Artifact 01: Colorblocks

[whitestlotus.livejournal.com]

[ Sitting at a small, wooden table with a tall umbrella, Angela seems to be enthralled with something. The something sits on the table in front of her.

It looks like a collection of painted wood blocks, the kind of thing a baby would play with. They are currently arranged to look like a small cluster of houses, complete with angled roofs and chimneys. Suddenly, she lifts a hand, and knocks all the blocks down.

This would be disappointing for anyone admiring the block sculpture, but only briefly, as the blocks immediately start to build new houses, all on their own. ]

Comments

[lamb_of_gold]

How curious

[whitestlotus.livejournal.com]

It's an artifact. [ She watches it rebuild, then pulls one block out of a building. The remaining blocks reshape themselves into a different building. ] I'm not sure what it was made for, though. It's pretty harmless.

[lamb_of_gold]

Likely for children, given the colouring.

How are you, Angela?

[whitestlotus.livejournal.com]

Either that, or the beginning of something that could rebuild itself...

[ She blinks at the question. ] I'm okay. I'm still getting used to this place, but Koren and I did manage to find an artifact, so I guess I can forget about all the weird stuff here for now.

[lamb_of_gold]

Also very likely.

That's good to hear.

[whitestlotus.livejournal.com]

[ Awkwaaaaard. How do you talk to your other self's friends? ]

You?

[lamb_of_gold]

Well, thank you. There have been a small influx of trainees, but that can only be a good thing at this point.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Kinetic manipulation using an extra-dimensional pull and a natural gestalt semi-sentience, perhaps.

[whitestlotus.livejournal.com]

Magic, actually. But you were close.

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you'll never have heard of Clarke's Law, so I won't bother explaining it.

[whitestlotus.livejournal.com]

Afraid I haven't. Do you have objects like this in your world, too, or are you just used to finding a way to explain weird things?

[savagestime.livejournal.com]

Both. I used to construct blocks like that in the nursery.

[whitestlotus.livejournal.com]

You were a child prodigy, I take it. [ She takes a few blocks away from the on-going construction and watches as the other blocks adapt and rebuild. ] My great-aunt made these things, as did other artifact mages.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

[It's hard to tell if Dino is watching the blocks, or watching Angela]

[whitestlotus.livejournal.com]

[ She's just enjoying playing with the blocks for now, swiping a few blocks from the others and watching them create their own buildings. ]

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

[Speaks up after a while] That looks like fun.

[whitestlotus.livejournal.com]

[ She looks up from the blocks, shrugs and smiles a little. ] It's pretty neat.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

[Comes closer to look at the blocks] What is it exactly? A toy?

[whitestlotus.livejournal.com]

It's an artifact. I'm not sure what it was used for. Maybe it was for kids. [ She takes more blocks, isolating them with her hands. They build their own building. ] Or it was just an experiment. Maybe they were hoping to create self-repairing houses or something.

[mercwamouth]

They should make a version of Jenga out of this stuff.

[whitestlotus.livejournal.com]

Hello, whalamato man. What in the world is Jenga?

[mercwamouth]

The original wood block game!

Pull 'em, stack 'em, don't let 'em topple!

Edge of your seat fun!

[whitestlotus.livejournal.com]

[ She experimentally stacks a few of the blocks. They immediately shuffle to form some kind of squat looking house. ] Somehow I don't think a game would work with something like this.

[mercwamouth]

You're no fun.

[whitestlotus.livejournal.com]

[ She pushes the little block city towards him. ] Well, if you'd like to try, be my guest. They're a little stubborn about rebuilding, though.