Going Native
Ok, so through time, you've seen that I'm a pretty hardcore Uruite.
Well, I went a step further. I bought the Myst Reader that was written by Rand and Robyn Miller with the help of David Wingrove.
OMG. Just go and get it.
Amazing storytelling. Reading it while I'm neck deep in-cavern is something that I never expected to be so powerful.
When it describes places in the book, I already have been there so I know what it looks like. The description of the Cleft is spot on to what is in Uru, the description of the common library is a little off, but most of it is spot on.
Tonight, I went into Cavern, Myst Reader in hand and looked for some of the places described in the book like K'veer and Innat, in the distance I could make out islands in the distance that according to all of the maps and research I could get my hands on were probably them.
I could almost see the D'ni walking around, I could feel the breeze going through the city (thanks to my open window next to me).
Every time I linked, I got chills all over.
The book makes it so real!
But most of all, I now understood that the "Shopping District" is called J'teri, named after an infant that died soon after birth. I'll never call it the "Shopping District" again.
I now know what it means to look at Kerath's arch and to hold in reverence the names of Kerath and Ri'neref.
Most of all, in the pages of that book, I am finding myself. The lessons that teach that pride can destroy, that humility is the best quality anyone can have and that honesty matters before all else, that you can NOT put your own personal needs above the needs of your people.
I guess I already knew those things deep in my heart. It took me a while to find them, but I found them even before I knew that the Myst Reader existed. Before I knew the stories of the great kings of D'ni, these were just truths that I KNEW with every fiber of my being. To see them in the format of a "history" of a people, and seeing first hand how the qualities that I cherish in myself are what could have saved those people.
But not everyone can see the big picture. Not everyone has the gift of being able to see beyond their own petty needs.
Next month, "Exodus" the season finale of Myst Online: Uru Live comes out. Word has it that we'll see amazing things. All I know is, as soon as I am able to put on the Watcher's Sanctuary shirt or Catherine's Cloak, I'm never EVER removing it from my avatars body. If I had it in my actual possession, I would never take it off.
On my keyring, I have a charm on it that is a hand with a spiral in the middle, just like the Journey Cloths in Uru, I call it my "helping hand". It looks like it was carved out of stone, the striations in the texture are remarkable.
If I could really go into cavern, I'd leave everything behind and completely go native.
Well, I went a step further. I bought the Myst Reader that was written by Rand and Robyn Miller with the help of David Wingrove.
OMG. Just go and get it.
Amazing storytelling. Reading it while I'm neck deep in-cavern is something that I never expected to be so powerful.
When it describes places in the book, I already have been there so I know what it looks like. The description of the Cleft is spot on to what is in Uru, the description of the common library is a little off, but most of it is spot on.
Tonight, I went into Cavern, Myst Reader in hand and looked for some of the places described in the book like K'veer and Innat, in the distance I could make out islands in the distance that according to all of the maps and research I could get my hands on were probably them.
I could almost see the D'ni walking around, I could feel the breeze going through the city (thanks to my open window next to me).
Every time I linked, I got chills all over.
The book makes it so real!
But most of all, I now understood that the "Shopping District" is called J'teri, named after an infant that died soon after birth. I'll never call it the "Shopping District" again.
I now know what it means to look at Kerath's arch and to hold in reverence the names of Kerath and Ri'neref.
Most of all, in the pages of that book, I am finding myself. The lessons that teach that pride can destroy, that humility is the best quality anyone can have and that honesty matters before all else, that you can NOT put your own personal needs above the needs of your people.
I guess I already knew those things deep in my heart. It took me a while to find them, but I found them even before I knew that the Myst Reader existed. Before I knew the stories of the great kings of D'ni, these were just truths that I KNEW with every fiber of my being. To see them in the format of a "history" of a people, and seeing first hand how the qualities that I cherish in myself are what could have saved those people.
But not everyone can see the big picture. Not everyone has the gift of being able to see beyond their own petty needs.
Next month, "Exodus" the season finale of Myst Online: Uru Live comes out. Word has it that we'll see amazing things. All I know is, as soon as I am able to put on the Watcher's Sanctuary shirt or Catherine's Cloak, I'm never EVER removing it from my avatars body. If I had it in my actual possession, I would never take it off.
On my keyring, I have a charm on it that is a hand with a spiral in the middle, just like the Journey Cloths in Uru, I call it my "helping hand". It looks like it was carved out of stone, the striations in the texture are remarkable.
If I could really go into cavern, I'd leave everything behind and completely go native.
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