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andhishat ([personal profile] andhishat) wrote in [community profile] exsilium2012-07-29 11:48 pm

Entry I | Video

[The screen is black for a long moment, though the speakers seem to be working, passing along the soothing and lovely sound of someone banging their finger against a spot too near the microphone. Finally, though, the camera blooms to life, and give those watching a great look at the massive brown eye being shoved right up against the camera. A young woman’s voice is again too close to the mic]

Honestly, whoever enchanted this thing is a master artist. I can’t even detect a hint of magic around it, and yet it seems to be working just fine. I’m not sure why they made it look like a flat brick and not a proper crystal ball or mirror is beyond me.

[She sighs, pulling back slightly to reveal a young woman with slightly pointed ears and exotic features who looks anywhere between 15 and 23]

Oh wait, right, that would require someone to become a powerful archmage without going so utterly mad that they start running around creating whatever pops into their heads. [She holds it back further and shakes her head.] At least it isn’t an owlbear.

So, am I to take it there are those out there who can hear me?
whatsupcroc: (☇ laugh: ha! you could say that)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-01 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Doesn't it? Totally not anything worth wasting time on! Things should be either exciting, intense, or amusing. Bonus points for all three at once! Oh, and thrilling!

[ That's entirely sensible and achievable.

Also a topic diversion, since there's nothing about that which she's applying to other people, more life in general. ]
whatsupcroc: (◆ amused: trust me you've got no idea)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-02 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
I bet they have paperwork that needs to get done here. That'd almost fit in with boring, if I'm not so sure about the nice. Train the mind, train the body?
whatsupcroc: (☇ laugh: ha! you could say that)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-03 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
I can't tell if I'm horrified and bored at the idea or really wishing I could see that place myself. Hey, did they have any decent autobiographies from explorers? Cave spelunkers, or anything like that?
whatsupcroc: (☇ ask: what's the plan?)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-08 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
NO, but it's still something! You've got to let your imagination fill in the blanks, you know? Even if you gloss over some of the not so fun details. Like bugs. No one writes about the bugs that don't bite and just fly up your nose or anything.
whatsupcroc: (☇ consider: listen to your heart)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-10 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
It's even crazier when I think about how people used to try to not bathe for years because they thought it'd kill them. How did anyone stand smelling anyone else?

[ She wrinkles her nose in sympathy. ]

So far the water here in the future seems okay. Uh, the water here in the Hold, that is, not really trusting what I saw out on the river.
whatsupcroc: (☇ consider: not sure that makes sense)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-16 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
No offense, but your world sounds so... smelly.

[ Way to find the obvious, kiddo. ]

I bet you an find electronic books on city plumbing and sewage systems!
whatsupcroc: (☇ happy: in the moment)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-21 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, electronic books! Franziska told me all about them!

[ Franziska said next to nothing about them. ]

They're whole books on things like our little laptops here, the ones we talk to each other on!