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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

[alicornucopia]

"I know. I have to tell my mom."

"We still might think of something though -"

"There's nothing else, we can't unsummon, we can't send, we can't hide her in our bedroom forever. We certainly can't let her out of the circle without Mom clearing her."

[ending_of]

"I am currently restricted to the area defined by this diagram?" she asks.

[alicornucopia]

"Yes," says Korulen. "It's a ward, it's standard with the spell."

[ending_of]

She looks contemplative.

[alicornucopia]

"But as long as you aren't going to murder anybody or anything Mom will probably let you out when she's checked you."

[ending_of]

"Given that your world's magic can summon people from my domain, murdering someone might not inconvenience them very much," she observes.

[alicornucopia]

"I'm still pretty sure she won't let you do it," says the blonde. "Ugh, I still have to actually tell her, this is going to suck..."

"Wait, what do you mean exactly?" asks the human.

[ending_of]

"You are demonstrably able to summon people from my domain," she says. "I connected your world to my domain; all people who have died and objects which have been destroyed here are available to it, and that will remain the case. Unless your magic is incapable of summoning a specified person, anyone who dies here will be immediately retrievable."

[alicornucopia]

"No, it can do specified people - so - Korulen if we -"

"Absolutely not, that's insane," says Korulen.

"Do a lie detection on her!"

"Even if she's not lying she could be out of her mind!"

[ending_of]

"I am neither," says the administrator.

[alicornucopia]

"People who are out of their minds don't necessarily know that. I'm not going to murder my roommate just because -"

"Why are you assuming I'd be the one to get dead?"

"Because I could try summoning you back and then fail because you would be dead."

[ending_of]

"My assertions are easily verified," she points out. "You need only summon someone who is already dead."

[alicornucopia]

"Oh wow she's right you can totally test it just get my grandpa or something!"

Korulen - thinks about that, and produces no objections.

"Okay... I'll go to the library and I'll get a book with a spell I can do myself - I will try to summon Saasnil's grandfather back from the dead - and if that works - then - that would be very strange so I'm not going to make any promises, but."

[ending_of]

The administrator settles back in her chair again.

[alicornucopia]

Korulen goes, presumably to the library.

"My grandpa will be okay when he's back, right? Not an undead monster or anything?" she asks the admin.

[ending_of]

"The dead of my domain are in most respects similar to their living selves, except that they cannot reproduce, are inhospitable to bacteria or parasites, and under circumstances whe they would otherwise die again, they are instead restored to a state of optimal health."

[alicornucopia]

"...So is he going to restore-to-optimal-health of old age every five minutes? That sounds kind of terrible actually."

[ending_of]

"You have an interestingly pessimistic definition of optimal health."

[alicornucopia]

"He was really old. Humans die when they're about that old no matter how healthy they were before."

[ending_of]

"Optimal health implies not being close to dying of any infirmity, old age included."

[alicornucopia]

"Does that mean he'll be young again?"

[ending_of]

"He will be healthy. Over repeated restorations the visible effects of age also diminish."

[alicornucopia]

"Oh, huh. That's cool."

[ending_of]

"I am proud of the design."

[alicornucopia]

"Why can't they reproduce?"