video- bat signalling

[magician_king]

Okay, I guess I'm a little overdue for this-

[Here goes nothing.]

My name is Quentin Coldwater. I'm a magician. I used to teach at Brakebills, and for a while, I lived in Fillory. I've got a pretty good grounding in physics and mathematics, and interuniversal travel. Normally I would consider myself able to claw my way out of this shit, but no dice this time.

Is there anyone here who knows anything about any or all of the above?

[He pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose, a nervous habit.]

I would like to get the fuck out of here, if anyone has any, uh, inroads on that one. Novel, I'm sure, but we've all got to start somewhere. Cheers.

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[proselytise]

i can do basic math, if that helps.

[ He's pretty sure it wouldn't. Actually, he normally wouldn't respond to a post he didn't have any reason to, but-- ]

actually, i just wanted to apologize for not really helping you a few weeks ago. hopefully you're doing better now?

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[magician_king]

That's okay. There wasn't a lot to do for it except wait, but it's healed up fine.

Is shit like that event normal for here?

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[proselytise]

so did it just reattach itself or regrow? the one that was missing, i mean.

and it's....probably normal? i haven't been here long, but from what i can guess from everyone else, it's pretty much a constant.

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[magician_king]

Sorry. I woke up and it was back.

How about your thing? What did you have, when did it wear off?

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[proselytise]

yeah, i kind of expected that would be the case

mine was more.......mental i guess? wore off overnight, which is nice

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[magician_king]

Yeah I am not a fan of whatever the fuck that was.

Is that seriously normal here?

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[proselytise]

yeah, same. if there's anyone here who does like it........they're probably stupid. or crazy.

as far as i know, it is. like i said, i've only been here a few months, but it's sort of a trend, unfortunately

[magician_king]

Bullshit everywhere.

So one thing I'm struggling with is what people do with their days? You can't try to break out 24/7

[proselytise]

i recommend picking up a hobby

or a job

well, volunteer position, we don't really do money here

[magician_king]

I've got a really shitty bedside manner

What else do people do?

[proselytise]

yeah, same honestly

i think there's a guard thing going on too

[magician_king]

Ugggh.

Do we have a library? Could we get a library?

[proselytise]

we had a library but it was kind of...destroyed? i guess

[magician_king]

Huh. Are the remains still around? I might be able to do something with them.

[proselytise]

mmmmaybe? not sure what island they'd be on yet.

it was kind of just scraps of books no one could read though

[magician_king]

What was the outside of the building like?

[proselytise]

there wasn't actually much of an outside, sort of an open air mess, if you get what i mean

[magician_king]

Well, fuck this.

[magician_king]

Well, that's fucking annoying. That won't work. I'll have to come up with something else.

[proselytise]

basically

what were you planning to do anyway?

[magician_king]

See what I could fix. But you need the broken pieces to begin the work.

[proselytise]

not sure how much you'll have to work with, sadly.

[magician_king]

Yeah, I'll look around for it, but probably this will mean a new plan.

[proselytise]

well, hopefully something works out for you. sorry about the library, you're not the only one who's sad about that one