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[silvestris_mage]

[Daine...does not know what a telephone is. Nor pictures, televisions, gas stoves, refrigerators, or anything else from America, for that matter. After waking up on someone else’s bed and wandering confused throughout the house, she finally picks up the telephone, holds it the wrong way, and begins to speak. She thinks this is all rather insane,

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[ms_scarletwitch]

[Akako has to strain herself to hear the other on the phone. It annoys her that she's only getting bits and pieces of this conversation.]

The telephone isn't a magic device. Nor are the photographs. But I know I have seen a frog once during my stay here. And can you please flip the phone around so I can hear you better?

[silvestris_mage]

Oh. Some sort of machine, then?

[Daine takes the advice and flips the phone over]

But I can't hear them. It's like being inside a quiet room. These...photographs, though. They're false.

[ms_scarletwitch]

Yes, the telephone is a machine that we use to talk to others. And yes, those photos are fake even if they somehow have images of us doing such mundane things with strangers.

Hmm? You can hear animals? A fellow magic user I assume.

[silvestris_mage]

So it's like a letter, but much faster. That makes sense- and the pictures are fake! Why would anyone go through the trouble to make such silly things?

It's called Wild Magic. And apparently it's not working.

[miss_enma_ai]

You are in Mayfield.

[silvestris_mage]

Which is in which country? Tusaine?

[miss_enma_ai]

America I believe.

[silvestris_mage]

But that's not a country! That's a silly name.

[serenitysheart]

Hello? I can't quite hear ya... Do ya need some help?

[silvestris_mage]

[after following some helpful advice, she flips the phone the right way round.]

Do you know where we are? It's fair rude to take someone away from their home when they were having a fine time where they were.

[serenitysheart]

That's better! You'll get the hang of it!

I'll say! But whoever's runnin' this place doesn't seem to care much 'bout bein' polite. All of us here in this town in the middle of nowhere got pulled from wherever we came from before. All kinds of places.

[silvestris_mage]

I hope so; this is all very confusing. We don't have telephones in Tortall.

So no one was here originally? That's interesting.

[bell_bound]

The device is called a telephone. And there are plenty of animals, if you know where to look. I'd suggest outside.

[silvestris_mage]

Telephone?

I knew that, obviously. I meant that I can't hear them. Not properly.

[bell_bound]

Yes, telephone.

Is this some kind of ability you have? Mayfield strips you of all your powers. There is no magic here but what the town deigns to give you.

[silvestris_mage]

These devices...are they created with magic?

So my wild magic is gone.

[ra_ra_razputin]

You sound new.

[silvestris_mage]

I suppose I am new.

Would you mind telling me why in Mithros's name there are all sorts of strange people in this house? None of them seem real.

[ra_ra_razputin]

They aren't... I think. They're kinda like robots.

[silvestris_mage]

Oh, I see. That would explain why they keep acting so...fake.