4th Spell - [Video, Spam]

[whatthewrackspurt]

[In her room, Luna has stacked up all her furniture in the middle of the room in order to reach the ceiling. She lies on her back on a desk that's tilted precariously on a chair, a globe, three books, and a coat rack. Somehow it all manages to stay upright.

Paint drips into her hair as she paints her ceiling. Faces of people on the Barge are recognizable - people she's met and interacted with, Iris, Bush, Steve, Facilier, MewTwo, and others.

She's not a bad artist, really. It's a lot more fun than the art room, where they expect you not to paint on the walls]

Comments

[Video]

[tricksandmischief]

My brother is not much for reading but, yes, I do.

[Video]

[whatthewrackspurt]

That's interesting. You picture gods going around helping or smiting people, creating universes, being worshiped.

And you read.

[Video]

[tricksandmischief]

[He chuckles.]

Well, it is not all that I do, but it passes the time. I spent much of the last few months reading...

[Video]

[whatthewrackspurt]

Why the last few months? Were you on the Barge then?

[Video]

[tricksandmischief]

No, I... I was in another sort of prison.

I was given little else to do but read.

[Video]

[whatthewrackspurt]

Mmn.

Maybe you'll find something to do here that you like just as much as reading.

[Video]

[tricksandmischief]

Such as art?

[Video]

[whatthewrackspurt]

Art, or whatever you'd like to consider art. Did you know that some people like to make art out of books?

[Video]

[tricksandmischief]

In what way?

[Video]

[whatthewrackspurt]

In lots of ways. By cutting them up, or arranging them, or folding the pages into shapes, or the illustrations inside. It's a canvas as much as any wall.

[Video]

[tricksandmischief]

So you are suggesting that I rip up the books from the library?

[Video]

[whatthewrackspurt]

If you do, you should ask Chromie first. I'm sure she would have something to say about that.

[Video]

[tricksandmischief]

I have spoken to her, although not about this exactly.

[Video]

[whatthewrackspurt]

You should ask her. She might be weeding out some books she doesn't need any longer.

[Video]

[tricksandmischief]

Perhaps I will.

[Video]

[whatthewrackspurt]

I'd like it if you found a talent for artistic things. It could help with a lot of problems.

[Video]

[tricksandmischief]

My mother often told me how creative I was.

[He hid the strain that even mentioning her caused him, keeping his tone light.]

[Video]

[whatthewrackspurt]

What did you do that she found creative?

[Video]

[tricksandmischief]

I am very gifted with sorcery.

Or I was. I can do nothing here.

[Video]

[whatthewrackspurt]

Oh - you're a wizard.

I'm a witch.

[Video]

[tricksandmischief]

No. I am a god who knows the ways of magic.

[Video]

[whatthewrackspurt]

It's a bit wizardly though - god-like powers. You still both use magic, except most wizards don't have legions of followers.

Some do. But not most.

[Video]

[tricksandmischief]

Most of the gods in the realm of Asgard prefer weaponry over sorcery. They think me rather... strange to use it so often.

[They also think it's somehow lesser than simply smashing things with hammer or sword or it's most only something women did. Either way, he'd heard all the sly put-downs, quite often from his so-called friends. It didn't help lessen the bitterness against them.]

[Video]

[whatthewrackspurt]

Magic-users are usually considered strange, through one reason or another. Even among their own kind.

[Video]

[tricksandmischief]

My mother taught me. She was very gifted at it.

[His voice softens a little at that, but there's something else. Something sad in his tone.]