S. Stormy she/her Posted November 15, 2022 Report Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) When you memorize the story of Fleet. And want to find somewhere to perform it. EDIT: I have PROOF: Spoiler What do you see? I... Close your eyes, idiot. What do you see? That's the song of a man who is running. In the driest part of the brightest day The man set off from the eastern sea And where he went or why he ran The answer comes from you to me. He ran from the storm. The man was Fleet, whose name you know! He's spoken of in song and lore The fastest man e'er known to live, The surest feet e'er known to roam! In times long past, in times I've known He raced the Herald Chan-a-rach. He won that race as he did each one But now the time for defeat had come For Fleet so sure, and Fleet the quick To all that heard he yelled his goal To beat the wind and race a storm A claim so brash, a claim too bold To race the wind? It can't be done Undaunted, Fleet was set to run So to the east, there went our Fleet Upon the shore his mark was set The storm grew strong, the storm grew wild Who was this man all set to dash? No man should tempt the God of Storms No fool had ever been so rash At first, Fleet did well. O’er rock and grass, our Fleet did run He leaped the stones and dodged the trees His feet a blur, his soul a sun The storm so grand, it raged and spun But away from it our Fleet did run The lead was his, the wind behind Did man now prove that storms could lose? Through land he ran so quick and sure And Alethkar he left behind But now the test he saw ahead For mountains he would have to climb The storm surged on, released a howl It saw its chance might now approach So to the highest mounts and the coldest peaks Our hero Fleet did make his way. The slopes were steep and paths unsure Could he maintain his mighty lead? Obviously not. You can never stay ahead. Not for long. No! The storm grew close, till it chewed his heels. Upon his neck, Fleet felt its chill Its breath of ice was all around A mouth of night and wings of frost Its voice was of the breaking rocks Its song was of the crashing rain Then the tip he reached! The point he found! Fleet climbed no more, but crossed the peak And down the side, his speed returned! Outside the storm, Fleet found the sun Azir’s plains were now his path He sprinted west, more broad his stride But he was growing weak. No man can run that far without getting tired. Even Fleet. Yet soon the race its toll did claim, His feet like bricks, his legs like cloth In gasps our runner drew his breath The end approached, the storm outdone But slowly did our hero run. More mountains. Shinovar. A final challenge raised its head, A final shadow to his dread The land did rise up once again, The Misted Mountains guarding Shin. To leave the storming winds behind, Our Fleet again began to climb. The storm caught up. The storm again came to his back, The wind again did spin around! The time was short, the ending near As through those mounts our Fleet did dash It was right upon him. Even going down the other side, he was unable to stay very far ahead. He crossed the peak, but lost his lead. The last paths lay before his feet, But strength he’d spent And might he’d lost. Each step was toil, each breath in pain. A sunken land he crossed with grief, The grass so dead it did not move. Ahead, the sea, the race’s end. Eyes barely saw, legs barely walked, But on he went to destiny. The end you know, the end must live A shock for men to me you'll give He died. He didn’t make it. The end. So you do know this story. I thought you were making it up. No, you were. Then what is there to know? All stories have been told before. We tell them to ourselves, as did all men who ever were and all men who ever will be. The only things new are the names. So... Fleet. Was he real? As real as I am. And he died? He died. What? Upon that land of dirt and soil Our hero fell and did not stir! His body spent, his strength undone, Fleet the hero was no more. The storm approached and found him there. It stilled and stopped upon its course! The rains they fell, the winds they blew, But forward they could not progress. For glory lit, and life alive, For goals unreached and aims to strive All men must try, the wind did see. It is the test, it is the dream So in that land of dirt and soil, Our hero stopped the storm itself! And while the rain came down like tears, Our Fleet refused to end this race. His body dead but not his will, Within those winds his soul did rise. It flew upon the day’s last song To win the race and claim the dawn. Past the sea and past the waves, Our Fleet no longer lost his breath. Forever strong, forever fast, Forever free to race the wind. What does it mean? It’s your story. You decide. The storm caught him. The storm catches everyone, eventually. Does it matter? I don’t know. Good. Then you have something to think about. The End Typed/voice typed. From memory. *mic drop* Edited November 16, 2022 by Shallan Stormblessed ADDING MEMORIZATION 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Cremling she/her Posted November 15, 2022 Report Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) When your class was sharing good books, and when someone mentioned Cytonic you jumped like three feet, and were very happy for the rest of class. and when you spent like an hour trying to convince your dad to go to Barnes & Noble to get the Lost Metal tomorrow. And you’re very sad that you can’t go today because you have plans. Okay apparently my parents got me The Lost Metal early yesterday morning as a surprise. And we didn’t even pre-order it or something. My dad just went to the bookstore and got the one remaining copy. Edited November 16, 2022 by Friendly Cremling 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shard of Reading he/him Posted November 16, 2022 Report Share Posted November 16, 2022 When the first thing you do this morning is go and buy the e-book of TLM. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quivil she/her Posted November 16, 2022 Report Share Posted November 16, 2022 10 hours ago, Shard of Reading said: When the first thing you do this morning is go and buy the e-book of TLM. You. Lucky. Ducky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Stormy she/her Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 My teacher just said, "It was wasing." As far as I know, she doesn't speak High Imperial. