Postby Zelele » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:31 pm
Is story of Zostre and colors, long after many Zelele has told from otherhome, when High Ones had come down into Low World, and dwelt among us, between the River and the Sands.
Flowing One is became the River; had many beautiful flowers and fish and insects and birds, of all colors and patterns, and also taught weaving to people. Is became proud, and boasted herself bestest weaver in the Worlds, HIgh and Low.
Great One, who wove the Worlds themselves, was not pleased, but did not care to go to extremes. At that time, Zostre served him, and he sent Zostre down to River as messenger. Zostre came down, down to bank of River, and said was messenger of Great One, and wanted to see River's weaving - and would report.
So River unrolled a red, red cloth, red as the sunset shining on the River. And Zostre walked on to the red weaving and sat and breathed and thought - well, that is Zostre secret what exactly he thought - and thought, and turned red, exactly the same red, so none could see him.
And River unrolled a blue cloth, bluer and more delicate than sky, blue as the bloom of the floating River flower for which have no word in this tongue. And Zostre did not even move, but turned the same same blue, sitting still on the red.
River grew angry at that, and unrolled her bestest cloth, of seven, ten, dozen, colors - such as only the most powerful may wear there in otherhome. And Zostre looked at it and - hesitated, for the colors ran across each other, in both warp and woof, and it would be hard, hard to match.
But he came, all blue as he was, and came to where blue thread crossed blue thread. And there he sat. Then *looks around audience* one toe turned red, and one turned green, and one turned fuschia - and lines and bands of color grew over him, like vines in the jungle. And effort of making all these colors made him flat, flat; but he held them. Not even River, and no eyes be sharper than River's, could see him, or tell him from the plaid.
So River said: If such is the messenger, what is the Great One? What does It weave? May be have been hasty, hasty.
*looks up* Is take it back! Is take it back! Is take it back!
And since then has been moral, not to claim be bestest in all the Worlds.
And the Zostre Society have been heralds and ambassadors.
