IC INBOX for The Last Voyages

[magician_king]

You know what to do.

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[magician_king]

I'm looking forward to it. I think- the stuff you do is going to be really beautiful.

[Is maybe a weird thing to say, but-]

You know, like- incredible tessellations are.

[tetractys]

AWWWW, CHARMER.

[Bill bats his hand.]

I JUST THINK THE BIG GUY NEEDS SOME COMPETITION IN THE FREE MARKET! WHAT'S HE BRINGING TO THE TABLE BESIDES WISHES AND RESURRECTION? TIME FOR HIM TO STEP UP HIS GAME!

[magician_king]

None of those are words that do anything good for my anxiety, so why don't we just say you'll catch me up on the specifics when I stop by some day, after I'm retired from working here?

[The thought of Bill vs the Admiral is giving him 'don't cross the streams' creepy crawlies.]

[tetractys]

AWWW, NOBODY AROUND HERE EVER ENJOYS THE FREE MARKET.

[maybe u should take that as a hint, bill]

SURE, YEAH! JUST GIVE ME A SUMMON, IT'S EASY! EVEN A KID COULD DO IT! KIDS HAVE DONE IT. I WISH THEY HADN'T!

[magician_king]

Remind me how it's done?

[He may have heard this years ago and filed it under 'shit to never do, obviously,' but he isn't totally sure.]

[tetractys]

[Bill reaches out of the whiteboard and picks up a marker, draws a circle of candles inside a circle of trees.]

CANDLES - BIRCH TREES IF YOU'VE GOT EM! - PICTURE OF WHICHEVER SUCKER YOU'RE TRYING TO DESTROY, OPTIONAL BUT DRAMATIC - THEN SOME FAKE LATIN!

[An incantation gets scrawled out underneath the diagram. It starts with "Triangulum entangulum" so that's generally the tone here.]

[magician_king]

[Quentin grabs a piece of paper, and starts translating it into a sheet of his own magical shorthand.]

I'll put it where curious and deserving weirdos can find it.

[tetractys]

EHEHEHEHEH. GREAT! I'LL MAKE SOME FRIENDS, TRAUMATIZE SOME FRIENDS, SAME THING! ONCE YOU SHOW ME WHICH PART OF THE MULTIVERSE YOU'RE IN, I CAN START VISITING YOUR DREAMS, TOO! OR SLEEP PARALYSIS! I MISS SLEEP PARALYSIS...

[magician_king]

Creepy.

[Says Quentin, with a laugh, finishing noting down his summoning ritual.]

Okay. I promise I'll call as soon as I get there.

[A rare, tender, genuine grin for him.]

Have a lot of fun in the meantime, Bill.

[tetractys]

HEY, YOU TOO, Q! DON'T GET TOO DRAGGED DOWN IN THIS PLACE, IT'S A RACKET.