003 | Audio+Video

[blessedmaiden]

[This time Rydia isn't making a complete mess while turning on the video, the camera just points for a while to an empty chair until the summoner finally takes her place in front of it. It's still... weird, the whole 'talking to no one' business, but she's almost sure she's recording for other people to see this time.]

Hello everyone! It's me again, Rydia, and I'm here to update you all on the library situation since this whole mirror craze seems fortunately over and we're... hopefully going to have some time for ourselves now. So... last time I received a lot of suggestions and I'd love to adress them all but first- I'm glad to announce me and Lady Ikaruga are officially founding the Hadriel Society for the Fine Arts. Our goal is to promote the artistic qualities of this place's citizens and get everyone to have fun and share their knowledges and skills to make this a better place. But let's get to what we have here...

[Rydia nervously scratches her head shifting back on her chair, sadly she still has to receive any proper book but she's... trying to get started?]

So, first of all... I tried to write four books for this place's kids, if any of them is interested, and if anyone wants to contribuite I have an official list of the library's books...here. [She shows a book where so far only four titles have been written down] It's still almost empty but please, feel free to contact me if you have anything to add, I will be more than glad to include your works in it. 

Oh, I'd like to include that if you have any specific skill -sewing, cooking, hunting- and you think you can help us writing down manuals I'd love to help. But enough about the books, I'm more interested in sharing with you all important news about music. Tranquility confirmed he can try to provide us instruments if we give him a drawing of them or at least a good description, the price will vary according to what we ask him but I think... it would be nice to try to have a local band or musical events since few people already shown interest?

Please, if you're a musician contact me, I will do my best to help you getting what you need! We may have to work together to get there but we can do it!

[She's feeling more and more like a total idiot, at least her monologue is about to end.]

Least but not last: someone suggested a writing group and I think it's a lovely idea. Let me know if anyone is interested in joining other people while working and relaxing together, I think it would be wonderful. And if we can make a group we could give it a try maybe wrgin together good endings for our lives and forget all the horrible things the mirrors shown up. I.. I'm not sure how to end this but thanks for the attention everyone..

Comments

[ghostlocked]

lol. yeah im alright.
once we get our shit we should play together. its been awhile since i had anyone to play w.
uh depends on what books ur readin ig. but yeah. real magic.
its p sweet. idk how anyone gets by w.o it.
at home there are ppl who choose not to use magic and im like wtf???
anyway ill show u sometime.

[toiletseat_girl]

That sounds cool. I'll try to keep up, it's been a while.
I read the first few Harry Potter books, but then all that whining got old. And I've read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
It wounds like it would be useful. Can you use it to do your own dishes?
Why would anyone choose to not use something like magic? If I had it, I'd be using it all the time.
That would be awesome.

[ghostlocked]

hey no worries. im just glad someone else plays around here.
lmao. kinda yeah. i have a spell that can clean stuff instantly. its p nifty.
idk much abt lotr or hp but its close enough ig. its more like hp i think bc u have to use spells. its not a free for all where everyones just wavin their hands doin telekinesis and shit like its nothin.
like i kno the spells i kno and i can learn more sometimes but ive only got the energy for so many at a time.
the cleaning spell doesnt require much energy tho so i can cast that p much whenever. lol.
i can teach u if u want.

[toiletseat_girl]

So am I.
That would be so useful. I hate it when it's my turn to clean up after dinner.
Yeah? Like what kinds of spells do you know? Attack, defense, a little of both?
Oh, so sort of like mana? I played a video game once which had wizards and they only had so much mana. After they ran out, you were stuck waiting for their mana to regenerate.
That's lucky. But of course now you have no excuse when your place is a mess.
Seriously? Fuck yeah, sign me up.

[ghostlocked]

a lil of both but my specialty is enchantment and illusion.
its the shit that lets me fuck w. other ppls heads. im our teams crowd control. lol.
right before i ended up here we had this job where we were supposed to protect this politician.
boring shit. doesnt rly matter. but we ended up in a fight w. these assassins right?
like four of these assholes plus this nasty undead dude that we actually took out once before. but way stronger ig? idk what his deal was.
anyway one of the assassins came at me and i asked him nicely to fuck off and attack the undead dude instead.
he did. the fight ended up bein cake bc it distracted the undead dude long enough for my pal to set him on fire. saved the day or w.e.
i do that shit.
but uh yeah sorta like mana? its not an actual thing i can measure but ig its close enough. if i go too hard i need to rest up before i can cast certain spells. its rare that im totally spent anymore tho.
cool tho. when r u free?

[toiletseat_girl]

Your world and your work sound a lot more exciting than mine. Mine is just normal.
With the exception of Reapers, of course. I get the feeling that we're unique to my world.
That's a good trick, getting two of your enemies to fight each other instead. Especially keeping the undead guy off your asses.
It's pretty impressive shit.
Lucky, not having to worry so much about running out of firepower.
I'm free right now.

[ghostlocked]

o damn im already omw to help rydia w. this library thing.
ill swing by after? where u at?

