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Jan. 10th, 2006 10:08 pmWhat's That? [6 Consimbs 4261]
Vae's home was not immediately comprehensible. I waved the Eye of Mirizan and Melizan around in the suitable ways. A few things got more comprehensible, but not a whole lot so. So the conversation mostly went:
Me:"What's that?"
Vae:"It's... " And then she'd switch to the Nice Language to explain it more carefully. Not that the Nice Language is particularly good at technical magic (it's worse than Ketherian by half) but she always talks that around me when she can.
And so...
Me:"What's that vast hollow cavity which we are suspended in the middle of, of which the walls are subtly veined in light brown on medium brown, and of which the scent is peculiarly spicy?"
( The cavity... )Me:"And what is this surface which we are standing on, which is transparent, and faintly warm, and enjoys a pale silky texture?"
( surface )Me:"What is that slowly rotating ovoid with the slowly waving protrusions over yonder, between the hideous crescent-shaped mask and the inside-out thing which I very much hope is not a Gormoror?"
( ovoid )