The Diary of Galen Brandywine

[Galenel]

Jy 30
Tomorrow I arrive in the Citadel after an interesting journey at sea from Kes'Levy. I still have some money of the left that I received from the pawnbroker after selling the silver, gold & moonstone ring I had gotten last year from Uncle Faliel for my birthday. I felt bad selling it, but where else was I supposed to get the money with which to start my new life? I had to drop a crown to get on this boat but I have still have six crowns and a coronet left. (Good thing I sat out that dice game the sailors were playing the other night. I'd have gotten screwed, I'm sure.)

The boatswain's mate, Hugh, said if I was looking for cheap lodgings, I should go to the Inner Ring and find a place called the Burpin' Dragon, where I could also get a drink and a decent meal. I'll have to check it out. Obviously, I need to find a job. I want to find work as a bartender or wine steward someplace. I think I'm qualified, having grown up on a vineyard and fruit farm and worked in Uncle Faliel's tavern since I was eleven. I know I'm young, but I'm strong and I work hard, and I know a lot about wine & brandy. Not so much about beer & ale, but I'd guess the folks that drink beer & ale don't need an expert to pour a draught - right? I don't speak great Human but I think I can do alright. My accent is definitely there but not too strong. Besides, Hugh says there's a lot of Adhiel and Achadhiel in the Citadel, and a lot of other types of people as well. We'll see how it goes. First priority: find a place to live, at least for now. Second priority: find a job, any job (washing dishes, bussing tables, shoveling shit, I don't care). Third priority: start scouting leads for the kind of job I really want.

[Galenel]

I got a tattoo while waiting near the Port for a ship to take me to the Citadel. It's on the inside of my right forearm and it looks like this:



And while on the ship, one of the sailors pierced my ear up top, about a thumb's-width below the point.

I am quite pleased with both the tattoo and the ear-piercing.

[Galenel]

Two bards, one playing a mandolin and the other with Pan's pipes, played this song:

I like the way your sparkling earrings lay,
against your skin so white
and I wanna sleep with you
in the forest tonight
with a billion stars all around

I found out a long time ago
what a woman can do to your soul
Oh, but she can't take you anyway
You don't already know how to go

I get this feeling I may know you
as a lover and a friend
but this voice keeps whispering
in my other ear, tells me
I may never see you again

[Galenel]

I got a interview with a Mistress Ashari at Thalas Manse for a position as a server at her Rocky Isle Guild school. Not sure what exactly my duties there would be, but it would be decent money (well, money--I'm not sure how decent, but some being better than none, well...) and a roof over my head. And the house is full of girls, Ashari and a couple other girls and this new one, a dark-skinned Achadhiel who is kind of intriguing but who strikes me as kind of meek. We'll see how it goes. Hopefully Pan's light will shine on me and things will go well.