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【FA】最后……
« 于: 2018-05-23, 周三 20:55:09 »
IN CLOSING ...
最后……

剧透 -   :
Assuming I make it out of here alive, I’ll log in to
JackPoint and talk about the fle a bit. I’m still not
comfortable with it and, as you can tell, it’s more
of a collection of notes and speculation instead of
true scientifc thoughts laid into a proper format,
but, I’ve been guzzling tequila and some medical
herbs that I don’t quite recognize out here, so I’ll
be amazed if it comes through at all. Elijah, signing off, hopefully not for the last time.
> And for those who’ve been pestering me for the past week
since the fles dropped, I can say both that he made it
through and that he’s here to answer a few questions. Go
easy on him, kids, he’s been through some rough times,
and I’m not sure how long he’ll be able to stay. He’s still
recovering.
> Bull
> Hello everyone.
> Elijah
> 8.9 GP OF DATA DELETED BY SYSOP
> Yes yes, we’re all glad you’re back/glad to see you etc. On
topic, please.
> Glitch
> So, how’d you get banged up, anyway?
> Butch
> One of the areas I went to had a few Azzies around who
hadn’t gotten word that they lost the territory a couple of
years ago. Extraterritorality, how does that work? And of
course, my history with the Big A didn’t help things much.
At any rate, I was putting my nose where it should not be,
and while the bullet barriers worked wonders, I missed
the grenade. Shrapnel is not your friend. On the plus side,
I don’t have any metal parts and my organs are mostly
functional, but one kidney’s done and there’s some other
intestinal issues that might require bioware replacement.
I’m trying to decide if it’s worth it or not. The debt’s bad,
but I’ve seen the impact even minor upgrades can have
on a magician’s aura, and I’m not sure if the tradeoffs
worth it.
> Elijah
假如我能活着离开这里,我会登录接入点谈谈这份文件。我还是有点不适,如你们所见,这更多是一份笔记和猜测的汇总,而不是正规格式的科学思考。但我嚼了很多龙舌兰还有别的我认不出的草药。要是能熬过去我会很惊讶。以利亚,下线,希望不是最后一次。

引用
>给那些上周文件发布后就一直烦我的人,我要说他熬过来了,他会在这里回答一些问题。对他宽容点,孩子们,他经历了一些痛苦的时光,我也不知道他能待多久。他还在恢复。
>Bull
>各位好。
>以利亚
>8.9GP数据被管理员删除
>好的好的,我们都很高兴你回来了/很高兴见到你,诸如此类。回归正题,请。
>Glitch
>那么,你怎么被打的?
>Butch
>我去的地方之一有些阿兹人在,他们还没收到几年前他们丢了那块地的消息。治外法权,怎么弄的?当然,我和大A的过往也没帮多少忙。无论如何,我把鼻子伸到了不该去的地方,虽然防弹屏障创造了奇迹,我还是漏掉了榴弹。弹片不是你的朋友。好的方面,我体内没有金属残片,大部分器官都还能运作,但有一个肾脏完了,有些肠道组织可能需要生体替换。我正在考虑是否值得。依赖症很糟,但我见过哪怕最微小的升级都会影响法师的灵光,我不确定这笔交易是否值得。
>以利亚
剧透 -   :
> I never thought about what it’s like for you wizbangers. If
somebody’d cut me that bad, I’d upgrade in a nanotick.
> Riot
> Says the kid saving up for her frst cybereye.
> Butch
> Still in the PCC?
> Haze
> You’ll understand my not answering that just yet? I know
that our leak’s been … dealt with … but I’m not in any
shape to defend myself just now. I’ll say that I’m in the
Southwest and leave it at that.
> Elijah
> When you need an extraction, I’ve got you covered. Gratis.
> 2XL
> So, here’s the million nuyen question: Was it worth it?
> Haze
> I’ll let you judge yourself when the paper hits peer
review. Looking over the notes I sent you is just painful
to read now. They’re jumbled, out of sorts, lacking proper
attribution and footnotes—academics would dismiss
these rambles without even consideration. Getting things
together properly will take months. Still, I’m glad that the
data got out. If the worst would have happened, I needed
this to get out.
> Elijah
>我从没想过你们施法的会怎样。要是有人伤我伤得这么严重,我会在一纳秒内决定升级。
>Riot
>正在存钱买第一只赛博眼的孩子如是说。
>Butch
>还在PCC?
