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[spiderdefying]

[The forge flickers on! At first, viewers are treated to a fantastic view of a room, upside-down. Then, the forge is shaken, tossed in the air, and knocked against against a bedpost. There's some odd muttering in some unidentifiable language. Then, finally, the camera picks up a fellow. He's a strange looking fellow, with black skin, an enormous,

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[onetoignite]

It's called a Forge, and stop hitting it on things.

Christ, I hope you can read this. You don't look like you're from anywhere near earth.

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[spiderdefying]

[on one rotation, the man stops, and peers at the text, delighted.]

Oh, it talks? Like a stone of sending! I suppose it's a bit complex for a sending stone, but there's nothing wrong with a little decoration.

[He has also finally managed to hold it right-side up! Joys.]

Ah, no, but I've heard of that place in legends. My first home has always been Menzoberranzan.

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[onetoignite]

Hey, mate, I'm not an it. I'm a guy on the other end of this thing. Don't tell me, you don't have technology either, right?

Figures.

Er. Right, I don't know where the fuck Menzothing is but this is Anatole. Hope you like it, because there aren't too many exits.

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[spiderdefying]

Definitely a sending stone, then! And you can see and hear me? Excellent.

[he tilts his head forward, and arches his visible eyebrow in amusement.]

Of course we have technology! Sort of a silly question, don't you think? And this city seems like fascinating as well! I suppose I could dedicate time to it. One of the few things I have handfuls of.

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[onetoignite]

What? No. I already told you what it is. It's a machine called a Forge. What the bloody fuck is a sending stone?

Anyway it's not that silly, plenty of people here have never even heard of technology. It's criminal, but there you go.

By the way, if you plan to go exploring watch out for the serial killers and kids throwing eggs. They'll ruin your nice hat, and... well, kill you.

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[spiderdefying]

It's exactly what it sounds like, my friend. Obviously they haven't mastered magic where you come from. And I've certainly heard of technology.

[At the latter statement, he grins, amused.]

Ruin my hat and kill me? Well, I can't have that. I just got here! Somehow, I think I will manage to avoid the serial killers, though.

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[onetoignite]

Not quite, no. We just use boring shit like cell phones and... well, fancier cell phones, I guess.

But anything magic can do, we've probably got a machine for it. And we don't even have to worry about our mana running out.

Yeah, don't think they care. We're all scary outsiders, you know. Can't have people like that walking around.

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[spiderdefying]

[a sly grin. He resituates the forge on a dresser so he can peer at it as he talks, more comfortably.]

Oh, mana doesn't work quite that way. It's not like you simply run out, and then you have to sit down to have a meal to eat more, or something like that. Magic isn't some force you can just deplete. After all, I'm sure your devices break, and require outside forces, and that sort of thing, don't they?

[He pauses, thoughtfully, then takes the hat off and sets it next to the forge. He is head is clean-shaven.]

Ah, glad to see not much has changed, then. Humanity can be so trapped within its preconceptions. Though, I suppose I can hardly talk, as a drow.