rainstormamaya
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~best known as May~
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Post by rainstormamaya on May 16, 2009 8:41:02 GMT 10
Title: Unexpected Rating: G Prompt: Switch Words: 200 Category: up to 250 Summary: Giacinta Salmalín is unexpected. Jon is startled.
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The mage was dressed in shades of dusty black and brown; hard travel had left their mark on them in the same way they had left their mark on the mage’s face, thin and slightly pinched, the corners of the wide mouth turned down. Long fingers toyed nervously with an incongruously bright juggling ball; the mage clapped elegant hands and a ball of black glittering fire snapped into being, then vanished at a wave of those same hands.
“Mistress Salmalín, welcome to Corus,” King Jonathan said, sweeping into the audience room with a regal smile on his face, even though his head was spinning with questions like what would I do if this woman decided to take Tortall apart right now?
He was far too dignified to falter, and anyway, he covered it up well, but Giacinta Salmalín, who had once been Mara Draper, was used to the elaborate deception of the Carthaki court and he never had a chance; she noticed, and smiled ruefully.
The woman with the most powerful natural Gift in the known world, the most hunted runaway in Carthak, Mara Draper, Giacinta Salmalín –five foot eleven and a half in her stocking feet- bowed. “Your Majesty.”
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Post by ubiquitous on May 16, 2009 10:29:51 GMT 10
Guh. Just awesome!! ♥
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Minuit
Knight
Helping George out of the Closet
*splat*
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Post by Minuit on May 16, 2009 21:05:12 GMT 10
Ooh, lovely. What an amazing switch.
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anilaurel
Queen's Rider
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Post by anilaurel on May 17, 2009 1:03:16 GMT 10
Numairs a chick, this is the meaning of AWESOMEness. Great work.
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rainstormamaya
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Helps Kat get her Conte fix
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Post by rainstormamaya on May 17, 2009 7:58:55 GMT 10
Thank you to everyone who commented! ;D
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opalgirl
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I also answer to Val.
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Post by opalgirl on May 17, 2009 9:36:18 GMT 10
A female Numair-like character? *Is very interested* Also, plot bunnies. Well done, May. Finally, I'm curious as to where you got her name - Giacinta.
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rainstormamaya
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Helps Kat get her Conte fix
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Post by rainstormamaya on May 17, 2009 22:00:56 GMT 10
Haha, thank you! I'm getting to like this idea more and more. As for Giacinta, well you know the site Behind the Name? It has a function where you choose categories of names, by nationality or mythology or whatever, and then tick if you want a woman's name or a man's, and you press a button and it comes up with hundreds of random names in those categories. Giacinta is Italian (I wanted a name she might know, and Tyra is vaguely based on Venice and where Numair comes from) and actually a variant of 'Hyacinth'. It stuck in my head.
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opalgirl
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Post by opalgirl on May 17, 2009 23:08:05 GMT 10
Ooooh. Yep. Very familiar with Behind the Name's generator. I like it, though.
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Post by Lisa on May 18, 2009 1:11:39 GMT 10
Very interesting switch!
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Post by girlcalledsun on Jun 3, 2009 6:39:38 GMT 10
Oh, interesting.
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Post by Katty on Jun 29, 2009 21:46:21 GMT 10
lovely.... very thought provoking!
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Post by zbilja on Jul 19, 2009 21:51:54 GMT 10
W O W. This is just so... so... Brilliant! You should be very proud of yourself.
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