>Haze
>你能理解我不回答吧?我知道我们的探子已经被……处理了……但我现在完全不能防御自己。我会说我在西南边,就这样。
>以利亚
>你要撤出的时候,我会帮你。免费。
>2XL
>那么,现在是价值百万新円的问题:值得吗?
>Haze
>论文到了同行评议阶段我会让你们自己判断。再看我发给你们的笔记实在是痛苦。杂乱无章、缺乏正确的引用和注脚——学者们会毫不犹豫无视这些胡言乱语,整理好这些东西得花几个月。但我还是很高兴把数据放出去了。如果最糟糕的事情发生了,我需要把它们发出去。
>以利亚
剧透 -   :
> I appreciate the risk and all, but honestly, most of this is
information that we could have gathered up on our own,
over time. Where’s that Elijah I used to know? The one with
cutting-edge theories and who talks about angles that no
one else perceives? Surely this isn’t the whole of it.
> Winterhawk
> Wait. You knew this drek already?
> Riot
> Elijah?
> Winterhawk
> Butch? Can you check his vitals remotely?
> Winterhawk
> No need. I’m here. I was just. That is. <sigh> T h e r e ’ s
one part I haven’t detailed yet.
> Elijah
> Here we go.
> Glitch
> The entire reason I was down in the Rio Gambit
territory was to get my astral eyes on the prize. In
this case, that’s the fovae, magical nullspace that’s
only been found in Aztlan. I can confrm that they’re
real, which we essentially knew. They’re not mana
voids, or at least they aren’t in the traditional way.
Magical energies that enter them are snuffed out, and
paranormal animals that are forced into them don’t
die as they would in a true magic vacuum. Instead,
they lose their paranormal abilities while they’re in
them. Spirits won’t go in them no matter how well
bound, but elementals will.
> Elijah
>我感谢你冒的危险还有所有其它,但老实说,这里大部分信息我们都能自己收集,只要花时间。我之前认识的以利亚去哪了?那个有着最前沿理论、谈论没人能想到的角度的家伙?这些绝对不是全部。
>Winterhawk
>等等,你们已经认识这个混蛋了?
>Riot
>以利亚?
>Winterhawk
>Butch?你能远程查下他的生理体征吗?
>Winterhawk
>没必要。我在这里。那是。<叹气>有一部分我还没细说。
>以利亚
>开始了。
>Glitch
>我下到Rio Gambit领地的全部理由是让我的星界之眼看看我的奖品。这里说的是凹陷,仅在阿兹特兰发现的魔法虚空。我能证实它们是真的,这点我们都知道了。它们不是法力虚空,至少不是传统意义上的。进入其中的魔法能量被吸走,被迫进入的超动物不会像在真的魔法真空一样死去。相反,它们在里面的时候失去了超生物能力。精魂无论怎样束缚都不会进去,但元素体会。
剧透 -   :
> What happens?
> Winterhawk
> They get pulled through and vanish. No matter how
large the elemental, no matter how small the fovae,
the elemental just … breaks apart… and the pieces are
sucked through. It’s so fast that you can barely process
it, and you can’t see the damn hole that they fall through.
From a distance, it’s the same as everything else, both in
the material world and the astral, but when a spell hits it?
Poof. Gone.
> Elijah
> That eradication of magic is expected from a mana void,
but it should kill the paracritter. I’m puzzled.
> The Smiling Bandit
> Well, I wasn’t worried before, but if Smiling Bandit’s at a
loss for words, I’m fraggin’ terrifed.
> Bull
> The magic isn’t eradicated.
> Elijah
> Say on …
> Winterhawk
> It’s moved. I want to say “flushed.” It leaves here and goes
somewhere else, akin to a metaplane but different. If an
astral form glances it, your perception goes wonky for
an hour or two and you won’t really understand what
happened, but you don’t die. You can even switch to astral
perception inside of one and you won’t empty out like you
do in a true void. It feels like you’re being sucked out of
your body through your eyeballs, but you’re still inside
your body, so you don’t leave, but …
> Elijah
>会发生什么?
