RE: Cloudsea - The Chronicle of Alice Van Vaugen
06-23-2017, 01:11 AM
Alice stares at the book. She wants it. She really does. It's a problem she has, you see. She likes books. She loves books. They're really important to her. Especially ones she can't recognize at a glance. It's big. Like a tome. It has a metal spine and reinforcing along the leathery covers. A spell book? Maybe. Unlikely. She glances even closer. There is a kind of light in here. It doesn't cast shadows on any floor or wall that might be here, but there is shadow cast on objects within this space, and also reflection... The edges of the pages are dull, while most spell books have some form of colored of metallic edge to the pages, usually a part of the ritual crafting process involved in making them... She learned that from a book too, you know!
She can't deny it. She NEEDS this book. Even if just to look at it once before returning it... Although it was for HER, wasn't it? It was being delivered. But touching the book brought her here. Her hand pulls away. She doesn't quite remember getting that close to touching the book. But sometimes she just does things without thinking about it. ...
Immediately Alice felt a little silly. Qhen was still motionless, and talking to them had not changed that. She sighed. The figure next to her motioned at the book with a shadowy hand.
They grab the book, sliding it free of Qhen's hands- and Qhen promptly vanishes, and the book becomes leather and paper again. Shadow and mist and haze, the figure turns to Alice and offers her the book.
Alice looked at the book, and at the hazy figure holding it. It didn't have a defined shape, and looking at it was giving her a headache for a couple of reasons...
( ) "Am I... dreaming?"
( ) "Who..?"
( ) *Take Book*
( ) >Input alternate command
She can't deny it. She NEEDS this book. Even if just to look at it once before returning it... Although it was for HER, wasn't it? It was being delivered. But touching the book brought her here. Her hand pulls away. She doesn't quite remember getting that close to touching the book. But sometimes she just does things without thinking about it. ...
Alice Wrote:"Can I- ... Do- Would you mind if I took this book?"
Immediately Alice felt a little silly. Qhen was still motionless, and talking to them had not changed that. She sighed. The figure next to her motioned at the book with a shadowy hand.
? Wrote:It can't be that hard. I will grab it for you, Alice, if you are still worried about what the book might do.
They grab the book, sliding it free of Qhen's hands- and Qhen promptly vanishes, and the book becomes leather and paper again. Shadow and mist and haze, the figure turns to Alice and offers her the book.
? Wrote:See? Even if you cannot hear me clearly most of the time, I will do my best to help you. I suggest you read as much as you are willing, and learn to take advantage of your time spent here.
Alice looked at the book, and at the hazy figure holding it. It didn't have a defined shape, and looking at it was giving her a headache for a couple of reasons...
( ) "Am I... dreaming?"
( ) "Who..?"
( ) *Take Book*
( ) >Input alternate command