I got an assignment for a person I don't know, and didn't find much information on him. The recommendation was fine, pretty standard for a Silver Tyger. But still, off I went to my wonderful wordsmith and Aislinn came back to me pretty quickly with words. She said it was a hidden acrostic, meaning instead of the letters going down the side spelling out something, it was specific words within the text that spelled out "silver tyger". So I had the idea to do the letters in a red ink, the rest of the text in black.
I got out one of the blanks Lorita made for me, and figured my standard Gothic hand would match it.
My pen... ugh, I need a better pen I think. The inkwell slip-on thingy was a little wonky, and my size 2.5 nibs are old, so the points didn't line up right. (I have since ordered new nibs) It mostly worked, but it felt like it was fighting me, and in a few spots it just splooged. Plus I missed writing one of the letters in red, so when I tried scraping the letter and redoing it in red it really did not work and still looked black. Plus the red ink I used was really dark, so those letters did not stand out like I'd intended. Not even subtly. Just like, if you know to look for it, you can find it (except the one letter), but I was cursing this page out and put it in time out.
I asked Vettorio to paint on the Silver Tyger badge, so a few days later when I got it back from him and looked at the calligraphy again I didn't absolutely hate it, but I was still not satisfied. But it was due soon, so I took it to the post office and mailed it out, since I was not going to the event.
Words:
Solomon of Acre has found
A home in Our esteemed ground.
We’ll take this time to iterate
Laud and expound his martial plate
Verily to all those present
Examples of practice well spent
Raising others to much success
Yet still gives time and praise not less
Today the Eastern Majesty
Of Ryouko’jin and Indrakshi
At Malagentia to confer
This, Solomon’s Silver Tyger
Done at this Great Northeastern War
Anno Societatis 60
