USER: #AA3333

[whichcraft]

[ COLOR ]

Okay, so, a couple of things.

First off, probably useful for people to know right now: there's silver in them there hills. Forest, I mean. There's silver in the woods and you really have to look for it because it's buried, but it's out there. I found a ring in a chest, and I have a feeling given this place it's not the only one out there.

Second off is magic. I keep seeing people on the forum offering to use their talents to help make things better for everybody around here, so I guess I figure I should throw my figurative hat into the ring on that one, too. I was telling a guy recently that my magic is kind of like clay, and the spells I can do are like molds for it. Just because I've got molds for hearts, stars, and horseshoes right now doesn't mean I can't someday figure out how to make clovers and blue moons, too. It's just...working out how to do it, the first time.

Example: I've overheard enough people complaining about there not being any hair gel around that I went and figured out how to simulate it with magic. I don't need it myself but hey, trade me a favor and I'll do your hair for you, if it means that much to you. I'm a helper.

But yeah, I figure if I can do that, then maybe I can do other stuff, too. Things people think the town needs — above and beyond just putting on music for the local prom, I mean. So I'm taking ideas, if you've got them. I can't make any promises, but...you know, I want to help. Even if it's just really random, stupid little conveniences. Like maybe I can enchant a bathtub to heat the water you put in it or something, I don't know. I'm good at tricks like that, it's kind of what I do.

Third thing, and this is kind of out there but I just wanted to see if anybody else has been having thoughts like this too. Does it ever seem as though this town is, like...some kind of entity in its own right? Like a thing with a will of its own?

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#273299

[sirnyxalot]

I never considered the possibility of doing it this way but after this last attack I'm kinda running out of options. Do you got a spell in there to repair leather? My armor’s getting beat up to the point of being unusable.

#000033

[whereabout]

Skipping straight to the last thing here, since I have no opinions on hair gel (but I'm sure you're going to make a few people's days with that one).

I've traded thoughts with a few people about this, and while we can't really prove anything, I do think there's merit to that argument. There were artifacts in my world that have the power to react to thoughts and desires, and a lot of what we've seen feels more to me like something is reacting to us and our minds than it's some individual hiding in the corner and controlling all of this. I'm not going to dismiss any possibilities yet, given how little we still know, but I'm not convinced that #FFFFFF is actually a person.

[whichcraft]

No, but it occurs to me that I really should, since my armor's leather too.

It probably wouldn't take me that long to figure out, though. The problem is it'll just be leather, I think. Like, it's not just going to be a catch-all "fix beat-up things" spell, it's going to be specifically "repair leather".

I'm saying that so that you're absolutely sure you're asking for the right thing, because if it turns out you're like oh by the way can you fix this hole in my socks while you're at it, then you're going to be disappointed.

[whichcraft]

(I figured that one would be in high demand, yeah.)

So you're saying that #FFFFFF is less of an individual and more of a FFFFFForce?

[whereabout]

Something like that. Or...like a system that's just executing a program someone put in place before we ever entered the picture, maybe.

Minato and I were talking - a lot of the stuff we've encountered here seems tailored to us, personally. And the monsters always seem to be something at least one person recognizes, like it's taking cues from us on what appears here. Things we know, things we think about. That feels to me like something reacting to what we put into it (figuratively, obviously not intentionally of us), rather than someone pulling strings behind the scenes and making deliberate decisions about what appears here.

#FFF59D

[photoshooter]

you did it!!!! maybe now i can give iggy the rest of the real gel you gave me. he'll be so happy. (｡◝‿◜｡) noct might get mad at me tho so don't tell him. (*≧艸≦)(*≧艸≦)

also you found a ring in a chest??? sounds like treasure hunting time to me!!

[whichcraft]

So we're the variables, basically. It does what it does because of us, and if we weren't us, then it'd be doing something else. It's reacting to us.

So what does that say about how we were brought here? Is it just a fluke that this place picked who it picked?

[whichcraft]

I DID IT the day is saved. No more bad hair days for the people who need hair gel to look like a functioning human being.

It took me forever to find it, too. I just kept going out there feeling like I was supposed to be finding something and I could never figure out what or where it was.

[photoshooter]

oh. ohhh was it part of finding the wolf cure?? oh man. then i owe you a big, BIG thank you, girl. me and all my buddies who got turned, we're all okay now thanks to you.

[whereabout]

Maybe random...or maybe there's something that just made us easier or more convenient choices to take here than anyone else, although I don't have any particular ideas about that.

[whichcraft]

Oh, come on, a bunch of people worked on that, it wasn't just me. Don't give me all the credit.

[...Says the most self-centered credit-hogging person in the world. Hmm.]

[whichcraft]

I mean I'm not arguing with your theory here, don't get me wrong, but where I was at before this? I was not exactly what you might call easy to kidnap.

Honestly I'm kind of surprised I even managed to end up here to begin with.

[photoshooter]

well i can give you SOME of the credit can't i? i'm pretty sure we can negotiate some kinda percentage. anyway it's really nice to sleep at night and not worry about chomping my best friends or catching my tail in the door. so thanks!!

[whichcraft]

Did you actually catch your tail in the door or was that just a hypothetical example?

[photoshooter]

let's hypothetically say it was hypothetical!

[whichcraft]

Is that like a double negative? A double hypothetical means it's an actual?

[photoshooter]

idk because this is starting to sound like math and i was really bad at math. (´-﹏-`；)

[whichcraft]

I think you're thinking of hypotenuse, not hypothetical.

[photoshooter]

i wasn't very good at big words class either!!

[whichcraft]

That's like every class there is. What were you good at, gym?

[photoshooter]

i guess i was okay at it by the time i got to high school at least? i was just kind of umm, not great at school, period.

[whereabout]

Not easy to kidnap in the physical sense, or the metaphysical sense?

[ He never would call himself an easy target to get physically, but...clearly whatever's going on is weirder than that. ]

[whichcraft]

I mean, you can probably still kick my ass at the mile run, so that's something.

Well, anyway. Back to the real point, if I ever turn you into a dog, I'll make sure you've got tail-clearance for all your doors.

[whichcraft]

I'm not actually sure what the difference is here. Clarify?

[photoshooter]

YOU CAN DO THAT???????????