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Leela Feliz

Leela Feliz

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Dear Diary,

My last conscious thoughts were of the droning sermon of the new Priest. Although many preferred him to Father Lawrence, his sermons left the parishioners in a hebetudinous state.

Father Lawrence will be missed in the long run, although it will take some time for the masses to realize that.

Father Lawrence could be counted on for a ecumenical array of sermons. I believed that was why he remained so popular the church elders, but he always managed to inculcate the need to pay alms each week, I am afraid the poor will have a sharp decline in their current state of poverty. He was quite convincing with his verisimilitude. He really brought his sermons home to the people. Most gave more than they really should.

The force and conviction of Father Lawrence’s voice during a sermon caused his nares to flare out with his words. This along with his rigid demeanor led you to believe that he was an asperous person, but those who spent with him in confession knew how kind and comforting he could be.

As Father Lawrence would read from the incunabulum he made you feel like such an insignificant part of the larger tale. When he spoke with his larger than life approach and you took into consideration the meaningful and eloquent words that were put together in text so long ago.

Anyway he was just such a dynamic person that I could not believe it when I overheard his confession. Now I only heard a bit of it but what was I supposed to think?

“How could I explain it? My hands were held tightly to her neck, and she was pleading to be let go, they could not see the nearly invisible, but binding fishing string I was trying to release. What an imbroglio.” He said in a hushed tone.

Anyway, back to my dream, it began with the funeral procession through Varrok Square, I just blended in and followed along to the church where the obsequy would be held.

22-Sep-2009 00:49:46 - Last edited on 06-Oct-2009 16:48:32 by Leela Feliz

Leela Feliz

Leela Feliz

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I could no longer focus on what was going on around me. I awoke because I felt a tug on my aigrette from the pew behind me. Suddenly the dream turned to my hat, I was very focused on the solferino hue of the hat.

But Diary what would have caused such a bizarre dream?

Until tomorrow, Martina Scorsby

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These are my thoughts but feel free to add or change.

Feliz

Edit: Worried I have not heard or seen you...still out there WR?

22-Sep-2009 00:52:46 - Last edited on 06-Oct-2009 16:51:17 by Leela Feliz

Wet Rainbow

Wet Rainbow

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Sorry for coming so late. I didn't realize the next round had begun. :P

For reference:


1.Hebetudinous - displaying mental lethargy
2.Imbroglio - confused, complicated, embarrassing situation.
3.Verisimilitude - appearance of being true or real.
4.Incunabulum - earliest traces/stages of something
5.Aigrette - headdress with spray of feathers or gems, etc.
6.Solferino (non-proper) - a dye obtained from rosaniline; vivid purplish pink.
7.Asperous - rough, uneven
8.Nares - nostril
9.Obsequy - funeral rite
10.Ecumenical - representing the Christian church?
11.Inculcate - instill or teach an idea, habit, etc.

Tasks:

1.Each team should create a story of no more than 1,000 words in which the protagonist remembers something using ten of the words listed above.

Maybe a Runescapian remembering a vivid dream of the real world? (I'm wondering about the Christian word)

25-Sep-2009 00:52:01 - Last edited on 25-Sep-2009 01:11:06 by Wet Rainbow

Dreamweaver
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Dreamweaver

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Great to see this here, Leela! I'll enjoy reading back through all your work as I get the chance, though I'll try not to peek at any discussion relating to this current contest.

Good luck with that, by the way. :)

Dreamweaver

27-Sep-2009 06:45:50

Yrolg

Yrolg

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Hello. I am posting to profile this thread so that I may monitor your status in the coming weeks. I also thought that I should define a few of my listed words more appropriately.


Imbroglio can also mean chaos or disorder; Incunabulum can also mean a book published before 1501 or an early technical manual; I would prefer that you did not use ecumenical in the Christian connotation, but rather, in the definitions as "general; universal" and "including or containing a mixture of diverse elements or styles". Additionally, hebetudinous does not necessarily have to relate solely to mental lethargy. :)

27-Sep-2009 13:51:03 - Last edited on 27-Sep-2009 13:51:49 by Yrolg

Leela Feliz

Leela Feliz

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Thank you, N. I hope you like my stories when you get the chance to read through them! :)

Thanks, Dream. I think you have read all but maybe 3 or 4 and of course the one we are working on. ;) Good luck to you and OHS as well, it will be a fine competition!

Yrolg, thanks for checking in on us! Also the clarifications are great, thank you so much. (Ok, maybe that was a little thick :P ) But really, thank you!

Wet R, I am working on a contribution I should post it late tonight or early tomorrow morning. Sorry this just hit at a really busy weekend for me. As in not able to be around a keyboard except at really crazy random hours of the early AM or late PM.

Feliz :P

27-Sep-2009 14:28:42

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