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wandering Wizard he/him Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 When you see a group of kids surrounding a single penny on the ground. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomslug he/him Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 YKYASFW you are a coder and write down a bunch of pages at midnight on how to make a Sanderson game if you ever got the chance to 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Elantris Enjoyer Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 When you have been secretly stalking the gallery channel for the past 6 months All of you people's art is AWESOME 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomslug he/him Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 When you have read the Mistborn series about 20 times 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edema Rue she/her Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 12 hours ago, Boomslug said: When you have read the Mistborn series about 20 times YKYASW when you've stopped counting the number of times you've read mistborn and have pages 431 and 432 memorized. Spoiler (Vin yelling at Kelsier after killing Shan Elariel. Also when your brother offers you a marble and you start to say you only accept infused spheres. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liahona Posted November 21, 2022 Report Share Posted November 21, 2022 When your friend is talking about Romeo and Juliet, specifically the scene where the messenger is despairing because he can't read and asks Romeo for help (who responds, jokingly, that he also cannot read) and you're completely unsurprised because somewhere in the back of your mind you were thinking that, as a man, of course he wouldn't read. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Stormy she/her Posted November 22, 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) When you hear something about Timonium and think that it's a godmetal of a Vessel named Timon. @Ookla the Confused Edited November 22, 2022 by Ookla the Pencil Taxi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liahona Posted November 30, 2022 Report Share Posted November 30, 2022 A relatively common one: when you see someone with a spike earring and immediately think of Inquisitors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Stormy she/her Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 When your science teacher mentions Brandon Sanderson and you freak out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Silvereye he/him Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Ookla the Pencil Taxi said: When your science teacher mentions Brandon Sanderson and you freak out. Can we know what did he say about Brandon? And also... why the heck did your science teacher mentioned Brandon in class ?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Stormy she/her Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) On 12/2/2022 at 10:51 AM, Ookla Carried by the Wind said: Can we know what did he say about Brandon? And also... why the heck did your science teacher mentioned Brandon in class ?! He had an Ernest Hemingway quote on the board, and someone(*cough cough @Ookla the Confused*) mentioned him being prolific. The teacher was like, "Not that prolific... not as prolific as someone like, say Brandon Sanderson, putting out, like, three books a year." Hehe. Or four. Or when you watch the Wingfeather premiere and note gloryspren swirling around Leeli. Edited December 4, 2022 by Ookla the Pencil Taxi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odiumiumium he/him Posted December 8, 2022 Report Share Posted December 8, 2022 When, in said science class, you are holding a small and shiny metal ball and contemplate swallowing it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Stormy she/her Posted December 9, 2022 Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 20 hours ago, Ookla the Confused said: When, in said science class, you are holding a small and shiny metal ball and contemplate swallowing it. So that's where the missing one went... Yes, I'm sure Mr. [REDACTED] gave us little bits of atium. Also he kept calling them "spheres", so I put my face close to one and inhaled. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoolenStream554 he/him Posted December 9, 2022 Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 When you ask everyone you know who goes to BYU if they know Brandon Sanderson and are in his class. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaladinWorldsinger Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 When you love his books 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szeth's Facepalm Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 3 hours ago, KaladinWorldsinger said: When you love his books Dang Never thought of that one 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomslug he/him Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 Lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Cremling she/her Posted December 14, 2022 Report Share Posted December 14, 2022 When you break a glow stick and only part of it lights up and you keep thinking about how it looks like Stormlight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Stormy she/her Posted December 23, 2022 Report Share Posted December 23, 2022 When you're very confused by 1:58 of this video: Spoiler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 On 23/12/2022 at 3:55 PM, Shallan Stormblessed said: When you're very confused by 1:58 of this video: Reveal hidden contents I cannot see a video. when you see four of those Wordstudy Bible Dictionary books and all your brain sees is the ‘Word’ and the fact that they are fat books and you freak out thinking that you found alternate cover versions of WoR. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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