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IanTheWanderer @IanWanderer
asked me: "What methods did aquatic races, such as the tritons or sea elves, use to write underwater?"
Herewith, a Realmslore reply:
The slime of the little brown tetcher snail, which is very...
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..abundant in saltwater shallows, can be harvested without harming the little critter (they’re about the size of the end-joint of a delicate adult human hand) by gently detaching them from whatever they’re resting upon and immediately pushing upwards on their..
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..“foot.” It will exude a purple-black slime that doesn’t dissolve in water, and can be scrape-collected, or “caught” in the same way one can scoop a cylinder of real-world toothpaste that’s squeezed out of a tube underwater, and put in any sort of slime-tight...
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..container (such as a cork-stoppered or screwtop-secured potion vial). Use a stone or fire-hardened wood stylus to dip into this and write with it; when applied to a shell or rock or mica surface (or even wood, though the wood itself can be eaten away by marine...
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..worms over time, or rot), the snail slime forms an ink that hardens and lasts, in both dry sunny or shady damp out of water conditions, and underwater (fresh, brackish, or salt).
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