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 Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 3:11 pm
"I would not question the wisdom of my Lords, but the size is indeed a problem. We could appeal to them to have another take my place. Most of their zealots are women like I was." Then Union kneeled.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 3:20 pm
The Archmagus shrugged. It made little difference to him. "A replacement is equally unlikely to have magical ability. Go ahead, I suppose."
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:55 pm
Union crosed her hands and wrists and closed her eyes, and an energy flowed into the room before a vision of the twin gods appeared. "My lords, It seems I am far too large to move through shangrila without damaging it or myself. I am appealing for a replacement."
The twin gods looked at one another and then said in stereo. "Fine. But We will have to debate amongst ourselves on this. It will not take long."
Then the two seemed to whisper with one another before coming to a decision. "We will send a replacement, and you will sent to our space."
Then the image vanished, and Union found her memory wiped of her time in shangrila, and found herself teleported to a vast place, a city filled with technological beings.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 5:35 pm
The two brothers looked at one another before looking at the many zealots they had, most of their zealots were women, the rest were children. Since size was an issue with union, they decided to send a child this time. Then They looked at the many technologies that they had at their disposal and final decided to merge the little girl with a minifridge.
Then they did so and sent her in fridge form to the gates of shangrila.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 5:38 pm
The Archmagus stared at what he had just Called into his Sanctum. They had to be having him on. There was no other explanation. He Called one of the many minor Daemons that served as two-way communication between the major cities and opened a link to Their Space. "Honored Lords, please tell me that You are playing a joke on me. You appear to have sent me a drinks refrigerator."
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 5:48 pm
The twins actually laughed, "It's no joke. But you'll have fun with this one. You can count on it."
Then the little minifridge shook and the metal plates of it's shell began to divide and fold in on themselves, the framing of the fridge dividing and changing, joints forming, and soon a little girl, wearing an armored pair of pants and an armored shirt stood before the Archmagus. She was small, too short to see over the edge of a normal height table, she had all the normal dimensions and proportions of an adorable 5 year old girl of average build, and she had bright blue eyes, a stark contrast from her silver and white armored body. She looked up at the archmagus and said, "Daddy!" Then she moved closer and tried to hug him.
Then the twins said, "This is little Vanessa."
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 5:52 pm
To his credit, the Archmagus barely recoiled when the minifridge-turned-small-child hugged him about the waist. The look on his face suggested that he was seeing something both incredibly amusing and absolutely horrifying. "My Lords, I have three children. One is my direct superior and two of them tried to kill me. On balance of probability, this will not end well."
In an utter coincidence, the Sanctum to the left began issuing the strains of an old children's movie. Over the uproarious laughter from the Daemons about the room came "I'm a goofy goober, yeah! You're a goofy goober, yeah!"
There was almost no way this could strip more of his dignity.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 5:58 pm
The Twin Gods seemed to laugh even harder when they heard what was playing in the background. It was one of the few times the twins had ever laughed in their 500 years, so any gods witnessing it would have cause to pause.
Little Vanessa snuggled against the archmagus, "My daddy..."
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:02 pm
The Archmagus bared his throat to the world and facepalmed heartily. "Omnipotent Oshtur give me strength..."
He waved a hand to dismiss the Daemon - though he could no longer see or hear the Twins They would be able to see him if They wished - and turned to his... daughter, apparently. "I suppose you are... my apprentice now, yes?"
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:06 pm
Vanessa looked up at her daddy and asked, "What's an appwentice???" She looked up at him in confusion.
The twins laughed ever harder. They were enjoying this. Then for a moment they calmed down and decided to merely watch.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:10 pm
Smythe found himself wishing he'd kept the Daemon around so he could glare at the Twins for giving him this girl. Certainly Their sense of humor was abnormal. "You were made from a Zealot and a refrigerator designed to chill alcoholic beverage. Zealots devote themselves to the service of a God in exchange for divine magic. I am a Magus, and a powerful one at that. I devote myself to the study of knowledge and my own courses of interest in exchange for powerful arcane magic. Your Gods have sent you to me so that you might learn my magic. Is that clear?"
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:15 pm
"You Mean Mister Clang-Clang and Mister Zoo-Zoo?" Then she heard the word magic and her eyes lit up with a sparkle, and she smiled widely. "Magic! Yay!!!!!" and then she started running in circles around him, giggling and smiling. She was clearly happy and excited.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:17 pm
The Archmagus waited patiently for his 'daughter' to calm down. He could wait for a very long time, if necessary. The first portion of his training had been meditation, as it would be hers. Then, once he had mastered that, he had been relegated to apothecarial work for thirty years.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:36 pm
"I wanna do magic!" little vanessa said before jumping up and down excitedly. Then she huddled down and stared at the palm of her hand, and as she did so, a flame the size of the head of a match appeared out of thin air, and floated just above her hand. Her eyes widened and she smiled before standing up excitedly thand holding her hand up for her daddy to see. She tugged on his robes with her other hand to get his attention. "Daddy, look what I can do!" but then after a few seconds it went out in a puff of smoke, and the little dear noticed before she lowered her hands and started to cry.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:41 pm
Smythe waved his hands through the air and Vanished the smoke from the fire before crouching down to look his 'daughter' in the eyes. "You did not do that, daughter. That was your Gods, working Their power through you. If you are willing to learn, I can show you what you may achieve through your own strength, without relying on the power of others to bolster you."
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