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Who: Lumiére and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Wonderduck
When: Today!

[Since arriving at the Fleet, Lumiére has tended towards just using the voice function to communicate with people outside of the Wonderduck. It makes his life considerably easier. He doesn't have to navigate the mine-field of questions that come with just looking at him. He can talk to people like a normal person, and it's great.

Today, though, he needs to actually address the problem of his general...him-ness, and as such, he'll switch the video on. He casts the screen a warm smile all the same, giving a little wave of a candle-hand.]

Bonjour, my fellow Fleet members. This is quite an interesting planet, no? I hear the concerts here are really something to experience. I might have to test out the waters myself. It has been a while since I got to enjoy one.

[It's not the kind of concert he's used to, but after a decade of no concerts at all, he'll sure as heck give this new kind a try.]

But! I had another reason for speaking to you today. I have heard there are several people in the Fleet who are experienced with magic. I was hoping I could speak to them, especially if they know anything about curses- because as you can see [he chuckles, gesturing to himself] I have something that might interest their magically inclined minds.

[Filtered to Winn]

As promised. Here I am, settled on the Wonderduck and checking in. [Like three weeks too late but ya'll can't expect miracles. If you wanted good time-keeping, you should have befriended the clock]

[Otherwise, Lumiére can be found happily hopping around the table of the Wonderduck, carefully setting it so it at least looks like an actual, fancy dinner table and not a metal slab where people sit and eat. They may be in space, but they can still have a little culinary refinement, god.

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But of course. Dinner preparations must always take precedence!

[He isn't even being sarcastic. Dinner is serious business.]

Mais qui! You can ask all the questions you like. I will answer them to the best of my ability.

Finally, someone understands! I am the head chef on the Blue Fish. The other girl-- she tries her best, surely. But it takes more to be a chef than knowledge or ability. There is planning, preparation, execution. And then presentation. Whatever she makes with the protein solids is her prerogative, but for me, food has always been a passion--

[...]

I'm rambling, my apologies. I meant to ask how long you have been cursed. Were any magic words uttered aloud? Was there a focus involved, like a jeweled staff or a wand? Who was it that cursed you? And-- am I correct in assuming you were human before? It would not do to turn you into a human if you were in fact an elf.

Edited 2017-04-19 00:05 (UTC)

Oh no no, I understand completely! I am the maítre d' to a prince, back home. Before the...unpleasantness I used to prepare meals for royals and dignitaries from all over. A properly presented meal is the difference between s truly remarkable dinner and a half-baked disaster.

[He's got you, bro. He's got you.]

I was, indeed, human. It has been ten years, since the curse was placed on me- by an Enchantress. She had a wand. As for the words- well, she cursed my Master more than me. The Household staff, we were just part of the curse, rather than the focus of it. I do not know if that makes a difference.

A prince! I cannot boast of ever having such a station, though I suppose I am... technically nobility, now... [That's something he doesn't think about much, especially since Adrasteius is careful not to raise his children in excess.] I hope your master was a kind one. My prince chose power over his people.

[What a good candle holder he is.]

Ten years, and with only a wand? Her power must be great indeed...

[He curls his hand beneath his chin.]

I will do what I can to untangle this curse, but... this sounds very old and powerful. You can be sure that separating your situation from his will be tedious at best. Still, I refuse to call anything impossible until I have studied it from every angle.

No spell is perfect, you see. Wards, curses, enchantments-- all things unravel after a time. The nature of magic is to be wild, thus it always seeks to return to how it was.

Edited 2017-04-19 02:26 (UTC)

[Lumiére does, at least, give a little bow to the camera. ] Nobility! Well, that really is something!

[There's a soft pause at that comment. Because well, no. The Prince was not a kind one, not for a long time. But he was young. He made mistakes. And, ultimately, Lumiére's undying loyalty will consistently win out over just about anything else. ] I have no complaints.

[MOVING ON.]

Ah, again we see eye to eye, mon ami. I am never one for giving up. There is always a new angle to take advantage of, no? Regardless! I appreciate any insight you have to offer, even if it doesn't work- at least you tried. That means the world.

Considering I was common-born, I doubt it matters; I was adopted into a magister's family only recently.

[That seems like Lumiére has something more to say, but Belthazar lets it pass.]

I have to try. How could I ignore a problem that I may have the skills to fix? This is what I've trained for.

If there is one thing I have learned, mon ami, it is that it does not matter where you come from. What matters is what you make of your life going forward.

[He gets a warm smile in response.]

It is very much appreciated, all the same. It is good of you to help at all.

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