video ; forward dated -> 06/01 (open to both courts)

[teaspectre]

[ Despite the inherent excitement that is likely what lead to her being actually, properly visible to people outside of the supernatural realm, there are just some things a ghost cannot shake off. Like the fact that while on recording, regardless of how corporeal they are in person, a ghost is still a ghost. She's visible, but only to an extent. Like a hazy, transparent projection, embossed against the image as if poorly photoshopped in. ]

So does this thing record or is it more like a .. live broadcast sort of thing? Kind of hope not, but if it is, hello! I guess.

[ If there was something she wanted to say ... well, she doesn't seem keen on saying it. Or perhaps there'd been nothing of great importance to begin with. She just sits there looking amicably pleased, watching the little transmission locket in pure interest. ]

... I'm Annie by the way. From England- since I've noticed this isn't England anymore. [ Look she'd only paid partial attention to what the fairies had said, to begin with. ] Anyway, bit of a strange question. Thoughts on, er, vampires? Werewolves? ... Ghosts? Just curious. Study purposes, personal interest. That sort of thing. 

[ Another beaming little smile and the transmission ends. She really isn't good at this. ]

Comments

[gordianknots]

Ah, excellent, it's 2016 for me. I honestly think "Skype, but with magic faerie support instead of the internet" should just about sum it up.

[teaspectre]

Magic... fairy support.

Yeah alright, that sounds fair. And accurate. For this sort of place. Fairies and imps and things- that's a bit weird though isn't it? I don't think we had fairies where I came from. But then, what do I know? [ Clearly this is amusing. ]

[gordianknots]

Well, from you question, I surmise that ghosts and vampires are a bit of a common occurrence, yes?

[teaspectre]

Erm. ... Common enough, I suppose. Although I'd say humans definitely out weigh the supernatural.

I think.

[gordianknots]

So ultimately, why not magic faerie internet? It'd make as much sense as what you're seeing back home, at any rate-

--wait. You think?

[teaspectre]

Well I can't know exactly who's a- a supernatural type and who isn't. I'm not psychic.

[gordianknots]

But you have experience with the general area?

[teaspectre]

A little? I guess? I know a few, if that's .. what you mean.

[gordianknots]

Basically what I was digging at, yes.

[teaspectre]

Oh. Well, then yes.

[gordianknots]

That sounds like they make life interesting, at least.

[teaspectre]

[ Oh the irony. ]

Yeah. I mean it's exciting. Usually.

[gordianknots]

--The other parts are in the "exciting but terrible" category?

[teaspectre]

... Yes. Way too much excitement. And all the terrible kind.

Well not all, but you know what I mean.

[gordianknots]

The kind of when you're finished you just sort of collapse in a chair and go, "thank God that's done."

[teaspectre]

Yes! Exactly. I think I've done that before. Just a few months ago- it was really, really dramatic. Ugh. Vampires.

[gordianknots]

Now I have to ask: are vampires for you more of what Bram Stoker wrote about, or--?

[teaspectre]

[ Her answer comes in the form of a laugh, gusting and sudden and just as quickly reigned in. Sorry Mitchell. ]

Gosh, no. They're- well on the outside at least, they're just like a normal human being. They kind of like living that way. Integrated and such.

[gordianknots]

[are you really sorry though]

That makes sense. Easier to move around undetected, I'm sure.

[teaspectre]

[ ... Not one bit. ]

I assume so. They're really unassuming at first, usually.

[gordianknots]

All the better for them. It also makes it a little easier to picture vampires in Bristol, admittedly.

[teaspectre]

Or vampires from anywhere. [ They've become a bit commonplace, in Annie's case. ]

[gordianknots]

Now I'm wondering exactly how many I might've passed by in London without even noticing!

[teaspectre]

Loads, I'd imagine.

[ Should she really be saying all this? These were important secrets to be kept in her world, and yet it seemed that here, every second person already knew ... Did it negate the rules? Would this come back and bite her in the arse? Possibly. ]

You know I don't think I ever got your name.

[gordianknots]

Ah, no, you didn't. [Waver's not sure which name to go with - he's been using his official title for everything so far as a cover and to build a persona. But the liklihood of someone from England seeing through the whole lord thing is much more likely. So the real one will have to do, even if it might be an error in the long run.]

Professor Waver Velvet.