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 Beyond the archway, the walls of the other room were rough and unfinished, though some decorative work had been begun. More interesting was the floor, inlaid in which, with strips of metal, was a large symbol enclosed in a double circle. The symbol looked like the same one in the seal on the letter that Enneth had delivered to Dlyss when she'd first sought him out. In the border formed by the circles were a series of numbers of unclear  purpose; surrounding the whole were a series of arcane glyphs of even more unclear purpose.
-Around the edges of the room were hastily-constructed shelves. Most of them were empty, but on some of the shelves near the entrance were a few rows of rather large, heavy books, with new and high-quality binding. The spines bore titles that did not seem like standard book titles, like "Starrymere" and  "Talons" and "[[worlds:Bubbles in the Dark]]".
+Around the edges of the room were hastily-constructed shelves. Most of them were empty, but on some of the shelves near the entrance were a few rows of rather large, heavy books, with new and high-quality binding. The spines bore titles that did not seem like standard book titles, like "Starrymere" and  "Talons" and "[[universe:Bubbles in the Dark]]".
 And, on a pedestal between the archway and the symbol in the center of the floor, was an open book, open only to the first page. In the middle of a border formed of strange glyphs, there was a sort of swirling pattern upon the page, and it //moved//, curling into shapes and out of them again - shapes of mountains, and sky (if the sky had a shape!) and distant trees and rivers.}}
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 She looked... not exactly upset, but as if she had been and a few rests' calming-down hadn't quite been enough to erase the effects. She blinked as she finished fading in, and started as she spotted Einriss. "Ah! Oh. Hello? Dlyss sent you in here?"}}
-{{wst>pinkgothic|Einriss' surprise settled into its mild equivalent and lingered on the light. //Like an outline//. She had not happened upon invisibility, lest his appearance would not come as a surprise - even if such a trick blinded the wielder, he had made enough sounds that she would have known him to be here. //Teleportation//, then. Related to the book, perhaps? If so, was it a portal or a world unto itself, perhaps even too strange to comprehend,where 'travel to' lost much of its meaning? If not, did it contribute to the process with whatever was contained within? Given its aura, he doubted it played a passive role.
+{{wst>pinkgothic|Einriss' surprise settled into its mild equivalent and lingered on the light. //Like an outline//. She had not happened upon invisibility, lest his appearance would not come as a surprise - even if such a trick blinded the wielder, he had made enough sounds that she would have known him to be here. //Teleportation//, then. Related to the book, perhaps? If so, was it a portal or a world unto itself, perhaps even too strange to comprehend, where 'travel to' lost much of its meaning? If not, did it contribute to the process with whatever was contained within? Given its aura, he doubted it played a passive role.
 He could pepper her with the same questions he would ask Dlyss once she appeared, about the nature of the book and its precise functionality, about where she had come from, about, if she had any guess, why it felt quite so alive and whether that was why it was relevant to his life's narrative. Paradoxically, Enneth's appearance tempered the very questions it might have answered, for if Enneth was involved, he had no  lingering doubts about being adequately informed.
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 {{wst>pinkgothic|//A portal//! Einriss' antennae effortlessly betrayed his full attention. "How far does such enchantment reach? Beyond Sekhaa?" he asked, driven by his curiosity, trying - badly - to tamper his enthusiasm for what he was beginning to imagine. The sense of //life// had been sufficiently alien that he wasn't at all inclined to think the enchantments were even restricted to Avishraa, but it could, hypothetically, be a mere artifact of the way the magic worked; perhaps by some measure, the book indeed 'had a life of its own'.}}
-{{wst>shyriath|"It, er, there's no real 'how far' limit that anyone's found, as such, "Enneth replied lamely. "There are other limits, other requirements... but distance, no. Unless you're very specifically describing a place you know of personally, you're as likely to get a different world entirely as not."}}
+{{wst>shyriath|"It, er, there's no real 'how far' limit that anyone's found, as such," Enneth replied lamely. "There are other limits, other requirements... but distance, no. Unless you're very specifically describing a place you know of personally, you're as likely to get a different world entirely as not."}}
-{{wst>pinkgothic|//With different organisms//? He resisted the urge to ask the bland question. Enneth had more than insinuated that they would travel to one of these worlds soon - if it was the one on the pedestal, he could judge for himself how much of the emanating //vividness// was what he hoped to find. Nowhere, perhaps,where one could easily survive, but all the more fascinating for it. Inspiring, perhaps. //Useful// to sample. But in any case, if they were to set foot on other worlds, he was already rapt.
