second trial. | voice (unlocked)

[greenies]

[ thomas has not been a common presence on the network since his arrival to the drabwurld; gaining the ability to talk telepathically with the people who've been close to him have made it fairly easy for him to communicate without it. but this time, thomas addresses the network at large, although only with a (perhaps semi-familiar) voice.

he sounds uneasy. tired. ]

Do any of you have nightmares? How do you deal with them?

[ it's a stab at anonymity, mostly because he doesn't want to show his face, but the storms currently raging over head have not made his life any easier. thomas sleeps fitfully, twenty minutes at a time, wakes up screaming. no one's going to see his face as an effect of that. eventually, he tacks on a soft--]

Thanks. [ --and the line goes dead. ]

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[lusiphur]

Where I'm from, it's more common that I'm comfortable with. More common in the Elvin cities than in human ones... and all of it combined is less magic than what's in the air around here. [He grumps.] It makes my skin crawl.

[Lusiphur actually has a lot of complaining to do about magic and magic users, but he wanted a beer before launching into that rant. It didn't really matter what the Elf thought of magic... it's everywhere, and apparently it would just continue to taunt him] The only reason my situation isn't as bad is because I haven't found the right people to piss off yet. Give it time.

So. What's it like not having magic around where you're from?

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[greenies]

...Different. [ well the world is pretty much ending, so. his first knee jerk response was "disease ridden" so different is probably better. ] The place I'm from is pretty bleak compared to here--magic might have done us some good. I thought I had magic for a little while, but it turned out even that was just a chip in my brain.

It's weird, though, because some of the stuff crosses over. Like the fairy rings in the Drabwurld, we'd call those a flat-trans. They do the same thing in theory--I'm kind of interested in trying to see if we can't make them more portable like the flat-trans are, but I don't exactly have the magical knowledge to replicate it. [ uh oh you brought out thomas the nerd. this has sort of been his pet project since he got to the drabwurld. ] But it's interesting, that magic and science sort of coincide.

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[lusiphur]

.... Nerd. [He doesn't know Thomas beyond this first conversation, but it's pretty clear he's just teasing. He sighs audibly before continuing.]

I have to admit, I don't know how magic or science works, but I would definitely prefer this place to be a little more bleak than it is. [There's really no point in complaining, and there's something a bit defeated in his voice. Annoyed, but defeated.]

I don't know anything about these "fairy rings" you're talking about. Teleportation?