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Richard Pearman @graptopetalum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#WIPSnips September 20 signal Eleprin and her parents are Trulists from Ermish but are pretending to be Winemakers from Grishnarl. From "Tales of Midbar: Religious Intolerance" - If you like this, click the link: www.inkitt.com/stories/618270

Background: A statue of a scantily clad woman wearing an astronaut helmet. An explosion is going off behind her.

"Can the other children feel Tianamet?" asked Dad.

"I don't think so," I realized that if Tianamet, well the idol, was an artifact, I'd heard many idols were, Breeze could probably detect her but I couldn't explain that without telling them that she was a magis.

"It doesn't matter because she isn't here," said Mum. "Is she?"

"Well, I just couldn't bring myself to leave her," said Dad, "and I've heard that many Winemakers have kept idols from when their ancestors were Trulists."

"But she links us to Ermish!" said Mum. "We're supposed to be from Grisnarl, and be Winemakers!"

"Well, I've got her well hidden," said Dad.

"Eleprin knew she was here!"

"Look, a mage told me that she has an unusual associate that makes people like her. It generates some sort of false psychic signal that makes you think she's whatever korbar you belong to. I think that's why I brought her in the first place and it may explain how Eleprin could detect her."

"We've had a police mage in here with a magic detector!" said Mum.

"He's only a level one mage," I said. "Most school principals are afraid of magic and don't want powerful magi working in the school."

"We don't know what could happen!" said Mum.