[Voice]

[paragonbrosca]

So, I can't be the only one who's been smacked in the face with culture shock, right? Or technology-shock, because a lot of the shit that's here I've never seen or heard of and have no idea how it works. I've figured out a couple of things through trial and error, but I'm not too proud to admit most of my reaction is still 'no fucking clue'. For those in the same boat, how long did it take you to adjust? What's the craziest discovery you've made? And for those that aren't, care to lend some advice? I'll pay you in drinks or other stuff; if you've the patience to endure all my questions, you've earned it. 

I've said it elsewhere, but just repeating myself now: if you're on that hit list and not that great at defending yourself, let me know. I'm pretty damn good at that, and so is the large war dog at my side. [Said war dog lets out an eager bark.]

Comments

[tongueamok]

Beaverkin. Short fellows who live near the swamps, flat tails, grabby little mitts?

[So... exactly what they sound like.]

[paragonbrosca]

Huh. They sound friendlier than the stuff I'm used to seeing in swamps; darkspawn and blight wolves and werewolves and shit.

[tongueamok]

I'd argue about if they're any friendlier than werewolves, but I imagine anything called a 'darkspawn' is just terrible.

[paragonbrosca]

Oh, they are. They're tainted creatures that for the most part don't have any true intelligence, but just live to spread their corruption. If people get sick from their taint, they can become mindless ghouls...if they don't die outright. That's why I kill the fucking things. It's my job.

[tongueamok]

Ghouls? Like the undead?

[Things Carlisle Would Rather Never Appear in Hadriel Again: Volume 53]

[paragonbrosca]

They might as well be; whoever they were before then, it's lost. They're mindless things that attack and feed. The only thing you can do is kill them before they kill others.

[tongueamok]

Indeed. The undead are foul beings, a perversion of nature that should never be. It is a mercy to put them to rest, should you have the ability.

[paragonbrosca]

Yeah, I do.

...hm. Question: if people can show up here, what about things from their homes? Or are we not that lucky?

[tongueamok]

Such things have already shown up, I believe. Some of the creatures are friendly and can even be kept as pets, but most, I've found, would be better off eradicated. We have had our possessions come through, the undead, carnivorous plants, unusual furniture, and a number of abominations that I hope to never see again.

[paragonbrosca]

I was less thinking abominations than runes or materials for making runes. Where I'm from, you can add them to weapons and it'll make them that much stronger against certain kinds of creatures. Like cold iron runes hurt undead more, and silverite runes hurt darkspawn. Mages can't work that stuff, but dwarves can.

[tongueamok]

So... some form of enchanting, then?

[paragonbrosca]

Yep! It's not my forte, I mostly just watched a guy at camp do it for me. But I have a lot more time here, so maybe I could figure it out.