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Sylvan Dreams
12-23-2015, 11:12 PM
Message worms for sale.

a crooked invar message worm (multiple available)
a brushed copper message worm (only one available)
a fat invar message worm (multiple available)
a slender invar message worm (two available)

100k each
Pickup in Landing, FWI, or Ta'Illistim.

Give the worm to someone, have them tickle it, and then you can send messages to that person through the worm. I don't know if there is a distance restriction. They do need to be fed, and I've heard smooth stones work, but I haven't tested it.

>tickle worm (attunes it)
The worm writhes in your hand, familiarizing itself with your scent.
>give worm to Xxxx
You offer your brass message worm to Xxxx, who has 30 seconds to accept the offer. Click CANCEL to prematurely cancel the offer.
>accept
You accept Xxxxxxxx's offer and are now holding a slender brass message worm.
>whisper worm This is a test.
The worm listens carefully to your message, storing it away for delivery.
>prod worm
You give your brass message worm a little prod, and it squirms out of your hand and drops to the ground, where it burrows in with surprising speed. Within seconds, it is gone.
A slender brass message worm pops up out of the ground and wriggles over to you. (Only the person who's meant for the message can pick it up.)
>listen worm
You hold the worm up to your ear. Very faintly, you hear the voice of Xxxx whispering, "This is a test."

GS4Pirate
12-23-2015, 11:39 PM
I will take all of these please and thank you.

Unfortunatley Ridic
12-24-2015, 04:12 PM
Share! I want one too

GS4Pirate
12-25-2015, 04:56 AM
well, if I could get this person to PM me, we could work something out I'm sure. These things are too fun and have been wanting some for a good while now.

Izalude
12-25-2015, 05:49 PM
I have a bunch of these I could round up as well. This was how we communicated cross-realm pre-psinet/lnet with people who didn't use instant messaging programs. I'll dig through my lockers, see what I have, and I'll get back to you.

Astray
12-25-2015, 05:50 PM
My worms got a message for you.

Neovik1
12-26-2015, 06:47 AM
Can you only use a work once? Or is there some sort of cooldown?

GS4Pirate
12-26-2015, 07:37 AM
Can you only use a work once? Or is there some sort of cooldown?

They are re-usable from what I recall, you keep them fed with stones. You usually lose them when folks forget to give them back.

I always figured these were one step in the direction of a mail system......

Neovik1
12-26-2015, 07:57 AM
Nice! Thanks for the info!

Izalude
12-26-2015, 09:46 PM
I scoured all my lockers, and here's what I found. Some may have to be fed... I used to use them to communicate with Aetheri's wife who lived in Solhaven, when I was hunting in Illistim. This was before PSINet existed, and she didn't have any IM programs. I think they were sold at the Anfelt festival if I'm not mistaken.

But here's what I've got:
a crooked mithril message worm
a crooked mithril message worm
a crooked mithril message worm
a crooked mithril message worm
a crooked mithril message worm
a crooked mithril message worm
a crooked mithril message worm
a crooked mithril message worm
a slender steel message worm
a slender steel message worm
a slender steel message worm
a slender steel message worm
a slender steel message worm
a long steel message worm
a long invar message worm
a fat iron message worm
a fat iron message worm
a slender invar message worm
a long mithril message worm

Nahkaev
12-27-2015, 12:12 AM
i think ISIS uses these to keep their messages hidden from the NSA.

If they're reusable - 100k seems really cheap for something so cool!

Sylvan Dreams
12-27-2015, 12:18 PM
Still have plenty of message worms left.

Skip
12-27-2015, 12:53 PM
I'll take two!