[Video - Both courts]

[dragonring]

[Elmie has told him that the lockets are being watched but Dave can't help it, he wants some information, and locking the post to only one court would reduce the amount potential informants. If he makes it sound just like some history lesson he can't get in trouble for it, right? Right.

He still uses video instead of just audio to avoid any nasally voice confusion again - if this really bites him in the ass later, better leave it clear it's all on him. He's in his room at the castle, not a commoner's for anyone who doesn't know about his magic yet, and he's surrounded by books he borrowed from the library, which shouldn't be surprising. At all.]

Many of you have been here for a long while, right? Like... a "whole year" while, give it or take. [Get ready for the hand gestures, everyone.] Any chance you know more about the history behind this war they want us to fight? The books say the-- ah, maybe "a"? A jabberwock attacked during-- [He glances at a book to get the term right.] --Blàr Geur and some-- entity? called "the Mother" healed the land afterward.

[Sighing, he runs his fingers through his hair. It's so frustrating for this nerd not to be able to find what he wants by researching.]

They connect her to something called "sigils" too but that's all I got. And there isn't much more I can do with the state of the castle's library... [Plus the fact it isn't objective doesn't help, but he isn't going to say that.] So maybe anyone can tell me where to find--

[He interrupts himself when what it looks like a wooden bird lands on his head, using his hair as a nest. Two more fly by a second later, the wind made by their flight turning the pages of his books and shuffling his notes. Dave facepalms and closes his locket - it seems his spell still needs a few adjustments.]

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[notyetlegend]

[There's a small sigh before slowly;]

Bl-àr Ge-ur.

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[dragonring]

[When the video starts again, the birds are nesting on an open book and Dave has given up on them for now. So much for fixing the spell.]

Ah... Bl-àr Ge-ur? [No perfect but he's trying, ok.]

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[notyetlegend]

Close. At least you make an effort.

[More than she can say for some people.]

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[dragonring]

Trust me, effort isn't something I'm lacking now. [He sighs.] You don't know anything about sigils in celtic stories, do you?

Audio, PERMALOCKED FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S HOLY

[gordianknots]

[Oh, oh, oh now that's a lead that Waver needs to poke into. Those fucking sigils. He needs to talk to Dave in person about this.]

Is the library that bad?

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[dragonring]

Half of it was destroyed before I came here, something happened after the last battle, and there's also... you know. [Vague gesture of his hand, even if he can't be seen.] The books here aren't like yours.

[They aren't neutral, he means. He doesn't know how much he can trust them.]

[gordianknots]

No, but there's simply more of them. I'd be interested to see the results of cross references.

[dragonring]

More books but also more vague than explanations in sci-fi. [A sigh.] Taking notes and compare - that I can do. You have something on this then?

[AGGRESSIVELY NOT HERE]

[showmeyourwreath]

[GOOD GRACIOUS, PLEASE.]

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[raavashing]

There's a spirit known as The Mother of Faces in my world, but she's often referred to as just 'the Mother' by other spirits. I don't know that they'd be the same, but do your books have anything else about her? What she might have looked like?

[dragonring]

No, there's nothing here, that's why I was asking. Can you tell me about 'the Mother' from your world?

[raavashing]

She's the spirit that gives every creature in the world their face. She crafts each one of them with great care so that when we're born, we all have a face that belongs to us.

[Identical twins were an oddity in this, though.]

I met her once. I don't know much more about her save what she looks like and what she does.

[dragonring]

[Sorry, but that's exactly where Dave's mind is going.]

That's a new one. So there aren't any twins in your world? She sounds friendly if you got to talk to her.

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[depicted]

I can't answer your questions—but what are those birds, Dave? New friends?

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[dragonring]

Oh, these? Let's call them... a project. [He pokes one to get it off the book, the bird happily comes to the locket to look at Dorian with a tilted head.] I bought them and enchanted them-- [The bird pecks the locket and Dave pulls it back by its tail.] ...but the spell may still need a feeeew adjustments.

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[depicted]

[But it makes Dorian laugh! Look at the cute bird.] It seems to me as if your enchantment was most effective. [The bird seems VERY real.]

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[playmakings]

You're not a normal person in your world, are you?

[ She notices the room before the birds, and even though her voice is still light it takes her a beat, it's hard to hide the slight bit of disappointment in her voice. Ryan's got a cushy room, so why can't Dave without being a werewolf or a prince or something like that? ]

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[dragonring]

Huh? [It takes Dave a moment to understand what she's talking about. Oh, right, he still hasn't spoken to everyone about this.] Oh! Yeeeeah, I-- I'm a sorcerer. Surprise?

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[playmakings]

Sorcerer.

[ Huh. Give her a second to mull it over. she doesn't seem too disappointed, at least. That's because there are a hell of a lot of things clicking. ]

So.. those birds? They're yours?

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[fulminants]

Looks like you've made yourself a nest.

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[dragonring]

They made a nest out of me. [They're nesting on a book now, but at Johnny's words, they look up at their master again, reconsidering his hair.] I'll have to tweak the spell later.

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[fulminants]

[ Hello, little birdies! They're so cute. ]

Man, one day you've got to teach me how to do that. That's pretty cool.

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[liven]

What is that?

[ she doesn't give a damn about the whole jabberwock issue - or at least won't discuss it outside of her own court - but shijima's curiosity can't stop her asking after an apparently alive wooden bird.

sorry she's not on topic, dave. ]</small?

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[dragonring]

Youuuu are gonna have to be more specific, I said a bunch of weird words.

[Why does nobody like the topic, bwah.]

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[liven]

The bird-thing. Is it real? Does it speak?

[ LOOK, BRO, do you really want to talk about Jabberwock stuff with an Unseelie. You murdered the baby. :c ]