>Winterhawk
>它们被拉进去然后消失了。无论元素体有多大、凹陷有多小,元素体就……碎裂开来……碎片被抽走。速度太快你只能勉强观察到,你根本看不见他们落下的那个该死的洞。从远处看,它和其它东西一样,无论是在物质界还是在星界,但用一个法术击中它?嘭。不见了。
>以利亚
>法力虚空也会消除法力,但它应该会杀死超怪物。我很迷惑。
>The Smiling Bandit
>好吧,我之前不担心的,但如果Smiling Bandit都词穷了,我害怕得要命。
>Bull
>魔法不是被消除了。
>以利亚
>继续……
>Winterhawk
>它被移走了。我想说被“冲走”了。它离开了这里到别处,类似泛位面但有不同。如果一个星界形体凝视它,你的视野会被扭曲一两个小时,你不会理解发生了什么,但不会死。你甚至可以在一个凹陷内切换到星界视觉,你不会像在真正的虚空里那样被抽空。感觉像是你被从眼球抽离身体,但你还在你的身体里,所以你不会离开,但是……
>以利亚
剧透 -   :
> Wait. You didn’t try that, did you?
> Winterhawk
> Elijah?
> Winterhawk
> … you did, didn’t you?
> Winterhawk
> Yes.
> Elijah
> Jesus
> Winterhawk
> Is that bad?
> Riot
> In a mana void, where there’s no astral energy, the empty
space is “hungry,” for lack of a better word. Turn your
astral energies on inside of one, they get torn from your
body. Think of what happens when a person goes into the
vacuum of space in their birthday suit.
> Jimmy No
> Pop.
> Riot
> Right. Pop. Only in space, it takes a while. You have a
minute, give or take, to get back inside before the damage
is too great. Turns out that skin and meat are both quite
good at keeping your important bits inside where they
belong. Amusingly, if you hold your breath, you’re in
greater danger than if you exhale. There’s … well, I’m
going into lecture mode. The important thing to remember
that, in space, the metahuman body has a small window.
For the astral form, lacking any of that protective shell, the
situation is dire.
> The Smiling Bandit
>等等,你没那么做,是吧?
>Winterhawk
>以利亚?
>Winterhawk
>……你做了,是吧?
>Winterhawk
>对。
>以利亚
>耶稣在上。
>Winterhawk
>那么糟吗?
>Riot
>在法力虚空里没有星界能量,空虚的环境是“饥饿”的,我找不到更好的词。在法力虚空里开启你的星界能量,它们会被从你的身体剥离。想象一个穿着生日装的人进入宇宙真空。
>Jimmy No
>嘭。
>Riot
>对。嘭。只是在宇宙里要花一点时间。你有或多或少一分钟在伤害太严重前回到真空外。皮肤和肌肉还是能很好地让你的重要部分留在它们该待的地方。有趣的是,如果你屏住呼吸,你会比呼吸有更大麻烦。那是……好吧,我进入教学模式了。要记住的是,在宇宙,泛人类的身体只有一个小泄漏口。而星界形体缺乏任何形式的保护外壳,情况将是致命的。
> The Smiling Bandit
剧透 -   :
> Measured in nanoseconds.
> Winterhawk
> Ghost!
> Riot
> For the record, it wasn’t as bad as when my astral form
dove in.
> Elijah
> !!!
> Winterhawk
> In the name of scien—
> Elijah
> HELL NO.
> Haze
> There’s no record of—
> Elijah
> THERE’S A REASON FOR THAT!
> Winterhawk
> Calm down, everyone. He broke every rule of research
with this, but if I can mix my metaphors, it’s too late to
appeal to reason after Doctor Marshall has injected
himself with the serum. All we can do now is record the
results.
> The Smiling Bandit
>以纳秒计。
>Winterhawk
>鬼魂!
>Riot
>我要声明,感觉不像我的星界形体跳进去时那么糟。
>以利亚
>!!!
>Winterhawk
>以科学的名……
>以利亚
>老天不。
>Haze
>没有记录——
>以利亚
>那。是。有。原。因。的!
>Winterhawk
>冷静,各位。他在这里打破了所有研究的规则,但如果我能加上我的比喻,Marshall医生*给自己注射了血清后再和他理论就迟了。我们能做的就是记录结果。
>The Smiling Bandit
*译注:Dr Barry Marshall,喝下了含有幽门螺杆菌的培养液试验细菌对人的影响。2005年获得诺贝尔生理学或医学奖
剧透 -   :
> I don’t condone this.
> Winterhawk
> I didn’t ask you to.
> Elijah
> You can talk about it later. For now, Bandit’s right. What
did you learn, Elijah?
> Glitch
> It was hard to handle when it happened, and once you
add the drugs and the alcohol, the pain medication …
> Elijah
> Stop stalling.
