Text (shortly after the August Iris moon phase ends)

[gaveitaway]

Hello, fellow Moonblessed! This is the Principality Aziraphale and I have a few subjects I'd like to discuss with you, if you have the time to spare.

One is simply a request for good book recommendations, though I'm also curious if anyone has ever run into books here they were familiar with back home?

The other is particularly for those also blessed by the Iris moon... Have you had any trouble with shocking things? And people? My last phase resulted in my being quite affectionate but it's a bit of a hardship trying to cuddle when you keep accidentally shocking your partner.

[There is a possibility of Crowley threadjacking, forewarning.]

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[tigerpoet]

I haven't found any books I recognize from home here, although I do plan to bring some with the dimensional orbs. It's slow going at a limit of two purchases per month.

As for the books here:

[This is five entire paragraphs of book recommendations from what Atsushi's read in the library, covering a wide array of genre, tone, and intended audience. He includes brief summaries as well as what he personally enjoyed most about the books.

Atsushi reads a lot. It's an author thing.]

[gaveitaway]

Oh this is *precisely* the sort of thing for which I was looking, thank you.

I had heard a bit about these orbs but I'm not as quick a learner as I would like to be when it comes to the technological. They can bring you material objects from home? Many of my own tomes have been signed by the authors and are quite special to me.

[dva_song]

I'm Iris as well, but I don't think I shocked anyone. I just had big ears and... um... well, affectionate is a good word for it. What kind of shocks was it? Like rubbing your feet on carpet, or sticking your finger inn a socket shock?

[whateternityis]

As the shocked party in question, definitely more the former.

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[pubertytwice]

I’m frequently at the library for research. Anything I can recommend you might not understand or it would be boring. If you’re wanting recommendations, maybe you could start a book club. You know, and serve free coffee to participants.

As for your shocking issue, good luck. Wouldn’t want to shock someone too much, would you?

_{[ Five, don’t be mean. ]}

[gaveitaway]

I rarely find a book boring. A book club isn't a terrible idea, I suppose... I do prefer reading alone, though.

[Which is usually true but also he's had a fun time people watching while reading lately. So long as he's not being bothered. He'll also quite happily read alone with Crowley, or... Or! Oh here's an idea!]

Might be a bit fun to read aloud to others, though.

[He could come up with voices and everything, oh that's such a fun thought.]

Yes, that is rather the point of my asking for help with it, Five.

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[tekhartha]

[Zenyatta's voice is a calm, silky and unashamedly synthetic baritone as he speaks, completely bypassing the option to write in favour of a more personal response.]

As I understand it, the Cordis moon grants its followers ice powers. Unfortunately, I have yet to freeze anything at all, much less without intending to, so I am afraid I cannot offer you much guidance. If you will forgive my curiosity, however, may I inquire as to your title? I have never met a "Principality".

[gaveitaway]

[Oh right, he forgot these devices could do voice over network as well. Like a telephone, except not exactly. When he responds, it's with a voice that would read as English to anyone familiar with it, and as gay to anyone who relied heavily on stereotypes.]

Oh... well, it's a given role to an angel of Heaven. Just using it out of habit now, really, I suppose... Simply put, though, it means I'm a guardian of a place or of a group of people.

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[codecmoment]

I don't, actually. I chose to keep the ability to use electricity outside the moon, since you need to understand magic to weave it into programming and machinery here. I have other issues during that phase, and cuddling isn't one of them...

Maybe keep yourself in contact with some rubber, just in case?

[gaveitaway]

Ah, now that is a clever idea! I'm not sure I'd really be interested in having the ability outside of the Iris moon phase, but managing to keep rubber on hand during that time shouldn't be too difficult.

[While the other man is probably thinking along the line of rubber gloves, Aziraphale is immediately thinking... rubber duck.]

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[foxtouched]

Hello!

I have found tomes similar to those I was familiar with
but they're a bit... customized to this world
As for shocking people, I've heard
some folks like that too?

[gaveitaway]

I'm not sure I follow. The stories were similar but not the same?

Ah. Well. That's... Neither here nor there, really. I don't intend to go around shocking people either way, if I can help it.

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[tookashirototheknee]

I'm not sure about the books. Unfortunately most of what I've been grabbing has been about the scientific side of Chroma. Not too stimulating.

