GINGER’S BINGO CARD
1. Guild Gear
The outfit I planned was for a prime day of adventuring. ^-^
The outfit I was dying to create requires many things that are currently packed away T.T I did my best to hide brands, but unfortunately all my AGP hats are in a big ol’ box of hats in a storage locker, so deal with my Star Wars merch.
2. Lists
Here have a random list of songs that give me Ebbie vibes.
- Deep Water by American Authors
- King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men
- Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea
- Hey Brother by Avicii
- Broken Arrows by Avicii ft Zach Brown Band
- Not Today by BTS
- You’ll Never Walk Alone by Josh Groban
- Soldiers by Otherwise
- The Crow, the Owl, and the Dove by Nightwish
3. Places
Pictured above is Mewata Armoury. It’s essentially a big castle in the middle of downtown that most people shrug off and pass by not knowing what it is or what goes on inside. Once upon a time it stood completely alone, isolated with loads of space around, but downtown has since exploded and surrounded it. Immediately upon entering you see the big parade square, because the basic function of the armoury is that it acts as a drill hall, but there’s loads of offices, there’s mess halls, the basements (Yes, plural) are a wild mess of little known passageways between rooms that have long since been repurposed.
That’s a neat building, Ginger, why are you telling us about this?
Good question random audience member. Well, for someone who moved quite frequently growing up, I have spent more time in this building than any childhood home I’ve had. I spent at least half of my evenings in a week, and plenty of weekends in this armoury for several years. I know every room, every ghost story, the best nap spots to not get caught, where the best showers are, where they store the good rations that they hoard for the officers. To put it simply, it’s home to a bunch of different military units and organizations, such as the Squadron I was a part of and used to command. Sometimes it’s an impressive feat of how many groups you can have training around each other at one time, and other times there lies a comfortable quiet that no one is keen on breaking.
I chose this building because it is the ultimate place of purpose. No one is allowed in the building without reason, and everyone has a job that they are doing or a task that they’re completing. The uses of this building are as varied as the people who frequent it; it’s a place of mourning and of celebration, a place for training and learning, a shelter in times of need, a practice space for marching bands, a place to hold banquets, a place to grab an adult beverage with a pal who is also legally an adult. Not to mention it’s a building home to loads of people who live their lives in service to others. If that all wasn’t super Ebbie, it’s a giant castle in the middle of a downtown core, how does it get anymore Ebbie???
4. Magimystic Memory
Hmmmmm. I can think of loads for the other guilds, like the time I read four books in under 48 hours because they were just so good and I had to know what happens - very Thornmouth if I do say so myself. Pinpointing an exact memory for Ebenguard feels more difficult … perhaps it’s because things about me and about my life that are tied to my guild aren’t small moments, but the overall mosaic they create - doing a random good deed is different than intentionally spending time working for a specific cause. Or maybe I’m being super Ebbie due to the fact I’m blanking on every act of service I’ve ever done … which is only like my whole life?? Or maybe it’s because I don’t rightfully know the effect of my efforts, and have come to terms with the fact that I most likely won’t be the one to enjoy the fruits of my labours that are done for the sake of others.
There is one moment I can think of. I had just finished my Friday evening rehearsal, and I could’ve easily hopped on the bus and went home to start my weekend, but for some reason that felt wrong. I ended up going and sitting in one of the cafeterias and getting a snack. I had plenty of food at home, why did I need to buy something on campus? All of it was so silly and unnecessary. Before long one of my friends ends up walking by and I waved them over. Next thing I know we go for a walk, find a quiet spot, and she’s cautiously unloading her grief about a family member who had just passed. This girl who is a ball of sunshine, had been carrying around all that grief all by herself because she didn’t want to upset anyone else by talking about it, and was unable to make a trip home for a few more days.
I don’t really remember specifics of what was said, but I clearly remember going home that evening and understanding that the weird anomaly in my own behaviour was so that I could be there to help my friend. I remember leaving and saying to myself that yes, that was guided intentional path that lead me to helping someone step a bit out of the darkness they were facing.
5. Elementals
Tides is a tricky thing to have inspiration for in a house with definitely not a water theme in a land locked province. My immediate go to is usually my vials of sand because I’m unoriginal. For those who don’t know, I collect little glass vials or jars of sand from places I’ve been. I would show you all pictures of my collection, but they are packed safely away in storage so I can’t 
I have a bunch of the little guys, and normally I put something else in it to distinguish it other than a boring old label on the bottle. I have sand from the place I was born on Vancouver Island, I have sand from the cottage by the town all from family is from on the other side of the country, I have sand from Juno Beach when I visited it on a trip going to major Canadian landmarks of WWI and WWII, I have sand from my Nanny’s favourite place in the world which happens to be in Scotland, and I have sand from cool places I’ve been or fun days I had with friends at particular beach. (I also have like essentially dirt and gravel from mountains I’ve climbed but those aren’t really watery so shhhh)
So yes, I have a collection that is meaningful to me, but we’re here for the magimystical. I used one of the vials (sand from where I was born) in an invitation spell with Robert we created in PRSFNE once upon a time for those who know what that was, or read about it. I’m still quite proud of that shared creation, and it was really interesting to get to write.
“Imagination is nothing more than a memory transposed” That was what Brandon Lachman said and what Itsuki used to always say. In a sense, these are little vials of my memories, each with their own story. So based on everything we think we know about magiq, if there wasn’t magimystical energy within them or tied to them then I’m jumping ship and going to Balimora.
6. Mood Board
I love me a good mood board, I’m so glad this is one of the items ^-^
