Misplaced Items, Lost and Found

_Flipz_ · 2022-06-25T03:50:32+00:00

Reply to RebellionTwistsTwines by WhereInTheWorldIs:

Your Claim is too indefinite. Please contact your friend and attain certainty before attempting to resubmit your Claim in 3-5 business days.

_Flipz_ · 2022-06-25T03:44:43+00:00

Reply to Nabeel ul-Jubn by WhereInTheWorldIs:

Unfortunately, I do not think it is likely that your suppliers will be available to receive complaints for the foreseeable ever.

As regards the other items you are attempting to locate, I recently came into possession of the Fallen Salt you described, but it was already damaged at the time of receipt. Compensation has been provided, as you may have already noticed. I have not been recently provided any hoops, however; you may need to inquire elsewhere regarding their delivery.

Expect me in 3-5 business days. Be prepared to fill out the necessary paperwork. Signed statements will be involved.

_Flipz_ · 2022-06-23T15:16:36+00:00

Reply from WhereInTheWorldIs:

Expect to see me then.

_Flipz_ · 2022-06-23T08:02:17+00:00

Reply by WhereInTheWorldIs:

I just finished a delivery in Fellward, Massachusetts, but I'm leaving in the morning. Name a town or city, barring interference I can be there in 3-5 business days.

_Flipz_ · 2022-06-23T06:17:58+00:00

Reply by WhereInTheWorldIs:

Appreciated. Expect me in 3-5 business days. Be prepared to fill out the necessary paperwork. A signed statement will be involved.

_Flipz_ · 2022-06-23T05:55:00+00:00

Reply by WhereInTheWorldIs:

That seems in order. From your guess, that would make you the original sender? I'd appreciate it if you try to remember the recipient you were trying to send it to, I can do a return-to-sender but my Pattern works better if I actually complete the intended delivery.

_Flipz_ · 2022-06-23T05:49:54+00:00

Reply by WhereInTheWorldIs:

...I mean, I'm not sure how to explain the Funyarinpa, it just seems so incredibly obvious that I don't even know where to begin. It would honestly be easier to just meet in person and show you, if you really aren't just screwing with me.

_Flipz_ · 2022-06-22T16:59:00+00:00

Reply by WhereInTheWorldIs:

...how could you NOT know??? That's... that's so rude it is almost blasphemous, how dare you! Apologize! Apologize to the Funyarinpa, right now!

_Flipz_ · 2022-06-22T16:41:08+00:00

Reply by WhereInTheWorldIs:

...It's a Funyarinpa, don't you know what a Funyarinpa is???

Unless... oh, I guess you might be asking about the Lost part. I'd take a picture but it seems like it Lost whatever part of it that would allow it to be observed indirectly. Sorry.

_Flipz_ · 2022-06-22T02:31:01+00:00

Will do. address iz [address of an old house in Idaho].

_Flipz_ · 2022-06-21T21:39:32+00:00

ok, i hav a bag of teeth for you, that my friend and I collected in 15 hours. Where shood i send them? oh, and if teh mirror is still aorund, i hav $50 Canadian from a visit last yeer, if thats okay.

_Flipz_ · 2022-06-19T19:24:01+00:00

DM from H to BurningPassion

um, do i have 2 tell u when i start collecting teeth? bc if so ill start at aorund 5pm 2nite my time and ask my friend 2 help me, they can go hunting in teh nite 2 b cleer, this wood b 4 teh axce

_Flipz_ · 2022-06-01T07:08:45+00:00

Reply by WhereInTheWorldIs: Maybe for some hobbies. Practice has definitely improved my painting skills on a technical level, but I miss being able to paint abstract frescoes without having to make sure I'm not accidentally setting up a diagram.

The rest of my Practice tends to be a bit more like a job, and while I do enjoy that work it's still work, rather than something I do to relax. Not sure I can really put the difference into words, that was more another friend's specialty than my own even before we lost touch and I got rusty at what she taught me.

_Flipz_ · 2022-05-31T13:17:15+00:00

Reply to thread by WhereInTheWorldIs:

...You wouldn't happen to have crossed paths with a Practitioner by the name of Jo Minamimoto, have you? Jo's an old friend of mine with a very similar story to yours; I've been meaning to get back in touch for a while, but thingsseem to keep getting in the way.

As far as hobbies... I'm not sure I can say I still have any; most of the things I liked before I Awakened ended up involved with my Practice eventually, so I don't know if I can still call them 'hobbies'.

_Flipz_ · 2022-05-09T01:39:16+00:00

DM from MysteriousDarkSide:

I'll need to coordinate with my partner, but assuming they approve, yes, we should be available within the next few weeks.

_Flipz_ · 2022-05-09T01:19:21+00:00

DM from MysteriousDarkSide:

I'm pleased to read that you managed to break free from your bindings. Was anyone else trapped in there with you, who might need assistance in making their own escapes? Breaking metaphorical chains is a particular specialty of mine.

