[That... doesn't sound too bad. She's a bit of a liar--she didn't need to know the details, but she did want to know the nature of what she's being asked to do. This is just... what, making people more anonymous? In a magic way? She doesn't understand technomancy well enough, but she's pretty sure this isn't a big ask. And certainly nothing too dangerous. No one is going to get hurt from anonymous text messaging.]
I can do that, so long as I have a technomancer that can make that effect. I don't have technomancy of my own, so someone else has to hold the enchantment while I pin it down, basically.
But if I do this for you, I also want to know who hired you.
i can handle that part. Got some devices that do it already, but getting the enchantment constantly refreshed is a pain.
As for my client... i wouldn't be a very good dealer if I revealed that, now would I? Imagine paying to pull up someone's info and getting doxxed instead w
[That's not really what she wants... She wants to figure out who this is so that she can stay far away from them. She doesn't have any idea what getting "doxxed" is, but it reads like getting snitched on.]
Imagine paying for info and not getting that info and also your dealer is using it as networking. You're not interested in being a good dealer in the first place.
[Being able to haggle a little has also made her a little more bold.]
[There is a longer pause as Rei discovers Klaudia's and Hijikata's( familiar's) conversation on the network back in April and cracks up for a while. What the fuck.]
Lmfao ok i got it. the hint is: you already know them
[That +3 Charisma modifier is doing some work. That said, she's both alarmed and confused at the hint that he comes back with. She doesn't like at all that her chance of running into his client is higher than she originally thought; and she doesn't like that he apparently knows that at all? How can he even tell? What tech sorcery is this?]
Wait, what do you mean I already know them?? I know a lot of people, but I don't know anyone that would buy ghosts.
[Literally nothing you have said here makes you trustworthy, Rei.... but it's true that between their conversation here and the dark web quest description, there's probably enough information for Klaudia to stitch it together.]
[She is smart, but that's not as useful of a hint as she wants it to be. She knows a lot of people, but only a middling amount for most of them. Who does she know that would buy a ghost? Clearly they had to be a death mage, if they could see the ghosts in the video she posted. But not Wei Wuxian because he responded to them... He's a prankster, but he wouldn't take a prank this far. That does limit the options quite a lot, now that she thinks about it... Maybe this is a good enough hint. She can work with it--with a little trial and error.]
Okay, fine. I have a lot of free time, so whenever is fine by me. Are we going to meet somewhere? Delivery makes it sound like you're going to mail it to me. ➡️❌✨
[There's a pause-- Rei honestly hasn't done this spell much himself-- and then the screen of Klaudia's phone goes white. The end of another phone emerges from it, waiting for her to grab it and pull it out the rest of the way.
Technomancy sure is convenient for staying anonymous, isn't it!]
[Klaudia all but yelps on her side of the screen when something comes out of it. It takes her a moment to realize it's another phone. A phone coming out of her phone... She gingerly picks at the end of it, like she's touching a live bomb, and pulls it through. What the hell... It definitely takes some time for a response to come back because she's checking the phone over. Is it real? Does it work? Is her screen okay? Everything seems functional... There's just one problem.]
Okay, this is really cool, but I don't think you understand. I've never made an enchantment permanent without the mage present to actively create the effect. This is like trying to dig a fire pit around a campfire after you've already lit it. Or forge a sword after the metal has already cooled. Alchemy is delicate and precise. I can't just slap some magical tape on this and call it secured.
[Rei admittedly has little experience with alchemy. His teammate had it for a few months, but he really only used it once? Sounds like a real finicky magic type, maybe even more than dark! He doesn't envy her.]
OK, got it. Tell me more about the process. You gotta put it in a magic circle or something? maybe we can have the phone halfway thru the screen, partly on my side and partly on yours lol
[If the perma-spell alchemy messed up and just turned Klaudia's phone into a permanent portal, that would be more hilarious than disastrous. So it's fine, right?????]
The part that I'm enchanting has to be fully inside the alchemy circle. Otherwise the circle will pull it in, and that's probably not good for the phone or its insides. It would also help if I knew where exactly the enchantment... lives? If that makes sense? If it's on the whole phone, or just a small part inside of it. The enchantment also has to be cast while I'm focusing my magic into the alchemy circle--so at the same time. Like I said, like a sword coming out of a forge. I can't mold it if it's not red-hot.
