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?

Comments

#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.

#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!!

#AED6F1

[asano_san]

[color]

I do! I think the whole town is out to get us!

#FFE900

[atomicals]

[Colour. It's actually terrible. Hunk knows and he's ashamed and he nevertheless replies please forgive him Summer.]

Like it's a living breathing creature? Or, like, you talking more like a magical thing, like maybe the town is filled with some big ghost or spirit or something inhabiting it?

[recommending]

Music helps people a lot.

[ Though as one of the other prom performers, his opinion on the matter might be stronger than most. ]

... More shampoo would help, too.

#248BF2

[teradaya]

[Color!]

Ohh I could go for a hot bath right now. It's been so long. What if I forget what hot springs even feel like? That would be a tragedy.

[He's being dramatic. Probably.]

This town definitely has a strange sort of aura to it, though. I'm not sure I'd call it having a will of its own, but it's definitely alive in some way. Then again, someone could argue that any place is alive if it's rooted in the natural world, as I assume this place is. It has the elements, plants and animals, and weather, so it isn't as if it's frozen. It feels more incomplete to me than anything. Like parts of it are frozen. But then once they gain color, and I admit, I still don't understand how that works, then they exist as they should.

#ffff99

[troubadamsel]

What is "hair gel"?

On a much more serious note, I hadn't considered that last possibility - of the town itself being an entity. When I first got here I would have called you mad, but now, I'm not so sure.

#FFDF00

[inheritance]

If you could enchant the bathtubs to do that, I think that would help a lot! For other suggestions... do you think you could get the buckets to fill up with water from the well when it's needed somehow?

I think you're definitely right about the town. The forest seems to be sentient, so I don't see why the town wouldn't be the same.

#D32F2F

[girod]

Hair gel is relatively simple to make. All you need is some flax seeds, which I know where to find. They're even reusable.

If anyone needs it, you're welcome to conserve your energy and send them my way.

#FFFF4D

[tendershepherd]

Are you saying you can do magic with clay? [That metaphor may or may not have gone over his head.]

I have actually. You're new here, right? The town's done weird things ever since we first arrived here. [And by "we" he means the first group of people that were here.]