ǣfenglōm (main comm)

Name: Lan Wangji
Date: 10/03
Format: text

( and a wild lan wangji appears. textually, anyway. it’s a rare sight around here, a quiet presence, easily missed, but he grieves, and nie mingjue deserves to be remembered. )

Chifeng-zun, now departed. His life abridged yet again, and ours forever changed.

His name, Nie Mingjue. Never to be forgotten.

May he rest peacefully.

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If you have left Aefenglom and returned, have your memories perdured?

Who among you has died before, and returned home alive?

Name: Howl (un: galdorleod)
Date: Septeril 9
Format: Video

[ The young man in the video has smooth skin, softly flushed cheeks, marble-like blue eyes and soft-looking hair. He sits in a plush armchair with his hands tucked inside his coat, speaking pleasantly and calmly in a Welsh accent. ]

Good afternoon, fellow Mirrorbound. For many of you, this message is likely your first and only acquaintance with me, so please, allow me to introduce myself.

I am Howl, a renowned wizard in my homeland of Ingary, the sole apprentice to the Royal Sorceress Madame Suliman, owner of three shopfronts across His Majesty's Kingdom, and a rather cranky prat when I first got here, I must admit. [ His vague calm smile widens into something more overt. ] But, I have been in Aefenglom for over two months now, and I like to think I'm making excellent progress in regaining my trade.

With that out of the way -

[ Howl pulls his right hand from his coat, holding an off-white envelope between his fingers. ]

I'd like to open a discussion on these letters - invitations to a celebration marking the Dorchacht rebellion, beginning on the nineteenth.

I was not even here at the time, so I'm puzzled as to why my presence is wanted. And while I know some general information about the conflict and what prompted it, I do not yet know enough to be comfortable celebrating it.

I wonder if anyone else received an invitation, as I assume I cannot possibly be the only one. And I ask, respectfully, if any Mirrorbound reading this were here one year ago when this rebellion took place, who may be able to enlighten me on the details. Do we know of any reason for all Mirrorbound to have been invited, even those who have arrived more recently?

Name: Jongdae Lee
Date: 09 / 05
Format: text

it's funny cuz i was gonna make a video
and then i was like nah i cannot attach my face to this this is bad enough
so you get text and you will like it
....
i'm sorry

A N Y W A Y
some of you may already know but for those of you who don't
i recently died and became batman ( !!! )
this is literal because i can turn into a bat
funny story: vampires need blood
funniest story: did you know that people will try to scam you and sell you bad shit ???
( it's really not funny )
so i'm coming to you, the masses or at least the blood-inclined masses to be like
"what do you do" and "there has to be a better way right"
askin for a friend
i am not SUPER IN LOVE WITH THIS but i wasn't super in love with any of this process so HERE I AM
but also i think anyone who is a monster and has been one longer like..
how the hell do you even with this i ???
idek

i will be crippingly ashamed of this for the next four hours but i will resist the urge to delete it
if we can even delete things here
ok i resist the urge to attempt to delete it or delete it from my mind anyway
because in seriousness..
this feels kinda dangerous and i don't want anyone to get hurt

so yeah
thanks for your time or whatever

Name: Leanne
Date: 09/02
Format: Audio


Greetings, I have come to ask an important question. At least one that is important to one as myself. If it is of no burden, I would like to ask of you whom became monsters...

[She goes to take a deep breath and then slowly lets it out.]

How did you know what type you were changing into? How soon were you able to figure it out? And for the undesirable instincts.... How did you fight against them?

I still do not know what type I am and I cannot seem to stop the spread of the scales or the pain in my legs, no matter what I do.

Thank you for indulging one as myself.

Name: wei wuxian
Date: 7/19
Format: video

[he's going to try to keep this short but he's also wei wuxian, so...]

Lan Zhan and I are finally getting married this month! If you can see this, consider it your invitation to celebrate with us and see how beautiful he looks in red.

[strangers too, and there should probably be some caveat here about not causing any trouble. but when one of the grooms is the yiling patriarch, things like that don't automatically spring to mind.]

Oh, and if you're a priest or a shaman or a holy woman, you're doubly invited, otherwise I'm really going to have to find someone to do the ceremony.

[now for the real reason that he's here:]

It took us a little longer than we thought it would to get to this point. I was impatient, but now I’m grateful, because so many members of my family have arrived to see it. My brother Jiang Cheng is here now - Sect Leader Jiang Cheng. [yeah, just gonna slip that in there.] He helped raise his nephew from infancy so I hope he can finally take a break and have a little fun.

[does thinking about a man raising a small child make him more attractive? it worked in lan wangji's favor, he's assuming it will work for his brother too.]

Before he came, I relied solely on Chifeng-zun - eh, Nie Mingjue to most of you. He agreed to stand for me when I didn't have anyone else to count on. Spending time with him, I realized that he’s just as fair and just as ever, not to mention generous. How do you repay someone who helped make the happiest day of your life possible?

[does he mention his muscles too, would that be weird? perhaps the better question, would it make lan zhan jealous?

he clicks his tongue.]

It's hard to believe that neither of these upstanding men is married yet. Or even have a date to the wedding... [let that sink in. he’s hoping it does. wei wuxian sighs and shakes his head at the tragedy of it.] I keep telling myself that surely there's someone who would like to attend and are in need of escorts themselves.

Did I mention that there'll be food and alcohol? Plenty of both.

Oh, one last thing. I've seen a lot of questions about dating lately. You can always send them my way. As a married man, I'm happy to share my knowledge with the junio--err, others.

[and with that, the puca is (finally) out.]

Lan Zhan, how was that? Do you think-

Name: Jin Zixuan
Date: Juril 3
Format: Text

I have a need to hire a writer. I aim to be bonded officially to my wife as soon as I have the appropriate vows written, but words are not my area of expertise. I therefore ask this community to help me compose my bond vows. I will compensate you for your contribution, should I judge your writing worthy of my use.

[ ....... ]

I also have need of coin. I have the money that came with me through the mirror, but the currency here is not the same. For now, I can pay you in silver or gold. If that is unacceptable, then as soon as someone can point me to a means of income then I will pay you in the local tender.

That is all.