...Izee's Thread

[RAGNAR]

"MMmmmmmmmmm..... fresh meat."

[Medi]

...IMHO, r/p can be like performing a work of art, like a symphony.  When all of the players come together, an amazing thing happens...drama mixes with comedy, and a complex theme is explored, and changes very quickly from measure to measure, and everyone involved has fun, and many have learned in different ways of how to r/p...and about themselves.     But, like learning to play an instrument, and then be able to perform with others, it takes work, and a certain mindset.  A player has to understand what is going on, and enter the r/p, but back off so as not to hog all the time, and create cliques that exclude all others.  The more timid have to enter, and add their voices...they can be heard...and can have a louder voice.  The best r/p sites I have experienced, are where there is a good Moderator who lets, and encourages, all who enter to learn the Home and to participate as they wish...and guide them if they don't understand what the Home is about, so that their energy can help the Home grow.  Of course, there are those who deliberately enter a Home, and seek to disrupt and destroy it...usually by attacking the r/pers OOC.  The Wolves can be spotted, and good Moderators will ban them.  The coyotes are more difficult, they seem to fit in, but, after a while...people leave the Home because of them...and the coyotes then slink off...leaving a shard of the Home behind them...and go off to seek another to destroy.  There was a group a number of years ago, who just did that.  I will add that, at times, a typist is tagged as a Wolf, and people don't want to r/p with him/her.  Sometimes it is warranted, other times it really isn't....the typist may have been very creative, but entered a group that just couldn't accept his/her r/p.  That doesn't mean that the typist can't do better elsewhere.  Anyway, here is r/p at Scagnar...only a Torvie could write this,,,     https://youtu.be/_9RT2nHD6CQ

[RAGNAR]

 

[Medi]

...When I behaved as a bond, in college...r/t   

...It was my Freshman year, and we were all at the Conservatory for orientation.  We got the classes during the morning, telling us what to expect.  We Music Majors were hanging around together, our group had 2 Men, and 6 Women...there were other groups.  After the late afternoon class, we were told to drive to a park, nearby, and that there would be a BBQ.  We looked around, and only ONE of the two guys had a car!!!  So, we went into the parking lot...and there was a 1968 VW 'Bug!!!!  He had taken the back seats out, so he could haul his stuff to college.  So, we 6 girls climbed into the back, and he and his new buddy took the front seats.  We women were crouched down, all crammed together, holding onto each other, and what we could grasp in the car.    When we stopped at signal lights, and such, the people in the cars next to us were staring at us...   They probably thought that the two young men sitting in the seats, were REAL STUDS...to have the back of a VW bug PACKED WITH WOMEN!!!      During the BBQ, we women all found other drivers to take us back to the Campus.   

[Medi]

,,,I have to add to this...I just LOVE this song.  It means a lot to me,,,especially right now...

...https://youtu.be/7cWnz8sn11Y'',,,

[Medi]

...I don't really enjoy ballet, but this one really brings this composition by Stravinski alive.  Just listening to the music, can be confusing, but the Ballet choreography brings it all to life.  It is about Pagan Russia, their adoration of the Earth, and ends with a young maiden dancing herself to death!

...As an aside, Izee' had worked with bonds and thralls to dance this music during the visit to Scagnar.  Unfortunately, the girl who was dancing the part of the '300 year old Woman' caught the eye of a Scagnar Merchant, and she was taken away just before the performance.  There was no time to train a new dancer, so Izee' stepped in to perform the part.  While all were getting ready, Izee' asked the 'Makeup Girl' for help, and the girl said..."You don't need any makeup for this part, Mistress."   

...https://youtu.be/jo4sf2wT0wU

[Izee]

...Izee' stops by the tree she had planted for Marcus Hrolfson, after His death.  She shares a small picnic with Katniss, and Katniss listens as Izee' sings...

https://youtu.be/Vr6S2XOfkQg

...At my old residence, on 5 acres, I planted a very small English Oak, that I had raised from an acorn, on the hillside in remembrance of the typist of Marcus Hrolfson.  I carefully nursed it through the year...and it was growing well...until one of our goats got free and ate most of it.  I was furious,    and gave the goat to a neighbor...after she promised to take the goat to the butcher.  The neighbor gave me a rack of the ribs...and I ATE THEM!!!!     I was very worried about the tree, and did all that I could to nurse it.  I also dug holes around it, and set in wooden stakes, and filled the holes with concrete, and strung several layers of chicken wire around them, so that no other animals could get in.  I didn't see much happening...it was close to winter...and I just gave up.

