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[despitethenora]

What is it now?

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Re: Night 48

[goldencharms]

ok but first, i got a magic carpet!! do you and beta wanna go on a magic carpet ride??

Re: Night 48

[despitethenora]

Let me see. Hang on.

Re: Night 48

[goldencharms]

ok!! i'm coming over!

Re: Night 48

[despitethenora]

Okay. Sounds like she’s in. We’ll be here.

Re: Night 48

[goldencharms]

[ knock knock!! ]

Re: Night 48

[despitethenora]

[Give her a little time to answer, and she'll be along.]

Kalim. Looks like you're doing okay.

Re: Night 48

[goldencharms]

Of course I am!! Are you and Beta ready?

Re: Night 48

[nobetawedielike]

We're ready! Hi, Kalim!

[ she pops up over Aloy's shoulder, a new braid in her hair matching one of Aloy's own. ]

Re: Night 48

[despitethenora]

Yeah. I don't think we have anything to wait on.

Re: Night 48

[goldencharms]

Okay, come on, come on!

[ he gestures outwards. The magic carpet waves at them ]

I think we’re ready, Carpet!

[ and then it salutes ]

Re: Night 48

[nobetawedielike]

--You were serious! It's a carpet!

[ SCURRYING OUT TO SCAN IT ]

Re: Night 48

[goldencharms]

[ it is... a carpet. no hidden mechanisms. and then it flies in a circle around her, just to make scanning it more difficult.


or playing with her.

or both! ]

Of course it is!

Re: Night 48

[despitethenora]

[ALSO...trying to scan it. Sobecks.]

This is still, somehow, not what I expected.

Re: Night 48

[nobetawedielike]

How? It's too thin for gears.

[ trying to catch it-- ]

Does it have some kind of propulsion system? Maybe a--

[ and then she just. starts babbling possible super-scientific explanations for a magic carpet. :') ]

Re: Night 48

[goldencharms]

Eh??

[ giving beta a blank stare ]

It’s just magic, I think?

Re: Night 48

[despitethenora]

Is that how the Zeniths did it, with their suits?

Re: Night 48

[nobetawedielike]

It is! It looks awe-inspiring and otherworldly, but it's just flashy physics and tech.

[ sorry Kalim, she's still trying to chase down your carpet, she is DETERMINED ]

The magic has to have some kind of science to it!

Re: Night 48

[goldencharms]

I dunno anything about that!

[ oh but now the carpet thinks it is a game, flying just out of reach as soon as she gets close

And waving ]

It’s always looked like a regular old rug to me!

Re: Night 48

[despitethenora]

That's a regular rug, to you.

[Aloy casts Disbelief.]

Re: Night 48

[nobetawedielike]

[ this is absolutely Beta enrichment, she's playing keep away with a magic carpet ]

Kalim, tell it to hold still for a second!

Re: Night 48

[goldencharms]

Yep, it is!!

[ it taps beta's head from above ]

And it looks like you two are having fun!

Re: Night 48

[despitethenora]

Does it...have an intelligence of its own?

Re: Night 48

[nobetawedielike]

[ JUMPING FOR IT ]

It has to. Even just - a base level!

[ she's already sounding out of breath, stamina bad ]

Re: Night 48

[goldencharms]

I think so! I'm not making it do anything. Even back home, it was more like... It liked getting out of the store room!

[ it will then circle around her before unfurling in front of her, and then patting her head.

finally sitting still ]

Re: Night 48

[despitethenora]

Guess I would have felt cooped up, too.