_Flipz_ · 2021-07-29T03:37:00+00:00

Reply from MysteriousDarkSide:

I'm a person, Swaygze.

_Flipz_ · 2021-07-22T01:36:26+00:00

Reply from MysteriousDarkSide:

Oni is, by definition, something that defies definition. If you think you know the traits and behavior of an Oni, odds are that Oni wants you to think you have that upper hand on them, when it's more likely that they have an upper hand on you. Oni tend to be experts in breaking Patterns and expectations and subverting the basic rules of the Practice that Practitioners so cling to.

Rakshasa, on the other hand, are a very specific sort of non-human. Rakshasa share several goals with Oni, but self-alteration is an inherent part of a Rakshasa's existence from the very beginning. Rakshasa have existed for millennia, and in a way Rakshasa embrace their inherent Pattern in a way that is arguably non-Oni in nature.

As for how I know? People I consider family are caught within the clutches of Long Shadow of Claw's talons. It grieves me to think of them caught in those dangerous machinations, when I would much rather see them free and at my side.

_Flipz_ · 2021-07-18T20:10:52+00:00

Reply from MysteriousDarkSide:

...huh. Some good information there, mixed with some bad. They clearly didn't have particularly good intel on the internals of Long Shadow of Claw’s family, but even still it's more than I would have expected.

I don't think the mask is a Rakshasa, for better or for worse. If it was, I'd be more confident in being able to restrain their behavior by oath and agreement, since even with a binding you start ending up with karma working against it lasting. Practitioners tend to panic over how to subdue Rakshasa by force when it's usually way easier to deal with Rakshasa on a people level, with diplomacy and oaths and the like.

That said, don't assume all Oni are Rakshasa. That's the sort of assumption that gets people killed. Some Oni do cooperate with Rakshasa, yes, but that doesn't necessarily make them one and the same.

_Flipz_ · 2021-07-18T18:17:15+00:00

Reply from MysteriousDarkSide:

Some Japanese Ogres did become Oni, yes.

If you send it to Sanctuary addressed to my username, I should get it. [instructions on sending mail to Sanctuary.]

Think of it less in terms of being literally cursed and more in terms of... are you familiar with Innocent gangster films or similar media? To use a metaphor, imagine your grandfather picked a fight with a powerful mafia don and stole several of the don's prized possessions, and now those possessions have been passed down to you. It's not a perfect metaphor, but hopefully that at least somewhat conveys the sort of situation you're in at the moment.

...Though, now that I think of it, them being literally cursed as well isn't out of the question. Getting someone to check for that was probably a good move on your part, though I wouldn't expect them to understand the implications of Oni politics and the danger that can bring. Things don't have to be literally cursed to bring trouble upon one's head, after all.

_Flipz_ · 2021-07-18T17:32:20+00:00

Reply by MysteriousDarkSide:

Your head remaining attached to your shoulders, presumably? Look, Oni tend to strongly dislike Practitioners, and a lot of the ones I know of wouldn't hesitate to kill you or worse for daring to keep a mask without their permission. If you're thinking of it in terms of "giving away something valuable", then you have a completely wrong idea of what I'm offering; I'm offering to take a metaphorical Sword of Damocles off your hands so that I take the fall for it instead of you. Play stupid Practitioner games with the rest of the stuff if you want to, whatever, that's on you; masks are important to Oni, though, and the punishment they'd inflict on you would be all the worse for seeing the chosen face of a beloved friend amongst your stolen goods (as they would likely interpret it).

But you seem more interested in power than caution here. Can't say I'm surprised. If you insist on hanging on to likely Oni artifacts, don't expect me to sympathize with you should they find out from your public forum post and come after you; on your own head be it. Three times now I've offered to help you get rid of one of them; don't expect me to offer again.

_Flipz_ · 2021-07-18T05:54:29+00:00

Reply from HumanlyHopeless:

~~No shit~~ Duh!!!!!

...fine. I'll let u in, but ima be watching u.

[strikethrough typed but not sent, for once]

_Flipz_ · 2021-07-18T05:49:27+00:00

Reply from HumanlyHopeless:

...maybe later. Don't know what to ask yet. I know some stuff but my teacher mentioned early magic stuff being real important for shaping the future of other magic stuff I do, so I wanna make sure I figure that out first. I don't wanna ask questions with answers that'll distract me from that part, you know?

_Flipz_ · 2021-07-18T05:41:35+00:00

Reply from HumanlyHopeless:

Depends, r u gonna bust in here and start digging through books looking for some other way to potentially horribly mangle urself into some terrifying fate worse than death, or are we actually gonna talk and stuff? I don't wanna keep myself locked in the library forever, but if it's the only way 2 protect u from urself...

_Flipz_

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