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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.
Admin in Elcenia
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"If she had told me, I would not be so surprised," he says. "No, it's the... accumulation of details. You don't know Eights's name, so you are new, but you cannot be that new and have scars that old, however small and insignificant. And your hair is naturally green. That's not evidence that you're live, particularly, but it is evidence that you're strange in some way."
"The hair comes of being a dragon," says Keo.
"Yes..." She glances around. "Not really room enough in here to show off, but I can do this..."
And she turns into a green mouse, runs in a little circle, and turns back into a human.
And she turns into a green mouse, runs in a little circle, and turns back into a human.
"If you're not used to it, I suppose."
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"Which indeed I am not."
He takes a seat behind the desk. There is a chair there.
He takes a seat behind the desk. There is a chair there.
"Circle's almost done," says Keo to Eights. "Do you want to go first or me?"
"Not especially. All right, my husband's going to summon you now."
And he does.
And he does.
He breaks her circle, then unsends Keo, who pops into place in her sending circle just to Eights's left. "Welcome to Elcenia. This is my husband, Kanaat."
"Likewise," says Kanaat. He's speaking English too, but his accent is not quite as flawless as Keo's.
"We can find the admin thisaway," says Keo, leading Eights to the lift.
"We can find the admin thisaway," says Keo, leading Eights to the lift.
Keo names their destination, the lift moves.
"It's sort of like an elevator."
"It's sort of like an elevator."
And here is the girls' old room, and in it, an diagram, and in that, an admin.
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"You are a contractor, and not from this world. For what purpose have you been brought here?"
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"Oookay," says Eights. "So... I dunno, how aware are you that Downside is complete bullshit?"
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"There's no oversight on the judges. I don't know what they were like when you set them up but these days they're viciously bitter and they've been escalating sentences since I can remember. The Crescent helps, but we're not a solution, we're just a patch. And it's a pretty shitty patch, to be honest. While I'm at it, there's no good reason why res space has to be a popularity contest. I mean, why? Why any of it?"