video; unseelie locked.

[thebreakingwave]

Hello, for those of you I haven't yet met, I'm Harry.

[The video footage is of a young man with messy black hair, one bottle-green eye, and half his face silvered over with old scarring. On the damaged side, he has a red amber prosthetic in place of an eye. In the background, there's a crow that periodically peers over his shoulder.]

The queen has tasked me to talk to every one of the Unseelie and ask for a memory of solidarity, overcoming great odds, or defeating a foe. With these, she can use it to create a better, stronger defence for a rebuilt Caer Scima.

It's going to take time to do this — at the very least, a few months — so there's no hurry to meet and I've the ability to get to pretty much anywhere in the Drabwurld quickly.

[He looks down at a bit of paper that's just out of sight; seems like someone made notes before talking.]

Sharing a memory is done through magic, it doesn't hurt, I won't look at anything you don't want me to see and I'll swear to that.

How's that?

Comments

[Video]

[sculptor_of_aman]

I obtained many such memories in the early stages of my commission. I would be willing to share them.

[thebreakingwave]

That would be wonderful! Do you have a list of who you'd all visited?

[ This way he won't have to re-bother people. ]

video; unseelie locked

[gandere]

You want one of my memories? Geez, that's asking for a lot.

[ She's just here to give him a bit of grief. ] The High-Queen sent you on this task? Interesting.

[thebreakingwave]

Just to share it. Just a copy, Rin.

And, yes, she did. The two of us, that is.

video, unseelie lock.

[powerful]

It doesn't take the memory permanently, does it? Magic like that is dangerous, even if it's not painful. ( yo, wizard bro. )

[thebreakingwave]

No, it's not permanent. It's just sharing the memory, sort of like a very good photograph? But not exactly.

[ Harry wrinkles up his nose as he tries to explain it better. ]

video;

[boutant]

I wonder what the definition of 'great odds' is.

[thebreakingwave]

I think that might be up to you. I know it's all a bit --[ He gestures with his hands up in the air. ] -- but there's so many worlds and experiences to choose from that it needs to be vague.

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[extramural]

Memory sharing.

[ Peeeering in here. ]

How do you select the memory? I have a great many, after all.

[thebreakingwave]

Whichever one you'd care to share with me. I don't pick, you do.

[raavashing]

...you can look at someone's memories?

[thebreakingwave]

With permission, yes.

perma-private!

[digophelia]

The high queen asked for you to collect memories?

[ She looks mildly alarmed as she smooths out her hair. Her question is an odd one, but an alarming one. ]

What would happen to the mind that it comes from? Will it become tainted from her?

Re: perma-private!

[thebreakingwave]

Not collect as in keep, but collect as in share.

And no, she'll have no affect or sway over you. I wouldn't hurt my friends that way.

[uneulogized]

Just one memory?

[He has to check. He's uneasy about the prospect, but it's not like it's a huge burden to help with this particular request.]

[thebreakingwave]

Just one and it's only sharing; you don't lose it or anything like that.

[meloncholy]

[frowning:] I'd still be able to remember it?

[thebreakingwave]

Of course. I won't take anything from you. You'd share it with me, and then I'd share it with the Queen. I'm just the messenger. Or a vessel.

[fliesbynight]

Will you pay me?

[thebreakingwave]

I can, if you need it. I don't have much of anything in the way of money, but I can trade in favours.

video;

[fulminants]

That sounds... weird. [ But rebuilding -- that's good, right? That means people get to go back to their homes. ] What do I have to do?

Re: video;

[thebreakingwave]

We meet, talk, and when you're comfortable, I'll do a bit of magic so you can show me the memory - it's shared then. After that, I go deliver what I've 'seen' to Queen Morla.

Sort of like a messenger service? You don't lose the original, I don't really keep a copy, but the message gets through.

[If only he'd seen Johnny Mnemonic.]

unseelie;

[snipers]

How can we be sure you won't go poking around in our heads?

Re: unseelie;

[thebreakingwave]

I wish I could say that there's some foolproof way to prove it to you, but you've got my word and I'm willing to swear, and enforce it with magic, that I won't. A geas, if you need it.

Video

[withbite]

I'm going to need a little more than 'because someone said so'.

[Damon smiled at Harry through the locket, ignoring the raven that landed on his shoulder to peer over at the wizard.]

Essentially, what's in it for me?

Re: Video

[thebreakingwave]

A safe haven for yourself, any followers and friends. A rebuilt and hopefully restored library. All the good things that Caer Scima brought you before.

But, if that's not enough, what do you want? What do you need? I'm not a very good wizard, but I can manage the basics.

[selfimage]

[ he was wondering when the announcement that Caer Scima would be rebuilt would come. this doesn't come as a surprise, and even the means of doing so doesn't come as a surprise, but— ]

Building the next Caer Scima on the hopes and victories of the ones that may inhabit it again one day, eh?

[thebreakingwave]

It's a strong sort of magic and if I understand the principles, it ought to work well.

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[survivra]

If you're able to look at memories, then you'll know I swear to knock every mind-reader who tries to take my thoughts without permission senseless.

[thebreakingwave]

Which is why I'm asking and I'm willing to go through whatever safety set-up you want.

video;

[liven]

It sounds interesting, so I don't mind. How does this magic of yours work?

[ If something sparks her curiosity, Shijima is generally willing to go along with it...luckily. ]

[thebreakingwave]

With the help of my partner, we cast a quick spell and get a look at the memory you've chosen - that one and no others - and then when that's done, I bring what I've seen back to the Queen.

audio;

[zerotohiro]

[Rebuilding the castle? Awesome. Sharing things? Not quite as awesome.]

Are we going to get the memory back? [How does this memory sharing thing work, please tell him Harry.]

Re: audio;

[thebreakingwave]

You don't lose the memory, you're just sharing it with me. Sort of like telling a story?

[He's still working on the best way to explain the whole process.]

video;

[desperate_times]

You can do something like that with a bunch of memories? That's impressive.

[thebreakingwave]

I can't, but the Queen can.

video;

[semiurge]

Wait, is this sharing as in you're borrowing the memory or making a copy of it?

Not that the whole thing doesn't sound like an interesting way to rebuild, but I'd like to keep hold of my memories.

[thebreakingwave]

It's just making a copy and if you need me to, I can pull out my own memory of having seen it and give that back to you.

Video

[easternseaqueen]

...does it have to be from here? Or can it be something from back home? Because, I have stories, let me tell you...

[thebreakingwave]

From home is perfectly fine and I'd love to hear them.

video; private

[stickseller]

Will everyone have access to what you take?

video; private

[thebreakingwave]

No, just myself and the Queen. If it's a problem that I retain knowledge of it, I can ask the Queen to pull your memory from me completely.

video;

[arla]

A memory?

[ She isn't skeptical of the queen's magic but...Lavellan still seems uncomfortable at the idea. ]

It's not-- You won't be taking them, will you, Harry?

[thebreakingwave]

No, you'd share it with me and then once I've got them all gathered up, I go to see the Queen and she'll take the copies from me.