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riverviewlogs2018-08-18 08:26 pm
goblinemperor) wrote in riverviewlogs2018-08-18 08:26 pm
[ open ] leave me here a little bit longer
who: maia + anyone!
what: open post & catch-all
when: august
where: various places
warnings: will add as needed
[ Maia is not as lost as he was in his first few weeks here; he's gone from gawking at everything in bewilderment to taking in his surroundings in a slightly more dignified manner.
For the last half of August, bolstered by Csevet's arrival and by the friendships he has begun to foster here, Maia sets about trying to follow the advice he'd been given after his anonymous post on the network. He tries to make the most of his freedom, to be spontaneous, follow his whims, educate himself, and try new things. So he can be seen around the city, at the library, at museums, coming into various shops. Maia's abandoned the stuffy robes long ago, but there's still something a little unusual in how he carries himself; a little too straight-backed and formal, even if he has discovered jeans.
He tries new foods, he silently walks through the various temples and places of holy observance to check them out, he even has started to pluck up the courage to ask questions to strangers, when his curiosity about this or that gets to be too much. ]
what: open post & catch-all
when: august
where: various places
warnings: will add as needed
[ Maia is not as lost as he was in his first few weeks here; he's gone from gawking at everything in bewilderment to taking in his surroundings in a slightly more dignified manner.
For the last half of August, bolstered by Csevet's arrival and by the friendships he has begun to foster here, Maia sets about trying to follow the advice he'd been given after his anonymous post on the network. He tries to make the most of his freedom, to be spontaneous, follow his whims, educate himself, and try new things. So he can be seen around the city, at the library, at museums, coming into various shops. Maia's abandoned the stuffy robes long ago, but there's still something a little unusual in how he carries himself; a little too straight-backed and formal, even if he has discovered jeans.
He tries new foods, he silently walks through the various temples and places of holy observance to check them out, he even has started to pluck up the courage to ask questions to strangers, when his curiosity about this or that gets to be too much. ]
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You do not think it is-
[ He struggles for a moment, searching for the right words to express his faint unease with the outfit. It is not the price of it, or the feel of it, or even the look of the clothes themselves. Still, something is holding him back, and after a moment or two of hesitating, he asks: ]
- think it is as if we are some kind of imposter, attempting to appear something we are not?
[ How many times had he felt that way, in all his robes and brocaded silks and jewels, as the emperor. But that, at least, was a matter of law. Unfit as he might have been in many ways, he was emperor, by blood and by rites. This, though... this act of choosing himself clothes that in some way will represent him, and the person he is, to others... it's daunting. He's never had much room, to choose the person he wants to be. The freedom is exciting, but also, makes him nervous. ]