Canto Unus - Video

[messagebook.livejournal.com]

[Cue the curious peering into the camera. It's a young lady, late teens, with incredibly bushy brown hair and a worried expression on her face.]
Ah, excuse me, that odd woman back inside this building said that this would allow me to speak to a network of people, but it's a bit nerve wracking to speak to a lot of total strangers.

[Behind her, a second young lady, not-quite-so-late teens, with long blonde hair, is only partly looking at the camera, her attention flitting elsewhere every few seconds.]
Hermione, do you think they use pigeons instead of owls here? There are a lot of them...

I don't know! Honestly, Luna. Sorry. Can anybody tell me...where we are? Or...
[Oh dear these are Muggles. She shouldn't mention this. But...]
Or if You-Know-Who is behind this?

Hermione, he...
[She trails off and starts fiddling with her own comm in an absent sort of way.]
Do you think they will know who?

[Sigh.]
...Probably not. Can anybody please explain what's going on? I've never had this happen to me before. Or, failing that, directions to the nearest library?

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[Video]

[tokenravenclaw.livejournal.com]

[Oh yes, the L word. And you'll have Luna's attention as well as Hermione's with that list.]

Thank you so much! [She scans the list.] There are so many!

And yes, I'm Luna and that's Hermione. What's your name?

[Video]

[origamiguardian.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's wonderful to be near so many books.

Pleased to meet you. I'm Maggie.

[Video]

[tokenravenclaw.livejournal.com]

Pleased to meet you too, Maggie! How do you know so much about all these libraries? Are you a librarian?

[Video]

[origamiguardian.livejournal.com]

No-ah, actually, I do work part time at the Xavier Institute's library.

But I don't have a library degree. I just love books.

[Video]

[tokenravenclaw.livejournal.com]

Sometimes truly loving something is the best way to learn about it.

[Video] *sporfl @ icon*

[origamiguardian.livejournal.com]

[nod] I agree.

Have you been in the City long? [didn't pay attention to the whole post; she perked up when she heard 'library']

[Video] :D I had to even if she doesn't have them with her.

[tokenravenclaw.livejournal.com]

We just arrived. It's a fascinating place!

Re: [Video]

[origamiguardian.livejournal.com]

Be careful. There are piranhas in the river. [quite serious]

Actually, hopefully they've taken care of them by now, but I'm not sure.

[Video]

[tokenravenclaw.livejournal.com]

I heard about the piranhas. I'll be sure to avoid them. Are they usually there? It sounds like they're not.

[Video]

[origamiguardian.livejournal.com]

[shakes head] They weren't here last time I was here.

I was Ported in originally in January, then Ported out in April. I just got back.

[Video]

[tokenravenclaw.livejournal.com]

So people can come back again after they've gone home?

What was it like? Did you remember being here?

[Video]

[origamiguardian.livejournal.com]

Yes. Unfortunately, you can't choose when you come or go.

I went home at the moment I left. I'd been dozing on a bus to Tokyo. So I woke up on the bus... I'd thought this place was just a dream that felt very real.

And even though I'm back, I still remember my first visit like that... a dream, I mean. There are parts I remember more vividly than others. I remember the people I spent time with more than anything else. Unfortunately, some aren't here any more. [sad]

[Video]

[tokenravenclaw.livejournal.com]

I was... at school.

[That's the least of it, but she can't say any more in front of Hermione just yet.]

I suppose if we go home again, whenever we do go home, at the same moment as we left... then we can only try to learn what we can from our time here.

[Video]

[origamiguardian.livejournal.com]

That's a very good idea. Fortunately, there's a lot to learn from here.

Have you considered enrolling at the Xavier Institute?