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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.
Miles in Elcenia
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"All right. The lift will take you to the cafeteria if you say 'cafeteria'. Saasnil will have your letter-writing materials along in a moment, and whenever you want to obtain sheets and changes of clothes and the like, Korulen will handle that for you - she can summon your own things from home, if you'd rather do that than go shopping, but she will also take you shopping out of her own pocket if that's preferable."
"And if you need me for anything, including to relay requests to the girls, you can just think my name loudly."
thisvorlunatic
"...Also convenient," he acknowledges. "This is certainly the pleasantest arguable kidnapping I have ever experienced."
"Is it competing with much?" Keo wonders.
"Well, is there anything you can think of now that you'd rather not have to think at me from a distance to ask or mention?"
"All right then."
She leaves.
A moment later Saasnil pokes her head in the door. "I brought you paper," she says sheepishly.
She leaves.
A moment later Saasnil pokes her head in the door. "I brought you paper," she says sheepishly.
She puts it on one of the desks. There are also sticks of graphite, with the paper. "Um. Bye." She scurries away again.
thisvorlunatic
Miles writes a note.
Mother,As a means of identity verification, he gets out his grandfather's dagger and stamps the Vorkosigan seal onto the page in blood. That plus handwriting should at least narrow it down to 'Miles is telling the truth', 'Miles was kidnapped and made to write strange notes', or 'Miles has gone insane'. And the note appearing seemingly from nowhere will argue for the first option.
You aren't going to believe this one...
I appear to have been accidentally transported to a different universe. Twice. The second one is much nicer; it has people, and air. I am completely fine and getting along with the locals, but because of a quirk in the interdimensional transport system it's hard to say when I'll be back. Other people and objects can be freely transferred between worlds; it's just me who hit the one-in-a-million glitch.
Please reassure everyone who needs reassuring.
Love,
Miles
Eventually:
Korulen has a sending circle drawn up and double-checked, whenever you have something to send.
Korulen has a sending circle drawn up and double-checked, whenever you have something to send.
thisvorlunatic
I have something now. Where will I find this sending circle?
Tell the lift to take you to the library, and on the left wall are several doors to workrooms; you want the third.
thisvorlunatic
Thanks.
He puts the dagger away and follows these directions.
He puts the dagger away and follows these directions.
Whereupon (after cutting through an enormous library) he will find Korulen sitting on a floor by a circle in red chalk, smaller than the one that summoned him.
"Hi."
"Hi."
thisvorlunatic
"Hi." He holds up his letter. "So how do I get this sent, exactly?"
"Just put it in the middle of the circle and then put your hand over there and concentrate on where you want it to land," Korulen says. "I'll do the spell."
thisvorlunatic
"Simple enough."
He puts the letter in the middle of the circle, and puts his hand over there, and envisions his mother's desk as clearly as possible.
He puts the letter in the middle of the circle, and puts his hand over there, and envisions his mother's desk as clearly as possible.
Korulen casts a spell and the letter disappears.
thisvorlunatic
"Thank you," he says. "So what is this a school of, exactly?"
"Wizardry," says Korulen. "But it's a kids' school so they also teach other stuff so we're well-rounded."
thisvorlunatic
"Huh. All right. Thanks for sending my letter."
And, since he's here and all, he goes to investigate the library.
And, since he's here and all, he goes to investigate the library.