[IC] Myriad Reality

[DarkwolfX37]

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Don't worry; you'll both learn all kinds of new things. Anyway, now that we're done going up and down over and over again let's get out before we get dizzy. *The elevator opens up on the side of a larger circular shaft that runs through the middle of a large circular room decorated in sharp, geometrical art with radial and linear symmetry in several directions, milling with people* This is the main room of the capitol of the Velvet City. There's so much going on here although all of it's kind of boring. Still important though!

@Mammalia

*Looks around the room several times*

[Fractured]

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The point of dessert teas is not actively drinking them, anyway! Do you have any you really like?

@whizzball1

I have no preferences, no.

[whizzball1]

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I have no preferences, no.

@Fractured

That's fine! Not everybody does or needs to have them!

[Fractured]

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That's fine! Not everybody does or needs to have them!

@whizzball1

Not applying to you, of course.

[whizzball1]

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Not applying to you, of course.

@Fractured

Of course! But even though I have preferences, I don't let them keep me from diversifying. I'm always looking for new things to try, and I make sure never to neglect a flavour for too long!

[Fractured]

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Of course! But even though I have preferences, I don't let them keep me from diversifying. I'm always looking for new things to try, and I make sure never to neglect a flavour for too long!

@whizzball1

Do you have enough time for all of them?

[whizzball1]

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Do you have enough time for all of them?

@Fractured

Ish. I make some groupings of flavours and treat them as single flavours. Kind of mean, I know, but there's nothing else I can do!

[Fractured]

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Ish. I make some groupings of flavours and treat them as single flavours. Kind of mean, I know, but there's nothing else I can do!

@whizzball1

In one glass or do you consider them all the same category and choose a representative?

[Stabby]

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A lot of places aren't this fortunate. You've done well.

@Host

Zel: A lot of us know that, which is why both the guild and the marketplace try their best tuh make sure this place is safe and defended.

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*Grins* Sorry. Thanks. *Takes the scrolls and reads them rapidly, again apparently taking notes*

@Balance

Zel: No problem. *Puts the stool I grabbed back where I found it.*
:*The scrolls are made up of equal parts words and sketches/pictures. There are some myths and legends, but one stands out to you.*

The story

It depicts the tale of some scavengers exploring a hidden ruin. A member wanders away from the others and stumbles upon a weird machine on reserve power. It housed four mid sized dust coated containers, only one of which seemed to have an unusual glow emanating from underneath the dust. As the man reached over and cleared away the dust the machine died, with the glow suddenly bursting out of the container and knocking the man out. He awakes to a small foxlike creature pawing his face and his buddies grouped up near a fire close by. As he makes his way over to his group he notices the creature following him. He goes to shoo it away, but instead it starts to glow and jumps into him without harm, vanishing. The man doesn't tell his buddies, but upon a thought of the creature appearing it jumps out of him and lands on his head. His buddies freak out until they see it just laying upon his head peacefully. He then tells them of the container and the glow, and they figure he has been given a guardian spirit for passing a test of some sort. The story summarizes that the group went on to scavange many ruins and safely return from them all due to the spirit.

Neil: *Watches Soren a bit surprised.* Why the rush my friend? Surely you at least plan on staying the night?

[Host]

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Zel: A lot of us know that, which is why both the guild and the marketplace try their best tuh make sure this place is safe and defended.

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Zel: No problem. *Puts the stool I grabbed back where I found it.*
:*The scrolls are made up of equal parts words and sketches/pictures. There are some myths and legends, but one stands out to you.*

The story

It depicts the tale of some scavengers exploring a hidden ruin. A member wanders away from the others and stumbles upon a weird machine on reserve power. It housed four mid sized dust coated containers, only one of which seemed to have an unusual glow emanating from underneath the dust. As the man reached over and cleared away the dust the machine died, with the glow suddenly bursting out of the container and knocking the man out. He awakes to a small foxlike creature pawing his face and his buddies grouped up near a fire close by. As he makes his way over to his group he notices the creature following him. He goes to shoo it away, but instead it starts to glow and jumps into him without harm, vanishing. The man doesn't tell his buddies, but upon a thought of the creature appearing it jumps out of him and lands on his head. His buddies freak out until they see it just laying upon his head peacefully. He then tells them of the container and the glow, and they figure he has been given a guardian spirit for passing a test of some sort. The story summarizes that the group went on to scavange many ruins and safely return from them all due to the spirit.

