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.

Comments

[magician_king]

Well- don't quit your day job, because it's time consuming and detailed and hideously boring work from pretty much start to finish.

[stealyoursoul]

Then why do you do it?

[He supposes there has to be some sort of trade-off that makes it all worth it, but he's not seeing it right now.]

[magician_king]

I love detail.

[Smiling.]

And I'll pour hours into magic.

[stealyoursoul]

I can get that. I'm the same way about music.

[Leo could spend hours by himself just playing his guitar or flute even when he had no patience for anything else in his life.]

[magician_king]

Are you a musician?

[He asks, a little surprised.]

This might be quite an adjustment.

[stealyoursoul]

Something like that, yeah. I used it back home to help people.

[Which is a vague way of getting around introducing himself as a soul-eating monster.]