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[conclavecreator]

my favorite things about Selesnya

the trees. everything is so alive and green!

Because our buildings and zoning are carefully planned, we get the most sunlight. I love sunlight.

the food. you can eat every day, even multiple times a day. and there are so many different kinds of foods! (Pro tips from an expert: you need to peel oranges before eating them, garlic is not a fruit, and vanilla extract does NOT taste as good as it smells.)

getting to help people. there are always things that need to be fixed or tended to or produced.

Guildleader Tandris. She has been so nice to me. Nicer than I ever thought anyone could ever be in the whole entire worlds, even though I arrived on a Path that wasn't supposed to be there and threw up on the radish seedlings and passed out in the chamomile. She says I remind her a little of another young person she looked after a long, long time ago. Mostly because I'm always asking questions.

(I'm sure the Trostani are great too! I just haven't met them. I mean, no one has, but especially not me.)

[conclavecreator]

So apparently there are planeswalkers on this communications platform. Cool cool cool cool.

And- absolutely noooo pressure- I have a few questions. Eensy weensy teeny tiny questions. No big deal, right?

Do you guys all know each other?

How many of you are there?

Allegedly you're not all evil, but I've heard enough "the multiverse a place where only the cleverest survive," and "those who can't protect what they have lose it, and that's the natural order of things" and "I only wish to aid you by forging you into a stronger shape," to know that no one thinks of themselves as evil. So... if you had to prove that you're not evil by describing something you did in the past, what's the most not-evil thing you've ever done?

[conclavecreator]

I dunno if anyone who’s lived in Ravnica for longer knows, but… did Guildleader Tandris ever have a son or anything like that? Probably not a biological son. I haven’t found anything in the official records, especially not a spouse, but… she’s awfully sad sometimes when she talks about how I’m not the first half-dead creature to turn up on her doorstep.

And there are some old clothes in a storage trunk I’ve caught her looking at once or twice. The way you look at a corpse when you know you have to strip anything valuable from the body before the scavengers come, but you still can’t quite believe that person’s dead.

If I can get a description, I could go to the Golgari and see if any of the body farmers bought a corpse matching his description. And if I have a name, I can go to the Orzhov and check their death records, which everyone knows are loads better than the municipal ones.

I very badly want to do something nice for Guildleader Tandris, after everything she’s done for me. I think trying to track down whatever kid she looked after before me, whatever horrible thing happened to him that she won’t say his name, is the absolute least I could do.

[conclavecreator]

avishkar packing tips

with the Grand Prix in the news (I got to see it!!! it was so exciting!!!) a lot of Ravnicans are apparently planning to go to Ghirapur. Well, here's my travel tips based on my experience!

sunscreen. it's a lot brighter there than on Ravnica, and a lot less rain. people who live there seem to be pretty well-adjusted to it. but if you're not, you're going to get a sunburn. "oh, I have dark skin-" YOU'RE GOING TO GET A SUNBURN. and then you'll come to me asking for aloe gel and I'll be out of it and that's on you.

A camera. If you don't know what a camera is, it's basically a box that makes a very fast drawing of something, only without a goblin inside. You can get them in any specialty import store that has things from Capenna or Kamigawa (but I think the ones from Capenna are easier to use) You'll want to take pictures of all the bright shiny buildings.

If you're a mage, you're going to need to go to the Avishkar embassy and get a certificate saying that you're in control of your powers. Magic isn't life-or-death illegal there anymore, but most people will be a little suspicious of you, especially if your powers can explode things. Friends in the Izzet... I'm looking at you.

You're not allowed to bring any magical fire-starting devices. There's an enchanted crystal in your lighter? Leave that at home.

Bring healing potions if you're going to see the Grand Prix. I know they say the act of violence that injured a lot of the racers and collapsed the stands was a one-time thing. But you know what's not a one-time thing? Goblins. Goblins are always making things explode.

A bag with wheels on. You're going to buy so much stuff at the night markets and museums and workshops, and do you really want to carry all of that? I promise you don't.

also the food is completely different than what's available on Ravnica! if you're a really picky eater, they do have mushrooms, but I encourage you to try everything. Even if you're like me and you grew up somewhere where salt was considered a rare spice and you think you're going to die every time you eat something that isn't a mango. You get used to it! I promise!