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[telvanni]

I have spent the last week painstakingly enchanting a small selection of high quality magical staves. Since I am a wizard, I find my own powers of spellcasting are more than sufficient for my needs. As such, I do not actually need the staves I have made. They were produced simply as a way to hone my craft; nothing more.

This means I am giving them away to certain parties that may be in need of them. If you would like an enchanted staff that fires elemental blasts at your foes, you need only make your case to me. Preference will be given to applicants who as of yet possess no useful echoes and agree to submit to some harmless tests.

No time-wasters.

Comments

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[dead_black_eyes]

What exactly constitutes a "useless" echo? And "harmless," for that matter?

permahandwritten;

[telvanni]

Useless in the context of battling the unimaginable beasties we all apparently risk fighting with one day.
And the tests are harmless in that I only wish to see applicants make use of their staff. I would quite like to start researching what changes their effectiveness to maximise future results.

[wirsinddiejager]

I want one.

[telvanni]

Oh, what a compelling case. I'll get one sent out to you immediately. Would you like it wrapped up with a pretty pink ribbon?

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[charcoalfeather]

How... harmless are we talking here?

[Because she kind of wants a magic staff, but not that badly.]

[telvanni]

Entirely harmless, assuming you aren't completely incompetent. I merely wish to see how effective my staves are in the hands of different wielders.

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[radiantchicken]

I have yet to get any useful powers from this. I might appreciate one of these staves.

[The voice is a very deep, male, human-sounding one. There is no indication it is coming from a parrot who actually doesn't see his sudden ability to sound like a human as a power because he's just gotten used to it.]

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[telvanni]

I see. Then you already sound somewhat suitable. Might I ask a series of questions?

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[titansno]

Well, I can't act like I don't have useful Echoes, but...

[come on Mithryn you know what her deal is.]

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[telvanni]

It would be useful to see how a staff performs in the hands of one already trained in the magical arts. Particularly in ones different in nature to my own.

Elemental preference? You have three choices: fire, ice, or lightning. Other effects elude me as of yet.

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[grannyfucker]

I don't have any useful echoes! I need one of these things!

handwritten;

[telvanni]

Wonderful. And would you be willing to test one while I observe?

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[abhero]

the only echoes i've got are a crow yelling at me and really stupid fights with some dude i think i qualify for getting one

[telvanni]

A crow that spoke? So I may assume there was magic in the world your past self hailed from?

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[waltharius]

I don't think my echoes have been completely useless, but they're not helping me much offensively.

So. I'd be interested.

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[telvanni]

Am I to assume your hair colour was an echo?
I daresay you qualify based on current personality, but knowing more about your past self and your echoes would bee helpful for my research.
You mentioned giants. Was your world magical in nature?

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[tenaciousc]

I wouldn't call any of mine useful yet. What sort of tests?

[telvanni]

I merely wish to observe applicants using their staves, to further my research into things that alter their effectiveness.
Nothing that could possibly prove harmful to anyone with even a modicum of intelligence. Interested?

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[hustru]

Harmless?

[telvanni]

Entirely so. I merely wish to witness each applicant's first use of their staff to aid in my research.

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[sassymaru]

define harmless tests

[telvanni]

As even the briefest of glances at the other responses would inform you, I would just require that anyone wishing to take home a staff uses it in front of me first.
I wish to observe the variance in spell strength between different types of people to further my own research.

[mood2wiingiing]

how powerful are the blasts?

[telvanni]

I currently hypothesise that it depends on certain qualities the user may or may not possess. In my own hands, a fire staff expels a jet of flame that wouldn't appear out of place coming from a dragon's maw. A less talented individual may produce a smaller, cooler plume of fire.

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[not_good_not_wicked]

[Opens mouth]

["Preference will be given to applicants who as of yet possess no useful echoes and agree to submit to some harmless tests.

No time-wasters."]

...Nevermind.

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[telvanni]

[ Three dots in black ink for you, Marisa. ELLIPSES ALL THE WAY. THAT COUNTED AS TIME-WASTING, U LIL SHIT ]

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[persuaderoll]

What kind of 'tests'?

[telvanni]

A few preliminary questions, followed by applicants attempting to use their chosen staff in front of me when they come to pick it up.
Good lord. If I'd known so many people were going to become so sodding suspicious over the words "harmless tests..."