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Conversation · Novelty Dicemaker
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She just stares at you for a moment with an astonished look on her face, blinking her dark eyes.
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"Is it now?" She squints at you from her desk. "I've always thought it's a rather mundane and boring place with no supra-natural surprises in sight."
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"Well, if you ever find a way to explain all those inconsistencies in the curse, let me know." She turns back to her work.
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"I was just about to ask..." She leans forward in her chair to study your face. "What do you think? Do you think the curse is real?"
"Malignant entity, what does that even mean?" The dicemaker laughs. "Some kind of sorceress? What about you, officer? Do you think I'm the malignant entity?"
"It's because you're competent, and dedicated to your craft. The curse doesn't affect people like you."
The dicemaker erupts in laughter. "What, so the curse only affects people with poor work ethics? What you're describing isn't a curse, it's capitalism."
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"You could say so. Both houses were built at the same time and under the East Delta Commerce Centre project."
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"No, the Whirling isn't doing well either: its waitress just took off and customers have trouble paying bills."
"The curse is just biding its time before it strikes again. Sooner or later everyone will fail -- even her."
"Actually, the bookstore isn't doing that well. There are hardly any customers and she has to exploit her own daughter to keep the company going."
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"I don't know why the bookstore hasn't gone bankrupt yet -- that's what I'm here to investigate."
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"You mean the curse that I'm spared of because I live outside its immediate reach?"
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(Just say it.) "There's a two-millimetre hole in reality located in a church on the other side of the canal. I think it may be related to pale."
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"Excuse me?" She sits up, visibly agitated. "A two-millimetre hole in reality? This can't be true."
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"I'm afraid it is, ma'am. Soona Luukanen-Kilde, the former lead programmer of Fortress Accident, made the discovery."
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"Soona is involved in this?" She appears to take this in while the chatter from her headphones continues unabated...
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"So it's even worse than I thought. It's not just the commercial area that's cursed, it's the entire world."
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"A 'curse' is something superstitious, but a two-millimetre hole in reality?" She gives you a rueful smile. "We all know what it means -- it's pale."
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"In any case, thank you for stopping by. It's good to have an answer, even if I can't claim to understand it fully."
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- "You mean considering the fact that the world is collapsing on my porch?" She gives you a rueful smile and takes a look around...
- She sighs. "I guess the least I can do is check up on Soona, see how she's doing."
- "Just Martinaise?" She gives you a rueful smile and takes a look around...
- "A 'curse' is something superstitious, but a two-millimetre hole in reality?" She gives you a rueful smile. "We all know what it means -- it's pale."
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"You mean considering the fact that the world is collapsing on my porch?" She gives you a rueful smile and takes a look around...
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"I'm afraid it is. Soona Luukanen-Kilde, the former lead programmer of Fortress Accident, made the discovery."
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"What? You came all the way up here to tell me that you can't tell me because I won't like the answer?"
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"How did I become one? It was a business decision. I was a regular jeweller at first, but that's an unfocused field -- with too much competition."
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She doesn't let it show, but there's anger in there -- she doesn't like jewellers. Thinks they're a mob.
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"Some of my friends were role-players. They asked me to make some polyhedral dice out of cobalt. That was my first order. I grew it from there."
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"I've grown crafty over the years. You'll like your dice, if you get them from me. Be sure of it."
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"Not especially. I like working with rare materials and a steady pay. And role-players as customers -- they're nice people."