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Three False, One True

On the implicit advice of lediva, I will say three false things about myself, and one true one. The question is, which is true?

The first spell I grafted was Cute Fangs of the Hearthfire (Sustenoc Pyrador 10), which, of course, paralyzes a small fire so that the flames do not move (but otherwise the fire burns normally). [This is unusual -- most people start with complexity-5 spells -- but a reasonably smart Zi Ri of minimal skill could handle a complexity-10 Sustenoc spell, so it's not impossible. -bb]
I was debating joining the Red Chitin knightly order. Yes, they're mostly Herethroy, but there isn't a knightly order that's mostly Zi Ri. I decided to go to Vheshrame Academy after understanding that the Red Chitin knightly vows are perpetual, instead of eighty-one years as I had thought.
My first governess was an alarmingly fat Orren woman named Treaclesways (and later Crown-Of-Icicles). She was absolutely decent and proper ... but one evening she smuggled me out of my ~mother~'s tower in a handbasket and brought me to her home, where her husbands and wife were engaged in activities that inspired me considerably for later life.
Because of my geneology -- specifically descent from Myrihaaveinen -- I am obliged to spend twenty-seven years as the court wizard of Oorah Nirax, the city that zie founded. I have about three centuries to prepare for this obligation. Fortunately, it pays fairly well; the court wizards are notorious for raiding the treasury.

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I guess #4, and your parents are making sure you don't embarress the family name by making you learn better.

I don't remember any particular advice regarding this meme, but if you say so... I will not contradict the magic-wielding, fire-breathing dragon creature.

Hmm... my first inclination is #2. But operating under reverse psychology, #3 seems highly appropriate. Too appropriate. So I pick #3.

Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me!

*falls over*

I'm guessing #4 is only false in some small detail, and that the answer is #1.

I can't believe that #3 is correct. While far too plausible in its details, something about Sythyry's behavior and clunkiness suggests that he just... hadn't seen such things earlier. It's possible, I'll grant, but *feels* too facile to me. As much as I like #3, I'll go with #4; there's just something right-seeming about it that I can't pin down.

#4. Because it is just dreary, tedious, and unromantic enough to be true.

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess 1, not because I have any particular reason to believe such, but mostly because nobody's answered that yet. :)

- HC

Well, upon further inspection, I stand corrected- shows me to be more careful before I say these things.

- HC

I'm going to, based on some lazy thought and a bit of re-reading of past entries, suppose that the second is the true one.

I keep trying to explain this, but can't seem to. Drat.

I'm guessing #4 on the grounds that:
1- you're artifact was aquador, not pyrador, so I'm guessing your best noun isn't pyrador.
2- erm, I don't see you as a knight, no offense.
3- ah *hem*, right, erm... possible, but I'm guessing not true.
4- I can believe such a strange family requirement might be in your future, possibly. If it is true, I'd be interested in learning how the city got such a, erm... law? requirement?

-Tau