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Once you get used to free time, the mundane of everyday work may seem a little better, knowing you have that pocket of time all to yourself to look forward to.
I loved your description of youthful emoting as a summer storm juxtaposed with Alerik's autumnal mellowness. Very amusing - and very true! And the draugr - let them be evil, they're in their own home after all! - their part in the story was so funny, and Galla's emotions about killing them reminded me of my youthful relatives
Great story, well illustrated
Galla may have not received any of those, but at least she got some experience, didn't she? I think that counts
Thank you again!
Going to work everyday isn't so bad, you just sometimes get piles of notifications when you don't have time
Ohhh and dogs are the best pets
Yep, I got pretty used to that after working on a schedule for about a year or so. Notifications, be it on Nexus or anywhere else, have been my ultimate nemesis lately (I don't have time to check them!). But hey, I'll manage eventually!
Anyhow a lot depends on work and how you approach it as a lot of it is one's mental state and view. Regardless I hope you adjust and find a way to deal with things.I also find writing, among other things, cheers me up. House cleaning oddly enough does as well - when I have the energy - I think because it is both productive and shows immediate results versus those things whose results can be vague and long term to see.
Enjoyed the story and images as well. Guess being a mage isn't all that she expected it be. But then one doesn't have to be a mage like everyone else either. She can find her own path to being a mage.
I'm sure I'll adjust to this brand new state of mind in no time as I usually am quite functional during my relapses. The problem is that all my willpower goes to functioning like usual at work (a lot depends on my attitude as I work with important clients - and I'm always cheerful like a freaking puppy in the rain), so not much of that attitude is left for other sides of my life. As you said yourself, writing these silly little things kind of help.
Yeah, she got quite a reality check in that dungeon, didn't she? Of course, you're right - there are more ways than one to be a mage. Or anything else, really.
Thanks again for commenting!
When it comes to life meaning I go along two lines. One that life itself is all the meaning needed. Existence itself is the purpose and meaning. Very Buddhist view point I think (if I understand some of the tenants of Buddhism). The second goes off into more lalala land but one I like to think about. The universe (singular or plural) is one massive entity and life are all its little "bots" that it sends out to learn things. Each living thing learns things - from simple to very complex - and when it dies it returns that knowledge to the overall "mind" that is the universe.
Course being human we always have to ask - why? to what end? What comes first? What comes after? In a neverending stream of questions. That I don't know. But I sometimes feel life is meant simply to be lived and experience things - whether its spent local and at home or traveling the world. We all have our part to play as a sponge to soak up experience so it can be returned to the universal pool/awareness. I suppose some of my Jungian psychology background is showing there as well.
Meh rambling :)
Seriously though, no wonder you have problems with getting back into studies - I can't imagine your job leaves you with a lot of time to spare. Back here, at UĊ, we didn't really have a fixed position for admissions manager, at least not in my department. Each year, a person temporarily designated for that job was very quickly turning manic (at least that's how I remember them, mind you - and my memories are kind of unreliable at the moment). So kudos to you for even considering becoming a student again.
I envy you the opportunities of taking different courses, by the way. We had to stick to the designated program, with one or two available additional modules per year. It was quite shocking to me when I realised how stale the program was - there were some tutors who still believed Judith Butler to be this brand-new, fresh scandalmonger.
Your rambling is never "meh," come on!
I really like how you describe the hard way of a hungry for knowledge apprentice to someone who got the highest blessings of his subject. How the stormy youth is goining on to experience that truisms are true ... masterly writing, full of lively pictures and really a pleasure to read
I enjoyed it as always . Thanks for sharing it and I'm expecting your next works
I'm very happy you liked this part. There were moments when I identified with Galla a bit when it comes to being disillusioned with what we considered our passion, so I'm glad the nasty bitterness did not shine through after all
It was high time for Alerik to loosen up a little bit and I thought that setting him as that older, wiser figure in comparison to Galla's over-expressive nature would work quite well. I'm glad you liked it!
Also, it's always nice to read your interpretation of my (and other people's) stories, it's always very insightful.
Thank you again for commenting!
Consider yourself...blessed...in the hard work you have undertaken, in your self-discipline and sacrifice to achieve it, and never equate duty with burden, because that road leads to resentment.
As to this set, the writing is superb, as are the images.
And I smiled at "one shard short of a soul gem".
I am absolutely aware of my privilege and I don't think I could ever repay all the people who made it possible for me to work on my diplomas. Oh, and I totally agree about that duty/burden disunion - they can never become synonymous
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I love how the temp of story changed ^_^ Although gameplay always pushes the main chars to push forward, but for good roleplays these pauses are like chilling in hot springs on vacation. Nice point of view from Galla too, reminds me of the fact that all these locks on crypts was made to keep draugrs in, not to keep adventurers out ))
I always liked the more quiet moments in any story in general, the ones when characters get a bit more introspective and allow us to learn something about them. Glad you liked this slower part!
This made me laugh so much. Thank you Kayol