un: wooden dice.

[strewth]

[The voice is definitely English, a scouse accent mixing slightly with bits of Cockney, if one is the sort to recognize it.]

Lovely weather we're having in this sodding fishbowl. Nearly reminds me of home. Ah, hfff, something to lighten the spirit. I've got a story.

Have you lot heard of Ellethia? Couldn't tell you how it's spelled; I haven't the foggiest whether we're playing with Fake Latin or fake Greek. Gorgeous country, it is; proper Byronic. Maybe fake Greek, then.

It were haunted.

D'you remember a bloke prancing around during the communal head trip? Stroppy bastard he was, complaining to me about tea and infanticide. Reckon he had more sparkling conversation for you lot. Wore white. Ghosts in your Ellethia said he got a uniform from them. Or from there, at least.

Don't all rush to thank me. Weren't alone. Your girl Lila, she were dead helpful. Distracted the ghosts she did. I'm sure she'll love the credit, hehh.

And that'd make me John Constantine. [It rhymes with Clementine.] Ain't me first brush with ghosts, let's say. Magic, that rubbish, have you ever seen any? The real stuff, I mean.

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[strewth]

you ever heard of king solomon

[weifinder]

No, he a leader of yours?

[strewth]

[Well, this just got harder.]

right o lets back track. what part of demonology you confused about mate

[weifinder]

All of it, demons are a subset of creature we deal with, but by that you look at those beings which have either gained spirit after death, or cultivated spirit during their lives. Being at once what they were at their start, and more than what they were, cumulatively.

Spirits can possess, people's internal heart demons can kill them if their energies go awry, but I don't know that any of those things add up to what your demonology is.

[strewth]

either the demons you been jawing with are lying or we deal with different breeds. anyroad you're overthinking it

demons can do whatever they bloody well like. dont matter about souls or cultivation. smart as us, mostly, and all out for gain. there are rules to deal with em but theyre a lot more flexible than youre thinking, if youre clever about it

which is an answer to a question you aint asked

[weifinder]

Different breeds, from how you describe them. Not that it surprises. Spirits here are warped and present here in ways they aren't in my home. Those differences echo across each world.

For one, bodied dead? Does not happen in my home. Spirits can possess, but it takes a living body: they can't move one that has ceased life.

[strewth]

ill say it again mate youre overthinking it. magic or qi or whatever you wanna call it. it aint a straight road down a long path. its all the rivers that feed into the [He makes a guess--] yangtze. demons and spirits thats all the same. different names different dances but its all the same beat

demons dont jump into dead bodies where youre from cos nobody told em they can

[weifinder]

So you say! Less relevant. More concerning what is or isn't acting here.

[strewth]

its magic
itll do the dance it likes
we have to figure out the steps

you say you do magic
like a puzzle innit

[weifinder]

Yes. Never a dull moment. And the changes, those can sneak up, or strike fast, changing the beat.

[strewth]

then you know what im talking about
well figure it out
or we wont
reckon id make a good mannequin

[weifinder]

Do give yourself more credit than that! You're twice the personality of any shrieking, poor mannequin trundling around.

[strewth]

ill remind you of this conversation next time im hungover

[weifinder]

My friend, you didn't hear Arabella when told to return to the dollhouse. Or whatever the wording was, you can ask Wrath or Emilia.

[strewth]

good names for a pub crawl

[weifinder]

Never lack for variety around here, that's for certain.