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[sythyry]

First Date, or not [25 Consimbs 4162]

I did my best to track Zanniajaia down the Dissection of Spells examination. I used cunning. I used a pack of mighty-nosed Cani. I used location spells. I used spies. I used (or abused) my connections in the City Guard. I used Prince Nestrune Kreslink, but he didn't help much. And whaddya know, I caught her.

Well, it wasn't that hard, though she did leave the examination a ninth of an hour before I did, and I did ask Narngi which way she had gone.

And we chatted about the examination for some short while. Mostly we agreed. There was one theoretical question about offworld magic (as seen from Vheshrame) -- I thought that it would be cryptic, and Zanniajaia thought it would be just as detectable as ordinary magic. We looked things up in some books. She's probably right, except in the case of offworld magic from demigods and such, which could get very confusing. I hope this question never ever becomes practical.

And then I asked her to join me for dinner at Ghu Navage Ghu.

And she said yes.

The yes!

Well, she actually said, "Sure, why not?"

Is that less enthusiastic? Or just an ordinary thing to say? [The translation is accurate; it could be either. -bb]

Is she traff?

How hard would it be to make a device that told whether people were traff without use of Mentador? (Um ... the very hard... I suppose you'd need to snoop back in time and read and interpret the whole life story. And that would only work if there was much evidence for it too. Very hard, and probably illegal.)

Aren't traff-folk supposed to get to recognize each other?

If there's a secret traff tail-wave, I wish someone would let me in on the secret...

Comments

[gavinfox.livejournal.com]

I'd say the equivalent would be to decorate your cart, or your saddle with it, maybe?

[brynndragon.livejournal.com]

My iron horse (shown in the icon) has a symbol placed along the edge of the back rest (which isn't visible in that image, unfortunately). I think you could place a similar symbol around the back edge of a saddle or along saddlebags for a living horse, or just about anywhere on the back of a carriage. The problem is Sythyry doesn't have much use for horses or carriages, I think.

[sythyry.livejournal.com]

iron horse?

iron horse??

iron horse???

[(Anonymous)]

Iron nonliving two-wheeled vehicle that, using its own power, moves you from one place to another, under your direction, with roughly the same utility as a horse.

[gavinfox.livejournal.com]

dangit, that was me AGAIN...

grrr...
I should stop replying from school...

[brynndragon.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

It is a euphemism for a machine of transportation made of an iron alloy that one sits upon in the same fashion as one would sit on a horse. We frequently treat our machinery like pets, giving them names and using terminology usually reserved for animals or people. This is partially due to their complexity, which frequently causes them to do unexpected things (which one expects of living creatures).

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

I think that your universe has a LOT more iron in it than Sythyry's universe...