video • un: rutherford

[stubble]

[ Cullen isn't one for small talk and he doesn't take pleasure in hearing himself speak for the fun of it. His written missives are usually short and to the point; though this format is vastly different from what's available in Thedas, he allows habit to guide him.

There's the faintest of frowns on his face when he begins. This is his first time attempting to use the bizarre device and though he's been instructed on its use, he's not entirely convinced. ]

Are there any here who might be willing to check in on my hound for a short time?

[ It's so awkward talking to no one and having no idea who might hear him. ]

I've volunteered to serve on one of the teams being sent to the world below us and it would set my mind at ease to know he is not alone while I'm gone.

[ He's not 100% sure the terminology is correct—how this ship is sailing above a world is baffling—but he's trying. ]

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[slackbeard]

Any tricks he needs to learn while you're gone? I taught Hot Dog to drool on command after a day.

Basically like yours, except our magic crystals are called cell phones and the enchanted objects run on the magic of electricity. Not a ton of space travel on our end either.

[stubble]

Perhaps how to operate the technology on this vessel? I'm afraid I'm not the best teacher in that regard.

[ He isn't joking. ]

I've not heard of any of those things. Though we've plenty of magic in ours as well. What all might be done with this electricity?

[slackbeard]

Think he might have some trouble with the buttons and his lack of thumbs, but I'll see what we can do.

Anything and everything! Powers everything from video game systems to microwaves to popcorn makers. And lightbulbs, I guess.

[stubble]

[ Ah, damn. Cullen thinks that over for a few seconds, then has to sigh and admit; ]

I confess I don't know what any of that is.

[slackbeard]

None of it? Dude.

Okay lightbulbs make light happen, popcorn makers make popcorn happen, and video games make dreams happen. Do you guys use torches or what?

[stubble]

Torches, candles, fires burning in hearths. There are mages who construct magelights, but they are not used by the majority of the population.

There is corn is Thedas, but this popcorn is new to me. And dreams are typically tied in one way or another to the Fade. Not these video games.

[ Which doesn't really make any sense to Cullen. How are games involved in dreams? ]

[slackbeard]

There are so many cool things here I don't know where to start. Mages? Fade?

Ha no jk it's the Fade. What's that? Sounds important, like there's a capital letter there.

[stubble]

It's a realm that exists alongside ours. Spirits and demons call it home. Magic thrives there and many a dreamer has been transported there in dreams.

[slackbeard]

[Man, that sounds like it would make a sweet plot for a video game.]

And on a scale of 1 - 10 how terrifying is it?

[stubble]

I've never been there.

[ Thank the Maker. ]

I've spoken to those who have and some were quite unsettled. Others less so.