Posted by Cat Sídhe on March 2, 2009, 3:46 pm, in reply to "vipers: ooh, shiny and valuable. my favorites."
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I believe I have successfully stolen ANTI.
“What about your wife?”
“Ah, my wife…there never lived a more intriguing woman.
History Reference: In the sample provided in her joining post (linked below), Anti says the following: She was back to normal... or was she? Was this side of her the normal? Or was it the previous side? What had caused such a personality split in the femme? For the life of her she could not remember, and out of all the things she sought to understand, that was what she wanted to understand the most. She forlornly realized that for a moment time had skipped and she had not been herself, or perhaps the other way around. The definition of “intriguing” is “to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate” (as per dictionary.com). Anti is intrigued by herself and her own behavior, so it would follow that others would be similarly affected.
She seemed all at once to be young and old, soundless and roaring,
Name Reference: the general meaning of the prefix “anti” is ‘opposite,’ as in anti-helium which makes a person’s voice sound very low-pitched as opposed to high-pitched. Old is the opposite of young, soundless is the opposite of roaring.
always with a hidden meaning behind her words.
History Reference: in Anti’s joining post [here] which is the only post by Anti currently on the game, Anti’s weakness is that she “could be telling the truth, or lying... could be being honest, or leading you on... it's hard to tell.” Obviously she doesn’t often mean exactly what she says.
“She liked to talk about that nice gentleman on the west side of the bay.”
His guest raised an eyebrow. “Mr. Gatsby?”
Rank Reference: Jay Gatsby, the namesake of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, lives on West Egg (the west side of the bay) and is by definition a socialite. He throws lavish parties and entertains guests almost every night, many of which come uninvited.
Rather mysterious fellow – whatever happened to him?
History Reference: As I pointed out earlier, Anti has all but disappeared since being stolen by Andarin, and no horse knows why.
“Someone broke into his home and killed him…”
“I thought I heard that someone shot him in his pool.”
Rank Reference: Further information about Jay Gatsby, who was murdered at the end of the book by a jealous acquaintance while he was swimming in his pool.
Axed him to death, I think.”
“Either way, he’s dead.” The other man waved his hand distractedly. “Go on.”
Name Reference: According to the Wikipedia page on the Egyptian ferry god Anti, Anti is punished by having his toes cut off (or axed). Since Anti was depicted as a falcon sitting on a boat, losing his toes would mean he would no longer be able to perch on the ferry – thus, he could no longer be the ferryman and, being unable to fulfill his purpose, would essentially be dead to the mythological world. (in fact, beyond his punishment, nothing further is said of him)
“Anyway,” he continued, “She told me a lot about how shy he was,
Rank Reference: Again with things about Mr. Gatsby. Despite throwing all these parties, Jay Gatsby was notoriously shy. Often he would pretend to be one of the guests at his own party so that he would go unnoticed, or simply remove himself from the party altogether.
how he always joked that he wanted to move to Northern Africa so he could bury himself in the sand and ignore the whole world.”
Name Reference: Anti (according to Wikipedia) was also a god worshipped in the northern part of Upper Egypt. Egypt is in Northern Africa. Upper Egypt is…the northern half of that. The northern part of Upper Egypt, then, is pretty darn well in Northern Africa. Also, as the god of ferrymen, Anti earned the title Nemty which means ‘one who travels.’ To move is to travel.
Herd Reference: There is of course no sand in the mountains and, since Kitty lived in Solira at the time of the steal, and the title itself addresses the vipers, it could not refer to Solira.
“Like an ostrich.”
This is just a minor transition, playing off the previous sentence. It’s a popular (and untrue) myth that ostriches will bury their heads in the sand at the first sign of danger.
“No, like a hermit. He hated his job.”
Name/Rank Reference: A hermit is someone who prefers to live alone, often because he/she dislikes people. A socialite’s job involves dealing with a lot of people, so naturally a hermit would hate being a socialite. This is also a minor reference to name, because to hate something is to be against something (anti-something) and a hermit would naturally be fundamentally opposed to the lifestyle of a socialite as I’ve already stated.
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Note: upon the dissolution of Solira, Kitty now lives in Andarin (in case this steal is successful)
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