Entry I | Video

[andhishat]

[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?

Comments

[whatsupcroc]

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.

[andhishat]

Used to? That sounds like most villages I pass through.

[Downside of being from a medieval world on the cusp of the Renaissance] I'm simply fortunate the monks and my companions appreciate the value of bathing.

I've never seen running water like this outside of a major city. I may have to get a look at the designs for the city around my home. That might improve the odor.

[whatsupcroc]

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!

[andhishat]

None taken, it is. You mostly get used to it, but a heightened sense of smell is one of the legacies of my mother I could have done without.

Electronic...books?

[whatsupcroc]

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!