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[ghostlocked]

[It's late when Harlan folds and decides to go to the network for a distraction. He would vastly prefer not to do this, but, well. That's why it's called folding.]

cant sleep.
tell me stories.

[ooc: feel free to threadjack and use this as a sort of storytelling free-for-all!]

Comments

[magician_king]

I've been thinking a lot lately about stories where people travel from world to world. Fillory. Fairy circles. That kind of thing.

[ghostlocked]

y?
is that a real thing where ur from? apparently its not for some ppl here.

[magician_king]

Fairy circles no, Fillory yeah. It's probably on my mind because we've fallen into another world- in the stories it's always some kind of fate thing & moral choice maybe. Like there's a point, it isn't about the person being food.

[ghostlocked]

idk what fillory is but ppl hop worlds all the time where im from.
been to the fae wilds a few times. shadowfell. the basic planes, nothin too special.
and way too fuckin many pocket dimensions to count.
ppl need to knock it the fuck off w. pocket dimensions.
anyway its more of a random thing back home. u can get in and out of diff worlds in a ton of ways.
the only thing weird abt this hadriel thing is that everyone here is from somewhere else.
never met ppl from diff dimensions and shit before. its neat.
u think were here bc of fate?

[magician_king]

Sorry dude. Made a pocket dimension one time; they're beautiful magic it's impossible to resist.

I was in mine when I got yanked in here.

I don't think this is fate, I think it's just rude.

[ghostlocked]

gdi man. ur part of the problem. wtf.
lmao i see the appeal tho.
as long as ur not usin urs for evil bs then thats cool w. me.
even if u are idgaf. im not on the clock here. got enough shit to deal w.
o good. for a sec there i was worried u bought the fate thing.
bc yeah rudes more like it.
how long u been here?

[magician_king]

Been here like five fucking minutes. Bullshit tbh. Was hanging out in my cool pocket dimension which is a very nice orchard in a loft in Manhattan and then in shitty magic gladiator wizard of oz bullshit.

[ghostlocked]

shit ur from nyc? me too. i live in brooklyn.
or did ig. dw when the door decides ur time here is up ull end up right back where u were when you got pulled here in the first place.
in the meantime welcome to hadriel.
sorry ur first event is shitty af.

[magician_king]

Brooklyn here too. Just own the pocket dimension in MH, it's a real estate thing.

I'm Quentin. Magician. & thnks. It's not fun times. Is it ever that much less shitty tho?

[ghostlocked]

wtf seriously? what year was it for u?
magician? like pullin rabbits outta hats and shit? please god be that kind of magician.
im a sorcerer if that means anything to u. tldr i do real magic.
uh depends. events have been esp bad lately bc the gods are trying to recharge after the null invasion.
but this is the worst one in a while imo.
best thing is to just try to remember that its temporary. this shit never lasts more than like two weeks tops? a week is about average.

[magician_king]

2015.

And yes, that's where I got the pocket dimension from inside my fucking top hat. Of course not it's a nomiker for actual magic practitioners.

How long are people trapped here for normally? A bit more than two weeks tho

[ghostlocked]

o damn. im from 2018 so thats not too far off.
crazy shit.
lmao look man its tough to be sure around here.
we call magic users mages where im from.
in a general sense anyway. like im specifically a sorcerer which is diff than a wizard.
but the overhead term is mage.
uhhh not sure. idk that anyones bothered to keep track of averages like that.
ive been here for like nine months total. went home for a bit a few months back. it was about a year for me but only a couple days passed here.
time works weirdly here i think.
but yeah. usually ppl are here for more than a couple weeks. lol. sorry.

[magician_king]

jfc I am not about this.

Fine. Thanks for explaining though.

Want to meet up some time & plot the magical overthrow of the gods?

Who I assume read the network and can fucking blow me.

[ghostlocked]

yw. and sure. lmao.
idt theres a way to magic out of this tho. plenty of powerful ppl have come thru here and no ones managed to bust out yet.
id love to see what tricks u got up ur sleeve tho. show me urs ill show u mine. etc.
idk if the gods care what we get up to in our spare time but they have network access yeah. idk if they can read our private shit. prob ig.
the situation is bs bc were being used as a food source but in terms of powerful beings and shit that ive met theyre not that bad.
ive only talked to a couple of em personally but as individuals theyre alright.
they dont like this setup either fwiw.
not that it gets them off the hook but its worth noting that this is a complication situation.

[magician_king]

Ok but maybe there's an alternate way to do it. Like set up an alt food source, or?

idk man maybe it's being all shiny and new but I just feel like this cannot possibly somehow be it

Which ones have you talked to? I met Confusion, she was an idiot.

[ghostlocked]

hm. maybe.
never really thought about it like that tbh. idt my magic would be strong enough to pull anything like that off but maybe as a joint effort or something.
its worth keeping in mind.
even if we cant get home getting a confirmation of some kind of multiverse system is pretty fuckin cool imo.
its a known thing where im from but not to this degree. this is crazy.
ive talked to love and hope. never met confusion but hope was sensible enough and i like love.
theyve helped me out a shitload.
protip. if u ever need to make a deal w. a god pick one of the good ones.
paying love for favors is fuckin awesome.

[magician_king]

You sound like a hippie.

But I'll keep it in mind. Sounds better than Fear/Rage.

[ghostlocked]

lol. ig i do.
but seriously. loves the best god.
fear sounds alright but ive never dealt w. him personally. his events are fucking terrible tho.
p sure this is one of his. case in point.
i havent talked to rage much either but ive heard shes pissed off lately. i think she and delight had a thing goin or something.
idk.
i dont really pay attention to god gossip.
either way yeah its p easy to tell which gods are the ones to go to for favors and shit.

[magician_king]

Seriously.

Okay I cannot fucking deal with this, I am going to lose my god damned mind. I'd better let you go and just absorb some of this nonsense.

[ghostlocked]

lmao. gl.
see u around.