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heartofsummer) wrote2013-03-25 10:48 pm
heartofsummer) wrote2013-03-25 10:48 pm
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STERLING AND ONYX
YOUR PATRON ROOM DETAILS: Aka this is where you tell us what you picked (and how much it cost, just the total is fine). I only need one person per knight group to answer this!
INDIVIDUAL
What did you spend with your 100 points?:
What makes a home warm?
How can knights bring warmth to others?
Did you incorporate that into your room or your patron's (Maleficent or Beauty) room? If so, how?
YOUR PATRON ROOM DETAILS: Aka this is where you tell us what you picked (and how much it cost, just the total is fine). I only need one person per knight group to answer this!
INDIVIDUAL
What did you spend with your 100 points?:
What makes a home warm?
How can knights bring warmth to others?
Did you incorporate that into your room or your patron's (Maleficent or Beauty) room? If so, how?
ONYX
Sasuke
For my own room:
- Level 2 fireplace (50)
For David's room:
- A warm-all-day kotatsu (100 pts)
For Maleficent's room:
I traded an ornate sword from a lost world that I restored for 100 points. Those points were used collectively to decide on what her room would get.
What makes a home warm?
Figuratively, it's whoever is there. Companionship. Family. Self-sufficiency. Otherwise it's just an empty place.
How can knights bring warmth to others?
'Knight' is a loose role and concept without real meaning on its own. A person brings warm to others by challenging them into improving themselves and by offering them support and care.
Did you incorporate that into your room or your patron's room? If so, how?
Yes. We collaborated as a group into deciding what would bring more warm to Maleficent's room and I decided to trade off something important to compensate for the points we needed.
For my own room I decided I only needed something to literally keep it warm for whenever I had to be there, because I spend very little time in it. For David's, I suggested a kotatsu because it'd be something that can potentially keep more than one person warm and at the same time, the table could serve multiple purposes.
Re: ONYX
What did you spend with your 150 points?:
I gave 50 to Mal and kept 100 for me to get a level 2 mirror, a level 2 lantern, and level 3 blankets.
What makes a home warm?
Fire keeps things real warm, but blankets, too, and body heat. And love. And cuddlin', cuddlin's real important.
How can knights bring warmth to others?
By givin' people hugs and quests for warm stuff they like. And spendin' time with people.
Did you incorporate that into your room or your patron's room? If so, how?
Um, yeah, 'cause Mal's room is made so we can all have a sleepover there. It'll be real warm 'cause there'll be lots of people, all of Onyx, and we'll all be sleepin' together real cozy.
Fang
For my room
lvl 2 fireplace (50)
lvl 1 shelves (15)
hunting knife and whetstone (30)
small rug (25)
squishy exercise mat (20)
for Maleficent's room
10 points toward flowers
What makes a home warm?
Family. I can't say I have much of one here yet, but that's the general idea of it. You can work from there to get what you want. Family makes sure you're happy. Comfortable. All of that.
How can knights bring warmth to others?
I can list a few ways, but something tells me that this isn't the time or place.
But through helping out, probably. Not putting themselves first. I'd guess that's the ticket. Even if "knight" is a dumb thing most times, we are here to hand things out to people who need them.
Did you incorporate that into your room or your patron's room? If so, how?
Yeah, for both.
For my room, I didn't need much, but I haven't been in Aather long to accumulate things so that was a deciding factor. So, shelves, a hunting knife, things like that'll help me out. Plus, I can keep in shape in my room. But most of all, I did need literal warmth. I'm from somewhere warm originally. Camelot's different.
As for Maleficent's room ... Part of our helping out is to be a strength to our patron, and one way she gets strength is through being around all of us. So we set up the room in two ways. First, so she'd be happy and comfortable in there. Plus, she's the bookish sort, so we ensured that there'd be a comfortable place for her to read, as well as one to rest all her books. There are plants because she can't be without them and a nice large bed. That's where we come in. See, Viola was right: it'd be a place for all of us to relax and be together. "Sleepovers" was the word she used, and that's the idea.
