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[stoning]

The free high-tech laptop is a nice touch, but the whole "let's get ready for a war" thing isn't. Though I guess the onslaught of monsters is pretty convincing...looks like you guys need all the help you can get!

...too bad you picked the wrong girl. Your warrior princess is in another castle, I'm just the magical support. Hi, the name's Kaycee, the girl you're looking for is named Ariel. Y'know, blonde hair...blue eyes...white... [she tugs on her ponytail of mussed up, black hair for emphasis] the people in charge of this place obviously missed their mark.

[she looks totally nonchalant and familiar with using technology. though honestly, she's from a time where touch-screens weren't as wide-spread but hey, she got her hands on an iPhone or two before technology became borked and she found herself in a shitty fantasy world.

nice to have something that reminds her of home. even if she graduated from a fantasy cliche to a science fiction one.

something seems to cross her mind and she shifts topics.]

Hey, when and if this monster infestation is all said and done, does anyone know a good river or lake or something? I need to get stoned.

And by stoned I mean like, find stones. Which I need. To throw at people. I'm being completely serious. If someone pops up and gives me a look I swear...it was a rock joke. And even if it wasn't a joke you're not my mother.

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[championhawke]

And the rubble just isn't up to your standards?

[Garrett is pretty entertained, give him a second.]

Why rocks, of all things?

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[stoning]

Hey dude, it has to come from some body of water. [SHE HOLDS UP HER HANDS IN MOCK DEFENSE] I didn't make up the rules.

[LMAO THERE'S A PAUSE, as though she's trying to parse how to word it.]

Because that's how my magic works. Again, don't ask, not my idea.

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[championhawke]

Really? Go on.

And if you're hard pressed for bodies of water...have you been outside yet? Just out of curiosity.

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[stoning]

Uh well there's not much to really go on about if you ask me, Mr. Billy Mays. [ONE DAY SHE WILL LEARN THAT POP CULTURE REFERENCES ARE USELESS IN ALTERNATE DIMENSIONS. probably not. she shrugs.] Water apparently makes it easier for stones to store magic, that's really all I've been told.

[slash she wasn't paying attention to her master, that too.]

Uh yeah, kinda? But there are monsters and I'm not in the mood to go searching when I can, you know, die. And, Peace Zone or not, I'd rather not be eaten on my first day trying to gather up rocks, thank-you-very-much.

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[inanimates]

Isn't stoning a bit extreme?

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[stoning]

Not as extreme as monsters if you ask me.

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[inanimates]

Oh. Are... those the things you're planning on stoning?

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[stoning]

No I'm planning on stoning unsuspecting civilians, women and children alike, and looting them for their money and pants.

[SHE LAUGHS, waving that away.]

No I'm joking. Yes, I'm totally going to stone those monsters. Maybe. If I'm in the mood.

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[lovesgod]

Magical support is just as important as warrior princessing, isn't it?

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[stoning]

Sure, that's what I've been told, yeah. But, let's be real, everyone would rather be the warrior princess than the mage who stands in the back throwing glowing rocks at enemies.

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[lovesgod]

No one's trying to stab the rock-thrower. I'd consider that a very serious plus.

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[stoning]

Well they do try sometimes. If they're smart.

But yeah, sure, a plus. But you still don't see people fawning over how great and powerful the rock-thrower is.

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[slingshots]

[ OH HI NEW ROOMMATE. she's done her homework, from checking out the roster to pulling up names attached to devices even without people offering them, so she'll just take this chance to do some scopin'. ]

you guys got magic AND tech?

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[stoning]

[SUP ROOMMIE.

KAYCEE IS NOWHERE NEAR AS THOROUGH AS YOU. but hey she'll text. it's been awhile.]

well here i do apparently.

[slingshots]

i'm thinking not too many in the magic support role know what a laptop is
but hey could be wrong figure there's more worlds out there than anyone knows what to do with

[stoning]

well it's a long story and i could tell you the story about how my life got flipped turn upside down

but here's the short:

1) i am from earth so i know basic teenage technology techie things like touch screens and laptops and cool tablets and stuff

2) i am magical.

3) i was taken to a dimension where magical people from earth are randomly transported or whatever and it was straight out of the hobbit or something like seriously. there wasn't any tech just magic.

4) i have a good memory so even though i spent like years in elyon (that's what that dimension/world/etc. was called) i still remember the marvel that is the iphone.

5) now i'm here.

[onemoredeath]

There are not many that are clean here.

[stoning]

Stones or rivers?

[onemoredeath]

Take your pick, although rivers tend towards the toxic pollution of the nuclear variety.

[whatsupcroc]

Stones?

( Collette grins at the camera. )

I've got stones. Big stones, little stones, rough stones, smooth stones, probably not gall stones, drink lots of water if you've got kidney stones, and if you do see the warrior princess sometime before the next commercial break, totally let me know!

( Okay, but really, there was a request in there. )

There's a few different ones nearby. I'm happy to point them out on a map, or lead you out there. So this is for magic, not just skipping? Guess I can toss the rejects out over the water to be reclaimed by see how many skips I get out of the rejected pile.

[stoning]

You.

[she points]

I like you.

But yeah, it's for magic. "Special" magic. Honestly I would have preferred a wand or a staff, because rocks are a one-time thing and it's such a pain carrying them around.

[whatsupcroc]

What's not to like?

( She winks. It's always a good day when more people with a sense of humor show up around here. )

No chance you can invest in a pack-mule? I can't vote for anything making stones any lighter, but -- wait. We've got at least ten different kinds of magician around here! At least one of them should have some kind of spell to make carried things lighter. Or make a bag sturdier and easier to carry.

( The possibilities are endless when people do legitimately have all kinds of crazy-awesome powers! )

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[lyriumscribed]

Magical?

[the word is nearly spat out, as if the very sound of it is bitter.

of course he'd bite at it, instead of hearing anything else she was saying. ]

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[stoning]

[WELL SOMEONE'S MR. GRUMPY GOSH.]

Yeah, magical.

Like, stone-cold magic magical.

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[lyriumscribed]

[ Oh you have no idea.

It can get worse. ]

You are a mage then.

[ He is not pleased by this. :| ]