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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?
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?
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You just summed up why I got kicked out of English class in ninth grade.
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Well now, that sounds like an exciting story. I've been kicked out of lessons my whole life, mostly for experimenting with spells during lecture.
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This is where I'd normally say something about casting a spell on me, but today I think I'll spare you the grief.
Does that mean you guys have like...wizard public school or something?
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Thank you. I'd hate to have to turn you into something unnatural.
No such thing exists in the region I am from, though there are stories of academies to the south. Mostly my guardian taught me himself, though the monks also contributed to my education.
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...monks?
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Yes, the monks of Candlekeep. They seek to gather all written knowledge under one roof, and reluctantly participated in my upbringing.
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I might be inclined to agree with the agreement.
So stuffy nerds salivating over Proust. Got it. I'm guessing you didn't get out much.
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A double positive statement? Bold move.
I've never heard of that one, but even a avid consumer of literature as myself couldn't memorize all the obscure authors who made the monk's robes tent.
A grand adventure was a trip down the road to the local market, and the only other inhabitant within ten seasons of my own age was my best friend Imoen. Of course, I've been rather overcompensating for lost time of late.
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I live for danger and threatened semantics.
So pretty much the Tolkien-esque version of Rumspringa, huh?
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[Head tilt]
You continue to use words I am sure are common, yet that have no meaning.
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[ smirk ]
I'm glad we're in agreement on Tolkien. I mean, blah blah blah greatest books about hills that ever were. I get it.
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[Sigh]
You are a very strange man, and I say that as someone who is friends with a man who talks to his hamster.
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