text, un: naurfin

[sighsheavily]

Good day.

I've been told there was, at some point, an audience with this elusive King Arthur character. Kindly advise me on how to secure another one of those, be it public or private, as there are rather important questions that most folk I've met at the moment have yet to answer sufficiently.

That said, has going along with every other claim brought forth for the state of things here been going well for you "veteran" outsiders? Surely I am not alone in harboring a number of doubts about this setup.

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The court wizard, yes? Or perhaps a man of many hats, if he is advising on more than spellcraft.
Whatever the case, would this Merlin be more social or easily accessible, then?

[birdflipping]

Haven't tried contacting him myself, but I've seen him on the network. Try these.

[Nero attaches a link to Merlin's AOL account, and Arthur's for good measure.]

If all else fails and they ignore you, you could go for the old-fashioned audience route. Or wait for Merlin to do his own AMA.

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You are very helpful, I thank you.

Waiting is not impossible, but hardly ideal. Are others truly so convinced their worlds are in some dire peril without firsthand proof? Or simply do not care? That is possible, but hardly a prerequisite for being here.

[birdflipping]

Can't speak for the others, but personally, I'd rather do what I can for now rather than just wait for proof. My world's too important to me to do nothing.

Arthur mentioned something about getting Excalibur back. Long story short, if we help him do that, it'd help fix things. Plus, it'd go a long way toward proving whether he's telling the truth or not.

[sighsheavily]

Ye gods.

May I ask: Would the tales of King Arthur and Excalibur have been a thing you knew in your own realm already, or is this an entirely new acquaintance you're making?

[birdflipping]

Oh, sorry. It's a famous legend where I'm from, but I forget not everyone here knows about it.

Excalibur is his sword.

[sighsheavily]

Indeed. Enchanted, no less, and a potential cure-all to the breaking of so many things? I admit, it's been a very long time since I had read any of his tales, but I do remember that being partly the case.

[birdflipping]

Oh, so you know it? Yeah, something like that, but I'm no expert.

Anyway, Arthur told me some shady group stole Excalibur and threw it into some kind of magic collider, and if it's left that way it'll tear up all the worlds. The fastest way to fix all this is to get Excalibur back. Seems like a story way too weird for someone who's just bullshitting us, I figure, so I'll roll with it for now.

[sighsheavily]

There wouldn't happen to be any literature on this particular "shady group," would there?

[birdflipping]

Nope. Arthur didn't know anything about them, either.

The only thing he does know is that they're called the Knights of the New World. With a name like that, I can hazard a guess what their goals are.

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How droll.

I doubt I need to point out the lack of information and lack of audience leaves one with very little to paint a clear and robust picture of things; the consequences of keeping so many strangers of unknown quality must not be as dire as the alternative.

[birdflipping]

Considering our familiars brought us here, I'm pretty sure we were just dumped into the guy's lap. Wouldn't surprise me if he's as in the dark as we are, especially since he was dead until just recently.

[sighsheavily]

Right. Those. Something of a...consolation prize for being stripped bare of one's native abilities, I suppose.

[birdflipping]

That's a glass half full way of looking at it.

[sighsheavily]

I COULD be more sour about it, if you so prefer.

[birdflipping]

Nah. Less bitching is refreshing.

[sighsheavily]

So the complaining is frequent? And yet little traction is made to resolve much... How refreshing to know this realm seems to run on familiar nonsense-logic.