I don't always get it right on the first try, either. I haven't tried with technomancy before, so I'll need some practice getting the sigils right. I'll need the right symbols and in the right order for the magic to work--like a blueprint, really.
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Date: 2021-12-23 01:39 am (UTC)From:[Alchemists are fairly rare, and alchemists who won't ask too many questions even rarer. It would be nice to have a hook up....]
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Date: 2021-12-23 02:03 am (UTC)From:if it sticks, i can sell you one so you don't have a repeat of ghostguy on your next troll attempt. ww
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Date: 2021-12-23 02:43 am (UTC)From:I can do that, so long as I have a technomancer that can make that effect. I don't have technomancy of my own, so someone else has to hold the enchantment while I pin it down, basically.
But if I do this for you, I also want to know who hired you.
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Date: 2021-12-23 02:52 am (UTC)From:As for my client... i wouldn't be a very good dealer if I revealed that, now would I? Imagine paying to pull up someone's info and getting doxxed instead w
But i can give you a hint. yeah?
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Date: 2021-12-23 06:13 am (UTC)From:Imagine paying for info and not getting that info and also your dealer is using it as networking. You're not interested in being a good dealer in the first place.
[Being able to haggle a little has also made her a little more bold.]
What sort of hint?
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Date: 2021-12-23 04:27 pm (UTC)From:[Klaudia has him completely pegged.]
let's see. How about
[pause.]
wait
[There is a longer pause as Rei discovers Klaudia's and Hijikata's( familiar's) conversation on the network back in April and cracks up for a while. What the fuck.]
Lmfao ok i got it.
the hint is: you already know them
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Date: 2021-12-23 05:39 pm (UTC)From:[That +3 Charisma modifier is doing some work. That said, she's both alarmed and confused at the hint that he comes back with. She doesn't like at all that her chance of running into his client is higher than she originally thought; and she doesn't like that he apparently knows that at all? How can he even tell? What tech sorcery is this?]
Wait, what do you mean I already know them?? I know a lot of people, but I don't know anyone that would buy ghosts.
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Date: 2021-12-24 03:59 am (UTC)From:[Literally nothing you have said here makes you trustworthy, Rei.... but it's true that between their conversation here and the dark web quest description, there's probably enough information for Klaudia to stitch it together.]
lmk when you're ready for the alchemy delivery ✨
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Date: 2022-01-01 11:03 pm (UTC)From:Okay, fine. I have a lot of free time, so whenever is fine by me. Are we going to meet somewhere? Delivery makes it sound like you're going to mail it to me. ➡️❌✨
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Date: 2022-01-03 06:28 pm (UTC)From:[There's a pause-- Rei honestly hasn't done this spell much himself-- and then the screen of Klaudia's phone goes white. The end of another phone emerges from it, waiting for her to grab it and pull it out the rest of the way.
Technomancy sure is convenient for staying anonymous, isn't it!]
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Date: 2022-01-03 09:26 pm (UTC)From:Okay, this is really cool, but I don't think you understand. I've never made an enchantment permanent without the mage present to actively create the effect. This is like trying to dig a fire pit around a campfire after you've already lit it. Or forge a sword after the metal has already cooled. Alchemy is delicate and precise. I can't just slap some magical tape on this and call it secured.
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Date: 2022-01-09 05:21 pm (UTC)From:[Rei admittedly has little experience with alchemy. His teammate had it for a few months, but he really only used it once? Sounds like a real finicky magic type, maybe even more than dark! He doesn't envy her.]
OK, got it. Tell me more about the process. You gotta put it in a magic circle or something? maybe we can have the phone halfway thru the screen, partly on my side and partly on yours lol
[If the perma-spell alchemy messed up and just turned Klaudia's phone into a permanent portal, that would be more hilarious than disastrous. So it's fine, right?????]
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Date: 2022-01-13 11:18 pm (UTC)From:I don't always get it right on the first try, either. I haven't tried with technomancy before, so I'll need some practice getting the sigils right. I'll need the right symbols and in the right order for the magic to work--like a blueprint, really.