TEST DRIVE MEME #4

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The Seelie and Unseelie courts welcome you with mirthful revelry and hearty food. After you have been briefed on your purpose here, you will find an endless feast and a night filled with entertainment to placate your concerns. Mingle with new arrivals, sneak down the castle halls and make sure your eyes are always on your glass; fairies and imps have no bias when it comes to tricks! 02. THE STATION. Looking for a little slice of home? The Station gives you all that and more. Take advantage of the wifi, have a cup of fairy-brewed coffee (the one they didn't spit in) or sit back and relax on the patio. You can even move your things into one of the available rooms! 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld or simply take advantage of your Locket!

Comments

[unreposed]

My apologies, Lord El-Melloi II. [ God save him from men with titles. The modern age he was stuck in was at least refreshing in that society rarely seemed occupied with it. Or at least the SHPD didn't. ]

Oh, I do not wish such a thing upon everyone. The arrival of Moloch or the Horseman of Death would serve only to make things more chaotic than they already are.

[gordianknots]

Don't worry about it. May I ask where you're from, with your accent? There's quite a few people running around from England.

I hope you say that with a full understanding of how chaotic things here are normally. Dragons-taking-out-entire-mountain-sides chaotic.

[unreposed]

I was born in England, sir. I resided in Oxford for most of my life before I departed to the colonies to fight in the war.

Then I certainly wouldn't wish to make it worse, and I assure you they would find a way.

[gordianknots]

[There's an alarming number of people from around Oxford here. Well okay, two, but it's more than Waver ever expected.]

I didn't realize you were from that far back. [Although that begs the question of how do you know what a smartphone is.]

Well that's....delightful. Really.

[unreposed]

[ All the best fictional men go to Oxford, Waver. Get with the program. ]

Yes, as it was made clear to me it was quite a long time ago. 200 years does tend to flash by quickly.

[gordianknots]

[Well sorry Oxford doesn't have a course for magic!]

--I'm sorry, run that by me again?

[unreposed]

[ I'm sure the Clock Tower is a good number 2 choice. ]

[ He really shouldn't be enjoying this so much. Lieutenant Mills would surely disapprove. ] I was saying that 200 years does tend to fly by rather quickly. I suppose that may have something to do with not being conscious for it.

[gordianknots]

[At least Oxford doesn't have Kayneth.]

[Also, probably, but Ichabod you're usually on the receiving end of this, aren't you?]

Oh, that sounds like a different and fun type of bullshit magic that differs from the sort that abounds here. Do you object to going into details?

[unreposed]

[ That's a definite point for Oxford. ]

[ He couldn't resist having the advantage on sass for even a short time. He's so deprived, you know. ]

My wife would be the one who would know all the details, and as such I would ask you not to refer to her skills with obscenities. [ Rude, very rude. ] The shortened version of the story is that I was killed by the Horseman of Death, though I managed to bring him low at the same time. Our bloodlines became connected by this act and when he was revived by darker powers I was brought back into the world as well.

[gordianknots]

Apologies for the language, I'll keep that in check.

[He's more cynical about the magic here than back home, promise.]

That is...an incredibly concise explanation and those are some very impressive skills. It also explains your familiarity with smartphones, I was very concerned about how those might have gotten to your original time period for a moment.

what's that sound? INCOHERENT SCREAMING AT S2E1

[unreposed]

If we had possessed the... cellular phone technology back during the war then we would have had independence from the crown in a fraction of the time.

As it is, instead I must deal with the trials of auto correction and attempts to understand why the small angry spherical birds are so popular as to require several games.

I WAS AND REMAIN SO GODDAMN DELIGHTED. SHOW, BRAVO.

[gordianknots]

Perhaps, although the conflict might have simply taken on a different dimension of difficulty and lasted about the same amount of time. I'm assuming, naturally, that both sides in this hypothetical have the same technological access.

Auto-correct is at least meant in good faith. Angry Birds is just a thing where you need something to do while waiting for a train or in a doctor's office, and you're not quite game for something that requires more brain power. Laziness happens to everyone.

[unreposed]

If one could maintain a technological advantage of such extremes and keep it a secret then either side would have attempted it. The ability to communicate orders and rallying points in battle would have changed the course of everything.

Just imagine: you send a mass text saying that the regulars were coming and everyone moves to take action. No need for a network of men to ride the countryside to spread word.

[gordianknots]

True enough, and there's enough proof of that fact in the present era. Although if we're speaking in hypotheticals - and because this is a ridiculously entertaining thought exercise - if this advantage enabled England to retain control of the States, it would have been only for a while. The break down of the empire means that eventually there would have been independence.