#starcaller

starcaller mentioned in an ost title

i have no idea what it even means. it plays in lianca's tribe too but. c'mon do you know anyone else who is called starcaller.

so firstly she's dreaming of specifically a k'atun without fear. a k'atun is 7200 days, specifically, a bit more than 19 years and 8 months. I wonder if that implies fear is back after this k'atun.

the city of jade, in Chinese is the turquoise city. I'm not sure about that part on the new lord being born twice, but apparently in Chinese it doesn't say "twice", just that the new king will be born. I wonder if that part is a reference to whoever inherits her title or the Pyro Archon

my first thought was, if I wanted to stretch a little, what if Xbalanque's reign lasted a k'atun, than there was fear again during Och-Kan's reign (and then, a second new Lord (2nd Pyro Archon) was born again ending it)? I mean, timeline wise it could... line up? i know xbalanque is not supposed to appear in prophecies but this girl sometimes seems like she did see him

and the promises of the night. the golden emissary part made me raise an eyebrow. like what? whom? there are many things associated with gold. the dragons for starters. or this, but I'm getting carried away. even the traveler twins, but they're actually descenders from another world so she shouldn't be seeing this. emissaries is usually Celestia but not always so...

the green bird. my mind drifted off to Vourukasha Oasis immediately heh. still, what green bird?? this one? /j (genuinely, what green bird?)

And Aq're Q'aq means "tongue of fire". what does that refer to? ... beats me

She offers no further explanation; and Starcaller will keep his curiosity checked for now. Despite a few mutants crossing the threshold that he regretted every bringing in—he actively doesn’t let the betrayal jade him. He’s been alive long enough to know there are bad eggs in every batch. Even his own. Helping her to her feet, her hands are much daintier than their own. Kinevart moves with the same grace her appearance implies. Starcaller can’t help but think she’d make an excellenta addition to their home. “I was in the same before I created this place. It can become addictive—belonging somewhere after so long alone.”  Hands return to his pockets as he begins to fall into step with her towards the barrier. It shimmers, the once hazy inner grounds clear besides the iridescent film they walk through. The air inside is cleaner, fresher. Imogen’s hard working bees often buzzing through and the ground likely to spring up sporadic, strange flowers to accommodate them before the disappear into the earth once more. Growing and dying with the speed of small mushrooms, taking from and nourishing the grounds. “Anyone can walk out of the barrier,” they explain, given her propensity for isolation he assumes that can also be mistaken for a need for freedom, “Not everyone can come in.” “Welcome to the Sanctum. Where would you like to start?” coming to a stop, he gestures, pointing out the general area of each. The buildings don’t instantly give way to their function, having adapted to the old factory he built the sanctum upon. A natural growth over unnatural forms: like an artificial reef. “Mutants can live an entire lifetime in here without leaving. We have the main building, a shared space with the kitchens. The residences. A school, my labs. Something like a hospital, mainly with others that share your ability. A few who are trained.” @starcvller

She wants to disagree; that she could never find belonging addictive, because solitude is her choice and her preference. But she hasn’t really tried belonging anywhere but her forest, so it isn’t really her place to disagree. Kinevart has always been quite resistant to change.  And in any case, it is difficult to want to be disagreeable in a place like this. Starcaller leads her forth and Kinevart takes in the shimmering world; shifting in lucent rainbows like the belly of a trout swimming upstream in sparkling sunlight. It feels very special, very different. Alien, yet comforting, which is how Starcaller feels, too. “It feels as though the city is very far away, suddenly,” she says. As though the barrier is not a barrier, but a portal.