Video | The Name Game

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[Valdis is smiling, her braided hair hangs over one shoulder and you can clearly see that she is in the Hotel.]

I was thinking...

[She says, looking thoughtful, her eyes glazing slightly.]

We might not originally be from Keeliai, but we live here now and are doing our best to make it our home.

[She fingers the wolf pendant hanging around her neck absently.]

I don't think that we should call ourselves 'Foreigners' anymore, it gives the wrong impression and it continues to separate us from our neighbors.

[Her eyes focus again and she smiles at the camera.]

I think we should change our name to 'Planeswalkers,' because we've walked the three planes of Life, Dreaming and Death. It would give us a place, I think, and it gives off a more...settled feeling. Like we're a family or something.

[She sighs]

What do you guys think?

Comments

[unetrustworthy]

[Somebody may or may not have been pinged by the mere mention of names; no matter how many years it'd been, it was still one subject in which Midii held very close to her heart.]

...but, no matter what names we choose to take on, it'll still be different from the kedan.

[Not that she was opposed to the idea. Quite the opposite; she was starting such a debate because she was interested.]

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[denyamenti]

You're not concerned a name like "Planeswalkers" is going to sound a little arrogant?

[ He's... probably joking. ]

[deadclumsy]

As much as I dislike the us and them mentality, I wonder if there's a better word. Not that I have any suggestions to off.

[A beat.]

I might be letting my own sensitivities impact my opinion, though. My mum - interesting woman, my mum - married one of the 'them'. Got a bit of both the 'us' and the 'them' when I was growing up, but never at home.

[She's rambling, and she knows it.]

What do the Kedan call us?

[risingwinds]

Hmm...

[It's kinda long, and doesn't roll off the tongue quite as well as "foreigner," but she's right that the latter's not exactly a friendly term. It makes 'em sound so distant, when they all share a world together.

He rubs his chin, squinting and frowning. This is tricky! Names were never his strong point, either.]

I think it's a good place to start, but I can't help but feel like there's gotta be a way to really show the Kedan we care. They came up with the name in the first place, right? And I'm sure some of 'em still see is as scary or weird...

It'd be nice if we could all be on the same level.

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[pushtheboundaries]

As much as 'Foreigner' still rubs me the wrong way...I'm not sure the other's any better. Quite frankly- that sort of name implies a sense of control, to me.