As for shocking... I'll have to ask my sister. She tends to avoid the world during Iris, but I wouldn't be surprised if she found out how to be a walking battery.

[whateternityis]

Would've thought 'stimulating' was exactly what they were after.

[pokexplorer]

Hello there! I would be happy to make some book recommendations if you are all right with the fact that they may be skewed toward science.

I can also answer your question as a fellow Iris. I too had difficulty keeping my electric ability in check at first, but I've since found that it is helpful to find a place to expel excess buildup. In my case, I am able to feed one of my creature companions with the electricity that I generate.

There are also devices that can dampen abilities, though I find those to only be a temporary solution.

[gaveitaway]

I wouldn't be opposed to giving some science tomes a go. Admittedly I do tend to skew to prophecy or fiction, myself.

You... Shock your creature? On purpose?

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[lightthedarkness]

When I get super excited I can send out pretty big electric shocks or... bolts I guess. I even made beach glass with it one time. But it's all by accident. I don't have any issue shocking someone, though.

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[gaveitaway]

That does sound like a very much preferable use of the ability. Did you get to keep the glass?

[asaqueenshould]

Principality? [That sounds vaguely familiar, why does that sound vaguely familiar.]

I haven't shocked any people so far, but I'm familiar with the magic in question. It's proven very useful for keeping my phone charged. Sufficient focus should allow you to channel it where you want it, which is... presumably not into someone else.

[gaveitaway]

A title in the hierarchy of angels. It's unnecessary to call me such, I'm afraid I'm merely... still using it out of habit.

Some others have mentioned that now and I hadn't considered the ability could be put to a purpose in that way. It may be interesting to test a bit, provided I can perfect my control over it.

[dereban]

I'm an Iris myself and I've never had to deal with shocking people; I guess it just goes to show just how different things are per Moonblessed.

[gaveitaway]

That does seem to be the general consensus, I'm discovering.

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[spah]

Seen a couple people recommend you the library already. That's a good one. There's a few decent secondhand bookstores around Caihong too. Never noticed til I moved to Level 3 last month. I like westerns and old pulps, and I found some damn unique stuff there.

As for shocking things... I'm Sanguis, so I ain't sure if this applies completely, but I spent a good long while learning how to trigger my fire magic. Usually involved sitting by my bath tub, just in case. Point being, it helps to experiment with how to control it on your own, so you do it by accident a lot less.

[gaveitaway]

Secondhand bookstores are always quite charming, I may have to go and give those a little look-see. Unique is most certainly my type.

There did seem to be a component that was perhaps tied in to my emotional state of being. Did you find that to be true of your Sanguis fire magic as well?

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[thedarkbond]

[Ren is as cheerful (and recognisable) as ever in responding to the question, though it's one he has to speak on secondhand experience regarding.]

I've seen Iris people get that kind of electricity thing before...all the moonblessings get a different type of elemental magic, actually. Cordis is ice and Sanguis is fire, so I suppose maybe the moons or moon gods or whatever were covering their bases...

[He says that rather innocently, but the actual gist there is really that they're covering all the things people might find...well. "Stimulating".]

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[gaveitaway]

[That's certainly not how Aziraphale takes it, not immediately.]

I suppose they could have been. Now that you bring it up though, it does seem odd that they'd want to bless us with elemental magic, doesn't it? Unless they intended for us to use it fighting for them. To protect the moons, perhaps?

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[barkonthetree]

I havent

youre probably just weird

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[gaveitaway]

Well, that's a bit rude.

Other people seem to be more familiar with the electricity problem, though. So it would appear it's not just me.

[fineprinted]

I work at the library myself, actually! Though unfortunately I can't find anything in the libraries that are also found back home... I'm from Earth, if that helps? I did see similar counterparts of fairytales and the like here, but I'm not about to accuse this planet of plagiarism or something like that.

As for your other question, I think it depends on the blessing you're given as an Iris? My hair just transformed into a jellyfish just recently too, though I haven't shocked anyone with my tentacles yet. I hope your partner would understand that it's all an accident, though.

[whateternityis]

He's more worried about this than I am. Prefer it didn't happen, but it's a minor inconvenience.

[If a few days of what's essentially constant static electricity are the price of having Heaven and Hell off their cases... well. Small blessed price, and He'll gladly pay it.]