+{{wst>pinkgothic|//With different organisms//? He resisted the urge to ask the bland question. Enneth had more than insinuated that they would travel to one of these worlds soon - if it was the one on the pedestal, he could judge for himself how much of the emanating //vividness// was what he hoped to find. Nowhere, perhaps, where one could easily survive, but all the more fascinating for it. Inspiring, perhaps. //Useful// to sample. But in any case, if they were to set foot on other worlds, he was already rapt.
 But perhaps it was best to confirm his impression. "And it's one such wholly 'different world' that we are going to once Dlyss finishes her... debate?"}}
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 "Good." Dlyss strode past them. That was the other thing odd; she wasn't wearing her usual robe, either. She was otherwise unadorned, except for her marriage-necklace with the three charms hanging from it. She was heavyset, with a broad, barrel-shaped chest and thick limbs; but remarkably trim for all that, though some padding around the stomach testified to the fact that she had borne children. Marching up to the book, she added, "I had originally intended to have the experimental plants tested on the bounds of the Citadel, but in light of the attack, it is clearly no longer safe to do so. This location will be more secure. Enneth, help him bring his things through."  She brought a paw down on the moving image, briefly gained a glowing outline, and then faded from sight.
-Enneth stared after her, then shrugged and sighed. "Yes, O Oracle," she murmured, before going to pick up some of Einriss' things by the doorway without damaging anything in any obvious way."So, er, when you're ready, make sure you have a tight grip on everything and touch the image on the page. There won't be any acceleration or anything - unless things went wrong, of course - just some disorientation, maybe. From your point of view it'll look like the destination is fading in while the library is fading out."}}
+Enneth stared after her, then shrugged and sighed. "Yes, O Oracle," she murmured, before going to pick up some of Einriss' things by the doorway without damaging anything in any obvious way. "So, er, when you're ready, make sure you have a tight grip on everything and touch the image on the page. There won't be any acceleration or anything - unless things went wrong, of course - just some disorientation, maybe. From your point of view it'll look like the destination is fading in while the library is fading out."}}
 {{wst>pinkgothic|"...testing the--?" he asked, startled, as though he'd been thrown into a completely different context. "I am not exactly fully equi--" But Dlyss was already fading away, leaving Einriss to stare at the spot where she had been and ponder whether he should be bumbling to the lab to get the rest of his things that may or may not prove necessary for planting, nurturing and tuning the test subjects. "I greatly appreciate the primer," he says, finally, to Enneth. "Unfortunately, it appears I ought to acquire the rest of my inventory first. Do you mind waiting or shall I just trail after Dlyss and you on my own time?"}}
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 "She seems rather uninterested in an audience," Einriss mused, his voice respectfully subdued.}}
-{{wst>Shyriath|Though Einriss' voice was subdued, Dlyss' could be clearly heard, weary though it was. "There is an unreasonable probability," she said, "that you both will continue standing there without speaking tome until I change stance. I must tell you that this is not likely to happen immediately. Come forward and speak, if you prefer. I am not unwell; I am merely... in an unaccustomed state."}}
+{{wst>Shyriath|Though Einriss' voice was subdued, Dlyss' could be clearly heard, weary though it was. "There is an unreasonable probability," she said, "that you both will continue standing there without speaking to me until I change stance. I must tell you that this is not likely to happen immediately. Come forward and speak, if you prefer. I am not unwell; I am merely... in an unaccustomed state."}}
 {{wst>pinkgothic|An Oracle being in 'an unaccustomed state' seemed like such a misplaced concept - even though there was no particular reason why that should be true. Being able to potentially predict rare moods made them no more //accustomed//, after all.