First scent // video

[lowercitydog]

[Video comes on, quite accidentally, showing an extreme close-up of a dog's nose sniffing the PCD. Then the dog sneezes, three times, liberally covering the screen in dog-snot]

Achoo? What'cha you find?

[The dog whines and noses at the PCD. Beka comes into view, and leans over to pick up the device with a handkerchief, wiping it off before she

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[sicksadlife]

A better question would be where Corus is supposed to be.

[If she wants a relative location.]

[lowercitydog]

Capital of Tortall acourse. You sayin' those that nabbed me took me far 'nough people ain't heard of Corus?

[sicksadlife]

Well, I certainly haven't. [And she's that rarity: a student who pays attention.]

[lowercitydog]

Where you from then?

[sicksadlife]

I'm from Lawndale, in the United States of America.

[lowercitydog]

[Blink. Blink. Staaaare. Then quietly]

Very far then. I ain't never heard of neither of those places.

[sicksadlife]

It'd be hard not to hear of the U.S. Are you sure?

[lowercitydog]

I'll admit I ain't ever been the best at all the book-stuff, but I know I ain't heard'a there.

[sicksadlife]

Well, something's obviously wrong here.

[lowercitydog]

I'da thought that much obvious.

[sicksadlife]

So what's your suggestion for what's going on?

[lowercitydog]

Dunno. Just got here, 'n didn't realize I'd be doing Dog work right 'way justa figure out where I be.

Seems a mage or mages most likely. 'less I've offended a god or two.

[sicksadlife]

Right. A wizard did it.

[Aside from being cliche- oh, never mind.]

Any idea how to undo it?

[lowercitydog]

Y'got a better explanation?

I ain't no mage.

[sicksadlife]

Not a better one. Not yet.

[lowercitydog]

Y'been lookin?