driftfleet | Video;

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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[ it's about as long as it took winn to get back to people when he first arrived, he knows exactly what it's like, okay. ]

How are you liking it so far? [ seems like an appropriately named vessel for him. they can get down to business in a bit, pleasantries are important! ]

[Everything so so new and weird, it's great. ]

It is certainly a new experience, but I like it! I have a good crew there.

[They hardly ever stare at him like he's gonna kill them, it's great. ]

[ that is definitely what you want out of a crew! ]

Good, I'm glad. Your crew can be some of the best friends you'll ever make. [ at least, that's how he feels about his. his tourist family. ]

I can see how that would work. The people you share your days with, the people you work alongside, they become almost like a family.

[He misses HIS, back home. But the Wonderduck, they could become a close second, he's sure of it. ]

They really do.

[ so it's important to end up on a ship you're comfortable in. ]

So - did you get any hits, on the magic?

I did, in fact! Some of them very promising. Your friend Hermione offered her services too. I might not get the answer I need here, but it is encouraging to see so many people willing to help all the same.

It's one of the best things about this place.

[ he nods ]

If magic doesn't work out for you, come by the Tourist anytime and we'll see what science can come up with.

Merci, mon ami. I'm not about to dismiss any possibility at this point. Given how far science has come, I would not be surprised if it could do just about anything.

[Science might as well BE magic for his 18th century mind. Lightbulbs. ]

One day we'll hit the limits of scientific possibility, but we're nowhere near that day.

By then, I am sure we will be travelling other galaxies as we do here, and find whole new realms of scientific endeavours to follow, no?

Well, that depends on whether we got the laws of nature right and if they're fixed across the multiverse - I mean, if there are constant laws then eventually we'll find a limit. But if there's a way to curse someone, there's a way to reverse it. I totally completely 100% believe that.

Perhaps there is a different law for every planet?

[He doesn't know. He's still only like 40% sure what light-bulbs are. ]

I am glad you do. Where these is life, there is hope, as they say.

There are definitely some things that are only possible on certain planets, but the laws should be the same - it's more certain kinds of matter only exist under certain circumstances. Like, for example where I come from there's a yellow sun, on some planets there's a red sun, or blue, and probably types that have yet to be discovered. The different kinds of radiation cause different outcomes, but it's not that the laws changed it's the circumstances, if we adjust our calculations to account for the new environment, the laws should still work...

[Wat.

Lumiére stares at the camera, a little unfocused for a moment. He was right there on the ride until he started talking about different coloured suns. What the hell is radiation????]

...

Okey dokey then?

[ he laughs - out of awkwardness, not at him ]

Sorry - sorry - I got a little carried away.

That is alright. I-

I am curious. What is radiation?

[He pronounces it radish-ation. What is it? DO YOU EAT IT????]

[ okay. how to explain in simple terms that won't give more questions than answers? ]

Basically, radiation is the emission of energy. Like - um, say your candles. When they're lit, they radiate heat - does that...hurt, by the way? [ look he will never stop being fascinated by his condition, okay, sorry. ]

[A touch distractedly:] Oh..no no. Well, not me anyway. They can burn other people.

[But back to the important part, gosh wow!! ]

So it is like...heat?

Uh, no, heat is a type of radiation. Like - cotton is a type of fabric, but not every fabric is cotton.

So...freezing cold would be a type of radiation, too?

[He's trying, he really is. ]

The short answer would be no - cold is the absence of heat, it's, heat going the wrong way - when you feel hot it means your surrounding is hotter than yourself. You see, heat naturally flows from the hottest places to the cooler ones - that's how we get warmed by a fire, the heat is drawn to our colder bodies. When you feel cold what happens is your body is hotter than your surrounding, so you become the fire to whatever's around you - warming that up. Unless something warms you up in turn - you eventually burn out.

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