Stories set in the Oversaturated World, some silly, some less so.
For so many years, they had hidden. Hidden from history, from humans, from help and horror. And then...
She.
Even if she did not know of they, and so did not speak, it was not hard to see. A mere glance at humans, and the shift in the world...
Whispers in a thousand thousand places unmapped began to clamor and echo and sing.
The old games were afoot again, but new rules came with them. And now.... now humans were playing too.
They were cautious, of course—who wouldn't be?
But it was time. Time to emerge.
Time to become part of the world again.
"Iron? Or cold iron?"
"Not iron, definitely. Maybe cold iron. They call it aluminum."
"Hmm. What is contained within?"
"Sugary water, with flavors and chemical treatment."
"...what."
"They've found a way to... extract it. Reforge it. It's so common, this is a disposable drink container. Don't shake, the drink froths."
"Change... is to be expected, I suppose. It has been a long time since magic sang, and never has it sung like this."
"There is more. They have... I do not know how to explain it. It is like starfolk magic, only... not magic."
"Not magic?"
"Not how we describe it. If magic were to fall again, it would not be effected. It sings now too, with the new magic and old, but..."
"How common is this?"
"Very common. Households have it whisper through the walls. Carts without beasts move swiftly across great distances. Tiny bricks shout across the void to floating watchers. Sometimes this lets the bricks talk to each other."
"Have they... found the starfolk?"
"I cannot say, it is unclear. But they did make a journey to the moon and back, before magic sang again."
"...if something is this common, there must be knowledge of it in their libraries. Take care, and find us the words of this not magic starfolk magic."
"There is..."
"Yes?"
"There is... an invisible library. Knowledge for all, from all, accessed with not magic, and... now that magic sings, there are creatures in it. But it is common enough."
"How trustworthy is this knowledge?"
"Oh, it depends. I call it a library, but it is more a library of libraries. Some are lies. Some are truth. I could... bring you a gate, but..."
"Iron and cold iron."
"Contained in strange false bone, but... yes. And rare is the gatekeeper that does not demand money. Or proof that we lie not of ourself."
"I see... perhaps take another's gate, then."
"It could be done."
"Good. And have you, at least, found why magic sings again?"
"...The Belled Sorcerer left his gate open. Magic from his world poisoned ours. Then another Sorcerer stepped in... and now the magics are blended, and she keeps the world together as it heals."
"Does she know of us?"
"...I cannot say. I cannot say."
Magic hadn't always been as skittish as it was before Sunset reached out to it. Once this world was a bit more magical... and then it suddenly wasn't. This came as quite a shock to those who'd depended on it.
Almost as much as when it came back.
For more on the starfolk, see Masterweaver's Crossworlds Guardian, Sailor Orbital!
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Dangit, now I want to read the lengthy story that this snippet implies!
Thanks! I was wondering about how they were discussing magic when it had hidden itself. The answer "It wasn't always hidden" is sort of obvious... ... Why did it hide, though?
Fae? Well now isn't this an interesting little development/snippet. Lots of very interesting possibilities in this little chapter.
7646821 Just a guess
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I can confirm that world-devouring eldritch horrors from beyond time, space, sanity, and color were not, I repeat, not involved.
The speakers are pretty clearly elven or faerie, (unless those are one and the same) but I'm really curious about the star folk they kept mentioning.
7646907 Dunno if I should be relieved or not ...
Bloody Sidhe. Can't leave this world alone for a single goddamn second? Ugh... I'll be wary of ye, remember. *Waves a cold iron cudgel in the direction of the fae*
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You can find some of them in Masterweaver's Crossworlds Guardian, Sailor Orbital!. In fact, I'll add a link to the author's note.
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At least she hasn't had to deal with Jeff the Killer yet.
Oooh, now, that is interesting...
Now the Discworld Elves are turning up too? Discord must be delirious with glee at the sheer level of chaos about to be unleashed!
Fae. Vulnerable to iron and cold iron. Cold iron being aluminum. In an age where iron is a common building material and aluminum is becoming commonplace. And who think of technology as a magical not magic.
These fae, I suspect, are screwed. Benign or malicious, the modern age would not be kind to those who cannot tolerate iron and aluminum.
The Fae are worried.
The Fae are worried.
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7648747 If the "Good neighbors", the "Kindly Folk" are worried then it's most likely brown pants time for mere mortals.
The fae are a thing here? I so want to hear more.
7648747 And guess who's the reason why they're worried? That's right! Humanity, frick yeah!
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They're not worried.
They're curious.
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Honestly?
That's even worse!
7650722 Oh, I think we all know what killed the cat... And Fae are very much alike to cats...
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If you know anything about the fae, it really is. It really is...
Typos:
Intriguing Indifference:
Absentee Lords...
affected...
Captalize, 'cause it starts a sentence? Even though it's not the exact beginning?
Iconoclast
around (a) sizeable
sit an(d) worship
door of(f) its hinges
Urd Pony
[Should the song all be on one line? Apple Bloom's name shoild have a comma / period after it?]
Christened in Grease
ship(')s
Christening needs a Christ... But there's no Christianity?