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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jemal" data-source="post: 4820477" data-attributes="member: 9026">-Hallways/mall-Keizaan takes his leave of the dwarf and heads back into the hallways.  Eventually he finds himself entering the mall to overhear a familiar young man(Terrance) speaking with a red-skinned man surrounded by what appear to be stylish sticks - perhaps wands of some sort.The red-skinned merchant's smile slips for just a moment when Terrance mentions his lack of funding, but returns shortly "Ah, I thought you were fresh off the boat, but not THAT fresh.  Nobody explained the currency 'round here yet, eh?  We use a credit system, info's magically and automatically stored right there in that ring you was issued when you were accepted."  He points the school signet ring Terrance wears.  "Course being new your accounts probly empty, which is a bit of a problem, but nothing we can't handle, eh friend?"  He smiles and pushes a few sticks aside, leaning his arms on the table "Tell ya what, you look a smart fella so I'll let ya in on a secret - People round here aint into IOU's, but if you're short on creds, there're ways to make do.  You can barter, take up a job like I myself have done plying your trade, or simply trade a favour or other special skill you may have.  SO kid, what's special about you?  Any marketable or useful skills or knowledge that might come in handy?  I might just be persuaded to part with some of my own creds to help a new guy out, provided I get at least a little somethin in return."-Cafeteria-"If everyone is finished eating, then of course I will show you to the Arena."  Arin smiles and moves towards the hall, looking to Jamien "Most are too caught up in the change in physical appearance to notice the way we speak... you are more observant than she gave you credit for.  The short answer is that 'Arin' is not one person, but two. We are a composite being: two minds in one body."  She waits for everyone to join before continuing to explain as you make your way through the halls.  "Over a millenia ago, there was a great cataclysm on our world.  Many races were destroyed, others changed.  In particular, the humans lost their ability to touch the weaves of magic, and my people lost our corporeal form.  We spent centuries unable to touch, feel, or affect anything.  The humans, too, were having troubles - Bereft of the ability to wield magic, they were unable to defend themselves properly, their mighty nations falling one by one.  They held on through sheer force of will and strength of arms for a time, but both of our species were in danger of fading away.""Eventually our two races worked out a deal.  Our magical power for the ability to.. well, LIVE.  And so a symbiosis was formed between our people, one which has helped us at first to survive and then to prosper, raising our dual race to the top of the food chain, as it were."</blockquote>

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