kaolinandbone | Coronation Ceremony & Gifts

The gentle but insistent tink-tink-tink of a silver spoon against a teacup carries through the crowd, followed by a clear, confident voice as Lioncourt addresses the gathered guests.

"Ladies, gentlemen, and other various but no less incomparable sentients, the main event of the party will begin shortly. If you have a coronation present for the Lady Lioncourt and have not yet placed on the central table, please do so now: everyone is likewise encouraged to take a seat on one of the benches if they wish to observe the ceremony."

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From:

kaolinandbone

Lioncourt looks away, feeling the weight of the pendant in her hand: then she reaches down again, this time for an intriguingly cubical gift. What's with akratic solids, anyway?

From:

onwhatwingswedareaspire

The cube does not know the reason for the abundance of platonic solids.

What it does know is that it is supposed to respond to human bioelectric fields. What is currently touching it -- yes, those are there.

It lights up, and projects a small square, with text in it that reads: "If you can read this message, please tap the cube."

From:

kaolinandbone

Lioncourt frowns as the display flickers unsteadily. Something odd is going on here...

She taps the cube.

From:

onwhatwingswedareaspire

The square vanishes, and the cube shifts in her hand to a thin rectangle. New text appears, each paragraph accompanied by a button.

"If this is not your native language and you wish to configure it, press this button (language settings may be changed later)

If you know the default settings will work for you and wish to skip to the data load ('A Guide To Early Medical Technology'), press this button.

If you wish to return to this later, press this button.

To continue with configuration, press this button."

Edited Date: 2015-06-13 04:51 am (UTC)

From:

kaolinandbone

Lioncourt decides that this present is rather complex, and presses the 'return to this later' button.

"I take it this is from you, Thorn, Tyche? It seems I'll need your help with configuration, so I'll set this aside for the moment."

Lioncourt looks through the gifts again. What else, what else...?

From:

calledtoventure

Here is another cube! A box wrapped in dark gray paper, and tied with a red ribbon in a bow, about half a meter to a side.

From:

kaolinandbone

That is an impressively large bow. Lioncourt pulls it open, and the box's contents are hers!

From:

calledtoventure

On top of everything else is a short note:

The enclosed Book and Ink are suitable for use in the Art. As you are already able to travel between worlds, I expect you will wish to write a Descriptive Book. I have also enclosed a primer on the Art. May these things serve you well.

Congratulations on your coronation.

Ahrotahn

Underneath the note is a large glass vial of ink; a fountain pen; a ream of photocopied sheets tied with twine, the topmost sheet reading THE ART OF WRITING in block letters; and a thick hardcover book, bound in blood-red cloth, with soft sturdy blank white pages.

Edited Date: 2015-06-13 05:13 am (UTC)

From:

kaolinandbone

An interesting and complicated present. Excellent. This is another one she'll have to come back to.

She nods to the bespectacled woman with a smile, and goes on to her next gift.

Edited Date: 2015-06-13 06:34 pm (UTC)

From:

poll_the_stars

Inkspot's gift is a small, simple box. Quite plainly sitting over there. Does Lioncourt dare to touch it after Meletiti Entelecheiai's recommendation?

From:

kaolinandbone

Yes, yes she does. After all, it's been long enough to make her point, and she is curious as to what her fellow plant-mage might have sent her.

From:

poll_the_stars

Some kind of plant device, set with glowing flowers. When the box opens, it brightens, flowers unfurling and sparkling just a little. There are a number of buttons on the device, and a note explaining it.

According to the note, it plays music, and requires only minimal upkeep. There's a set of instructions for adding new songs, which seems to be relatively simple and based around growing new flowers grown from this device and exposing them to the music recorded.

From:

kaolinandbone

Lioncourt takes a moment to examine the unusual plants with her extra senses, and smiles. This is a wonder.

She looks over her shoulder at Inkspot.

You do realize that you're outright teasing me now, right?

She grins, then puts the flowers down. What present next...?

Edited Date: 2015-06-13 08:04 pm (UTC)

From:

poll_the_stars

Inkspot grins.

From:

intricate_engineer

A small, black jewelry box sitting near the back of the pile has not yet been inspected.

From:

kaolinandbone

Lioncourt picks it up. She doesn't like to think of herself as vain, but she does have a certain magpie-like quality.

From:

intricate_engineer

Inside are four identical, teardrop crystals. They are translucent and colorless, reflecting the shade of the light falling on them. Each is on a silver chain.
A note folded up inside reads:
No matter where you are, these can bring you home. Think of where you want to go. Few barriers will stop you and your travel will not attract attention. The four are connected, each knows where the others are. Congratulations!
Glen

Edited Date: 2015-06-14 12:56 am (UTC)

From:

kaolinandbone

Lioncourt holds one up to the light, and watches it sparkle and glimmer.

"... Quite the remarkable gift."

She favours Glen with a smile, then carefully puts the stone back into its box. The box... does not go back onto the table, but it's not in Lioncourt's hands anymore, either.

She turns back to the table. Who shall be next...?

From:

botanical_engineer

Over there is a cylinder of light brown paper, covered in tiny, colorfully painted abstract designs, and sealed on each end with a shimmery blue disk.

From:

kaolinandbone

Lioncourt tries to get her nails in under one of the blue discs and reveal the tube's contents!

From:

botanical_engineer

The disk pops off, revealing two folded paper boxes, and a rolled sheet of paper. The boxes are respectively marked with the characters for "glow vine" and "fire-berry bush" and the paper is entitled "Growing Instructions."

From:

kaolinandbone

Lioncourt examines the seeds, rolling them over in her hands.

... Very interesting. As Engineer said, they're not... based on the same patterns, yet they're still definitely biological...

She lets out a small 'hmm.'

After a moment, she realizes that she's still in the middle of opening presents, and flashes a smile to Botanical Engineer.

"Thank you so much for the gift. These are fascinating."

She carefully reseals the tube and sets it aside where it won't be crushed, then moves on to her next gift.

From:

twentysevenlevels

This gift, despite being from one of the gods of Zot, needs no identification.

It is a spellbook, entitled "Sif Muna's Guide on Earthen Creation".

Inside the front cover is a note in beautiful calligraphy:

"You might not be able to cast these, since you do not appear to have spell slots, despite having MP. However, I have observed people brought to the Dungeon by Xom's influence, and they do gain an appropriate number of spell slots. You should be able to visit Temple or Dungeon:1 without too much hassle, using the same method as you used to call my acolyte here. - Sif Muna"

The table of contents lists:

a - Sandblast [Earth / 1]
b - Summon Small Mammal [Summoning / 1]
c - Call Canine Familiar [Summoning / 3]
d - Passwall [Transmutation/Earth / 3]
e - Shadow Creatures [Summoning / 5]
f - Haunt [Necromancy/Summoning / 7]

From:

kaolinandbone

Lioncourt's eyebrows rise at the mention of 'Haunt', but she smiles nonetheless.

"Acolyte, please send my regards to Sif Muna. This tome seems likely to be quite useful to me in future."