...After Spring was well underway...I went out to see if the tree was still alive...and...it WAS!!!  There were new leaves and branches all over it!  I kept the protection around it, and did go out and tend to it over the years that followed...and it flourished.     When we sold the property a few years ago, one of the last things I did was walk over and bid farewell to the tree.  It was about 15' tall, and it stood very strong.   

[RAGNAR]

 

[Izee]

...Me and my big mouth...

...Everyone knows what I did when I was working, I was a Trial Attorney.     Very early in my career, I was preparing a Pre-Trial Motion against the other side...and I JUST KNEW THAT I WOULD WIN!!!  I had the facts, and the Law well summarized in my Brief, and KNEW that the other side had no chance.     We appeared before the Judge, we had filed the Pleadings, and the Judge had read them.  The Judge immediately tore into the other attorney, and the attorney was fumbling, trying to explain why I was wrong.  This went on for about 10 minutes...and then I just HAD to OPEN MY BIG MOUTH!     I started making my own comments, although the Judge wasn't asking ME any questions, or asking ME to comment.  After I had made a few, the Judge turned his attention to me, and said..."Ah, I have a few questions for you, Counselor".  He then began peppering me with questions and comments... ...and after 10 minutes, he said to me, "I am ruling AGAINST your Motion!"     I slunk out of the Courthouse...my talking had gotten the Judge to rule against me!     I did win the actual trial, but it was harder because my Motion, if I had won, would have cut the legs out from under the other side.

...A decade later, I was representing a man who was the driver of a car involved in a horrible fog-related accident on the local freeway, that involved 32 vehicles.  He had no fault, as did most of the other drivers.  He was in the middle of the pack, and was stopped, when the people from behind crashed into the pack.  After two months of depositions, me, and almost everyone else, filed Motions to Dismiss our clients.  The Motions were ALL heard on the same day.  The other attorneys vehemently argued their cases, and the other side argued back.     When it was my turn, the Judge looked at me, and said,,,"Do you have anything to say Ms S-----?"  I just shook my head, from side to side...and stepped back.     I was DELIGHTED when the Judge ruled from the Bench, he DENIED ALL of the Motions to Dismiss...EXCEPT MINE!!!  I took his signed Order to the Clerk, filed it, and called my client with the good news!!!!

...As I was leaving the Courthouse, most of the other attorneys were standing outside, all pissed off and discouraged.  One of them called out, "Hey guys, here comes that brilliant lawyer, didn't you hear her convincing argument?"  Another added, "I did, I was spellbound at her verbal virtuosity".  One woman said, "I am going to order a transcript of her discussion with the Judge, I want to use what she said in future cases."

...I just grinned...and kept walking....

[Izee]

...Oh...and this was playing as I walked out of the Courthouse...

...https://youtu.be/DhlPAj38rHc

[Izee]

...Izee' is sitting on the cliffs overlooking Thassa.  Tiveri's pets had found Izee', and Izee' was holding them as Tiveri was sleeping.  Izee' looked over Thassa, and thought of all she had experienced since that Torvie, Marcus Hrolfson, had lured her out of the Forests and Companioned her.  "An I was TRACKING HIM at the time!" she mutters...she shakes her head, thinking..."My Lair Leader would be dying a laughter seein me." 

...But, Izee' smiles, her life with Marcus Hrolfson had been very rich. They had traveled all over Gor, sometimes by Wagon, but mostly by ship.  Marcus had put together a nice fleet of five ships...two Drakkas...two Knurrs...and a very fast messenger ship.  The Captain of the messenger ship had standing orders from Marcus..."If we get into trouble, grab Izee' and the kids and get the Hell away!"  Izee' had complained, saying..."I can use a bow as well...er better...than most a ye!"  Marcus had told the Captain, "If she gets difficult, just knock her down and carry her away."  Izee' had bristled...but nodded...and told Marcus..."It will be as ye say, ye tell me tae leave tha Drakka, me an all a tha children will go with tha Captain."  Marcus had stroked her hair, smiled, and said, "That is my Order to you My Love...if I fall, remember me."

...Izee' looks over Thassa...where Marcus Hrolfson, had last sailed...and thinks..."I could join Him if I want."  She sings...

...https://youtu.be/ZDak_ehNtK4

...But, she smiles and cuddles the pet in her arms, and looks over Thassa….'I will see ye when my time comes, Marcus, My Love...but it won't be fer a long while...I got stuff tae do."  She then rises, and heads back to where Tuchuk were camped...she needed to finish the fish stew she had started.  Johanna and S'lene were tending it, but they didn't know to finish it...and Tristan's Ormen had been invited to dine with their Orluman.

[Izee]

...Sailing...a True Tale...

