... "It may very well, but considering their lack of magical ability, the concept of drawing power from such a dimension is the subject for a conversation...
... (About an hour later...) Dias opens his eyes, blinking up at the flourescent lighting as his brain reboots, things coming back to him slowly. ~Hospital....
... "There are more important things to discuss now. There may be two Crystals in this world already, and before we leave this world, we should be prepared to...
... (Hm, gotta do this quick. Class is in twenty and it takes ten to walk there.) The shower is easily seen to with the help of a nurse - the stitched wounds...
(I go home for the weekend to a computerwithout a good keyboard, and I come home to a thaumatological mess. Hot damn, must be October. Lemme see what I can do...
... "Dix minute, mama." Aede stirs slightly, pulling her head up. "Huh? Wha? We going home already?" She swings her face to look at Dias. "So soon? Wow." ...
... too.) ... with ... "That was my crystal...and if I intepret it right, it means the two crystals I expected to be here are, in fact, still here. However,...
... Rollan is debating how to best answer that question when he hears Luthien begin speaking. ... *SNAP!* The shattered pieces of the ballpoint pen clatter to...
... "Remember your place, Rollan. It is not for you to tell me what to do. There is a reason I parted company with you on Thera. It was not my intention to...
... "Remember my place? *My* place? You pompus ass, I was studying the hidden secrets of the world while you were still sucking your thumb and soiling...
... Luthien shakes his head. "There he goes again." He shrugs apologetically at the Secretary. "As I said, you should really see to your own problems before...
... "Actually, the only things I claimed are to be trained properly for, and have a better understanding of, the sort of thing you just attempted and to be...
... "And you threw in a few ad hominem attacks while lost in your temper. None of which make for good logical arguments or supporting evidence, made several...
Martinette was too in shock y what she felt to respond in time to the two men's spat. She'd felt that tingle and heard that voice that was all too familiar to...
... Leona immediately presses the intercom switch. "Seconded on that- if anything was said or done when that crystal did... whatever, we didn't hear it over...
... Dias gives a careless shrug of his shoulders in reply from his seat on the bed, somehow aware of her eyes, though he doesn't look up from his search...
... "Speaking of whom." Aede leaned back and stretched, pushing her fingers hard against each other high over her head. "Johann called. Said thanks for not...
(This time, I'm going to try to reply to this one *first*, so it doesn't get the shaft again. And it's shorter than the firestorm on the other end of...
... He blinks, turning around in the doorway. "I was going to come back, you know," he says, raising an eyebrow in what seems to be genuine surprise. "I...
(My apologies for this taking, what, twelve hours? Yeah. Work got in the way, then school, and soon, pizza. Lesse... Oh, before I forget: I heart you all for...
... Adonne grins, losing her previously bored expression, and makes a leap for table. Grabbing the iPod, she starts pushing buttons at random. When music...
... Aede echo's the nod, taking the moment to get to used to the headphones. She does however, succeed in not gaging on the fumes of burning petroleum from the...
... Rollan never even slows down, one hand still scribbling away as he dips his hand into the box and comes out with a lighter. He flicks it a few times, ...
... Powell smiles a little, and begins to turn to the guard, who sees it coming and heads for the door. "These are just some small examples, frivolous or...
... Adonne hands the flashlight over to Rollan, then takes the Gameboy to look at it. "Yeah, I got questions..." Again, she presses buttons until she finds the...
... petroleum ... (Gyah. Knew I forgot something - I forgot to hit this side of the game. _-_ ) From the local learning hospital, it's only a few hours to the ...
... Powell blinks. He's not a gamer. "Um..." (*rolling...) ...But the guard previously sent on fetch quests is, apparently. "Sir?" he says quietly. He tries to...
... Dias suppresses most of a smile at that - ~Odd, I remember being roughly on the other end of this kind of conversation. It usually took me longer to...
... Leona looks at Dias, still smiling at the secretary's smart move. "Huh. Great to see you and Ms. Kierley back up on your feet. Doctors must have done a...
... Aede is a little disappointed when she gets there, having followed Dias around like a sheep for the most part. Part of her wanted to go into the room, and...