144.98750: PUBLIC CHANNEL, D90 (evening)

[whattaprick]

[ Hey, guess who has his voice back? Turns out traveling to Mainframe gives you plenty of voices to hear. But is he actually going to report back with anything useful? ]

"All of Man’s works, all his cities, all his empires, all his monuments will one day crumble to dust. Even the houses of my own dear readers must – though it be for just one day, one hour be ruined and become houses where the stones are mortared with moonlight, windowed with starlight and furnished with the dusty wind. It is said that in that day, in that hour, our houses become the possessions of the Raven King."

[ For once, his voice isn't carrying that edge of mocking, actually managing to sound solemn and thoughtful -- not that it lasts. There's the sound of a book being snapped shut, and Lambert resumes the rest of the radio post speaking in his normal tone of voice: just a touch insufferably smug. ]

Maybe Master Strange should consider becoming a poet, if he ever gets bored of being a magician.

[ And then, as an off-handed follow-up to that: ]

All scouts and nightrunners, report in. Let 'em know what they're in for.

Comments

[kingsroads]

Which signs work? [ because if it's something that Strange can replicate with his own magic, might as well give it a try. ]

[whattaprick]

From what I tried? Quen and Axii. They're a little ... different, though.

[ How do you describe hacking code and firewalls when both parties in the conversation have a very poor grasp of what computers are to begin with? Not very well, it turns out! ]

Weapons don't seem to change. You might wanna keep that dagger on you.

[kingsroads]

Trust me, I will. I'm already wary of this place because of the whole 'digital world' nonsense—even without my magic, I will be prepared.

[ we are not having something like the Matrix happen again, no sirree, STRANGE IS NOT GONNA GET SHOT THIS TIME. ]

[whattaprick]

For something that's supposed to be 'just a game' it sure seems to worry people.

[kingsroads]

Remind you to tell me about the Matrix sometime in person.

[ because let's not bring it up over the comms and gossip about Childermass where he can hear! ]

[whattaprick]

All right.

[ ... and he can't not smirk. ]

Hopefully with less getting drunk and feeling up my arm.

[kingsroads]

I'll have to try that again while sober just to prove my point. I was drunk, not delirious, I know what I felt.

[ witchers are weird, yo ]

[whattaprick]

I can't wait to see what 'experiments' you could possibly come up with for someone's arm and a tingling feeling.

[kingsroads]

[ It's a good thing that this is voice so Lambert can't see the UTTERLY TROLLING GRIN Strange has on his face. ]

You'll see!

[whattaprick]

[ He doesn't have to see it to know it's there! ]

Great. Can't wait.

[ Said in a tone that strongly implies he'd rather wait forever. ]