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[rathercommon]

So - all right.

[ Young Miss Kathleen Jones has the good grace to look embarrassed as she's making this post, because it is very embarrassing. And yet this is sort of a question that needs to be asked, because she hasn't really seen anyone asking it. Even though it's sort of... ]

We've never really managed to figure out why we were the ones who ended up here, have we. I mean - it's pretty clear that the Porter, or Lachesis, or whatever it was that brought us here, didn't just pick at random. So obviously there's got to be some reason why it's us. And I've sort of noticed -

[ She makes an awkward little gesture of her hand. ]

I mean - No one really talks about it, but you can just look around and see...

[ Another embarrassed little wave of her hand, and that embarrassed little wave finally gives her courage enough to just go for it: ]

Has anyone else noticed that we're all ridiculously good-looking? This isn't a joke post, I'm not trying to be funny - It's completely improbable, just how attractive we all are. I'm not just talking about humans, either. I'm not being human-centric, I don't think. Because I know that there are a lot of non-humans here who are uncommonly gorgeous by their species' standards. And so it's just...

[ She falters. Her face is decidedly pink with embarrassment. ]

Anyway. I don't know. I just wanted to know if anyone's looked into it at all. This is really a serious question, I swear.

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[rathercommon]

It was something I had at home. But -

[ Curiously: ]

You've made these swords, then. Do they stay around? Or do they disappear when you're not concentrating?

[mousquetaire]

I thought they would, at first.

[ Stay around, he means. He'd collected two of them and brought them into the apartment. Then he'd actually seen the apartment, which to his eyes looks like it belongs in a futuristic palace. He'd been awed, and the swords had disappeared before he could stop to think about it. ]

They were solid, and real. But when I calmed down, they vanished. I can't explain it, except that I think it only happens when I'm angry.

[rathercommon]

Oh - that's too bad. Swords go for a lot of money - you could have set up a good business if they were permanent.

[mousquetaire]

[ Seriously? He lifts an eyebrow. ]

I'd been given to believe not many used them here. After all, there's a lack of blacksmiths. I thought they'd fallen out of fashion.