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Reading is Fundamental [Open]

[Odd as it might seem, the guy with the giant sword spends most of his free time in the library. Roy gets plenty of exercise in class (Fighter College had less rigorous training than the body-strengthening marefs!), and he's long past the point where routine training drills with his blade can do more than keep the rust off. So instead, Roy has devoted himself to acquiring information -- about the world, about the dungeons, about magic, about anything he can get his hands on, in the belief that any piece of information could prove useful in the long term.]

[Given how little knowledge had accidentally fallen into his lap this far, he definitely believes this campaign is one that requires active, independent research rather than one that conveniently hands over facts and helpful plot details in convenient notes and surprisingly-relevant books.]

[So you might have seen him in the library -- yet again -- or perhaps carrying as many books as he's allowed to take out, back to his room.]

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[Hey, he doesn't have a high Strength score for nothing! Roy frowns slightly as he taps the cover of the book thoughtfully. Then, deciding, he tugs it out of the stack.]

I'd like it when you're done with it, but I don't need it urgently. I don't think anything in there is just going to have the Answer-with-a-capital-A.

[Gratefully he takes the book and tucks it under his arm]

Oh, are you studying for something? I could probably direct you to the right books if you'd like and save you some time.

[The statement earns a wry half-smile.]

Why are we here, and how do we get back where we belong.

I tried checking under "W", "H", and "just send us back already", but I was defeated by the lack of an alphabetical organization.

[He wasn't entirely sure if he was being sincere or sarcastic so for now he half goes along with it]

I don't think you'll get books that exact, but I haven't been able to find much about those kinds of topics from what I've read so far.

Either the answer isn't here, or it IS here but hidden or will take some piecing together. I'm not comfortable picking one or the other yet. Though in a sense I'm almost glad I haven't found it yet.

To be honest, I don't think the answer would be here either. Something doesn't seem quite right about the whole situation...

Whatever the answer is, I think I'd definitely prefer to know than not. Even if it's horrible at least then we'd have a better idea of why we're here or what we can do.

And I definitely prefer the idea that the answer is not deliberately being hidden from us. I'd rather the staff of this school be well-meaning and uninformed then deliberately manipulative.

[But he hasn't decided they are, yet, and it shows.]

In a perfect world that might be true... but I get the feeling they know something. They haven't been communicating with us much, even if they knew nothing you would think they'd at least let us know and try and work with us to fix things instead of just making us go to classes.

I don't mean to make an unfair generalization... but the arcane casters I've known hated to admit they didn't know something. When you have that many extra skill point from Intelligence and every Knowledge in-class, being the information resource is generally a point of pride.

[Latvia slowly nods along, not really getting the references to classes or skill points but that didn't seem important]

Is magic very common where you're from?

I don't know how to answer that. I thought so, but I'm starting to realize that a lot of other worlds seem to have much less of it than I would even consider 'rare'.

I see... It's not particularly common where I'm from either. A lot of people don't believe in it and I know maybe two or three people who are capable of practicing it.

Don't believe in it?

How do you not believe in a fact of life? Next you'll tell me people don't believe in the gods there either.

[Latvia looks to the side a little, trying to avoid his glance]

Well, that depends. Some people do, some people don't and a lot of people believe in different gods...

And magic isn't really a fact of life where I come from. Almost no one practices it, save for a handful of people. Well, actually I'm not sure if people do...

Oh. Oh no. You live in a low-magic world.

When will people realize that the ruleset is not designed to accommodate that any more?

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