[Bizarre] Gadgets & Gizmos [Julius]

[Hadrian]

Hadrian would have gladly philosophized about the nature of reality and illusion with Julius had he made his thoughts known, and waxed anthropological with his own theories about how the prevalence of illusion had shaped the culture of Alvadas. But perhaps that would have to wait for another day. "Initiation for the dandies," he agreed, "though someday if we should meet again, I might want some instruction in gadgeteering for the instruction I'll give you in reimancy, too." He blinked, chlorine blue eyes observing the disappearance of Julius' illusions, or at least one layer of illusion peeled back to reveal another? The 'real' version of Julius seemed a bit more comfortable to Hadrian, he was still mildly harried by the constant assault on the senses he had spent his whole life trusting. "I think I said," but sometimes he could not remember for he seemed to be saying it frequently when explaining himself, "that I'm more of an enchanter than a magecrafter, but I have begun to learn carving, gadgeteering, and metalworking. The gears will help until I can make my own, I'm sure. An accord of gentlemen," he agreed, putting out his hand to shake. "But perhaps we should repair to your home where your crying and thrashing won't upset anyone."

[Julius Aldoid]

"Instruction? Most certainly. Two words: Wind-up butter-churn," Julius nodded, tipping an imaginary hat to the man, "Gear ratios are the best thing ever. Just a little heavy on the arithmetic."

He glanced back to Hadrian when the man had made mention of metalworking, yawing a moment, tiredness the sole motivation.

"Oh! Must of missed that. Sorry, I am a bit deaf," a big stretch punctuating his words, "Well then you got all you need. I can show you the basics. I find with gadgeteering that the only difference between a master and a apprentice is a matter of complexity, cleverness, and scale. Masters can make very tiny things, or very gigantic things, or very complex things. The most important thing is having fun though.

He fiddled with his pipe, tapping the ash from it, just to be sure, and feeling around his pockets for more tobacco, turning away to look out amid the bizarre. It was clear he was still listing, but as seemed to be Julius' nature, the strange man tended to divide his focus often.

"Well, normally I wouldn't let a gentleman come into my home for a bit of crying and thrashing, but you did buy me dinner after all," When he turned back, it was a beautiful woman's face smiling back, eyes closed, slightly blushing.

And in a flash, it was normal again.

"C'mon, we can be there before next bell if we hurry. And I have some notes of mine I can give you when we get there."

And so he wandered out the alley, and on to home.

[Hadrian]

"The mathematics should not be a problem," he assured the manifold man. But he nodded along with what Julius said; gadgeteering seemed to be the mundane equivalent of magecrafting in many ways, especially in that size, power, and complexity were relative to the skill of the magus, the time and resources spent. The face shift startled him a bit, but he just began to wonder if any face he had seen today really belonged to Julius, but that was another question about reality versus perception and he had come to the conclusion that he would not understand that without a bit of perspective, which he would gain after leaving Alvadas so he had a relatively stable reality from which to observe. So for the time being he kept mum and hurried after Julius, hoping this didn't sour in the process.

[Duality]

oocGraded by Permission of Fallacy to learn how the process works Hadrian 1 Gadgeteering 2 Rhetoric 4 Observation Getting an Unexpected Lunch Date Eating Blue Curry from a Coat Rack Learning from Illusions Speaking Openly to a Stranger Offering to Give an Initiation Exploring the Strange Nature of Alvadas -2gm +2 Clockwork Men Julius Aldoid 1 Merchantile 3 Gadgeteering 3 Rhetoric 2 Observation Selling doesn't take you a while Inviting Strangers to Lunch Eating Blue Curry from a Coat Rack Teaching with Illusionism The Yearn to Learn Magic Bitter Past Mixing Emotions with Illusions -3gm, -9sm, -6cm +1 Pipe +1 Tobacco (1 Pound) +6 Dolls of Copper and Tin -2 Dolls This thread was lots of fun to read. I wish it had been completed, or that there was just more to read! Reading through everything was a breeze and you both did a great job of capturing the interest of the audience while exploring your characters. Great first meeting, wish there were others. PM Me for Any Questions or Concerns Over This Ruling