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[malenudepaintings]

Maria Wiik, unknown title, unknown date, Finnish National Gallery

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Unknown title (possibly "Seaside"?) Nita Engle (1925-2019) Watercolor, 1996

Watercolor painting on paper depicting a figure standing by a stormy seaside. Signed along the lower right.

Sight; height: 17 3/8 in x width: 27 3/4 in. Framed; height: 25 1/8 in x width: 35 5/8 in.

Sold on Revere Auctions in 2020.

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Vi-Lu Resort, Upper Hay Lake, Pequot Lakes, Minnesota (subject; unknown title) Nita Engle (1925-2019) Watercolor

[sburbian-sage]

Grace of Rain again. Good to know I'm not directly responsible for this. The fact that the lack of a Cataclysm probably *was* the Cataclysm is hilarious. Doesn't make the Classpect situation in my current session any less weird tho. We've got a Bard of Keys, Mage of Blaze, Seer of Dreams, Lord of Clouds, Smith of Time, Sylph of Might, Maid of Law, Knight of Fate, Nymph of Forks, Page of Frost, Grace of Grace, Guide of Space, Witch of Snow (me), Dame of Tides, Muse of Stars, and Sage of Star.

Oh. I only saw the first half of this ask and just got done writing up an entire post under the assumption that the "overlap" was in fact a curious case of duplicate Titles and synonyms. Fuck me for not reading ahead.

My own personal skill issue aside, I'm put in a tough position here. You said you just got done with your previous session a week ago, yes? Is it possible that, for example, Blaze and Frost are in fact just Flow and Rhyme? If you're still early-game, your powers wouldn't have had much time to manifest, and while they might look different, it's still possible that they might just be weird, alternate instances of Flow and Rhyme? Then again, I've never heard of the color schemes themselves changing. I might just be cope-posting because I'm still bitter about the wasted write-up.

We might have to bite the bullet on this one. If these Classes and Aspects are truly not just duplicate instances of pre-existing Titles, then they're either entirely new Classes and Aspects, or are indistinguishable from the same. I struggle to imagine this is the case, because "Star" is just "Stars" but they dropped a letter, and anyone who's followed this blog for long enough knows about the Lord/Smith drama. But it's one or the other. If they're duplicates, my original write-up is applicable. If they're not duplicates, operate as though they were new, unknown Titles (which they might be). Search for "Rare Title" guides, use intuition and play cautiously to learn the unknown variables (like your first time playing SBURB, basically), and write down your notes for future research and guide-writing.

Regardless of which is true, with sixteen players on hand, your organizational skills are going to be put to the test. The presence of the Muse and Smith should be a boon, as the latter can reliably work by themselves and the former excels in situations like these. You also have a Grace with an outright bugged Title, though I believe she's likely a Grace of Mist, considering how packed and jumbled Title Attribution is. Have some confidence, keep a cool head, try not to let everyone get overwhelmed, be smart with Unbreakable Unions, and leverage that number advantage, and you should be able to turn this into a wash-out in your favor.

Also, here's the original write-up with my misunderstanding intact. For posterity's sake, and in case it's useful to anyone.

Oh, this one's simple. It's not uncommon for SBURB to apply an "incorrect" name to an Aspect. It's less like it's "wrong", it's more like a synonym and it throws people off. Most likely results?

Keys = Law

Blaze = Flow (Flow's element is fire)

Lord = Smith (THE CORRECT TITLE FOR THIS CLASS)

Clouds = Breath (associations with air and wind) or Mist (Mist is fog and those kind of look like clouds)

Nymph = Slyph (forest fairy creature, sounds the same, entirely possible this is some unknown class nobody's ever heard of and everyone's going to shit their pants)

Forks = Mind? (a fork in the road, a decision to be made? not confident with this one)

Frost = Rhyme (Rhyme's element is ice)

Snow = Rhyme (Rhyme's element is ice)

Tides = Might (Might's element is water)

Star = Stars (let's think for a second)

The odd one out is "Grace of Grace", where it seems a Class got assigned as an Aspect. But that one seems easy. It's Mist. Mist constantly copies and replicates data like this. And if you have a Grace of Mist in your midst, it's not impossible that the influence is already being felt. Not only in the sense that every Title got synonym'd, but in the sense that you have two Law, two Might, two Rhyme, two Stars, two Slyph, two Smith, and two Muse Players. That's seven instances of Duplicate Titles, god DAMN. And that bumps up to eight if Cloud = Mist.

The bright side of this is, you have a whopping 16 players, two of whom are Smiths and two of whom are Muses. If you can properly organize yourselves, you should be able to clean house. When it comes to forging Unbreakable Unions, the Smiths and Muses should obviously match up first, because they're like peanut butter and jelly, and the Flow Player should similarly get a turn with each Rhyme Player. Afterwards, you should get interesting results from pairing people with the same Classes or Aspects. They already "get" each other (same Whispers), and their ability to synchronize Fraymotifs should be near perfect.

Of course, it'll still suck because that's a lot of people to manage, and a Grace of Mist will cause more headaches with regards to duplication. But you just got done with a session with a Waste of Mist. Granted, it didn't go off per your report. But still, have some confidence. I cannot understate how powerful TWO SMITHS and TWO MUSES is.

[kcleih]

Fellow story lovers, I need help.

Many moons ago (25-30 years) there was a book that I loved, but it’s long since lost and I can not for the life of me remember title or author. I’m also unable to find it by any Google search. Ive tried some book-finding sites to no avail.

I’ve begun to doubt it ever actually existed.

I’m hoping someone might know of the book, or at least have an idea how to go about finding it.

I don’t remember what age bracket it would be for, but definitely a kids book. I want to say somewhere around 10-12 (that’s what? 4th grade??)

This is what I remember, but it’s been a couple decades so there’s a lot I’m uncertain about:

It was set in China, I think. A painter (possibly an older man?) was given the honor/order of painting a great scene of the Chinese zodiac banquet with god and all the animals for the emperor (maybe a governor of some sort but pretty sure it was the emperor).

The painter and his wife have recently found a kitten and the kitten makes them so happy he adds it in a corner of the painting. The court official that comes to collect the painting is horrified to find a cat pictured at the zodiac banquet and demands it be painted over.

(Yes I have read Fruits Basket why do you ask?)

The painter eventually agrees because he and his wife need the money (I think? There’s a reason he agrees anyway). The court official approves the painting once the cat is removed and takes it to the emperor’s palace.

However when the painting is revealed, the cat is now at the table with the rest of the animals. (This part I believe happened but it’s possible the memory of the book might have been influenced by Fruits Basket years later. This book was one thing that inspired me to eventually read Fruits Basket, so some details are hard to separate.)

I’m sure there’s a bit after that but I don’t remember anything else.

If you know any stories like this, or any way of finding a story without the author or title, please let me know!

Thank you!!!

[thewirewitch]

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I was browsing radio stations today and I came across this! I have no idea who made it though and would really like some help finding out. I tried a few music finders, but they all gave no results.

What is this spooky pirate-y circus-y track???

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