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[stillsostrange]

Feeling less stressed today. I sorted out a huge point of character motivation/action, and filled in an important [conversation]. And the first half of the book is still fun to read.

Today's random WiP questions:

Who is the saint of hunters?

What is the formal name of Erisín's east gate?

What costume is this assassin wearing when he infiltrates the royal ball?

What are some of Selafai's superstitious cures for the flu?

Comments

[txanne.livejournal.com]

As you know, Amanda-Bob, I've been doing serious research into flu remedies. I recommend steeping grated ginger in boiling water, straining, and adding honey and a healthy slug of rum or other strong drink. It burns like hell going down, though, and I imagine there are various requirement for prayers and imprecations directed at Selafai's saint of healers. (My own personal favorite is "motherFUCK that hurts." Efficacious, even if it lacks poetry.)

Other cures are various broths and soups--like tom yum kai, or whatever they call it in Selafai. Tea, with or without liquor. Hot chocolate for when you just can't face cooking, but you need some sustenance. (Do they have chocolate?)

[mr-earbrass.livejournal.com]

I have a batshit crazy aunt who snorts cayenne powder to ward off fell spirits of the pest. Pretty sure she'd be one of villagers praying to the swamp gas when the plague rolled in. Unrelated, but she once gave my parents a lecture on how I shouldn't be allowed to play D&D or Doom, which I thought was something fundies only did in urban legends.

[clarentine]

What are some of Selafai's superstitious cures for the flu?

Given that flu is so contagious and likely deadly in a world without antibiotics, I'd guess the cures would be likewise deadly - ducking, maybe? Some sort of hogan-like structure where noxious substances would be burnt, driving out the evil? Maybe the cure will depend on what the culture believes the flu is. If it's magic, some magic-related act or substance. If it's evil, something to drive out the demons.

[mmaresca.livejournal.com]

What costume is this assassin wearing when he infiltrates the royal ball?

A vest? Can't go wrong with vests, I say.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Gate of Night's End? (As it faces the sunrise.)
Yay on character sorting.

[sovay]

Who is the saint of hunters?

Aktaion.