un: man's greatest treasure (video)

[reparo]

[She switches on the video function of her device knowingly this time, as she climbs the stairs to a relatively quiet deck. It's daylight, and the moment she steps foot outside, she flinches; not that she believes in divination, but those fucking fortune fish were right.]

Ugh. Sun. [She squints and shields her eyes with one hand.]

Hello - I hear there are people who've newly joined our journey due east. I'd say welcome, but the circumstances of us meeting for the first time will never be better. Take it from experience. [The way she scrunches her nose here has little to do with the sun glinting in her eyes and more with the experience of circumstances.]

Anyway. My name's Hermione Granger, I come from a world where the planet I inhabit is called Earth, and the country I come from is called England. [A pause.] I am also a witch. It's not a thing we broadcast in my world, what with the rules about secrecy and not wanting non-magical users to know witches exist, but I figure when in Rome...

[ANYWAY 2.0] Tell me about yourselves. [She goes to turn the video off in wait, but it still catches the last mutter:] Bloody hell, I need a hat.

[ooc; NOTE ON TIMING: backdate this to before the plot rolls start, please.]

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un: protector izumi | video

[fushichou]

Do as the Romans do, right? I think that's the saying...

[He's only been human for a short time, okay, cut him some slack.]

Yo!

[He raises a hand in a quick greeting.]

I'm Izumi. I come from Japan and I used to be part of the Shinsengumi. I don't know if you've heard of them, in particular, but we worked under the Tokugawa Shogunate, if that helps.

...What do witches do, exactly? I can't say I've ever met one before.

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[But, like, with that username he must be a good protector type, right? Nothing to worry about.

Nevertheless, as her muggle history got frozen in time around the time she was eleven (she knows, atrocious that the wizarding world never prepares students for the muggle world!), she can't pinpoint when the Tokugawa Shogunate happened. But.]

Hi Izumi, it's nice to meet you? They don't sound familiar, I'm afraid - although, Japan does!

[And, as for witches.]

We do all sorts of things. Unless you're asking what I can do here specifically, in which case that'd be...brewing potions, sneaking into places, creating wards, summoning things out of thin air, turning objects into other objects... [A beat.] No fortune telling.

text; un: iwannahexyouup

[incantates]

Oh, what have I not told you already
that you'd like to know?
My name, the fact that I'm a warlock, my age?
Not even my boyfriend knows the last one.

By the way, would you fancy a beach umbrella or a sun hat?

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I know your age, Magnus. I know you're capable of great feats of magic, and you talk like you've been around forever, but you look young. What's this about being a warlock mean?

And one more thing: where do you keep getting nail polish from, in this economy?

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Oh - of course! Why hadn't I thought about umbrellas before?

[Useful items, too. If push comes to shove, she could close hers and whack someone with it.]

un: chengmei | voice

[thesuspense]

The fuck's a witch?

voice

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Xue Yang, still with us?

un: white pawn; video

[chosenbylight]

[Anduin is 100% charmed and amused by this post, and thus by you, Hermione Granger.]

You already know much about me. I am not certain what more there is to tell.

My name is Anduin Llane Wrynn. I am from Stormwind City, of the Eastern Kingdoms, in a world known as Azeroth. And I...

[What more can he say publically?]

I have a horse?

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The middle name is new, for starters. Do you use it, or is it just...tradition to have one? Also - I didn't know you had a horse, Anduin.

un: absterge

[downswing]

Recede below to your fetters.

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Could I please get that instruction with some clarity? It's been a while, I haven't had oranges yet.

un: sect leader jiang | voice

[consignation]

[ Dryly, with the kind of echo you get from being on a phone call with someone several feet away from you— ]

You seem to be omitting a fairly significant detail.

'Man's greatest treasure' indeed.

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[Ah, the dulcet tones of her brig-buddy, not at all a buddy, more like a pest. Patience, Hermione, patience.

Or equal dry.] It's after a saying, actually. Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure - not that I expect you to know what it is. [The saying. Or wit.]