Neil: *Watches Soren a bit surprised.* Why the rush my friend? Surely you at least plan on staying the night?

@Stabby

How do you do that?

[whizzball1]

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In one glass or do you consider them all the same category and choose a representative?

@Fractured

The latter! I don't think I'd put that many tea bags into one teacup or even one teapot.

[Balance]

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Zel: A lot of us know that, which is why both the guild and the marketplace try their best tuh make sure this place is safe and defended.

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Zel: No problem. *Puts the stool I grabbed back where I found it.*
:*The scrolls are made up of equal parts words and sketches/pictures. There are some myths and legends, but one stands out to you.*

The story

It depicts the tale of some scavengers exploring a hidden ruin. A member wanders away from the others and stumbles upon a weird machine on reserve power. It housed four mid sized dust coated containers, only one of which seemed to have an unusual glow emanating from underneath the dust. As the man reached over and cleared away the dust the machine died, with the glow suddenly bursting out of the container and knocking the man out. He awakes to a small foxlike creature pawing his face and his buddies grouped up near a fire close by. As he makes his way over to his group he notices the creature following him. He goes to shoo it away, but instead it starts to glow and jumps into him without harm, vanishing. The man doesn't tell his buddies, but upon a thought of the creature appearing it jumps out of him and lands on his head. His buddies freak out until they see it just laying upon his head peacefully. He then tells them of the container and the glow, and they figure he has been given a guardian spirit for passing a test of some sort. The story summarizes that the group went on to scavange many ruins and safely return from them all due to the spirit.

Neil: *Watches Soren a bit surprised.* Why the rush my friend? Surely you at least plan on staying the night?

@Stabby

Heh, sorry. It's my study technique. I'll be sticking around; I'm just skimming for points of most interest and then I'll read properly over it later. Hey, what's the general belief around here about spirits?

[Fractured]

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The latter! I don't think I'd put that many tea bags into one teacup or even one teapot.

@whizzball1

Would that not depend on the size of the kettle?

[whizzball1]

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Would that not depend on the size of the kettle?

@Fractured

That's a very useful sort-of-rhetorical question!

[Fractured]

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That's a very useful sort-of-rhetorical question!

@whizzball1

I had figured that you of all people would have a variety of kettle sizes.

[whizzball1]

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I had figured that you of all people would have a variety of kettle sizes.

@Fractured

I prefer lots and lots of tiny kettles, for that wonderful feeling of pouring out a steady stream of steaming tea! But I do dabble in larger sizes, occasionally.

[Fractured]

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I prefer lots and lots of tiny kettles, for that wonderful feeling of pouring out a steady stream of steaming tea! But I do dabble in larger sizes, occasionally.

@whizzball1

Do larger kettles deter steady streams from forming?

[whizzball1]

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Do larger kettles deter steady streams from forming?

@Fractured

Not slightly larger kettles, but really really really big kettles just don't give that sense of accomplishment! Maybe I'm wrong and I need to try again. I could be missing out!

[Fractured]

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Not slightly larger kettles, but really really really big kettles just don't give that sense of accomplishment! Maybe I'm wrong and I need to try again. I could be missing out!

@whizzball1

How did you lift them?

[Stabby]

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How do you do that?

@Host

Zel: I can't say many specifics since that would make it harder if word got out, but a good summary is that each part of the guild helps with the upkeep and runnin' of the town in some way.

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Heh, sorry. It's my study technique. I'll be sticking around; I'm just skimming for points of most interest and then I'll read properly over it later. Hey, what's the general belief around here about spirits?

@Balance

Neil: That's a clever way to go about it, I might keep it in mind for a bit of training.
Ah, yes, that story. *sighs.* A short answer would be that though most didn't believe in spirits and magic before the collapse, the existence of twisted's seems to be slowly changing that, as we still don't understand much about them. *Is rubbing my temples as if to relieve a headache at this point.* That story is the only one I can't make sense of or even verify if there's any truth to it, and it only gives me more grey hairs every time I try to ponder any of it.