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[necromanswers]

Who: Lup + anyone!
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Heron / Iskaulit
When: Nowish


Hey there, fleeter friends, let me pick your brain for a few minutes, get those creative juices flowing.

If you could have any kind of magical weapon, armor, or a fancy artifact- what would it be, and what could it do? The theoretical sky is the limit, here, this is just a fun thought experiment.

[Toooootally theoretical. She's not fishing for new stuff to work on, no sir.

Lup can be found easily enough in person as needed, either in her room or in the kitchen on the Heron, or messing around in the smithy onboard the Iskaulit. It's project time.]

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[fantachetic]

[ Dorian isn't one to pass up the opportunity for better equipment by any means, but this particular endeavor is best-suited for an in-person discussion. With his staff in tow, he pays Lup a visit. ] I have it on good authority that you are looking for something to occupy your time.

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[necromanswers]

[Lup is standing in front of a chalkboard, the entire surface of it covered in runes, elvish script, arcane circles, and a couple of rough sketches in the center. One is of a wand, another a gloved hand, and the third looks sort of like the fleet guns that come with security rooms. There are notes and annotations around all three. She glances over her shoulder at the sound of his voice.]

Oh yeah? What good authority has been spreading such rumours about me?

[Her tone is mildly teasing; her callout had been vague but not especially subtle, if you stopped to think about it. She pauses as she scans him up and down, and then-.]

Holy shit, that's one baller-looking staff, my dude.

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[fantachetic]

Only the highest of compliments, I assure you, madame. [ Dorian quirks an eyebrow, smiling wryly. ] Isn't it just? It's a shame, the adjective used most is 'creepy'. However, as wonderful a tool as it is, there is always room for improvement, is there not?

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[twosoul]

[Oh, oh, ask him more easy questions. Lorden answers without hesitation.]

A rocket launcher with target-seeking cluster bombs, an Arc energy conductor that'll junction with my syanpses to keep my abilities going longer, a transmat device that will let me store all my stuff in my room but summon it when I need it, and a programmable image projector to make targets for the shooting range I'm working on.

[necromanswers]

That's one hell of a wishlist. A lot of that sounds more technology than magic, though. Shouldn't you be looking for an engineer instead? I am but a simple wizard!

[Although-]

There is actually a spell that could do the storage one, technically.

[twosoul]

Eh, it's pretty interchangeable where I'm from.

I'm listening, I'm listening. Having to lug around all my crap every time I want to go down to the planet gets old fast.

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[winscenario]

Honestly, I never thought about what I'd like to have as a magical object. I do have one already that's pretty cute and useful though, if you want to hear about it?

[necromanswers]

Sure, why the hell not? Hit me, my dude.

[The best kinds of magical artifacts are both cute and useful.]

[winscenario]

Alright. Oh, hold on, actually...

[ Since he's in his room, he just steps away from the camera, then comes back with the item he was talking about. He holds it up to the camera, so Lup can see a small carving of a whale out of what appears to be soapstone. It's warm grey and it has golden flecks throughout, and there seems to be a very faint golden glow coming from the item. ]

Okay, now watch this. [ He steps farther away from the camera so she can get a good look. Then he touches the carving and closes his eyes, and in a few seconds a glowing golden whale made of spirit energy appears out of thin air. It's a little bigger than a dog (actually Jim's German Sheppard is nearby enough to serve as comparison), and it floats on air and moves as though it's in water. ]

I got it back in Riverview, that's where I was before I came here. Back there, it could be as big as a real whale, but this is as big as it can get here.

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[poisontippedcure]

At this point, I'd be happy with a nice stick.

[necromanswers]

That's setting the bar awfully low, isn't it?

But if you want a stick, the planet's full of some hefty looking trees.

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[postocular]

That's kind of a really broad question, isn't it?

[necromanswers]

Where's your creative spirit, kiddo? Broad questions get broad answers!

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[dothelokimotion]

[ seems legit. ]

Unfortunately, the Casket isn't much use to you.

[necromanswers]

Well yeah, bud, I think we established that one. Not looking to get my hands frozen off. But I'm not asking about magic stuff you already have, either!

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[spellsteal]

A fun thought experiment? I wonder.

[He smiles a bit.]

Honestly, I'd go for something practical-- a staff to use as a focus for my magic and help me surpass my current limits. I've sort of cobbled together something from previous planets but it isn't much of a weapon, more like a walking stick with a resonating rock tied to it. Very inelegant.

[necromanswers]

I'll never tell~

[At least not until she gets bored of teasing.]

And that sounds like a piece of shit, my dude. No offense. [Full offense.] You try to cast with a crap focus and you'll cast crap magic.

[permanentlyexhaustedbird]

Are you asking for things that we've already heard of but have perhaps never seen or thought we could obtain or something completely new?

[necromanswers]

I'd be chill with either option. There are no wrong answers here!

Well, unless you go off about something you already have. That'd be kinda pointless.

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[abracafcku]

Well, if you were looking to be busy, you could have just told me and I'd have given you more shifts at the MP.

[And worked less himself. C'mon, Lup, let him be lazy.]

[necromanswers]

Ohhh Taako, think about what you're asking! If I worked more shifts, you'd have customers banging on your door demanding my cooking instead of yours. How could I, your incredibly loving and supportive as-yet-unnamed-associated-person, do that to your ego?

[passingthrough]

[Video on and staring. Staring. Staring.] Can you make magical weapons? [Because sometimes people are just bored, but there is probably a reason this came to mind, right? Maybe? Does she want a magical weapon? Would that be weird when only kind of accepts magic as a thing?]

[necromanswers]

Whoa, hon, take a picture if you wanna gawk at me. It'll last longer.

[Don't stare like that, it's kinda awkward.]

And I just might be able to, sure. Depends on what you're after.

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[shroudedsecrets]

[Haggar has it on good authority that Lup is on her ship somewhere, so it's not long before she pops in, with Kova. Some of the past months have been... difficult, almost a step back in some ways.

But Lup had been there, even with what she had been going through. That helped.

Kova finds the elf first, of course, having gotten well-practiced at finding his way to the kitchen, trotting up to her with a meow for a hello. That's usually about the amount of hint she has before Haggar winds her way in.

Look learning to be people is one thing, it's still always awkward to have to give a greeting.]

[necromanswers]

[By the time Haggar arrives, Lup has already plopped herself down on the floor to dote on Kova, cooing affectionately at him as she scratches behind his ears and under his chin. Haggar gets a smile as she looks up.]

Hey there. Feeling adventurous today? This one's a role-reversal.

[Not a complaint, of course. Company's always nice, just a bit surprising.]