I don't wanna hear that from you after hearing you complain about what North's like. At least the Sorcerers' World isn't a shithole, permanent-blizzard wasteland. It just has shithole people.
[ Flatly. ]
Show me Gotham in the simulations sometime and we'll see how much that holds up. But also, creepy! Alternate same-dimension bullshit, eugh.
North is better than anywhere else. [says the Northborn wizard with his clear and obvious bias.] You probably won't run into Owen and Mithra. [Truly the worst parts of the landscape.
He looks between these two, then back to Aikawa.]
Teachers tryin' to... what was it, extort their students?
[Some things you can't quite remember a year later.]
Yeah, that was a part of it. At my old school, there was this shitty old geezer who was extorting students to buy his shitty 'magic enhancing' trinkets. Spoilers! They don't fucking work, but he'd use his magic to make guys disappear if they didn't.
[ Leaning back in his chair, shrugging a little. ]
And then you know, there's gang activity around... the only good thing they did for me was cart that teach off. Otherwise, they're a different kind of problem on their own.
[He glances at Aikawa, then away, brows coming together. He doesn't eat the fry he's holding, only idly plays with it. He sort of bends it enough to break it in half.]
Don't really have magic in Gotham, [JASON IS SITTING HERE AT THIS TABLE AS THE ONE NORMIE....] unless you're going to see a Zatara show. But there's extorting going on all the time. Gangs, too. Plenty of them.
[He glances up.]
...You talk to Yoo about where him and the others went, by any chance?
Yoo said he thought it was from someone's memories. [Found you.] Sounded kind of fucked up, but, you know, so is the rest of this place.
I thought maybe the jacked-up doors in the hallway were... like nightmares maybe. There are a lot of night and sleeping motifs around here. So I wouldn't be surprised if this place is taking people's memories and making them into a hell show.
Talked about the rotatin' locations outside of the front door with Pink. [Estelle.] Ain't it weird how we can't seem to change 'em at all? Nothin' lasts. Could be constructed outta memories.
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[He snorts.]
Gotham and where you're from are just two sides of the same coin probably. An alternate dimension Gotham.
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[He says living in a country with no laws wizards just doing whatever the fuck they want. At least they don't send people into death battles.]
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[ Flatly. ]
Show me Gotham in the simulations sometime and we'll see how much that holds up. But also, creepy! Alternate same-dimension bullshit, eugh.
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I don't know anything about your world, but I agree. It's probably just as bad.
[Aikawa just gave him a decent idea anyway.]
Sure. Just a forewarning: it's a shithole in a lot of places and it has shithole people.
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He looks between these two, then back to Aikawa.]
Teachers tryin' to... what was it, extort their students?
[Some things you can't quite remember a year later.]
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[ Leaning back in his chair, shrugging a little. ]
And then you know, there's gang activity around... the only good thing they did for me was cart that teach off. Otherwise, they're a different kind of problem on their own.
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Don't really have magic in Gotham, [JASON IS SITTING HERE AT THIS TABLE AS THE ONE NORMIE....] unless you're going to see a Zatara show. But there's extorting going on all the time. Gangs, too. Plenty of them.
[He glances up.]
...You talk to Yoo about where him and the others went, by any chance?
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Extortion's pretty standard, and poorly run gangs. Corrupt teachers who make sure their students can never fight against 'em.
[Wizards and promises and the children who trust.
He shakes his head.]
Nah, didn't really have a chance to.
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[ He will be the lore-giver for both of you I GUESS. ]
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Yoo said he thought it was from someone's memories. [Found you.] Sounded kind of fucked up, but, you know, so is the rest of this place.
I thought maybe the jacked-up doors in the hallway were... like nightmares maybe. There are a lot of night and sleeping motifs around here. So I wouldn't be surprised if this place is taking people's memories and making them into a hell show.
Just a theory, though.
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[His tail swishes back and forth.]
Talked about the rotatin' locations outside of the front door with Pink. [Estelle.] Ain't it weird how we can't seem to change 'em at all? Nothin' lasts. Could be constructed outta memories.
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[ He! Hates! That!!!
So he's just gonna chew on his burger looking surly as fuck, silent. ]