Castel Ravello, Valley of Sansretour, Toussaint, Autumn of 1261
Grande-Dame Justine de Bois-Fresnes is making it a personal matter to oversee the harvest for the most famous wines of the world.
Although she isn't formally in charge, the Maître d’affaires couldn’t deny her expertise and capabilities.
As she had proven last year, her guidance and ubiquity all over the place pushed the many workers in the vineyard to outperform in their already excellent re
Work in Progress
Diamond City, Commonwealth, Summer of 2285
Piper Wright has discovered recent disturbing activities and they require intensified investigation and publication in her Publick Occurences.
But some other equally interesting topics are more suitable for her fresh branch publication: The UNPublick Occurrences
It is the night of 12th to 13th of March, 1260.
Jente Diel is about to become a future priestess of Melitele.
Tonight is the last night before her one week with the final exams, all ending with her ordination ceremony.
Jente is nervous, terrified to fail, can't sleep and writes last letters to her family to occupy her thoughts.
The last letters before she will enter into a new life.
Recommended music to match the mood of Jente:
Spikeroog (Witcher 3 Soundtrack), e.g. here ht
Letter to the family
To: Family Diel, Diel Metalworks, Maribor, Temeria
From: Jente Diel, Temple of Melitele, Ellander, Temeria
Ellander, the night of 12th to 13th of March, 1260
Dear Valerie, dear Yannick,
Just a few more days and you will be the proud parents of an ordained priestess to our beloved goddess Melitele.
Of course, I’ve passed all mandatory pre-exams and made it to the final ceremonial week - Examinatio et Probatio. It was very dem
Letter to Line
To: Line Diel, Diel Metalworks, Maribor, Temeria
From: Jente Diel, Temple of Melitele, Ellander, Temeria
Ellander, the night of 12th to 13th of March, 1260
My dear Liny,
Once this letter has reached you and you are reading this, you will be the twin-sister of a true and ordained priestess to our beloved goddess Melitele. Well, sort of. Probably. At least I hope so.
I am scared to death. It is almost midnight, and I
Phenomenon 158: Anxietas Examinis
Another completely irrational and utterly foolish, one might even say idiotic, phenomenon is called Anxietas Examinis, or test anxiety, as my lesser cultivated, but nevertheless highly regarded colleagues at the Imperial Academy would call it.
The avid observer can study this unproductive phenomenon in a wide range of extraordinary subjects among our students. Nevertheless, many much lesser distinguished subjects are available outside of our