Call Network | UN: Merlin

[alwaysforhim]

Hello!

[That's a good start, he thinks.]

I'm quite new here-- this is all quite fascinating. How many others are there here? What are your worlds like? I know those are rather broad questions, but I've never encountered people from other worlds before-- or at least, not friendly ones. Do you have magic where you're from? Is the technology anything like it is here? What--

[Breathe, Merlin. He cuts himself off with an apologetic little grin.]

Sorry. But it's exciting, isn't it! I'm in-- I think it's called Sorcery? But I'm going to be heading through all the bits of the city over the next few weeks-- or, at well, as much as I can, anyway, I'm manservant to a prince, I can't just disappear for ages, even he'd notice-- but when I'm here, anyway. Have any of you ever encountered devices like these? They're terribly convenient, I wish I could take it back home.

Oh! Sorry-- my name's Merlin!

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[alwaysforhim]

Sorry, you never heard that at all? Nothing about a Great Purge or magic being banned?

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[cosmetological]

Nope. And I know a decent amount of wizards.

[alwaysforhim]

Are you one, then?

[cosmetological]

Nope. I mean, I dabble, but definitely not in the wizard category.

[alwaysforhim]

What do you mean, you "dabble"? You either have the ability or you don't, in my experience.

[cosmetological]

I have some ability, but not enough to be called a wizard. Generally, that's reserved for folks who can do a lot more than my little locator spells and the like.

[alwaysforhim]

[That's enough to get you killed at home, he thinks but doesn't type, because the benefit of a communicator like this is that he gets a bit of a filter.]

I don't know, those are fairly useful. But it's up to you what you want to be called.

Speaking of-- do you have a name?

[cosmetological]

Thomas. My name is Thomas.

And there are plenty of other things to call what I am. Wizard is the least apt.

[alwaysforhim]

Like what?

[cosmetological]

That's a bit personal, to be honest. Not all of us live out loud.