crystal

[undergrunn]

( Behold, a new voice on the crystals. Soft, good-humoured, with an accent that sounds Scandinavian / relative equivalent. The crystal catches a quiet breath of laughter before she speaks. )

I don’t know if you’re really lucky to have an engineer turn up, or if I’m really unlucky that I need to figure out the machinery.

I mean, learning about the infrastructure of a city in a whole different world isn’t even a “once in a lifetime” kind of opportunity, and pretending I’m some sort of genius at kinetic motion just because I know some mechanisms from home would be pretty fun, but…

Wow.

( Maybe that sounds a little weightier than her first "wow.")

Oh, I'm Abella. Riftwatch, you’re gonna have to have a lot more ramps by the time I’m done with you. Somewhere has to accommodate wheelchair users, even if it’s some kind of fairy tale world.

( Hmmm. )

Wait, can you just make them float, here? (More softly, ) Flying wheelchairs would explain the lack of ramps. I mean, this crystal thing is remarkable, so... let me know if I don't need to think about the ramps.

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[undergrunn]

Hmm?

( She'd forgotten she'd even said that, and there's an audible oh of horror. )

Oh, Alll-mer help me. ( Sounds like: I am an idiot. )

I've-- I didn't mean it dismissively, I've only just started to realise how many fairy tales are far more true and alive at home than I knew. Magic here is known by everyone, it seems, so it felt--

( A little sigh. They didn't know what it meant, only felt the insult of how it must have been used many times over. )

I'm sorry, that was rude, especially when I am a guest here.

As for your questions... are you at the Gallows, Bastien? I could explain better in person.

[cozen]

Do not worry about it. Like I said, you have a lot to deal with already. If you are still saying it in a few months, then we can have a problem and you can apologize.

[ Among them: the fact that she is likely not a guest here and will never truly go home. But his personal preference would be for that to come from another rifter, or at least someone who understands the Fade better. ]

I'm not in the Gallows, but I am due to stop by. Save me a spot on your schedule after lunch?

[undergrunn]

I'll set a deadline for getting it all out of my system.

( She's imagining a calendar with unfortunate comment purge quotas. Say everything awkward or terrible now, and then never again. If only it were so simple, right? )

Well, I'm very busy and in demand, ( so essential to the running of the place, you see ) but I'll clear some time for you.

What's a good spot with dry dirt, or sand, or sketching something out with a stick? I'll meet you there.