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[wantsnudes]

Hello. Principalities are a kind of angel, correct? Or is it merely a title, where you're from? [Ren had a Persona called Principality, which is primarily what Yusuke has in mind.]

I have some books on Lunatian art history and astronomy. You're welcome to borrow them, if those subjects interest you.

[whateternityis]

He's the real deal.

[ritterstand]

It's interesting - none of the titles seem familiar but the types of stories are the same. The intrepid hero. The ill-fated lovers. That sort of thing.

[gaveitaway]

Yes. That's really not too unusual, though. Those are common archetypes that appear across many different cultures, even on Earth.

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[profanation]

No books from home, I'm afraid!
But there's quite the selection here, both to buy and loan.
How blue are you willing to go?

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[gaveitaway]

I'm assuming you mean blue as in ribaldry, and in answer to your question: I'm willing to read anything. Whether I enjoy it or not, of course, is another matter entirely.

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[provenforce]

I had the shocking problem. And... the affectionate problem. It didn't happen often, just a few times. The shocking another person, I mean. There are people from my world who are capable of attacking others with electricity generated with their own life force, I was almost worried that was what I was doing.

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[gaveitaway]

If there are people who have such a power in your universe, I would think there would also be a way for them to control it. Rather than set it off by accident, I mean, as seems to be common here, at least at first.

Were your shocks very powerful?

[chainlinks]

So you're an angel?

[Guess who's zooming in on one thing.]

[gaveitaway]

Indeed I am. Can I help you with something, my dear?

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[broozes]

No familiar books. Seems a bit strange, doesn't it?

??? I might have freezed the thread somehow? That wasn't on purpose, I'm sorry!!

[gaveitaway]

Not much stranger than anything else around here, I suppose. The Prismals do have their own cultures and peoples, so it makes sense they'd have their own stories as well.

But I must admit, I was hoping for the chance to be able to revisit some old favorites again.

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[wearingguess]

Hello, Principality Aziraphale! I am Titus Alexius. I have not seen any books here that I knew from my own world, but I have enjoyed everything I've found at the libraries here (the large one on Level 1, of course, but I also visited one on Iris Moon, and apparently they have them on Sanguis and Cordis as well).

I am not personally an Iris moonblessed and have no experience with uncontrollable added abilities. However, I believe the principles are probably not too different from using magic in general, so

Probably, you will get better with practice?

[gaveitaway]

You may call me Aziraphale, and it's a pleasure to meet you, Titus Alexius. Your name has a very Ancient Roman feel to it, doesn't it?

You know, I'd forgotten there were libraries on the moons, too. I've only ever been to Iris, since we all arrived there first.

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[pidgeypidge]

What sort of books do you enjoy reading? Unfortunately, the majority of the ones I've been consuming are nonfiction, and centered around various aspects of living here. Maybe not the most exciting.

Also, I have it on good authority that, with enough practice, you can absolutely charge a cellphone with the lightning magic that the Iris moon grants you. Maybe more than that if you've got a Moonstone necklace to amplify it.

[gaveitaway]

Maybe not the most exciting, no, but they could always still prove useful! While fiction can be more readily entertaining, nonfiction still has its merits. I've enjoyed both.

That does seem to be in line with what I've heard from others so far, although personally my goal is not necessarily charging anything so much as just avoiding causing anyone harm.

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[schmisse]

Are you some kind of Scholar? Or a school administrator?

[ She's never heard of the title "Principality" before, but it seems important! One that tickles her nerd senses. She wants to learn. ]

I'm Cordis, so I can't answer your last question. As for books from Remnant, I've yet to encounter any. Although I could buy some of those items from the monthly traveller so I can get some books from home here.

[gaveitaway]

[Okay, well that username immediately puts him in mind of what Crowley calls him. It's a bit confusing then to be speaking to someone else with that name, but it's not as if it's the first time that's ever happened, either. Plenty of people named Angel throughout Earth's history.]

An independent scholar, perhaps... Can I ask what inspired the inquiry?

My partner is Cordis as well! And I've heard about this monthly traveller but haven't gotten a chance to seek out his wares yet. That could be something worth looking into, from the sounds of it.

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[yumenope]

I have quite a few recommendations. What genres are you more interested in?

[gaveitaway]

I've enjoyed books from all possible genres, but I do have a taste for a bit of drama. Of the fictional variety, I mean.