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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[routemistress]

'Ello, sweetheart. No, the deals are all right, I've seen a few come good.

It's a way of reminding yourself you're alive. That's why funerals always give me the 'orn. Welcome aboard, petal!

[whatthewrackspurt]

Oh, that's good, then. I'd hate to think I was signing myself up for something dangerous. My father says never to trust someone whose eyes you can't see.

It's very good to be aboard, Ma'am.

[routemistress]

Oooh, don't ma'am me, sweetheart, I'm Iris. Iris Wildthyme, transtemporal adventuress, former mutant wrangler, cabaret artist and warden.

Don't go thinking it's not dangerous, it gets rough as hell 'ere at times. It's just worth it. Mostly. What shall I call you, my love?

[whatthewrackspurt]

It's a pleasure to meet you, Iris Wildthyme. I'm Luna Lovegood.

Are the mutants particularly wrangly here? And is there a proper way to address them in polite company, or do they prefer the term 'mutant'? Only I've heard that sometimes it might be considered an insult.

[routemistress]

Actually, they generally wouldn't like that, good point. I were thinking of one specific one I 'ad to wrangle in the line of duty, as it were. My Victor loved a good wrangle.

Some go by mutants, some prefer "metahuman". Mostly I just use their names, it's 'ard to go wrong there.

[forsaken_queen]

[This ones insights on death and ghosts are unsettlingly accurate. It's got Sylvanas peering at the girl for a while before she decides to actually reply.

Sylvanas almost never talks to new wardens.]

What would know about death and ghosts?

[You're like 12.]

[whatthewrackspurt]

Metahuman might have to do until I learn their names. Are they all inmates? I've never met a mutant before, not in person. Mutations, yes, but after it's all cleared up, they go back to being ordinary humans and no one's the wiser.

[whatthewrackspurt]

[Luna peers back at Sylvanas, dreamy and curious]

I like talking to the ghosts at Hogwarts. Especially the shy ones, they take a bit of coaxing but it's generally worth it to hear what they have to say. They're very learned, the dead. I expect it's because they've been around for much longer than we have.

Excuse me for asking, but are you a vampire?

[routemistress]

I think they're mostly wardens, just at the moment? I admit I don't keep count of people by their body type or whether they 'ave bathrooms.

They're the same like other people, in my experience. Or, you know, all different like other people. There's some worlds where you seem to get a lot of really unlikely mutations, that's for sure.

Then again, some people like cabbage. Takes all sorts, eh?

[vexingmesmer]

...are you high, poppet?

[whatthewrackspurt]

That too. I wonder if preferring cabbage over pudding is an evolved trait over time in order to eliminate the excess cabbages of the world.

Something to think about.

Have you been a warden long, Iris?

[forsaken_queen]

[Who is this kid, who's managed to be both flattering and insulting all at once?]

I am not a "vampire". [Such a severe scowl. The very idea!] San'layn are the cheapest version of undead. I am a banshee.

[whatthewrackspurt]

I'm Luna. Luna Lovegood.

I'm a witch.

[vexingmesmer]

Are you? [ He is quite interested, all of a sudden. ] Issat like a druid? A human practitioner of magic, then?

[whatthewrackspurt]

Oh. I see I've insulted you. But thank you for not hanging up on me, I'll try to do better.



I've never met a banshee before. Is it true you sing?

[whatthewrackspurt]

Well, I am human, and I do practice magic. So maybe like a druid, although I think that term is a little outdated.

Is that what they call witches in your world? Druids?

[forsaken_queen]

[What? o_o ]

I- Yes. It's true.

[routemistress]

I 'ad a working theory at one time that it were a plot cooked up by a sentient cabbage hivemind, but I were working undercover at a nunnery at the time. You start getting funny ideas when you're tit-deep in the 'orrible green buggers and you're three solar systems away from a good pub.

Month short of two years. I love it 'ere, meself. I'm getting the feeling you might and all, Luna, love. Unparalleled opportunities for an enquiring mind, this place.

[whatthewrackspurt]

Mmn.

I'd like to hear it, some day. When we're better acquainted and I'm not just a stranger.

[vexingmesmer]

Oh, we call them lots of things. Depends on their magic an' such, where they got it, and all that.

[whatthewrackspurt]

That sounds dreadful. Didn't the nuns know how to brew their own? Could you even make beer out of cabbage? I wonder if anyone's tried.

I do think it's a bit romantic, really. Bringing people back from the dead. Usually that sort of activity's frowned upon but here I think it might be all right.

[whatthewrackspurt]

What a strange idea. Are all of them humans?

[vexingmesmer]

Well, yeah. Fae's got their own type of magic, inborn like.

[whatthewrackspurt]

Oh! You're a fairy!

You're very strange-looking, for a fairy. I expected you to be a bit smaller, and have wings.

[forsaken_queen]

Hm. [ <-- non-commital grunt.]

Do you have a name?