...As a young adult, I got interested in sailboats.  I didn't want a motorboat...that was just a car on the water...I wanted to learn how to sail with the wind.  I had flown sailplanes before...so I wasn't worried.  Of course, I didn't buy a cruiser or a Laser...I bought a Coronado C-15...a 15' racing dinghy!!!    It had a large mainsail, and a large jibsail...and was designed for a two person crew.  One would handle the rudder and the mainsail, the other (crew) would handle the jibsail and adjust weight.  The boat had a 'trapeze'...    it was lines that were secured to the mast.  The 'crew' would be wearing a canvas diaper that had a large hook in the front, that was attached to the trapeze.  There was also a handle on the trapeze.  This enabled the crew to lean back very far to shift his weight...and even...to stand with his feet against the side of the ship, and lean COMPLETELY BACK...so he was horizontal to the boat!!!!!     So, envision the boat hauling along...the Captain is leaning back...and the Crew is laying back, legs streaght...almost in the water...with his feet on the side of the boat!!!  The trapeze holding him out of the water!!!   

...I just couldn't find people to sail like that.  My husband just wanted to go out, and quietly sail back and forth for a while, and then come back to camp...he didn't like to sail.  I would sail on my own, but couldn't do it in high winds, I tipped over a few times.     I was able to get the boat back upright, and limp back to the port.   

...One time, a guy who worked for me said that he could sail.     I packed a lunch in a cooler, and he showed up with a larger cooler full of BEER!     I said, OK, and we rigged my boat and set out.  I was Captain, he was Crew.  We sailed for a while, and it went very well.  We were relaxed, the wind was moderate, so we sailed and drank some beer, and then beached and ate lunch.  We got back into the water...and the wind was KICKING UP!!!  I got him to put on the diaper, and lock himself into the trapeze...and we DID SOME SAILING!!!  He had good balance, I knew how to steer the boat...so we were really hauling!   

((Finish below))

[Izee]

...I figured...or maybe it was the beer that I had drank...that he could sail...and I had always wanted to TRY ON THE DIAPER AND LEAN OUT!!!      So, we changed places, I put on the diaper and hooked myself to the trapeze.     It went well for a while, we didn't sail hard, I told him that I had never crewed before and that I needed time to practice.  And, all of the while...the WIND WAS GETTING HARDER!!!     But, that meant NOTHING to me!!!  We kept sailing...   I finally figured that I had being 'crew' figured out, and said, "LET'S SAIL!!!"  Most other small sailboats were going in...but we were hauling back and forth...and I was standing on the side...my back horizontal to the water...adjusting the jib...and shouting..."THIS IS SAILING!!!"       And then...

...I never knew exactly what happened...but the boat suddenly slowed very quickly...and I didn't.     I swung across the bow...the trapeze holding me...and looked at the jib as I approached from the lee side...and muttered..."This isn't going to go well".  I landed in the jib, and the boat tipped over.  I got myself loose from the trapeze, and my life jacket got me to the surface.  I was pissed...I had lost my glasses...but I looked around for my friend.  He was swimming towards his cooler...I shouted "BRENT!!!!"  He shouted back..."GOTTA SAVE THE BEER!!!"    I looked around, my boat was upside down, and my cooler was sinking...I just let the cooler go...   He got back to the boat, hauling his cooler...and HANDED ME A BEER!!!   I calmed down, and drank it, and gave the can back to him, and said, "We got to go in, now."

…I swam around the boat, and climbed up the side, and grabbed the centerboard, and leaned back.  After a few minutes, the boat got onto its' side, and I climbed onto the centerboard, and held the mainsheet, and the sails came out of the water, and the boat got back upright...as I fell back into the water.  We both climbed back in, and as the sails were flapping I sorted out the sheets and checked the rigging.  We got back into place...I WAS CAPTAIN!!!  and we sailed back.  There was no damage to the boat.   

...Brent talked a lot about our 'voyage' back at the Office.  He said, "If "P" ever invites you to sail with her, get a lot of insurance."   

[Izee]

...Izee' travels to Scagnar, and walks up the paths of the Hills, and stops before the Stone of Marcus Hrolfson.  She sets three roasted vulos, and a bottle of paga before His Stone.  It is clean, and glowing, and Izee' sends mental thanks to Helga...the Stone shows that her hands had done the tribute.  "Here, My Love, be a dinner fer ye, share some with my True" she says as she looks over at Sa'Che's Stone."  Izee' then stands back, and sings to Marcus...

...https://youtu.be/_MnEwaSdlnk

...Izee' finishes, and heads back down the path...

[Izee]

...Izee' sits on a rock overlooking Thassa...and sings.  Johanna and Katniss are with her, and they add their voices...

...https://youtu.be/Vw_cZGrVFqw