magicalesbian | 6TH ☄ s h o o t i n g s t a r ☄ w r i t t e n

[Hello, Luceti. Have you been enjoying the strange little time shifts that have been coming and going these past couple of months? Because Kari hasn't. In fact, she's in the middle of one right now, and it's extremely unpleasant. Why is that, you ask?]

[Because she was just inside the elevator when they suddenly decided to not exist anymore. Unfortunately, they only decided to stop existing on the floor she was on at the time, so there's nowhere for her to go. At least it didn't turn into a bottomless elevator shaft to drop her to her doom. But they did turn into some kind of hellish stairway-purgatory with no doors, no windows, and nothing but two sets of stairs going up and down that simply lead to walls.]

[Thankfully, she has her journal with her to live-blog the incident.]

It's been 20 minutes now.
I'm stuck in a building somewhere. Like, literally. The elevator disappeared and now I'm apparently stuck in the wall.
The possibility of escape seems low.
Updates to follow.

The first hour.
There's no windows in here. Not sure how much air I have. Probably a lot.
It's cold. And hot. I'm so hungry.
And I think I left some instant noodles in the microwave.

Hour 2 of Elevator Purgatory.
I'm starting to hear voices.
No, seriously, these walls are way too thin. Maybe if I knock loud enough the people on this floor will start to think the place is haunted?
I'm like this close to trying to break the wall down.

Hour 2 and 10 minutes.
Don't try to punch walls with your bare hands.
Especially using the arm you broke few weeks ago.
It will hurt and you will feel like a dumbass.

Hour 3.
All hope is lost.
I've resigned myself to Elevator Purgatory forever.
Tell my mom I love her.

[Okay she's clearly being a little overly dramatic. But she's bored, and this doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon, so have at it! Feel free to specify what time your character is responding to, otherwise I'll just assume Hour 3. EDIT: And for people who might try teleporting in to save her, there's also a 100% power-cap shift going on inside the room, so anyone who goes in will be stuck with her until the time shift ends!]

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I have no idea who this Sherlock is, my name is Xellos.

Oh, well from what I have witnessed, it shouldn't last more than a day. Though I am more accustomed to time within the barrier lasting considerably longer within, though there is usually someone controlling. An effect without someone without direct control will obvious have different variables.

A day!? I can't spend a day in here! I don't care if the place is carpeted, it's practically like a jail cell as it is!

Well, there are those around who may be able to help you. Though teleporting can be quite dangerous without having a clear visual.

[He certainly could, but seeing who else was capable of such a feat was more interesting]

Yeah, I [...] can imagine it'd be hard to do that.

[Or rather, she knows it is. Almost all of her "teleporting" as Hoshikyo is done without actually seeing her target location, after all.]

You wouldn't happen to know anyone who could help a girl out though, would you?

I might know a few. Though I am not intimately familiar with all the abilities of people within the village.

[Some people really made sure to hide them]

Any chance of you sending those few you know of my way? Getting out of here sooner than later would be a lot better.

Yes, I imagine that would be rather uncomfortable. How familiar are you with magic?

Not very. I mean, I know people here who use it? But my world is pretty boring.

[Lies are so much easier to tell through text.]

Well, if you were familiar there are a number of spells which could be helpful for your situation. A pity then.

[....sadly, she's not quite desperate enough to risk revealing her identity to a stranger just for the chance to escape.]

Yeah. A real pity.

Are your spells useless on the outside or something??

Not at all.

Just more dangerous to be casting spells without seeing where you are, and close to support pillars. It could cause a partial collapse of the staircase. If you were able to do so, you would be exerting force away from the area you are.

[Oh that sounds lovely.]

Yeah, I think I'd like to avoid collapsing the ground underneath me. As far as I know, it just goes down into an elevator shaft.

Precisely, so you see my magic is not useless from the outside per say, just highly dangerous. It would get you out I'm sure.

[He could also do some more advanced stuff for you, but that would take effort and potentially reveal his hand to others]

Yeah, well if I blew up the building, that would get me out too. But that's not a very viable option either, is it?

[If it can't help her in this particular situation, shes probably just going to call it useless. She's such a nice girl, really.]

[Though blowing it up is a more tempting option by the minute]

My point is, if it was inside, you could use my sort of magic to let yourself out without harm more likely than not. As for the building exploding, that really depends on how durable you are.

[He knew at least one sorceress who would try it if she got mad enough]

Well, I can't. And I'm not.

But if I ever know anyone who needs demolition services, I'll be sure to throw them your way.

I appreciate that.

[Totally not going to help you at all now]

You know I've heard that people can go insane after a short while isolated in the dark, luckily you have your journal though, so I'm sure that you'll be fine. ^_^

[Flatly:] Thank you, Voice of Doom. I'll try to keep my head on straight.

[That's totally going to be his nickname now, by the way.]

That is for the best, panic does little in the way of solving an issue.

[He's certainly had worse names before]

Voice of doom? You haven't even heard my voice yet.

[It was still a strange one]

You don't need a physical voice to be a Voice of Doom. People still use voice when they're writing too.

I see.

[Random, but alright]

I hadn't particularly heard of that, though most in my world communicate through written means.

[She goes back and writes the word "literary" above the word voice and underlines it. Which he's free to ignore -- she's probably not going to explain it beyond that. The last thing she wants to to get sucked into a language lesson while stuck in this little room.]

Seriously? All the magic you have and you still haven't invented the telephone?

[...she really shouldn't be surprised, seeing as that's a common fantasy trope and all. But that's in fiction! Surely that can't be the case in reality too?]

[He does make a note of that, but he won't address it]

If you have magic to solve many problems, many kingdoms simply did not develop their technology until exposed to ones which did.

[Also Mazoku constantly undermining any sort of ease of communication. No sense in letting people organize themselves better after all]

And lack of convenient communication isn't considered a problem? Unless you guys have magic books like these journals back home.

If your rivals are planning to overthrow you, defense takes a priority. During the aftermath, creating sustainable recovery becomes the focus.

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