Comments | stillseecracks: 006. (v2) [audio]

stillseecracks

006. (v2) [audio]

Dec 06, 2011 18:28

Um--

F-For everybody, wh-who has the-- th-the ink s-stuff, it's-- n-not hard to get r-rid off. Y-You just-- i-if you talk i-into your journal, o-or write i-in it, or video-th--thing in it, then... th-then you can wash the-- the ink off. A-And it-- i-it stops spreading.

I-I don't... know what happens... i-if you don't.

[Pause.]M-Make an-- e-entry ( Read more... )

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[audio] needsnobottle December 7 2011, 02:19:31 UTC

Oh, is that it? I wondered if maybe I just should have tried using water in the first place.

[audio] stillseecracks December 7 2011, 02:23:14 UTC

W-Well, it-- th-the water doesn't work, i-if you... don't d-do the-- th-the journal thing, f-first.

I-- I-I guess you-- y-you got it off a-alright?

[He heard Tammy's post, but he didn't really look into it.]

[audio] needsnobottle December 7 2011, 02:36:52 UTC

Yeah, Zeke told me to try and wash it off, and it came off pretty easily. I was figuring that someone had snuck in while i was sleeping and doodled on me or something, which freaked me out.

Not that this is much better, mind.

[audio] stillseecracks December 7 2011, 07:16:27 UTC

...y-yeah, I-I'm not-- r-really sure wh-which is... worse.

B-But, hey, a-at-- at least n-no one's got a-- a s-secret key to your room, r-right?

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agisquodadis December 7 2011, 03:47:50 UTC

Good to know.

[Audio] stillseecracks December 7 2011, 07:17:32 UTC

Y-Yeah, uh, you're-- y-you're welcome.

I-It... it didn't-- g-get you, d-did it?

[Audio] agisquodadis December 11 2011, 20:51:03 UTC

Not this time.

[Audio] stillseecracks December 12 2011, 12:40:48 UTC

G--Good.

[He's relieved. Another person avoiding the ink!]

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heavyweaponsbot December 7 2011, 05:14:53 UTC

Maybe someone should find out.

[Audio] stillseecracks December 7 2011, 07:49:07 UTC

I-I'm, I-I wonder too, but... well-- why-- w-why risk it?

[Though he must say, the curiosity is there.]

[Audio] heavyweaponsbot December 7 2011, 09:17:12 UTC

What have we to lose, hmn?

[Audio] stillseecracks December 7 2011, 10:24:54 UTC

Wh--

W-We could-- we could lose o-our lives, o-or-- or-- I-I don't know. Our-- O-Our minds?

[It just doesn't seem worth the risk, to Xanth. Sure, it seems only like a reminder, but who knows?]

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[audio] likesfootnotes December 7 2011, 17:56:43 UTC

You turn into an enchanted book. Where do you think they got the journal they gave you?

[Bartimaeus says it with such calm surety that he must be right... right? Right.]

[audio] stillseecracks December 8 2011, 10:34:47 UTC

Y--

[Xanth is all the skeptical, but Bartimaeus has a good point. The journals are weird and the ink does spread a little like a disease rash.]

A-And how... h-how'd you-- c-come to this c-con--conclusion?

[audio] likesfootnotes December 10 2011, 03:25:41 UTC

Enchanted journals are not the kind of thing you walk to the corner store and pick up. They're quite rare, meaning that there are only certain ways to make them. Consider the macabre deal with the pumpkins and you get the idea that this place his a morbid sense of humour. By the simple process of elimination, take the most gruesome option and, voila! You have the explanation.

It's elementary, my dear commoner.

[Because you obviously must be.]

Besides, the other likely option would be imprisoned spirits, but I would have undoubtedly sensed at least one of them by now.

[audio] stillseecracks December 12 2011, 11:24:27 UTC

[Xanth can't really argue with that logic. It just... it makes sense. The paper is paper, not sheepskin or something, but the binding is leather. Cowhide, probably - not that Xanth knows what peoplehide looks like. Still, with magic like this, who knew what was possible?

But being called commoner? That rankles, just a little.]

A--Alright, it's an-- i-idea. A-A... A m-maybe.

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