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[conclusively]

Type: Text
Sender ID: conclusively (Mycroft Holmes)
To: Public
Subject: Research Requests
Warnings: N/A


Greetings to my fellow travelers. I have recently joined your ranks, and am endeavoring to familiarize myself with what would have been unknown in my home realm but is remarkably common here. To that end, I am requesting aid in regards to texts on magical theory and the fundamentals of such. The Conservatory has been helpful in providing archives to sort through, but the sheer breadth of resources leaves me desiring some instruction on where to go for the most optimal education, as well as accounts from those knowledgeable that do not exist in a book's pages.

While magical theory is my primary focus, I would also welcome some direction regarding accounts of flora and fauna as well. They are no less critical to understanding this world, though the fundamentals of their research are not as opaque to me.

I am perfectly ready to negotiate for compensation to those that wish to lend their knowledge in this matter, should they wish.

-M.H.

Comments

[conclusively]

I am, so long as you are with me.

[because much as adventure pulls at his heart, as much as he longs to dive into these new facts and knowledge of the world as a man possessed so that he might not feel the clawing sense of inadequacy, he has not yet convinced his hands to unclench upon the rope of connection between them. this desire to not let his friend go somewhere he does not know, or to leave him behind.

buck up, old fellow, he tells himself. it's foolish, he knows - they are grown men, not children apt to get lost or be unable to communicate. he would no more try and restrict what Cyrus wants to do or where he wants to go than he would stop the sun in its journey across the sky. but still, at least until they settle, he knows his own preferences.

that decided, however, he turns back to Daqiang.]

We would be honored to accept your invitation, Moon Supreme.

[yuezun]

Then this venerable one will have arrangements made.

[He inclined his head to them. They were clearly a pair that would not be separated. Giving them a single room to share would make it easier to accommodate their presence.]

You may present yourself to the crew at any time before the ship leaves port.

[Daqiang leaned back and took a long drink of his tea before returning to his book. As far as he was concerned, the audience was over. They would, of course, be allowed to stay and finish their own drinks. But as far as he was concerned, business had been concluded when they accepted his invitation. Further discussions could be had at another time.]