delta v over delta t when there is no t

[ertia]

In a bar, there is a girl.

She looks like she has saved up all of her decadent and slothful impulses for a solid decade and is indulging them all at once. She is sprawled on a couch with a book she's only half-reading, and an ice cream sundae, and smiiiiiiling.

Comments

[ertia]

"It's probably good sense to also ask the dragon but this way we aren't lining up a dozen random people and sussing them out on the subject from zero background knowledge."

[no_return]

"Yeah, then sure, go get me a dragon."

[ertia]

"Also before you get a dragon you have to be introduced to sorcery," says Kithabel. "Just lean into my world -" She opens the door again. "And try to feel really entitled about concentrating on wanting, like, that tile to be a different color, or something."

[no_return]

"Really entitled? Okay..."

He looks at the tile. He attempts to feel entitled about how it should really be, say, purple.

[ertia]

"Might take a few minutes your first try."

[no_return]

"I'm not sure I'm getting it right. Why entitled?"

[ertia]

"Entitled or possessive or indignant or something? You're trying to convince the tile that your opinions about what color it should be are definitely the important thing here and it can just forget about whatever it was doing on its own because you're the boss."

[no_return]

"...Metaphorically convince, right, it doesn't have a literal mind I'm bossing around?"

[ertia]

"Right. This is about your mental posture; the tile is just a tile and even the magic ambient to the world isn't actually awake."

[no_return]

"Okay, just making sure."

So...

If he's going to become the omnipotent ruler of a planet he's going to have to get used to enforcing his will on things sooner or later. That tile needs to change colour because if it doesn't, he can't become omnipotent and take over the world, and it is very important that he become omnipotent and take over the world. So the tile is just going to have to deal, metaphorically speaking, with its new life in a lovely lavender-and-white swirling pattern.

[ertia]

"Pretty," comments Kithabel. "Okay, so when you meet a compatible dragon that ought to line up neatly." She shuts the door and opens it to dragons-and-unicorns-land again. "Would the Wild Magic care to identify the dragon it has in mind?" she asks Liselen.

[pythbox]

"...It says they're not any of the dragons we know about. Is there another dragon somewhere? Have they been sleeping all this time or something?" he wonders.

[ertia]

"...Well, I'll see if that'll do the trick."

Hey hermit dragon.

[pythbox]

Yes?

[ertia]

The Wild Magic says you won't mind Bonding with this guy I found who I wish to make omnipotent ruler of a planet.

[pythbox]

...And why do you want to do that?

[ertia]

It needs the attention, evil dictatorship kind of situation - I can't just extinguish some ravening fiends or fix an environmental hazard and call it done - but I don't want to move there permanently myself.

[pythbox]

Fair enough. How do you plan on introducing me to this person?

[ertia]

I can just teleport you to the door to the interdimensional bar if you don't have any further questions before he stares at you and finds you mesmerizingly beautiful.

[pythbox]

'Door' sounds... biped-sized. I am not biped-sized. Will there be room?

[ertia]

Yes.

[pythbox]

Can you bring my Bondmate as well?

[ertia]

You already have one? Are they also on board with maybe moving to another universe?

[pythbox]

Did the Wild Magic not tell you that?

[ertia]

The unicorn representing the Wild Magic did not mention it.