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[sythyry]

L'Apres-Breakup [23 Consimbs 4261]

I'm pretty sure that yesterday happened and got itself over with somehow. I'm pretty sure that I didn't fail my Nendrai Ethology exam. 'cause, well, the Duke made me take the class, and I helped deal with that stuff between the two teachers earlier this month, and I've spent more time with a nendrai than the rest of the class put together. So I'm pretty sure they can't fail me, even if my essay on "etiquette when dealing with a nendrai" was a short numbered list rather than a proper essay.

I was so unhappy from Ilottat dumping me that I couldn't even write. Not even with The Quill Pen of the Hairy-Nosed Wombat Headed Demonurge of Plong [sic]. That's how seriously I'm taking this.

I told Anoof to tell Ilottat that I wanted to find some way to make it up to Ilottat. We'll see how it works, I suppose.

Anyways, I had far too much brandy with Strenata last night, and woke up in her kitchen stove. I evidently failed yet again to seduce her -- I'm sure I must have asked, not that I can remember doing so and not that she mentioned it.

I have definitively proven that my four terms at Vheshrame Academy have taught me an important lesson. I have definitively learned to not vomit in the fireplace before I go to sleep in it.

My pride knows no bounds.

Unfortunately, even with the Nendrai Ethology class over, I still have to go service the nendrai. Alas.

Comments

[oliver-otter.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, even with the Nendrai Ethology class over, I still have to go service the nendrai.

I thought you didn't swing that way. ;-)

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

*groan*

[zeeth_kyrah]

A note of warning - there may be some visitors from my world in disguise, doing a little poking about in yours about three or four months from now.

[OOC: Morphicon is currently planning to host a session of the World Tree RPG. Reserve your seat early, as space is limited.]

Morphicon

[devon-alek.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Yes, that would be being run by yours truly.]

Re: Morphicon

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

So, it might have read as a 'top ten list of things to remember when dealing with Nendrai'?

I envision the list running like this:

10. When you come calling, bring something nice. You don't know what kind of mood the nendrai has been in.

9. Carry something nice just in case you get called on by the Nendrai. Unexpectedly. Like, say, in your bath.

8. Don't try to avoid the Nendrai's tail. They will think you're up to something and then they'll start trying to figure it out, probably invasively.

7. Be polite. However unfamiliar a Nendrai might be with the local language and customs, manners and emotions will show through!

6. Be prepared. A first aid kit is probably preferable to asking the Nendrai to use Mutoc to heal a cut, for instance.

5. Be prompt. Nendrai are not accustomed to being foiled so if you're late, they're likely to come seeking you out, with great consternation attendant on the part of whomever might be in their way.

4. Stay on the Nendrai's good side. They're more likely to undo whatever interesting changes they've worked if they're feeling kindly or obligated to you, than if they felt you deserved a lesson of some kind.

3. Show no fear. Nendrai may be monsters by Prime definition, but they probably don't want to be treated as such, i.e. having weapons pointed at them. Treat a Nendrai as another person, and with luck, they will want to behave in a socially conformant fashion.

2. Remember what a Nendrai is. As much as a Nendrai might want to be socially acceptable, the Nendrai remains a formidably powerful creature with a bent for working insanely complicated spells on their surroundings and nearby people. Try to avoid being interpreted as actually wanting something changed.

1. Bring something nice! When in doubt, keep the Nendrai happy and you'll probably be happier.

};)

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Well, that's a lot more coherent and sensible than my actual essay.

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

Maaaybe you could talk to the professors and ask for a do-over? o.O

Or have all the test papers mysteriously stolen from their offices before they can grade them?

[thestra.livejournal.com]

*ears perk up*

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

Oh dear!

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

It's a bit rude... especially if they're pretty much obliged to give me a respectable mark for the class as a whole. After all, I must know something about nendrai etiquette. She hasn't destroyed the city yet.

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

*phews*

The Mutoc Mentador spell hasn't failed yet.

[zeeth_kyrah]

Points ten and one could easily be combined.
Well reasoned.