging round with Aarin Gend, or the room she got killed in. I'm hoping she reappears when I reload the game.

Currently using Daelan, who makes a splendid meatshield when it comes to facing (or rather, not facing) fire giants. Who are significantly more annoying than hill giants.

Don't worry, I'm far too lazy to deny myself at least some sleeping in and lolling around. ;)

[shiny-monkey.livejournal.com]

Hm - very odd that Linu vanished like that! I've never had a henchman vanish (though I have experienced some very odd glitches that, while they didn't prevent me from continuing the game, did make for some perplexing situations -- one recurring glitch in particular in HotU that I'll tell you about when you get there). She's probably regenerated somewhere inside a wall and is patiently waiting for you to find her... But I'm glad that you've got Daelan, he is a superb meatshield and pretty much marvellous for nothing else. =)

[incandescens]

"Okay, Daelan, you hold the giants off while I cast an Ice Storm and a Cone of Cold . . . okay, now hold them off while I run away . . ."

[copperbird.livejournal.com]

Hey, that sounds like an uncanny replication of how we used to play AD&D when I was a kid. I do remember the henchperson rules ...

[incandescens]

Expeditious retreat! Expeditious retreat!