Koboldish Planar Ally

[lurkingkobold]

i think any1 who moves 2 ur world is going 2 want the assistive device. iiii don't think any1 is going 2 want any modification done 2 them if that were even possible.

we can probably pay 4 the assistive device somehow, and depending on how exactly it works we might want some 4 ppl that aren't moving 2 ur world.

in our world we have simoleans u get them from sacrificing stuff and u use them 2 instantiate stuff and we have a lot b/c transfiguration. also i make potions which u can't instantiate and i can trade them 4 other hard-to-get stuff. there is probably something that we can get here that would b valuable in ur world. unless we can transfer simoleans 2 u directly? u can't transfer them between planes here unless u r also transferring a household, so we could send some w/whoever u took in when they left. unless ur world is weird. ur world sounds weird.

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Yeah, instantiating things with magic is /really hard/ here, unless you cheat by transmuting a pile of junk or something. Sending objects is probably a better bet.

And I can totally get you some motion sensor openers for doors and drawers cheap. Although I am not sure how to send them, except through the OTC, and I don't have any of their currencies..

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I believe I could make Portals to your worlds to help you trade, if you wanted, sweeties.

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As an alternative to assistive devices, we might be able to just give telekinesis-reliant species more finely-controlled telekinesis, which'd basically just give them the opposable thumbs they need to operate existing devices. Don't even need alethics for that - I betcha mage hand could do it!

--ChibE

Hm. That sounds reasonable.

The kobold gets out of bed, trundles downstairs, and retrieves a spellbook, sending a Planar Message as she goes: [[greeting] [identity: kobold] [spellbook [mage hand] [will give [in 10 minutes]]] [ideal reader: [dangerous life] [problem solver] [experienced]]]. After the requisite time, she sends the spellbook, and returns to bed.

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[better_living]

Oh no.

Oh no.

...She's getting Tiger.

[forestsofthe]

Tiger can be found in the barn, telling a story to a pile of puppies and kittens.

[better_living]

Lizzie waits politely for the story to conclude, then calmly asks to borrow Tiger for a minute. As soon as they're out of earshot, though:

"I've been PMing with the kobold from the forum and somehow it turned into a social thing, help."

[forestsofthe]

Tiger rests her head on Lizzie's knee.

[better_living]

After a moment, Lizzie reaches down tentatively and hugs her.

[forestsofthe]

Tiger licks the side of her face. "Let me see the message?" she asks gently.

[better_living]

Lizzie pulls out her laptop and shows her, hands gripping the laptop tightly.

[forestsofthe]

Tiger reads the message carefully. "...Are you worried that now they'll think you're hoarding?"

Lizzie looks at the floor.

Oh, dear. "They said they understand that humans do things differently."

Lizzie nods, still looking at the floor.

Tiger sighs. "This person is from a different world, a different culture. Here, storing resources makes us less vulnerable. You don't think it's rude if they just tell you what they want, right?"

Headshake.

"All right. Let them know that, tell them you're not concerned about hoarding- at least that you're not concerned about them hoarding. And then come down to the barn, Phia wants human rides."

[better_living]

Lizzie nods and scuttles away with her laptop.

A few minutes later, she sends her reply:

I don't think that asking straightforwardly or stockpiling potions is rude. Please just let me know what you'd like; I can always make more potions.

Hoarding is not a thing that people here really worry about? I don't think you're hoarding and I wouldn't think poorly of you if you were.

I think you are doing an important thing and I'd like to help however I can.

She hits send and scurries off to the barn for some fluffy, cuddly, uncomplicated social interaction.