Re: ONYX
150220 points?:20 Stuffed Animal Level 2 (a Sneasel for Maleficent)
50 Fireplace Level 2
40 Exercise Mat Level 3
60 Bathtub Level 3 (customized to be extra sturdy and deep rather than fancy, since it's for Feraligatr)
20 Lantern Level 2
20 a good climbing rope
What makes a home warm?
Well... there are two kinds of warmth, right? Physical warmth and... emotional warmth, I guess. I spent a lot of time around nothing but ice and cold people as a child, and it wasn't-- I didn't like it. So being physically warm is important for comfort and survival, but so is emotional warmth... I think. For most of my life, my home has been wherever my sister was. We kept each other warm.
How can knights bring warmth to others?
We can help heroes on quests to bring physical warmth to their teams. But we can also bring emotional warmth to each other through comfort and companionship. I'd like to think we've done that for Maleficent.
Did you incorporate that into your room or your patron's room? If so, how?
I think so. For my room, I traded a few things for extra points. Most of the things I bought were for my Pokémon, honestly. I got the fireplace and bathtub for Feraligatr, because he's going to be pretty cold here and I want him to be comfortable. The training mat and rope are for, well, training. They're my team, and to me, they're the biggest reminder of "home" that I have.
I came a little late to the game, so Onyx had already come up with a lot of good ideas for Maleficent's room. I wanted to give her something simple but comforting, so I suggested a stuffed animal. Originally it was going to be a cat, but Sasuke said that a Sneasel might mean more to her. I also used my leftover points to contribute to more soil for her garden. I want Maleficent to be comfortable here, and know that we all care for her.
Re: ONYX
I've already a proper bed, desk and wardrobe, and at first I was at quite the loss to think of things I was in want of. A fireplace, naturally, as it is cold in this realm, and then a small but well-made rug, for under foot near the bed, and a flowering plant that I could tend and keep, when the outside climate is so inhospitable to my patron's gardens.
More than that, I couldn't think I would need. However, Sasuke kindly gave me his remaining points... and then had quite a few suggestions on what I ought purchase with them. I suppose that is only fitting, as by now it is nearly as much his space as mine. With those remaining points I have obtained us a "kotatsu", which he tells me is a table set with blankets and a heater, which sounds quite fine for both the weather and company; he also bade me get us a chessboard, presumably so we've something to do whilst we sit at our table.
What makes a home warm?
A home is warmed by those you share it with, and by the sense of belonging you get from it. Moreover, a home is not a physical building so much as it is that very sense of belonging, itself. In that way, a home can move with you, wherever you may go.
How can knights bring warmth to others?
I shall tell you what I told Sasuke, when we discussed it earlier:
My first idea was that we could all contribute to the same idea of warmth, like a patchwork quilt. However... however, I think that is not quite the right of it. A patchwork quilt only serves its purpose when it is all assembled, with proper backing and every piece accounted for; in disparate pieces, a patchwork quilt is quite useless. Further, the loss of a even single piece weakens it, makes it easy for cold to seep in, and increases the likelihood of furhter wear.
Onyx, least, is not like that. Individually we all have our own purpose, our own use, and our own best way of accomplishing our set goal, even if our methods are distinct and, at times, incompatible. Seperated, we would still provide some measure of warmth; our value remains constant, alone or togeher.
...But still, when together, we can offer much more warmth than if we were apart. Like-- layering blankets upon a bed. The more of us there are, the warmer it will be.
...However, he gave me quite the look, for that. I think perhaps he did not appreciate the sentiment so much.
In a more practical sense, we bring warmth by being support and providers to others. For my own part, I try and be constant and reliable in that, so that the heroes and my fellow knights should never feel that lack.
Did you incorporate that into your room or your patron's room? If so, how?
...yes and no, for our patron. Certainly we only got her the one blanket. But we also filled her room with a collection of perfectly useful items which, when taken as a whole, make a rather delightfully garish distillation of the presence we clearly feel she has.
For myself, I certainly think so; now the room will be set with those things that help me feel that I belong there and, with the addition of both Sasuke and those things I obtained with his contributed points, hopefully be a space that offers belonging to others.