> Haze
> There was something there.
> Elijah
> So, they’re gateways to the metaplanes after all?
> Haze
> Yes. No. Maybe. It’s like a one-way mirror, but not.
> Elijah
> No pressure, Elijah. You can write it up in more detail later.
> Bull
> No! No, it … I can’t. Every day, it fades. Some of it’s burned
into my retina and I can never unsee it, but most of it gets
further away. Like a dream, but … if I don’t get this out,
I might swallow it all. There’s something on the far side,
a metaplane, but not. There’s a pathway, but it’s blocked.
It feels like a membrane, but my mind constructed it as
a sort of canyon, if that makes sense. A canyon with the
astral on one side, with me, and I could feel the other
metaplanes, the more traditional ones, beside me, but
across that canyon was something else. Something alien.
> Elijah
>我不会原谅这种行为。
>Winterhawk
>我没让你原谅。
>以利亚
>你们可以之后再谈。现在,Bandit是对的。你了解到了什么,以利亚?
>Glitch
>发生时很难把握,再加上药品和酒精、止痛剂……
>以利亚
>别再顾左右而言他。
>Haze
>那里有东西。
>以利亚
>那么,最后发现它们是通往泛位面的通道?
>Haze
>对。不。可能吧。它像是单向镜,但不是。
>以利亚
>别有压力,以利亚。你可以之后再写更多细节。
>Bull
>不!不,它……我不能。每天,它都在消散。有部分被烧进里我的视网膜我永远无法无视,但大部分都在远离。像是个梦,但……要是我不说出来,它可能会烂在我的肚子里。远方有某种东西,一个泛位面,但不是。有条通道,但它被堵住了。感觉是层薄膜,但我的头脑把它视作某种峡谷,不知道这是否说的清。一道峡谷,星界在这一边,还有我,我能感觉到其它泛位面,传统意义的那种,在我旁边,但峡谷对面有别的东西。某些异物。
>以利亚
剧透 -   :
> Oh drek.
> Bull
> Whatever it was, I can’t even … eyeballs. Eyeballs and
teeth and tendrils and … it… the shapes. There aren’t
words for the shapes, but I remember the eyes. I’ll always
remember the eyes. And it talked.
> Elijah
> Was there a bridge?
> Bull
> Yes! But it was broken. That’s the thing. Whatever was on
the other side couldn’t reach the bridge. It couldn’t repair
it, it couldn’t approach it, but I could. It wanted me to do
so. It made offers … knowledge. So much knowledge …
> Elijah
> Drek drek drek
> Bull
> Something you want to share with the class, Bull?
> Glitch
> Gotta call Frosty.
> Bull
> ADMIN BULL HAS LOGGED OUT
>哦狗屎。
>Bull
>无论那是什么,我甚至不能……眼球。眼球和牙齿和触手和……它……那些形状。没有词语能形容那些形状,但我记得那些眼睛。我会一直记得那些眼睛。它说话了。
>以利亚
>那里是不是有座桥?
>Bull
>有!但它塌了。就是这个原因。那边的不管什么东西不能够到桥。它不能修好,它不能靠近,但我能。它希望我这么做。它承诺给我……知识。如此多的知识……
>以利亚
>狗屎狗屎狗屎。
>Bull
>你想和同班同学分享什么吗,Bull?
>Glitch
>要去叫Frosty。
>Bull
>管理员Bull登出。
剧透 -   :
> Well this went from interesting to very interesting!
Popcorn?
> Haze
> For the record, thanks to Glitch, I can get some readings
from here. Elijah, I’m not happy with your heart rate
or your blood pressure right now. Have you had your
medicine?
> Butch
> Later! Later, I swear. This needs to be said before I forget.
Please, a moment.
> Elijah
> ADMIN BULL HAS LOGGED IN
> USER FROSTY HAS LOGGED IN
> Well, this should b-
> Haze
> USER ORANGE QUEEN HAS LOGGED IN
> USER WORDSMYTH HAS LOGGED IN
> … oh shit.
> Haze
> USER LAUGHING MAN HAS LOGGED IN
> OH SHIT
> Haze
> This is a most unexpected invite, Mr. McAllister. My dear
former apprentice was ever so insistent that I—
> The Laughing Man
> Frag you now and forever. I’ll bathe in your blood later
you bastard, but this? You need to hear this.
> Bull
>哎呀事情从有趣变得特别有趣了!要爆米花吗?
