odd little alucine

[affodell]

It's never previously occurred to Cayra to put a door across an alucine boundary, but now that she's encountered it in practice it makes sense. It makes it visually obvious and it lets you lock it if you want. This door wasn't locked, and it looked like it led to a public bathroom, not a bar, from the signage, so she's still confused. Still, it's a good idea. She twists open the glass vial pendant around her neck and bends her head to the little blue lily inside to make a note of it; as an afterthought she tries to send it off to her antheomancer-chatcircle, anything to have a decent conversation, but it doesn't go. Her flower doesn't look wilting, but she can put it back in the garden and get a fresher one for the vial later. At least her personal files look okay. She closes up the vial again, giving the flower a touch of antheomancy for its health, and finds a bathroom inside the bar that dominates this little alucine.

And then she emerges into the bar. It doesn't seem to be staffed. Or stocked. Why wasn't it locked?

Hello, anybody here?

with Flynn (ErinFlight)

with Harry (andaisq)

Due to some icon rearrangement errors, some of Flynn's tags appear with an incorrect icon. The correct face for this thread is Rosario Dawson's.

Comments

[affodell]

"I wonder how much of a personality it has. ...Roll over."

[erinflight]

The portal flops down on the ground.

"I wonder if it will listen to me too? Come here portal."

Nothing happens.

[affodell]

"I wonder if it will stop listening to me if I get rid of the password."

She removes it from the inside of her mouth. "Here portal."

[erinflight]

The portal disappears.

[affodell]

"Uh."

Back goes the password in the cheek. "Poooortal?"

[erinflight]

The portal reappears instantly and nudges Cayra's hand.

[affodell]

"Aww! Okay, so that's password-based."

[erinflight]

"I guess it's only visible if someone has the password. I wonder, can you ask for me not to see it?"

The first portal is peeking around a tree behind them.

[affodell]

"Be shy," Cayra tells the portal.

[erinflight]

"And I can't see it. So you won't have to worry about it being stolen or anything."

[affodell]

"I like this portal. Hmmmm... Stay," Cayra tells the portal, and then she goes some hundred yards away, and then says, "C'mere, portal."

[erinflight]

It comes floating towards her. The other portal slips out from behind the tree and joins it.

[affodell]

"Aww. Was the first one supposed to be able to do that? Is it contagious?"

[erinflight]

"When I was making the second one, the threads started messing with the first one too. I thought they were just copying it, but maybe not. It's kinda cool. I wish I'd thought of it."

[affodell]

"Well, they seem friendly, definitely, but I hope they don't change too much, I think I like how they work right now."

[erinflight]

"I'll make an effort not to change them if I make anything new. I still feel pretty rational, so I could make something else if you want? I could put something inside the room. This has been helpful so far. A lot of woven things at home are alive, but I wasn't sure if it was the weaver's idea or the magic itself."

[affodell]

"Do you know if the room will be daylit all the time, or on a cycle, or if the light's controllable, or what?"

[erinflight]

"I tried to make it bright all the time, but maybe it will listen to you too?"

[affodell]

"As long as it isn't, say, dark when there's nobody inside, I'm going to grow some flowers there. Bright all the time works fine. But I don't need weaving to get flowers. Hmmm."

[erinflight]

"Maybe, if it's not already responsive to you, I could try to make it responsive? I could also add some items inside, and see how the threads interpret them."

[affodell]

"What kind of items?"

[erinflight]

"Furniture? Magical equipment? Some sort of window so you can look outside?"

[affodell]

"Windows in the portals could be useful. One-way ones. Furniture I can get at home without cost to your sanity. What kind of magical equipment?"

[erinflight]

"I was wondering if I can make something that makes something else. Like, could I make a table that's always full of food, or a cupboard that pops out requested items?"

[affodell]

"Ooh. I like it."