Hello. C J here. I've finally got my hands on a project I can actually do in a reasonable amount of time. Duskbringer's script is going well and I've got another sample for you all. Here it is.
City Meeting One
Snow: Welcome, young one. I suppose I need to call you Dusk, don’t I?
Dusk: Snow I assume? You’re projecting yourself to meet me?
Snow: Yes, I am Snow. No, I am actually here. We are not the most powerful of gods and while some of us can be in several places at once none of us here have ever learned how.
Dusk: It is quite peculiar to hear a god speak of learning.
Snow: Do you think us all knowing? I am happy for the complement but it is not deserved. We are people on the inside like any of you are.
Dusk: Then I have learned something. What are these creatures? Are these souls attacking me here?
Snow: No. They are not souls.
Dusk: Then what was I fighting last time?
Snow: Those are summons, projections of our will. It’s quite a common trick in some parts of the galaxy.
Dusk: Really?
Snow: Yes, quite common. So much so in fact that I know where you are from by the fact that you don’t know it.
Dusk: You do? Then I’m from where?
Snow: Well, fine. I know which region you’re from. There are only uncounted trillions of people there and, fine. I don’t know. But we do need your help. These summons aren’t ours. They are appearing everywhere and for every one we kill more arrive.
Dusk: Did some piece of your magic go wrong?
Snow: No. I do request that is the one thing you never assume. We do magic properly us ten. That is our job. Whether it is a spell of sending, travel, or damnation we do it properly. Whatever happened is not our doing. Someone sent these beings here. We need to know who.
Dusk: Very well. Why do you need me?
Snow: Our servants are powerful but not great in number. We need someone who can travel between the Duchies and find the answer that way. We and our Fallen are going to ensure we keep the cities safe for the mortal souls we have there.
Dusk: You have cities here?
Snow: Yes. You saw the area we reserve for outsiders last time. We have a currency as well, which you may want some of if you’re intending to stay here a while.
Dusk: Really? What’s it called?
Snow: Agony. It’s great stuff, useful in many alchemical processes as well. It’s crystallized suffering. The souls here make it for us. By being tortured. It’s a reciprocal relationship.
Dusk: Somehow I think I shouldn’t question that while I’m here. Fine. I’ll help. What’s in it for me?
Snow: We are prepared to be very useful to you. I am being honest, we need our help. We need an outside set of eyes. I can promise you magic. Safe magic. The stuff we reserve for mortals we trust.
Dusk: It must be common then.
Snow: No. We’ve never had cause to use it. Magic, more of it than you could ever use. That is my promise to you. If you event try, we will pay you for it.
Dusk: Agreed. I know that you ten are not easy to work with or easy to find, but I do know you also never lie.
Snow: I know. None of us ever learned how.
Dusk: Then what do I do now?
Snow: The invasion started in the Duchy of Agony, in the region known as the City of Chains. It’s up the road from here. I warn you, it is a well defended road and not by our own people. Make it there and see if you can learn anything. And you can’t die. No matter what you’ll feel no pain or hunger when you are here. That is our promise. I need to go. The spell will require my help soon.
Dusk: Well, best of luck.
Snow: Thank you.
More later.
C J Mcpherson
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