>Haze
>我得说,多亏了Glitch,我能从这拿到一些读数。以利亚,我对你现在的心率和血压不满意。你吃药了吗?
>Butch
>之后!之后,我发誓。我要在忘记之前说出来。拜托了,一会就好。
>以利亚
>管理员Bull登入
>用户Frosty登入

>哎呀,这该——
>Haze
>用户ORANGE QUEEN登入
>用户WORDSMYTH登入

>……哦该死。
>Haze
>用户LAUGHING MAN登入
>哦该死。
>Haze
>真是最意外的邀请,麦卡利斯特先生。我亲爱的前学徒特别坚持让我——
>The Laughing Man
>操你,现在到永久。之后我再用你的血洗澡,你这个混蛋,但这个?你得听听这个。
>Bull
剧透 -   :
> So many things I was offered, if only I’d help repair the
bridge. Others had been there, others had lifted a rock
here, a rope there, but they were only small steps of a
marathon. They needed so much work to repair the bridge
and they had time, they had so much time, but they were
also wanting to cross sooner. They can’t. They have to be
invited. They have to be reached by us, they can’t do it
themselves. They need our help, but they can help us.
They can send things. Knowledge. Whispers. Power.
Answers. So many answers to so many questions!
> Elijah
> Can anyone tell me what this is all about?
> Glitch
> Silence! This is a thing which should not be!
> Wordsmyth
> Motherfucker, you’re going to tell me to shut up? In my
house?!
> Glitch
> Stand down! Glitch, please. You don’t know how much
this is costing me.
> Bull
> You’re paying them?
> Glitch
> No, but there’s a debt. Long story. Tell you later. Just …
stand down, okay?
> Bull
> Daaaaaaamn.
> Haze
> The bridge. How far did it go?
> The Laughing Man
> The bridge? It’s hard…. My eyes were closed, my hands
over my ears but I could still hear… I could still see …
> Elijah
> How many steps?
> Wordsmyth
> Four. Four steps.
> Elijah
> That is more than two, Laughing Man.
> Wordsmyth
> But how many were there before?
> The Laughing Man
>我被赐予如此多的事物,只要我能帮助修好桥。有其他人到过那,其他人在这里搬了一块石头,那里拉起了一条绳索,但都只是马拉松的一小步。他们需要大量的工作才能修好桥,他们有时间,他们有的是时间,可他们也希望更早通过。他们不能。他们必须被邀请。他们必须由我们接触,他们不能自己做到,他们需要我们的帮助,但他们能帮助我们。他们能送来东西。知识。低语。力量。答案。如此多问题如此多的答案!
>以利亚
>有人能告诉我这是什么玩意吗?
>Glitch
>安静!这是个本不应该出现的东西!
>Wordsmyth
>操你娘的,你让我闭嘴?在我的房子里?
>Glitch
>下去!Glitch,拜托了。你不知道我付出了多少。
>Bull
>你给他们付钱了?
>Glitch
>没,但是有个人情。很长的故事。之后告诉你。就……下来,好吗?
>Bull
>要糟糟糟糟。
>Haze
>那座桥,延伸了多远?
>The Laughing Man
>桥?很难……我的双眼闭上,我的手捂住耳朵可我还是能听见……我还是能看见……
>以利亚
>多少步?
>Wordsmyth
>四,四步。
>以利亚
>比两步要多,Laughing Man.
>Wordsmyth
>但是之前有多少步?
>The Laughing Man
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>The Laughing Man
> Too many.
> Bull
> This one has seen the bridge?
> Wordsmyth
> One of them.
> The Laughing Man
> And it cost me my brother.
> Bull
> I’m so sorry.
> Frosty
> Did you repair the bridge?
> Wordsmyth
> Why the frag would think that?
> Bull
> Not you. Him.
> The Laughing Man
> I … don’t … it’s so hard to focus …
> Elijah
> You must! Did. You. Make. Any. Repairs.
> Wordsmyth
> No. There was so much knowledge there, so many
answers, but … the rope was made of entrails and the
rocks were skulls. I couldn’t …
> Elijah
> Then there’s salvation possible for you. I will come to you
soon, Elijah. Help is on the way.
> The Laughing Man
> Impossible. No one knows where I am.
> Elijah
> Diffcult is not impossible, only diffcult. Wordsmyth.
