2nd footnote [video] a curious morning?

Oct 01, 2011 10:29

[Why is a raven like a writing desk? There is only one explanation: The djinni taking that form buggered it up. How else could one mistake furniture for being a bird ( Read more... )

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thenotmagician October 1 2011, 20:54:35 UTC
Seven planes?

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[video] likesfootnotes October 1 2011, 22:27:02 UTC
For the son a magician, you know very little. Seven is the number of planes that a respectable djinni can see. An excellent skill for penetrating various guises and sensing all manner of traps.

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Re: [video] thenotmagician October 1 2011, 23:34:15 UTC
Huh. Sounds pretty useful.

[Except the other Magicias where he's from would have no idea what the seven planes were either. Go figure.]

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[video] likesfootnotes October 2 2011, 20:22:26 UTC
You have, as expected, the human comprehension of it. The uses are innumerable. For example, were it not for my speech, only a glance at the fifth level would show me as anything but a bird.

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[video] thenotmagician October 2 2011, 22:26:27 UTC
So it works for almost everything, or somethin'?

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[video] likesfootnotes October 3 2011, 03:45:47 UTC
It works to weed out the feeble-minded follies of the lesser beings. Another djinni would be expected to conceal itself up to the seventh level, unless it were thoroughly stupid.

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