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Two girls are moving their hands through the air and speaking together in perfect parallel.
Two girls are looking expectantly at a circle of red chalk on their floor.
Two girls have done something exceptionally stupid.
Nick in Elcenia
"Not a dozen," says Keo. "Well, depending on how you count, I guess, but anyway - most forms of magic you have to be born with. Wizardry won't work in your world at all even if you import wizards. It is possible you could use witchcraft but I wouldn't count on it."
"It's a school of wizardry, but you probably can't learn it, it's unlikely you have a channeling capacity."
Sigh. "Come on, fate. If you're going to summon me to a strange world and sink my ship, at least give me some magic in return."
He finishes his meat, apart from a few scraps. "Okay, so where's the compost bin? And where am I going to sleep?"
He finishes his meat, apart from a few scraps. "Okay, so where's the compost bin? And where am I going to sleep?"
"To recycle food into fertilizer. I guess you don't need it if you have more than bare rocks to grow plants on."
"Convenient. This is a surprisingly relaxing place to be irreversibly summoned against my will to, you know."
"Which is probably a good thing for all concerned. Are you particularly busy? I know I couldn't have left my ship alone this long even if it weren't about to hit something - show me a place to sleep and give me shopping money and directions to a store and I'll get out of your hair."
"Korulen can take you shopping in case the city or the products are confusing," says Keo. "To work off her misbehavior. I'll show you to an empty room so you can form an idea of what you want to put in it."
"I hope you can see why I was so upset earlier. In my world, it's hard to live to adulthood without a healthy dose of caution."
She nods and shows him to the lift, which takes them to the entrance hall, and then leads him to a city.
The city is very tall. It ends abruptly, but not for lack of land to spill out onto.
The city is very tall. It ends abruptly, but not for lack of land to spill out onto.
Nick has no comment on the architecture. It's not like he's seen a city built on solid land before. He does seem slightly awed at the sheer size of the place, though.
She takes him to a clothing store first. There are plenty of options; the men's side is however all variants of one sort or another on pants and shirts.