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In Paraasilan, Esmaar, a pair of roommates are about to break a rule that, compared to the one about running in the corridors or even the one about unlicensed teleportation, is there for a good reason.
In unison, they complete their shared spell.
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<Poorly conceived intentional component of the spell by the enchanting wizard, and we haven't been able to break it, and we can't completely remove the stairs due to fire codes.>
<You can experiment on the stairs as you like as long as you don't make them dangerous just to be in or affect the area beyond them.>
cardistry
<Cool.>
He wanders the stairs. His sense of physical coordinates informs him of the tricks they're pulling - seamlessly changing his elevation, transporting him directly to stairwells in different parts of the building when he takes a connecting door. Some of the doors lead to closets instead, for variety. There is a general absence of windows.
He doesn't know enough about matter manipulation or transport magic to think of any obvious solutions right away, so when he gets bored, he sends a finding spell - one that can pass through solid matter - to locate the nearest roof, and teleports onto it.
"Yep," he says, mostly to himself, but still in Leraal as a local default. "Those sure are some messed-up stairs."
He wanders the stairs. His sense of physical coordinates informs him of the tricks they're pulling - seamlessly changing his elevation, transporting him directly to stairwells in different parts of the building when he takes a connecting door. Some of the doors lead to closets instead, for variety. There is a general absence of windows.
He doesn't know enough about matter manipulation or transport magic to think of any obvious solutions right away, so when he gets bored, he sends a finding spell - one that can pass through solid matter - to locate the nearest roof, and teleports onto it.
"Yep," he says, mostly to himself, but still in Leraal as a local default. "Those sure are some messed-up stairs."
cardistry
He flops down at the edge of the roof and peers over it at whatever might be going on down below.
There is a pond, with a couple of sparkly ducks (one black, one red) swimming in placid circles. Most of the visible terrain is grassland, though there are trees a bit farther off.
Swim, swim, go the ducks. They dunk their heads to eat pond weed occasionally. The red one swims into a sort of duck-sized cave on the far end of the pond.
cardistry
Yep, those are sparkly ducks, behaving in a generally ducky fashion as far as he knows. He wonders what swimming is like.
He wonders what eating is like.
Well, there's a pond right there, but - <Hey, Keo, is there food around here?>
He wonders what eating is like.
Well, there's a pond right there, but - <Hey, Keo, is there food around here?>
<...If you can eat roughly the same things as any of the species we have as students, yes, I can get you a cafeteria pass.>
cardistry
<I can eat most things,> he says. <That was my dormant form you saw before; in my human form I have pretty much the usual set of human functions and systems, just - not so biological. More input leeway and cleaner energy conversion. Wait, what other species go to school here? Do you have magic talking ducks in this world or something?>
<We currently have enrolled humans, elves, halflings, leonines, vampires, and much smaller minorities of dragons, dwarves, and skyfolk.>
cardistry
<...Well, I've heard of humans,> he says, giggling to himself. <Whatever. I can pretty much eat anything that's made of matter, as far as I know. I might have trouble if it was strongly corrosive or something. Where do I go to get a cafeteria pass?>
Korulen appears to be just leaving.
She doesn't recognize him - or the design on his default outfit - just looks sort of confused about his presence.
She doesn't recognize him - or the design on his default outfit - just looks sort of confused about his presence.
cardistry
"...You don't recognize me, do you," he says, amused. "Last time we talked, I was about this big—" and he indicates with his hands the size of the Bicycle pack that his dormant form mimics.
cardistry
Aww. He smiles.
"Hey, it's okay. I mean, I'm okay, now. Your - mom? Is she your mom? - really helped me out. Totally worth the meltdown."
"Hey, it's okay. I mean, I'm okay, now. Your - mom? Is she your mom? - really helped me out. Totally worth the meltdown."