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Has time stopped for the entire island? |
Ignihyde Dorm - Idia's Room (Night)
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Maybe that's why I keep getting bounced back to where started when try to leave |
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So... That must mean the spell Malleus Draconia used not only puts every living creature to sleep… |
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But it also freezes time within the spell's area of effect. |
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Incredible! I've only read about such legendary-class magic in our History of Magic textbooks! |
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Are there actually mages who can control space-time? |
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Someone like that would basically be a living disaster... |
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….. |
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Gosh, what do I do? We've all gotten swept up into something huge. |
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l've got to inform Styx ASAP. |
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But how? My gears aren't working, and I can't leave the island via the internet. |
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As I recall, my emergency magical disaster alert went off shortly before Malleus finished casting his spell. |
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So it's possible Styx received the alert. |
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But still… |
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If Malleus's magic doesn't just freeze space-time, but also affects the mind and body… |
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Then everyone's bodies could atrophy if they go too long without nutritional intake. |
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Sitting back and waiting to be rescued is out of the question. But if I can't use my gears, then my options are... |
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….. |
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...Wait, hold on. |
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There's Idia's tablet. |
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It should support satellite broadband. |
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It was designed to connect with a prototype communications satellite Styx launched. |
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Sage's Island is a pretty remote place, and we weren't sure it'd have a stable broadband connection if an emergency struck. |
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I remember Idia said, "I don't care what freak disasters strike. I can't miss my mobile game dailies, ever.” |
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So he secretly set up an antenna on the large tree behind the school. |
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I could try to access his tablet remotely and boot it up... Here goes! |
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Pulling up wireless settings... Aha! |
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It worked! I'm getting a signal! |
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What's the bitrate..? Oof, that's SLOW. |
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it's barely a tenth of the speed I'd get on a 4G cellphone network. |
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Idia did mention it was a test model and wasn't practical for regular use, but GEEZ LOUISE talk about glacial! |
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This is worse than ADSL! I've never been on a connection this slow in my life! |
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Not only that, but given the low number of usable communications satellites, I can only connect for a few hours a day. |
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I'm just barely connecting right now, and there's no telling when it'll drop. |
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What a mess... Not to mention the ginormous amount of data I have. |
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Even if by some miracle I did manage to upload all of it to a communications satellite…. |
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There's no guarantee I'd make it to the Styx gateway. |
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What if I get stranded in space? |
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Well... It's this or nothing. |
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Right now, I'm the only one who can use this signal to bypass the island's magic barrier and escape. |
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I have to go. |
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Zzz…. Zzz...*mumble* |
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I'll be back soon, Idia. |
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To space! |
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*Ortho flashes and disappears* |
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