I Like Long Walks On The Beach

[iamnotpolaris]

The beach is a nice, convenient, out-of-earshot place to calibrate the coordinates for this universe.

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[iamnotpolaris]

"What kinds of magic weapons are there?"

[not_only]

"Plenty. Mostly they follow the pattern 'throw something short-lived, glowing, and hazardous in the general direction of the enemy', but there are lots and lots of variations and not all that many that are very much like each other."

[iamnotpolaris]

"I'm curious now. What are some examples?"

[not_only]

"Um... there's the Bee Gun. It shoots bees."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Seriously?"

[not_only]

"Yes. They sort of explode when they hit a monster."

[iamnotpolaris]

"That's hilarious."

[not_only]

"It is a little bit."

[iamnotpolaris]

"What else is there?"

[not_only]

"Well... there's Water Bolt. It's one of the spellbooks. Regular magic weapons you can use whenever you're holding them, but spellbooks you use once to get the magic out of them and then you can use it whenever you want."

[iamnotpolaris]

"That's so cool. Terraria is so awesome. Except, you know, for the parts where it's not."

[not_only]

"There are some pretty great things about Terraria," he agrees.

[iamnotpolaris]

"When it was good it was very, very good, and when it was bad it was horrid," she says, sounding like she's quoting something.

[not_only]

"Hmm?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"Oh, it's from an old poem or nursery rhyme or something. Originally it said 'she' instead of 'it' and was referring to a little girl."

[not_only]

"Oh."

[iamnotpolaris]

"But I've found it applies in lots of different situations."

[not_only]

"Does it?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"Like when you're taking a big risk for a big reward. Or someone who acts nice a lot of the time but is a real bully when they don't get their way. Or Terraria."

[not_only]

"I see what you mean."

[iamnotpolaris]

[iamnotpolaris]

"So what are fallen stars?"

[not_only]

"Oh. They fall out of the sky at night. They're really pretty. But if you don't pick them up before sunrise they disappear."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Like Manna from heaven. Uh, religious reference."

[not_only]

"Well, that explains why I didn't understand it."