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Travel Preparations [Vheshrame; 19 Trandary 4385]

When a mighty and influential wizard seeks to travel, there are many, many preparations to be made.

Actually, it's not so much the "mighty and influential wizard" bit as the "travel" bit. Even if this trip turns out short -- two years, say -- I will still need a fair bit of luggage and accompaniments and sundries and whatnots. Also, I will end up bringing a fair number of impedimentia, memorabilia, regalia, penetralia, dementia, catatonia, gene and so on.

Jyondre points out that it is possible to do laundry in Srineia. I somehow do not find this encouraging for how much I will have to bring.

Actually, it's not so much about what to bring as who. If I were a mighty and unencumbered wizard, I would have a very simple who-to-bring:

Person	Role
Windigar	Primary pilot
Me	Primary tourist, auxiliary pilot, spender of the great vat of money
Vae	Auxiliary tourist, terrifying ophidian defense grid

However, I am a mighty and influential wizard. Or, to be more precise about it, an influential wizard. By my family's standards I am a credible beginner of a wizard. Which is pretty good -- my half-sibling Hezimikkinen isn't a wizard at all; I have far outstripped zir already in magic. On the other paw, zie more or less rules Vheshrame except when we've got a very strong duke, and I am patron to a mere fifty-odd people and lose popularity contests inside my guilds, so I won't claim very influential either.

But I am patron to fifty-odd people at Castle Wrong and environs, and some of them are quite odd indeed. Indeed, I really can't leave some of them behind for even a couple of years, not if I hope to see them again when I get back.

( Meet Grinwipey and Lithia )

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Travel Preparations [Vheshrame; 19 Trandary 4385]

When a mighty and influential wizard seeks to travel, there are many, many preparations to be made.

Actually, it's not so much the "mighty and influential wizard" bit as the "travel" bit. Even if this trip turns out short -- two years, say -- I will still need a fair bit of luggage and accompaniments and sundries and whatnots. Also, I will end up bringing a fair number of impedimentia, memorabilia, regalia, penetralia, dementia, catatonia, gene and so on.

Jyondre points out that it is possible to do laundry in Srineia. I somehow do not find this encouraging for how much I will have to bring.

Actually, it's not so much about what to bring as who. If I were a mighty and unencumbered wizard, I would have a very simple who-to-bring:

Person	Role
Windigar	Primary pilot
Me	Primary tourist, auxiliary pilot, spender of the great vat of money
Vae	Auxiliary tourist, terrifying ophidian defense grid

However, I am a mighty and influential wizard. Or, to be more precise about it, an influential wizard. By my family's standards I am a credible beginner of a wizard. Which is pretty good -- my half-sibling Hezimikkinen isn't a wizard at all; I have far outstripped zir already in magic. On the other paw, zie more or less rules Vheshrame except when we've got a very strong duke, and I am patron to a mere fifty-odd people and lose popularity contests inside my guilds, so I won't claim very influential either.

But I am patron to fifty-odd people at Castle Wrong and environs, and some of them are quite odd indeed. Indeed, I really can't leave some of them behind for even a couple of years, not if I hope to see them again when I get back.

( Meet Grinwipey and Lithia )