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[ when the feed clicks on, Rachel's sort of- giggling? okay, not sort of. she's giggling. quiet and pleased. it would be a loud out-right laugh if there wasn't a streak of silver at the back of her jaw, making it hurt a bit to open her mouth wide. but anyway- ]

I just want to leave a little memo here about- um, if you're in need of some pain relief, come find me outside at the Station. By all the new flowers, you know? It's so nice out. [ she's even taking a second to shut her eyes and enjoy the sunlight again for a second. her whole tone is kind of lazy like a cat right now, it's ..telling. ] Anyway, if you've been getting sicker, then I know you're probably feeling achy. I was too. But I've got you.

[ this is Rachel Elizabeth Dare letting the world know she has The Good Shit. dat elven kush. no jk what is kush who even knows, I don't smoke pot. but she's got herbs, yo. she's not TOOOOTAALLYYYY HIGH, she's not like that, but they use it for meditation back at the Oracle's Spire, and she's been knowing to have it out at the gallery from time to time, but she's using it now just to chill out, take the edge off of the weird tingling in her fingers and those spots of silver that seem to keep popping up.

she also might've purposely parked herself at the Station so she could help out Unseelie friends who happen to be around there too, but we're not mentioning that out loud.

and oh yeah, there's a reason why she's laughing- ]

It's a serious offer, I promise. I'm only laughing because I- I went home a little while ago, so my memories are still sort of- figuring out how to mesh together, right? But it made me think about how I used to paint myself gold and stand around like a statue in Central Park to raise funds for my school's art club. Ironic, isn't it? Sort of. The Alanis Morissette kind of ironic.

It feels good to laugh, though. You just have to, sometimes.

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Well, you don't remember this place when you go home. But it feels that way when you first come back. [ she lifts both of her hands fingers spread wide ] Two different sets of memories, you know?

[ she wiggles her left hand ] Two years' worth of memories of the Drabwurld, [ then she wiggles her right ] -but only a few weeks went by back home. [ she threads her fingers together, but slowly and a little sideways, like- ] It takes some time for your mind to sort that out, at first.

But it doesn't last. It stops feeling so confusing when you just let it be.

[ ... clearly. ]

[It's hard to imagine, but Élise has no reason to doubt her. It's just such a foreign experience.]

I'll try to keep that in mind should it ever happen to me.

Did your time here truly make no difference when you returned? Even if you didn't remember what was different?

[ she shakes her head ]

I picked up right where I left off. Like everything had just been on a time out since then. Which is bizarre, you know, considering they make such a big deal about the fate of our own worlds while we're here? But none of that mattered. Maybe that's just a testament to the power of this place.

Exceedingly bizarre. How can the fate of our worlds be in question if we've seen for ourselves that they have a future? [It's all a little beyond her.] Yet you did return.

I do get it on some level - just because I've lived to see more of the future than I lived through before, doesn't mean it has much time left after that. Who knows? It's impossible to tell.

But coming back here to realize I spend time at home and didn't remember this place at all, that's what I don't get. Maybe because they're afraid we'll send the world into a panic if we bring up this place while we're there, even if it's just for a little while. I was only home for a few weeks.

Or they fear that making such claims in our worlds would have us branded as mad—though that would show more care for us than they often have. Still, it's the most likely result.

We may have to write it off as one of the many mysteries of this land.

That's true, too. But a lot of people in my world think I'm a little nuts. Prophetic dreams leave that kind of impression, though. It happens here, too.

[ but she moves on from that pretty quick, pointing at her camera. yep, you got it ]

There should be a list of things that people should just learn to accept right away. Questioning the norm is always good, but there are some things about this place that can't be explained, and likely never will be. That is definitely one of them.

[Well, that's certainly brave of her to admit openly.]

I'm not so sure I want to accept that we'll never understand this particular trick, but it doesn't top my list of thing to discover. Too many aspects of this land are more concerning.

Like what? I'm no expert on the Drabwurld, but I've been here for some time. Maybe I can help?

Just about everything regarding magic and the supernatural sort of things. No one can really explain it.

Well... Hm. What kind of explanation are you expecting? Most monsters and myths have stories that go along with them.

Natural things and those made by man have reasons they work. With magic, people just accept that things happen somehow.

Ah, so you're one of those logical sciency types, huh?

I'm not often called one. But it's a great deal to take on faith.

Depends on how you look at it, really. There are a ton of books, and they don't, y'know, put magic into logical tangible terms, but there's definitely magic theory. Things that explain the different parts of your mind you use here that can tap into the magic of the world. Mind, body, soul. It's all very logical, and practical, depending on who you're talking to.

Hmm. I would like to read some of these books, if you can recall any of their titles.

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