1st Spell - Video

[whatthewrackspurt]

Hello, everyone.

I've never been on a ship like this before. Or any ship, really, so I can't say for certain whether the person in charge is always so elusive when it comes to answering questions. I suspect he thinks it's all in good fun, making you believe one thing but telling you another. I don't think I understand his humor, though.

I'm a little concerned about having made a deal with him - he could be one of the Rotfang conspirators in disguise and is set on prolonging this journey indefinitely until all our worlds are nothing but dust and spores.

Is that why all of you are having such strange dreams?

Either way, I hope there's pudding involved. It makes death seem just a little bit cheerier. I think that's why people eat so much at funerals.

Ghosts must get very jealous during mealtimes.

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[forsaken_queen]

[Nope. This is too much. Sorry Luna, she's hanging up.]

[whatthewrackspurt]

I think so, too. I'm not much for people getting hurt, even if they're trying to hurt me.

When do you think we'll reach whatever's coming?

[whatthewrackspurt]

[Luna, though a bit disheartened, doesn't shift her expression. She reaches forward and turns off her own communicator. Was she too pushy?]

[voluntaryapnea]

Yeah, you should -- meet my friend Scott. [He has a feeling you two would get along pretty well.]

Soon, I think. Things are getting a little -- stranger. Did someone fill you in on the whole Mirror Barge?

[whatthewrackspurt]

I'd like to. What's Scott like?

No. Is it a Barge with particularly reflective surfaces?

[voluntaryapnea]

He's a really good guy. The kind that doesn't give up on people and he's -- well. He's pretty much the best guy I know.

I -- no. It's...sort of this other Barge that's also traveling through time and space, set up kind of like this one except...basically it's everyone's opposite self. The wardens tend to be horrible people who treat the inmates terribly in an effort to basically break their spirits so the wardens get their deals.

[whatthewrackspurt]

I know someone like that, back home. HIs name is Harry. He sounds very much like your Scott.

[Luna's eyes go very wide and round]

That's terrible.

And a bit fascinating.

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[changeitroundsome]

A bias well earned, I'll bet.

So that's your deal, is it? Bringin' someone back from the dead? Risky business, that.

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[whatthewrackspurt]

It is pretty famous in the wizarding world.

No, that's not my deal. I mean whoever I get for an inmate.

[voluntaryapnea]

[He can't help but grin at the comparison because -- he sees it too. Always has.]

In that case, you'll definitely like him.

But yeah, that's...pretty much how it goes. They're telling people to try and prepare. Supplies and everything.

[whatthewrackspurt]

I suppose I should offer to help. I'm very good at magic: do you need a witch?

[youwillgotohell]

Rotfang?

[Dark circles have grown under Morgana's eyes: she thought she was rid of those, but no such luck. She's pale, too, and her voice scratches. Once the question's out, she turns aside to cough.]

[whatthewrackspurt]

Oh, yes. They're set to take over the Ministry of Magic.

Hello. Are you sick?

[youwillgotohell]

Yes.

[But she waves it off: she learned when Dean was ill that there is nothing to be done.]

Magic has a ministry?

[voluntaryapnea]

I'm pretty sure most people around here will be glad you're around to help.

I'm Stiles, by the way.

[whatthewrackspurt]

I hope you feel better. Chicken soup usually does it for me.

The one in the United Kingdom does. Some other countries call theirs a government or an institution. We've just got the Ministry. I don't think it's particularly well-organized.

[whatthewrackspurt]

I'm Luna. Are you a wizard, Stiles?

[voluntaryapnea]

Ah, no. Alas, I'm just a human. No powers or anything.

[whatthewrackspurt]

Wizards are humans, too. But you must be a Muggle, then. There's quite a lot of you on this ship.

[youwillgotohell]

What's the United Kingdom?

[Because it sure sounds familiar, but so much from modern breaches has faded for her.]

[whatthewrackspurt]

England, Scotland, and Ireland. Those are countries. I go to school in Scotland.

[youwillgotohell]

England. [She recognizes that.] Do you mean Albion?

[No, that's not how she mean to phrase it. She shakes her head.] Does Albion mean anything to you?

[whatthewrackspurt]

[Thankfully, Luna has a bank of knowledge of the weirdest things. She immediately brightens in recognition]

Oh, you know it! That's a very old word for England, isn't it? Not many people use it now, except for the Ghost of Ravenclaw tower, and she died hundreds of years ago.

[youwillgotohell]

I think it is. I come from Camelot.

[A beat.] You...live with a ghost?

[whatthewrackspurt]

Camelot? So you must have known Merlin!

[Luna's eyes grow very wide; she's practically quivering in excitement]

I live with lots of ghosts. And lots of humans, too. When I'm at school. There aren't any ghosts when I'm on holiday with my father.