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You're having trouble sleeping.
It's been a month since you started working as a scholar for the Church. You were supposed to train with a master for at least six seasons before being transferred to another to continue training. After a handful of rounds, you would have been ordained a full scholar, with all the perks, privileges, and workload that comes with it. You were incarnated for a simple, honest, quiet life. The trouble scholars tend to get into is sticking their noses where it's not welcome, and even then that's not punished with more than a light reprimand. The Church hasn't had anything shake up this order for years. It was supposed to be peaceful — everyone was praying for you, after all. You've only been here for thirteen seasons since you arrived outside the village one day, ready to learn. When you arrived, you were welcomed with open arms, kisses, and gifts. Now, you try and ignore the whispers as you walk past your brothers, sisters, and siblings on the roads as they give you a wide berth. "Poor thing. Already looking lost." "It can't be helped." "You don't think..?"
You toss and turn between your pillows and quilts, unwanting to ruminate on such thoughts. You don't feel physically ill. Nobody in your village has felt physically ill in tens of seasons. Zynophil, the God of Physical Prosperity, blessed your people with good health some time back for at least a few dozen more seasons. What has plagued you for the fifteenth night in a row isn't a complication of the flesh.
You're having trouble sleeping.
It's been two weeks since your master was declared an apostate and excommunicated, expelled from your village. Not once did he resist the clergy that knocked on his door fifteen nights ago. He walked with his head high as they bound him, gagged him, and eventually dragged him to the edge of his home. Never did he lower his eyes from the horrified and righteous crowd, who watched as the High Priest placed the brand on his head. He screamed, though. He screamed and thrashed and cried against the rag in his mouth. And as his body convulsed with the strain of being separated from the gods, he looked at you. Only you, his apprentice.
A wordless warning.
Your eyes clamp shut firmly and you draw a shaky breath. You especially don't want to think about that night. Not right now, while the sun is hiding. Mantras, and interrogating them, will help settle your soul. You're still relatively quite fresh from your incarnation and struggle with a sense of self. Introspection can take some time, and also calms you down.
You know that you are Brave. You know that you are Intelligent. You know that you are Strong. You know that you are Curious. Important traits for a scholar (by design), but what do these mean to you?
In your Bravery, are you confident or thoughtful? (Confidence selects a future quickly within the canon and follows through without much corrective input, but quick thinking is prone to errors. Thoughtfulness allows you to more fully consider your options and allows more opportunity for changing your mind, but also takes longer both in the timeline and play. This will have a major impact on the quest.)
Is your Intelligence more through cleverness, or are you a learned type? (Clever types are given more complicated prompts when addressing problems, but learned individuals can bring more outside knowledge into context, potentially altering the situation drastically.)
Does your Strength come from your ability to endure, or are you a powerful being? (Higher endurance will allow you to push through tougher mental and physical challenges with relative ease. Powerful beings are physically and socially more influential on the world around them.)
Your Curious nature bends your thoughts inward or outward. Are you more insightful, or observant? (Insight provides greater detail on others and the self when encountering problems, while observance pays greater attention to the physical environment.)
(Suggestions will begin in full after you finish your meditation. Please begin by voting on an interpretation for each of your four major traits.)
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