What am I missing?

un: ut malum pluvia | audio

[somebadnews]

[ ...After he sees Lan Wangji's reaction, he has to completely rethink his stance on her staying in the brig where it's safe. It probably still is, but he can't publicly agree with him on principle.

So he just won't mention that part. ]

You must have really been going stir-crazy down there.

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I was ready to start climbing the walls, honestly. [Didn't help that you wouldn't tell her what was going on upstairs, Five.]

[downswing]

( Son of a flower house. )

video; un: dr.mccoy

[biomed]

( welp he's not sure what all that tension upthread is about but hey, she asked for intros, so here he goes: )

Leonard McCoy. I'm a doctor, also from Earth. Georgia, to be specific, ( His accent is obvious to anyone from Earth, anyway, a soft Southern drawl. )

Not many real life witches thereabouts.

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[thank you for not snooping, let it go.]

In Georgia specifically, or in your world?

[intermingled]

My name is Spock. I serve as a science officer aboard an exploration vessel and I am from the planet Vulcan.

[ He tilts his head to the side. ]

Are witches on your Earth still biologically human or do you possess a biological difference?

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[Exploration vessel? Planet Vulcan? She has questions - so many questions!]

Biologically still human. There are wizards as well, I should've specified - it's not limited to a single gender, to better put it.

video ► un: girl on top

[unas]

( she's bored hiding in 'her bunk' below deck so... why not )

What are the rules about secrecy?

( and she supposes in fairness she should give something back )

Call me Number One. I've spent many years travelling the stars and seeing many different planets. Including Earth.

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[her bunk below? so much for girl on top then.]

They're a long set of rules that the wizarding world developed to stay a secret from those who are not magic. Mostly they were develop as a result of the witch trials of Salem. If I were talking about this in my world, I'd get arrested.

[But talking about it was the first habit she adopted, rebel that she is.]

It's always nice to know that Earth rings a bell to - wait, are you also from the future?

[ Video; un: anzhi ]

[balancedwire]

Do you need anything, meimei?

[ He will make sure that she's fine before dealing with himself. ]

I have never heard of England until you.

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I'm doing alright - on the lookout for that barrel of oranges. But you, have you been taking care?

un: workstormit | audio

[bravelyrunsaway]

Gracious to meet such a lovely, ah, witch is the term you prefer? Such a lovely witch as yourself. ( he's running some background calculus on what brand of magic that makes her liable to be responsible for, and how wide a berth she merits, or how close. decisions, decisions. at least nothing aches across these accursed pendants. )

A question, if you will. What's the difference between world and this planet you mention?

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The world is made up of a whole universe - many, many planets and stars and asteroids, many celestial bodies. [She's doing her best to lecture and make sense too okay?]

The Earth is just one of them, on which life has been possible.

video; un: stormborn

[thebrideoffire]

How are you managing? The sun is too bright for you?

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It's fine, it just - it gets in my eye anytime I set foot on deck.

un: daozhang | voice

[binghua]

I know we have met before, though I do not know how much we actually know of each other. I did not know you call yourself a witch, nor what that means, exactly.

[Then he laughs softly.]

I imagine that has something to do with how you froze me in place in the volcano, however.

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Oh my god, I'm really sorry about that! It was rude of me to do it, but you looked ready to let all those priests know we were there.

[A pause, and sheepishly she tries to negotiate.]

There's no rules against knowing more of each other, if you'd be interested.

video; un: dickmon

[reaction]

( he hears the word Earth and that gets his attention. the witch bit seems a tad unfortunate, but she seems friendly enough so he'll bite. )

Liking the accent and lovin' the fact that you're from good ol' Earth. ( he'll give her a little wave with his fingers. ) I'm Damon Salvatore. From a small, one-horse town in Virginia. ( that's really not even an exaggeration. ) I had no idea witches were a thing back home. ( liar, liar, pants on fire. ) Do you wear pointy hats and ride a broomstick?

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[This is a new face, and she'd normally ask follow-ups but the handle name makes her just glitch out for a moment.

Loading BritishAwkwardness.exe.]

Ah - yes. We do actually. But the hats are for official matters only, and brooms are ridden mostly for sport.