Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Earthquake in Illinois

There was a minor earthquake in Illinois, in the wee hours of the morning; followed by at least one aftershock in the mid-morning. We slept through the former (which evidently did not exceed the vibrational factor of wind, as applied to our second-story bedroom) but definitely noticed the latter. Fortunately there is no discernible damage in our area at this time.

I've been working on soothing the Earth-dragons. This reminds me of a favorite science fiction novel, Sherri S. Tepper's Six Moon Dance. I find that the lullabye works very nicely as a focus here too, although Earth does not contain an infant alien in a thermonuclear-powered egg.

Niasa, little Summer Snake,
Turn in your egg, the world will shake.
Niasa's mother, down so deep,
Sing your baby snake to sleep.
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cyre2067

re: soothing-earth dragons, think it'll work?

cyre2067

April 18 2008, 18:44:00 UTC 13 years ago

could you soothe the comet-dragons as well?

Personally I'm not one for projecting my will upon anything outside myself, hard enough to get me to do what I want to do, that and when I tried experimenting with it, it never worked.
ysabetwordsmith

Re: soothing-earth dragons, think it'll work?

ysabetwordsmith

April 18 2008, 19:22:07 UTC 13 years ago

Convince the comet-dragons to go elsewhere, perhaps; it would be a useful last resort in case of imminent collision. My first choice, however, is to nag NASA and my elected officials to ID and track all NEO objects and to create practical defenses to protect the Earth against cosmic shrapnel.

I do a lot with magic, so for me, working with Earth-dragons is just a new application of an extant ability. I can work with all four Elements, though my strongest is Fire; and I have a strong affinity for dragons. I can often get things, such as fire or storms, to do what I ask -- not always, but certainly enough to make it worth trying. I've long since known that there are Earth-dragons, mostly lying or traveling along fault lines and some other dragon-lines (of which maps can be found in various cultures). So when I noticed them being restless this morning, I figured it would be prudent to soothe them.

Especially since someone said there was an authority figure shooting his mouth off recently about how "exaggerated" the earthquake risk maps were for Illinois. (That's usually a good way to get thumped.) If anything the Midwest maps tend to understate the risk; it's not common or as high as California, but the faults are here and entirely capable of a brisk shrug. People just tend to forget it.