001 - In which Howl is Pulled from Elsewhere

[likepaleglass]

[A man’s voice, louder than it should be.]

Sophie! SOPHIE.

[A man flickers into view on camera. He’s decidedly handsome, well-groomed and dressed, a blue jewel hanging from one ear. One might almost be able to smell a whiff of hyacinth perfume. For a moment he turns the NV over and around in his hands until the viewer just gets a jumble of him – flashes of hair and hands and eyes that are strangely pale, green, reflective like glass. Finally the window comes to rest on him again, and he is glaring.]

Never hire a cleaning lady. If they come nosing their way into your life, boot them out the door, as you value your sanity.

[Hard to say if he knows he’s talking to you. In all honesty, it probably doesn’t matter. He pushes the hair back from his face, handsomely perturbed.]

All right, since there seems to be no immediate way back: I’ll need the nearest junkyard. Preferably magical. Non-magical will do in a pinch, though I’ll have to recreate my notes.

Also: A book of poetry. Promptly.

Comments

[madvaporskillz]

Why, there's everything else. But everything only matters if one cares to listen.

[likepaleglass]

One only listens if there is something to hear.

What would you like to say?

[madvaporskillz]

What would you like to hear?

[likepaleglass]

[This really could go in circles all day, couldn't it?]

Something worth hearing.

[madvaporskillz]

I don't suppose you've heard of the properties of jabberwock blood.

[likepaleglass]

I haven't.

[The word sounds familiar, but he can't recall it -- rather like the poem in his pocket. He seriously doubts the properties of Jabberwock blood are anything he's looking for, but given the apparent circuitous nature of the Talking Cat . . . he's not going to rely on it for answers.]

[However, he doesn't mind random bits of information, either.]

[madvaporskillz]

They say it can grant desires.

[The choice to not rely on him for answers is a wise one. He's never been the most helpful, after all, and that largely by choice.]

[likepaleglass]

That would be assuming they exist.

Or that there's one about, whiffling through the tulgey wood.

[madvaporskillz]

Oh, the jabberwock is quite real. I do hope you never have the misfortune of meeting it.

[likepaleglass]

Have you met one here?

[madvaporskillz]

Not here. Somewhere else.

[likepaleglass]

Then we may be safe, my friend.

[madvaporskillz]

Perhaps.