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 Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 10:29 am
A Whole New World
Solo or RP Format
Counts as 5 RP growth Points
Solo word minimum is 750, RP post minimum is 7
Prompt
The world has opened to new possibilities. Where once they thought they were alone, now they discovered creatures never before imagined.
How does your character react to the introduction of Kahikina to Tendaji? This prompt can be anything, a way to cope, a way to learn more, even the first time they meet the other race. The main focus is discover and evaluation of this new world
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 10:30 am
What are you goals and aspirations in life?
Oduin's father asked him this often. The prentice had spent all his life hearing it - it's important to dream, but it's also important to think about how you'll get there. Make those dreams a reality by having a plan, by making pitstops along the way that will show you you're on the right track.
Oduin didn't know if he had a north star, but he did know that there was much to see in this wide world. He's realized it about five years ago, when the borders between the tribes had loosened and suddenly, neighboring visitors looking completely unlike his own people had appeared and sparked a profound interest in Oduin. When it came to learning foreign cultures, seeing new lands, there was little that Oduin didn't want to do.
And so, that had become one of his goals - to see every part of Tendaji, to meet and converse with members of every tribe, to witness for himself the way culture drove behavior and changes in people. It was a big, bold goal, and that was what made it perfect for him. It would give him plenty of fuel and plenty of drive as he grew and became more independent, more able to make the journeys on his own, with his own earnings.
Some days, of course, he felt that his dream was miles away and all but unattainable. He was nearing 18 now, and despite having seen most of the settlements in Sauti and ventured briefly beyond its borders, he hadn't seen as much as he wanted. There was a certain... anxiety that came with those thoughts, nagging doubts that questioned whether he had the ability to make his dreams reality.
And now, as if that wasn't enough... a whole new world had been discovered, filled with people and things that sounded far too magical to be true!
The atlas' expansion meant, in Oduin's mind, that his dreams had only gotten bigger at a time when he wanted them to shrink. His achievements, in comparison, had grown even smaller, putting him even more behind...
A growl shuddered through him as he gripped the edge of the table he sat at, scribbling away in a messy journal, attempting to write down his thoughts before they got the better of him.
He couldn't decide how he felt about the news. It was great, on the one hand, to know that a world such as Kahikina existed out there, previously unexplored by anyone from Tendaji. The possibilities there seemed endless, and the evidently friendly nature of the Kahikinans meant entryways into a culture that was unlike anything that had existed before. Oduin wanted desperately to become a part of the ongoing efforts to establish connections in Kahikina and to study the fascinating water-dwellers who called this land their home.
But that meant prioritizing, putting areas of his own land on the back burner, perhaps even willingly letting go of opportunities to see places he desperately wanted to see.
What if, because life was so finite, turning his back on one meant forsaking the chance to see it altogether? Suppose to chose the wrong path? He was terrified of making the wrong decision, and of feeling so torn between exploring Tendaji and exploring Kahikina.
And yet, the more he wrote and thought, the more Oduin knew that his compass had begun to point in that direction. It needn't be an immediate switch, but his choices and his feet would eventually get him there.
He put down his pen, reading and rereading the words he'd put down, trying to process and internalize those thoughts before he got too angry again. That was always the trick, trying to balance all his feelings without letting them take him too far. The last time he'd lost him temper, he'd ended up trashing the hostel room they were in, much to his parents' displeasure. The damages had taken an extra week's wages to cover and he had been told in no uncertain terms that he was not to do any such thing again.
Journaling helped. And if anything else, it helped him work through his own thoughts so he himself had a better understanding of where they would go. Maybe with enough introspection - certainly not Oduin's strong suit - he might even figure out where his dreams meant to take him. Nothing about them was certain, and Oduin doubted they would ever really make themselves clear. All he could reliably understand was that they would take him out of Sauti one day, to a land he had never been before, and he would be happy to go along with it.
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