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[alicornucopia]

In Paraasilan, Esmaar, a pair of roommates are about to break a rule that, compared to the one about running in the corridors or even the one about unlicensed teleportation, is there for a good reason.

In unison, they complete their shared spell.

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with Adarin (Aestrix)

with Ekador (kappa)

with Brilliance (kappa)

with the admin (kappa)

with Teah (kappa)

with Katran (lambda)

with Hall (kappa)

with Joy (kappa)

with Kalinda (Christy Hotwater)

Comments

[lookingforwardtoit]

"Fun and excitement," she says dryly. "They'll get used to it. Everybody does. Although I guess this'll be the first time this many people have had to get used to it at once."

[alicornucopia]

"Don't tend to get billions of newbies at once?" he asks wryly, crossing something out and flipping to a chart in the back of one of his books.

[lookingforwardtoit]

"Not so much! I mean, I won't say it's never happened, but definitely not in the last twelve thousand or so. —Years. However many come in at once, we still get 'em one at a time."

[alicornucopia]

"Well, she's restructuring, Elcenians are gonna be able to get people out at will, I'm gonna get my mom and dad back."

[lookingforwardtoit]

"Good for you," she says, apparently sincerely. "I don't think I'd wanna go back at this point even if I could, but if your world's this new I doubt your parents are even awake yet and they definitely haven't had thousands of years to get used to the place."

[alicornucopia]

"Even if they didn't want to come back I'd make them change their will, but I'm expecting the not awake yet thing."

[lookingforwardtoit]

"Change their will?"

[alicornucopia]

"They put this cutesy little clause in it about how my aunt gets all their money if and only if she funds all the education I can stand first. They didn't count on the fact that I hate my aunt. I could have passed the tenth tier tests five years ago probably, but I'm stalling because I have no money and I'd rather yell at her on a crystal every couple months than get cut off."

[lookingforwardtoit]

"Seems like bad planning," she says. "Hope it works out okay."

[alicornucopia]

"Me too."

FURIOUS INVENTION!

[lookingforwardtoit]

[alicornucopia]

"...Do you need something? Translation spell so you can read the cafeteria labels or something?"

[lookingforwardtoit]

She laughs. "Nah. I'm just hanging out wherever while Keo and her brother talk to the admin about... something, I dunno."

[alicornucopia]

"Probably my circle. I hope he doesn't start trying to invent it too, then we'd be duplicating the work."

[lookingforwardtoit]

Shrug. "Could be. I wouldn't know."

[alicornucopia]

Kaylo nods.

Scribble scribble read mutter scribble scratch.

[lookingforwardtoit]

Eights isn't sure if this is what charmed the admin, but it seems to be charming her just fine. He's just so furiously inventive!

But since she can't actually understand anything he's doing, the appeal is kind of limited. She wanders off elsewhere.