Frosty. Mr. McAllister. *tips hat*
> The Laughing Man
> USER LAUGHING MAN HAS DISCONNECTED
> Elijah? I need you to look up for a moment. Look up, and
think of your shoes.
> Wordsmyth
> What?
> Elijah
> Look up and think of your shoes. What color are they?
> Wordsmyth
>太多了
>Bull
>这位见过桥?
>Wordsmyth
>其中一座。
>The Laughing Man
>它带走了我的兄弟。
>Bull
>我非常抱歉。
>Frosty
>你修了桥吗?
>Wordsmyth
>你TM怎么会觉得?
>Bull
>不是你。他。
>The Laughing Man
>我……不……太难集中……
>以利亚
>你必须!你。有没。修补。任何。东西。
>Wordsmyth
>没有。那里有太多的知识,太多的答案,可是……绳索是内脏石块是头骨。我不能……
>以利亚
>那么你还有救赎的可能。我很快会到你身边。协助正在路上。
>The Laughing Man
>不可能。没人知道我在哪。
>以利亚
>困难并非不可能,仅仅是困难。 Wordsmyth。Frosty。麦卡利斯特先生。*脱帽*
>The Laughing Man
>用户LAUGHING MAN断开
>以利亚?我需要你抬头看一下。抬头,想着你的鞋。
>Wordsmyth
>什么?
>以利亚
>抬头想你的鞋。它们是什么颜色的?
>Wordsmyth
剧透 -   :
> White. I had to buy new ones after the last ones were
ruined form the mud. Those were quality boots.
> Elijah
> What the hell? Vitals just dropped halfway to normal.
> Butch
> If you’d like to keep it that way, avoid this topic for the
next day or so. Once Laughing Man arrives, your friend
will recover completely. For now, he needed to think
about something mundane to bring his mind back from
somewhere it has no business being.
> Wordsmyth
> What the hell is going on?
> Glitch
> USER WORDSMYTH HAS DISCONNECTED
> Sorry guys. There are rules.
> Frosty
> USER FROSTY HAS DISCONNECTED
> Can I tell you how happy I am to be here right now?
> Haze
> Listen, my head’s back for a minute, but here’s the thing.
I mentioned I couldn’t trust Universal Magic Theory
anymore?
> Elijah
> More important things are brewing.
> Winterhawk
>白的。上一堆被泥泞毁了之后我得买新鞋。是质量很好的靴子。
>以利亚
>什么鬼?体征半路掉到了正常。
>Butch
>如果你希望保持,之后几天都避免这个话题。Laughing Man一到达,你的朋友就会完全恢复。现在,他需要想些平淡的事物,好让他的思维远离不该触及的事物。
>Wordsmyth
>到底在发生什么鬼?
>Glitch
>用户WORDSMYTH断开
>抱歉伙计们。有些规矩。
>Frosty
>用户Frosty断开
>我能告诉你们我现在有多高兴在这吗?
>Haze
>听着,我的脑子恢复了一分钟,但有件事。我提到过我再也不能相信大一统魔法理论(Universal Magic Theory)了?
>以利亚
>有更重要的事情在酝酿中。
>Winterhawk
剧透 -   :
> I’ll deal with that, but you have to listen. The core tenet of
UMT is that all magic flows from the same source. That
astral energies are formed by living beings, and all of
us—hermetics, shamans, voodoo, psionics, whatever—
draw our power from the same place. It’s wrong. There
are other places. Deep in the metaplanes, not connected
to us at all, not connected to astral space, full of inhuman
things, inhuman shapes, inhuman thoughts. Magic can
come from other sources.
> Elijah
> Impossible.
> Haze
> There are reports of mundanes being discovered to have
magic later, but they were considered to have always
had the Talent, just having been missed in testing. A
few have later been discovered to be the result of spirit
pacts, but even then, that’s an astral construct. It falls
inside the paradigm.
> Winterhawk
> There are some insect shamans that were mundane.
They received power from the Queens. I’d always
thought it was a spirit pact, but maybe this is bigger
than that?
> Haze
> Yes. The power’s there, but they have trouble connecting
to us. It’s too far to reach. Someone has to step near
enough that they can speak to them. Once they have one,
then they can bring others. I don’t know how many can go
there. I got lucky.
> Elijah
> Unlucky.
> Haze
> There’re more places. The bridges were destroyed more
than twenty years ago. Or, well, one was. There were
supposed to be others, but I only saw the one.
> Bull
> This is going to be a great story.