[toiletseat_girl]

Oh, okay.
I'm in my house. Well, the house I'm sharing. The directions are really easy.
[sends directions to the house]

[ghostlocked]

nice. ty. ill head over when im free.

[And he does! He shoots her a courtesy "omw" a couple of hours later, and shows up not long after. Knock knock, guitar pal, you ready to learn some magic??]

[toiletseat_girl]

Cool. See you then.

[is she ever!! she is so ready to learn some magic]

[ghostlocked]

[Awww yeah.]

yo im here.
ur neighborhood is weird.
let me in.

[toiletseat_girl]

[George opens the door and smiles at him]

I know, right? But in all fairness, I didn't exactly choose it myself. I'm just sharing it with four other people. C'mon in.

[ghostlocked]

[He snorts and heads inside. It's been awhile since he's been inside of like, a regular house. It's apartments all the way down in NYC.]

Man, I could never bunk with four other people. Are they cool, at least?

[toiletseat_girl]

[George is used to houses, both the one she shared with her family and the one she shared with Daisy]

Jo and Pell are. The other two, I don't have much to do with.

[ghostlocked]

Hm. Haven't met them yet. [Five people in one house still sounds very stressful!!]

You got any particular kind of magic you're interested in learning?

[toiletseat_girl]

They're nice. Jo's like a sister to me. [it can be, especially since George tends to avoid Cal and Seel. they always seem like they're in a bad mood]

What does enchantment involve?

[ghostlocked]

[Oof. Of course that's the school she'd go for.]

That's the shit that lets you fuck with other people's heads. Like, mind control. That's big league. [And not something he's particularly down with teaching other people, but he couldn't teach her right now even if he wanted to. Those spells are way too advanced.]

But I can teach you some transmutation shit. I've got a spell that'll let you talk with people telepathically.

[Is that the best place to start??? Maybe not, but it's cool.]

[toiletseat_girl]

[she unlives to make life difficult for people]

Okay, so not beginner stuff. I get it. [she's cool, honest. that sounds like going from training wheels to competing in a BMX extreme sport trail]

Hey, that could be useful. Let's go with that.

[it's the best place as far as she's concerned?]

[ghostlocked]

Yeah, not so much. It takes years to master that kind of thing. [He's been at it for A While.

But, cool! He moves to sit down on a nearby cooouch or at a table or something? Whatever's in her house. Magic can be headache-inducing, so it's best to get comfy.]

Alright, so it works like you're sending someone a text, sort of. Casting the spell lets you send one message and it'll open up a brief channel for the other person to respond, but you have to cast it repeatedly every time you want to say something new. And the other person can't fire back unless you give them that window. It's super easy magic, though. Doesn't take hardly any energy, so once you get the hang of it, you can cast it on repeat forever without batting an eye. Make sense?

[toiletseat_girl]

Well, so far I have nothing but time. But that's cool.

[there is a couch. George goes to sit by him on it, looking attentive]

Yeah, so far. How long does the window usually last?

[ghostlocked]

Huh. Fair.

[The idea that he could be here for years is mildly disconcerting, to say the least, but it'd be cool to teach someone magic in the meantime. Maybe George can make more progress with this than he expects.]

Not long. 10, 15 seconds, maybe? For them to start their response, anyway. I don't think it would cut them off in the middle unless they tried to monologue at you for hours or something. [He would probably just cancel the spell on his own if that ever happened. Who has time for that shit??]

I'm gonna do it to you so you can see how it feels on the receiving end, and then we'll work up to you initiating the messages, okay?

[And then, assuming George doesn't have any hardcore mental blocks that would prevent this from happening, she'll hear Harlan's voice in her mind:]

Ready?

[lol]

[toiletseat_girl]

Yeah. I mean, I do work at the clinic, that takes up some of my time, but not a lot.

[George has already resigned herself to the idea of being here for years. it wouldn't be so bad, if it weren't for those crazy god shenanigans]

Yeah, if they need more than ten or fifteen seconds, either I wasn't clear enough with what I said, or they just like the sound of their own voice. Even if it is just in their head. [not George, that's for sure]

Works for me?

[nope, no hardcore mental blocks. with George, what you see is largely what you get, so there's no real filter]

Yeah. Hey, that's cool.

[and it is!

[ghostlocked]

Sure is. Comes in handy on jobs and shit, too.

[He's gotten more mileage out of his Message cantrip than any other spell in his arsenal. Other than Alarm, that is, but that's more of a precautionary thing. Telepathy is infinitely more cool.]

What kind of work do you do at the clinic?

[He'll just keep this conversation going for a bit until she's gotten used to the feeling.]

[toiletseat_girl]

Yeah? Like the jobs you did back home?

[telepathy is definitely cool, in her opinion. she can see times when it would come in handy, like places where the gods or the Null could be listening in]

Basic first aid stuff and reception. I was pretty busy during the fire, though.

[works for her!]

[ghostlocked]

Yeah. I'm a freelance adventurer. Like a vigilante, I guess, but more official. [Sort of more official, anyway. Technically, since it's not illegal.]

Huh, cool. That's good shit to know. Why'd you pick the clinic?