whizz for modems

[incandescens]

The main event today (other than the usual stress) was the arrival of my new wireless modem, which is now sitting prettily on the corner of my desk. I'm sure that my connection is now being faster and more reliable. (Given that my old modem was at least 6 or 7 years old, and I upgraded my broadband package at the same time as getting the new modem, this may not be hard.)

So, whizz for atomz. Or something along those lines.

I love it when having to answer a difficult question produces an even better idea. You're thinking something along the lines of "so what kind of idiot does take a dragon to a place that's mostly water while deliberately trying to imprison him?" and the answer goes through "well, there must be some reason why he had to go to that particular place" and comes out along the lines of "firstly, the Council of Ten who run (and are somewhat embodied in) the place are one of the few convenient neutral Fae arbiters/hosts around, and secondly, they have a very good prison area, which is difficult to break into if, for example, you were one of the dragon's uncles trying to hammer your way into it from outside". And presto, I now have some interesting facts about the kidnapper being as much a guest there as everyone else, and also if the prison area is 'somewhere else' then that might explain why a certain dragon could tolerate that 'somewhere else' but be profoundly allergic to the general high-chaos atmosphere. A sort of special environmental cell, suitable for keeping awkward prisoners. Though I may need to work on that a bit more.

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John M. Ford
Div. of Inappropriate Technology
Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow
Creators of JACK AND THE BEANIE BABY: "Look, Mother! I have traded our old cow for this valuable collectible!"

Comments

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

That sounds distinctly possible. Does the 'somewhere else' allow you to have underground prisons that are not, in fact, full of the water they ought to be full of if they're under Venice?

[incandescens]

That's what I'm thinking. A sort of bubble/appendix/oubliette layer to the world, reached through it but not strictly part of it.

(Worlds at the high-law end of the scale are much better organised, of course.)

[archangelbeth]

*admires the plotting*
*tells the modem it'd better behave itself*

[incandescens]

Thank you!

It's being good so far, on its second day...