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citynet2023-07-20 10:37 pm
nomoresharks) wrote in citynet2023-07-20 10:37 pm
VIDEO | un: hythlodaeus
[The feed opens to a rather disheveled looking Hythlodaeus, his hair slightly undone from it braid and the sleeves of his robes pulled up and bound somewhere behind his elbows. Behind him sits the failed remains of his attempts to create a bow for himself, lopsided and uneven, some splintered and cracked, some scarcely begun before being given up on in a sudden burst of frustration.
He tries to keep a bright, cheerful, pleasant expression, but his efforts look plastic at best, not helped by the irritation that occasionally slips into his voice]
I don't suppose anyone has any advice when it comes to making a bow by hand?
I've attempted to do so in the manner I'm used to but--
[He raises a hand, and light gathers before it, starting to pull together to form the shape of the bow Hythlodaeus so dearly desires only to suddenly dissipate at the last second, tiny motes of magic dispersing and dissipating into the air.
And he has to take a moment to catch his breath, a bead of sweat rolling from his temple down to his chin.]
As you can see, that's going splendidly.
[The last thing he needed: to become even more useless than he already was]
He tries to keep a bright, cheerful, pleasant expression, but his efforts look plastic at best, not helped by the irritation that occasionally slips into his voice]
I don't suppose anyone has any advice when it comes to making a bow by hand?
I've attempted to do so in the manner I'm used to but--
[He raises a hand, and light gathers before it, starting to pull together to form the shape of the bow Hythlodaeus so dearly desires only to suddenly dissipate at the last second, tiny motes of magic dispersing and dissipating into the air.
And he has to take a moment to catch his breath, a bead of sweat rolling from his temple down to his chin.]
As you can see, that's going splendidly.
[The last thing he needed: to become even more useless than he already was]
no subject
[Though he doesn't understand why technology and magic are treated separately. The two have always seemed intertwined to him.]
But it's difficult to say one way or another without proof. Would that this were more in my area of expertise so I could come up with a proper test.