Charm ☼ 004 [video]

[hexywitch]

[Lily's set herself up in the library in her house. There's a cauldron in front of her, a small flame flickering beneath it. She stirs the pot three times clockwise, and then four counterclockwise.]

Hello, Vatheon. There are quite a few new people floating about again, so I thought this was a perfect time to post. I'm Lily. As you can see I've been doing a bit of potion brewing. I finally made it down to the Nostalgia Nook, and the shop from my world is absolutely brilliant.

[She pauses to check her potions book and adds an ingredient, tapping the cauldron twice with her wand. Potions is very complicated and delicate.]

I stocked up on ingredients, so after I brewed a few potions for friends of mine, I thought I'd brew a few other useful ones. First of all a big batch of Pepper-Up. [She gestures to the cauldron.] That'll be a cure for the common cold. And hangovers. So if anyone's feeling a bit under the weather, let me know.

That said, [She turns the heat under the cauldron down.] Equius. Sollux. I'm ready when you are.

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[srslynotarabbit.livejournal.com]

Kind of. He's more like my boss, but we're really close!

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[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

...I see. What sort of a name is "Blood"?

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[srslynotarabbit.livejournal.com]

[He shrugged just a little.]

I don't really know, it's just a name I suppose. It's not his whole name, though.

Blood Dupre, that's his whole name.

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[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

It's a strange name.

Where are you from?

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[srslynotarabbit.livejournal.com]

Wonderland.

Where are you from?

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[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

England.

...Wonderland. Really? And you said you've got a friend named Alice?

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[srslynotarabbit.livejournal.com]

England...?

[No, he's not sure he's heard of that one, shrugging after just a moment.]

Yeah, but Alice isn't from Wonderland. She's an outsider.

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[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

...yes, I think she's from England.

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[srslynotarabbit.livejournal.com]

Ah, so you know her then?

Since you're both from the same place you must know each other!

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[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

I know of her.

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[srslynotarabbit.livejournal.com]

Is she famous?

[He looks absolutely flabbergasted.]

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[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

I suppose you could say that.

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[srslynotarabbit.livejournal.com]

How famous?

I mean, Blood's kind of famous, so if I knew two famous people that'd be really cool!

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[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

There's a novel. Called Alice in Wonderland.

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[srslynotarabbit.livejournal.com]

A novel? You mean like a book?

There's a book written about her?!

[He looks utterly confused, frowning to himself.]

I wonder how come she didn't say anything...

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[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

I'm sure she doesn't know.

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[srslynotarabbit.livejournal.com]

How come she wouldn't know?

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[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

There is much more at work here than any of us could imagine.

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[srslynotarabbit.livejournal.com]

Mmmm...

[Just that nod as if he knows what's going on.]

How come you know about it, then?

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[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

Well, I've read it, of course. The novel.

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[srslynotarabbit.livejournal.com]

Oh...I wonder if Blood's read it...

He reads a lot, he's got books all over his room back home. He'll probably fill the whole house before long, that's why we need to find a bigger one...

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[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

I doubt it. That would be a bit too metaphysical, I think.

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[srslynotarabbit.livejournal.com]

[There's a bit of a laugh at that.]

I don't know, sometimes I think he's probably read every book ever written!

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[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

Oh, but that's forever impossible, Elliot. Even now thousands of writers are putting pen to paper.

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[srslynotarabbit.livejournal.com]

He'll read them eventually, he reads all the time!