Nycanotholep ryy’leh thrannkar
Ghønflü akresh rakathama
In the valley of sleep
Find great power
– The Old One
The king looked serious as the Wizard Nim entered the room. The situation had gone from bad to fucked the shut up. What?
-Ah, Nim, I see that you are here at last. He said cooly.
-Yes sir I understand the seriousness of the situation. Nim said.
-Hmm… well… in that case I have a very serious question to ask of you.
-What would that be sir?
-Nim, the King said, can you explain to me, in Layman’s terms, what the underlying magical rules of our world are?
-I’m sorry?
– The underlying system Nim. What is the logic on what a Wizard can and cannot do with magic in our world?
-I’m sorry sir but I really don’t understand.
-Perhaps an example, okay you recall last week when you performed that spell that made it so nobody except me could reveal the location of our secret armies hidden away north of the border?
-Yes sir? A standard Epistemancy Charm sir.
-Yes well you were able to take a piece of information known by many and make them all forget it so I alone could control the information?
-Yes.
-Well then Nim, why the bloody hell are we fighting this damned war in the first place? Couldn’t you just make everyone forget how to use a sword? Then I could teach all my men how to do it again and the minions of the invincible overlord would be a piece of cake. That sounds much easier.
-Well you see sir… Nim tried to speak up but was interrupted.
-Nim bottom line here is their a rhetorical justification for this inconsistency or not? Because if not-
-You know what no sir, there isn’t, we are just squiggles on a page and I only was able to cast that spell because it was convenient!
-I say what the bloody hell are you blathering about now man I swear I’ll have your head for addressing your king like that
Nim did not face consequences however, because neither he nor the King really existed.