Doing some Old Sharlayan sidequests for The Lore, and discovered this tidbit
A letter? If you don't mind me asking, can you tell me where you found this?
Of course... I see...
The place where you chanced upon this is one of dubious prominence. Students are confined there as punishment for...recalcitrant behavior. I believe I recognize the hand which penned this message.
The student is an acquaintance of mine, although that might be a rather generous term. Several days ago he was confined there for concocting an explosive alchemical compound and using it to “surprise” his teachers. His little stunt ended with half the gardens in the Teachers' Quarters in ashes.
And it seems he put more effort into writing a message to his would-be courier than to his letter's recipient... "Bring me food and a candle." I see...
I suppose since you are from a foreign land, you are unaware of what this candle represents. There is a reason that scoundrel requested a candle of this type.
Long ago, one of the students confined within these rooms spent his days unraveling some of the most troublesome mathematical problems of the time. With nothing to distract his attention, he was quite successful.
He wrote the equations on his wall with the blackened ends of his spent candles. When the professors saw what he had done, well, they were too impressed to be angry.
Doubtless that idiot means to make his own mark, as many delinquent students have attempted to since. The professors will turn a blind eye to his vandalism, to be sure─they would not let rules impede discovery.
and I mean like
- this is a terrible way to address misbehavior born of understimulation and boredom (or like, misbehavior in general)
- Lucent has absolutely been here, hasn't he
- (probably multiple times)
(fallen london stamps by