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?

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[thebreakingwave]

If you want unlimited travel, I'd suggest asking for it as a boon, but if you want a set number of pick-ups and drop-offs, I don't mind being a taxi service. Or I could make you a portkey, a charmed object, that will take you to a chosen place.

[zerotohiro]

[Hm. So much for that.] A portkey...so I could ask it to take me to one place only?

[thebreakingwave]

I'd make you something and you'd have to keep it in a bag, but whenever you took it out and touched it, it would take you to one specific place.

[zerotohiro]

I guess that could help. [A beat. Speaking of bags...] And unless you can think of a way to make my backpack carry a lot more than it does now, I don't know what else I could need right now.

[At least in terms of anything Harry can provide.]

[thebreakingwave]

Sorry, I know there's a spell for that, but it's not one I'm any good at. I'd offer to try, but when that sort of magic goes wrong, it can do all sorts of messy things.

[ And that's not something it would be wise to risk in the Drabwurld. You might put your shoes in the bag, and who knows what would come out. ]

[zerotohiro]

[Man Harry what kind of wizard are you. There's a sigh, though it's hard to tell if Hiro's serious as he ponders that. Portkey or nothing? You can bet he'll take the portkey.]

Let's go back to the portkey thing and you've got a deal. How long would it take to do the trade?

[The real question is how long it'll take Harry to make a copy of Hiro's memory, but his way makes it sound more like he's in control, at least.]

[thebreakingwave]

If you can bring whatever you'd like for me to set as a portkey, I can do the rest in about half an hour. We can meet wherever you like, and if you're not sure, you're welcome to bring along anyone you'd like.

[ If Hiro has a wizard friend of his own that he wants to bring to supervise Harry's magic, that's perfectly reasonable. ]

[zerotohiro]

[He hadn't considered bringing anybody, but Lemina instantly pops into his head especially given she knows a lot of his worse memories. Plus she's a magician. It might help.]

I'll get back to you on the plus-one, but you've got a deal. I'll let you know when I have some free time and we'll swap out.