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{In a flash of light and an outpouring of rather massive magical energy, a cloaked woman appears on the Plane. She face is mostly obscured by the hood of her cloak, but she seems surprised or even possibly upset}

---This is not possible. There is no Master. But that cannot be...

{Quietly,} How can I be here? Is this my punishment for losing the War? No...No, I have been summoned, but it's incomplete. But I...can't exist independently...

{But her muttering is interrupted as a small card falls from nowhere, which she snatches from the air. After reading it, the mysterious woman crumples it in her hand, smiling tightly.}

So that's it. The luxury of choosing one's own Master is quite an opportunity, but there is hardly any magic here at all. There are only remnants and simple humans here.

{Laughs} What a cruel joke! To summon Caster without a magus in sight! Ha, O gracious summoner, if you can hear this Caster, I must say that you have even less subtlety than the old gods! Ten days of life before returning to that miserable existence of nothingness, to oblivion! And you summon me within a Reality Marble, no less. No, I shall not die again. I refuse to relive my fate over and over again!

Comments

[collector]

No, no, that's fine. I'm sure it would be very tiresome for you. Why don't I give you a communicator? The last few I tested here were perfectly functional. That way either of us can contact the other as long as we're both here.

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

I assume that is more of your technology rather than magic-based.

[collector]

Yes, of course. Though I say so, I'm rather talented with the sciences. Will the technology be a problem for you?

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

I will have to grow accustomed to it.

[collector]

I'll just be a moment getting it. I'll page Mr Wilburton while I'm at the Collection. If you could wait here for me? Or come back to me when you feel I return. As you prefer it.

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

I shall come to you, Braxiatel. I would like to see some of the unusual sights this place has to offer.

Do you want to keep doing it in this thread?

[collector]

Then I think I'll delay a little and go down to see Wilburton myself. Well, not precisely see him, given his unique ontological status... but I'll try not to return too quickly.

nah we coo'

[heartscastaside.livejournal.com]

I thank you for your generosity, as I imagine I will continue to.

[collector]

Oh, it's nothing. Goodbye, Caster. [Brax returns to his Collection]