> Haze
> Later. For now, I have to get the taste of asking that bastard
for help out of my mouth. Elijah, you good? Wiz.
> Bull
> ADMIN BULL HAS LOGGED OUT
>我会处理的,但你必须听着。UMT的核心原则是所有魔法都来自同一个源头。星界能量由活体存在产生,我们所有人——赫尔墨斯法师、萨满、伏都法师、灵能师,不管那种——都从同一个地方汲取能量。这是错的。有其它地方。在泛位面深处,完全不与我们相连,不与星界相连,充斥着非人之物、非人形体、非人思维。魔法可以有其它来源。
>以利亚
>不可能。
>Haze
>存在凡人在生命后期被发现有魔法的报告,但他们被认为一直保有这种天赋,只是缺乏检测。有若干随后被发现是精魂契约所致,但即使是这样,依然存在一种星界构造。它落入了这个范式内。
>Winterhawk
>有些虫萨满是凡人。他们从虫后那里获得法力。我一直以为那是种精魂契约,但或许比那还要严重?
>Haze
>是的。力量就在那里,但他们很难触及我们。太远了。必须有人足够靠近他们才能和我们交谈。一旦有了一个,他们就会带来其它。我不知道有多少人能到那里。我很幸运。
>以利亚
>是不幸。
>Haze
>还有更多这样的地方。那些桥是超过二十年前被摧毁的。至少,有一座是。理论上还有其它,但我只见过一座。
>Bull
>这会是个很棒的故事。
>Haze
>之后。现在,我得把请那个混蛋帮忙的余味去掉。以利亚,你还好?撑住。
>Bull
>管理员Bull登出
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> There’s a lot to unpack here, Elijah, and I’m not
feeling confident. Send me your location. We need
to talk in person.
> Winterhawk
> Yes. No. Maybe. I need some time. Help is on the way.
> Elijah
> I don’t trust him. Let me at least join you astrally. I can be
there in fve minutes.
> Winterhawk
> Shit. Injured rolling in. Riot? We gotta roll.
> Butch
> Hai, sensei.
> Riot
> USER BUTCH HAS LOGGED OUT
> USER RIOT HAS LOGGED OUT
> Actually, I’m going to close this down. Last time those
damn pointy-eared bastards dropped in, they rebooted
the place in the process. I want to make sure these fles
get saved. Everybody out.
> Glitch
> Elijah?
> Winterhawk
> Check your PMs.
> Elijah
> USER WINTERHAWK HAS LOGGED OUT
> USER ELIJAH HAS LOGGED OUT
> USER 2XL HAS LOGGED OUT
> Thank you for a very enlightening evening, everyone. I
need to make certain I’m on certain mailing lists. Taa!
> The Smiling Bandit
> USER THE SMILING BANDIT HAS LOGGED OUT
> Save, reboot, and restart on the way once I get into
command.
> Glitch
> ADMIN GLITCH HAS LEFT THIS NODE
> Well damn. Guess I’ll turn out the lights.
> Haze
> <munching animation> Who made this Slamm-0!-brand
popcorn? It’s delicious.
> Orange Queen
> Right. No one will believe this.
> Haze
>这里有很多要谈的,以利亚,我没有信心。把你的位置发给我。我们得面对面交谈。
>Winterhawk
>好。不。也许。我需要时间。协助正在路上。
>以利亚
>我不相信他。至少让我从星界加入你。我会在五分钟内到达。
>Winterhawk
>该死。伤员送进来了。Riot?我们得走了。
>Butch
>嗨,先生。
>Riot
>用户BUTCH登出
>用户RIOT登出

>实际上,我要把这个关了。上次那些该死的尖耳朵路过的时候把这地方重启了。我要确保这些文件被保存下来。全部人出去。
>Glitch
>以利亚?
>Winterhawk
>看你的PM。
>以利亚
>用户Winterhawk登出
>用户以利亚登出

>用户2XL登出
>感谢你们提供了一个非常有启迪性的晚上,各位。我得确保我在某个邮件列表上。别了*!
>The Smiling Bandit
>用户SMILING BANDIT登出
>我一获得控制权就保存、重启、重开。
>Glitch
>那么好吧,我猜要我来关灯了。
>Haze
><嚼嚼的动画>谁做了Slamm-0!牌的爆米花?好味。
>Orange Queen
>啊对。没人会信的。
>Haze
*译注:原文为Taa,英式再见 by BI
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