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Lumière ([personal profile] servantnotserving) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2017-04-18 11:12 pm

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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.
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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.
arcanepower: (🙧 to a god he doesn't believe in)

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[personal profile] arcanepower 2017-04-18 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Belth blinks once, twice, realizes this is the same person... (???) he was speaking with before. At the same time, he's not entirely fazed.]

Well, then! That explains that. I must admit I have no real experience with this kind of curse, as you are the first enchanted light fixture I've met, but it's not too far outside my realm of expertise. Standard arcane theory includes polymorphing... that is, turning living things into other living things in battle, and of course unraveling hexes and the like...

I'd love to have a look at you, whenever you're able.
arcanepower: (🙧 so i wandered off)

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[personal profile] arcanepower 2017-04-18 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Wonderduck-- noted. I will be there sometime tomorrow, as I am currently in the midst of dinner preparations.

[Time for info gathering instead.]

Do you mind if I ask a few questions? I'd like to know more about the nature of the curse. There are some things I cannot discern with my arcane sight.
arcanepower: (and you're still standing there)

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[personal profile] arcanepower 2017-04-19 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
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.
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brainiest: (and ??)

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[personal profile] brainiest 2017-04-19 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Hello again. [ She smiles, gently, but gets right down to the point. ] I assume it's something to do with... What you are? [ Which sounds rude, but... ]
brainiest: please don't take! (he harry you idiot face)

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[personal profile] brainiest 2017-04-19 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Winn? I hope he wasn't saying too much.

[ But she focusses as he begins to speak, paying attention. ]

You were human, but now you're a candlestick. [ A frown. ] And you'd like someone to see if they can reverse it?
brainiest: (i just love hermione ok)

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[personal profile] brainiest 2017-04-19 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds like Winn. I just hope I can live up to expectation.

[ Which she's sure she can, but she does still flush with her own modesty. ]

I can look into it? I'm not sure if my magic would work it, but... I can try.
arcanepower: (🙧 there's a beautiful sadness)

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[personal profile] arcanepower 2017-04-19 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
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.
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touchallthebooks: (oh)

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[personal profile] touchallthebooks 2017-04-19 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[His hands twitch slightly at the request for a mage, and he sees that Belthazar has already answered but it never hurts to have more than one person helping with a problem?]

Hello, my name is Khadgar. I've been training with magic for years. [And you, sir, are very interesting.] If you still need help.
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[personal profile] foxpas 2017-04-19 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, Lumiere! Have you had any luck with finding anyone? All I have found myself thus far is a name.
dontfeedplants: (What am I saying?)

[personal profile] dontfeedplants 2017-04-19 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh great, more talking inanimate objects. Don't mind if he just stares in mild horror for a little bit.

He should probably say something.]


Wait, magic exists?

[He felt kinda stupid saying that, since he quickly remembers that just before waking up here, he killed a man after being promised that his wishes would be granted.

... Dear god he really did kill a guy last night, didn't he?]
foxpas: (Default)

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[personal profile] foxpas 2017-04-19 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Mon... um?

[what is french]

I have heard the name 'Kubo' as one who might know of curses, though I have yet to find this person.
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[personal profile] foxpas 2017-04-19 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I see...

[well, she believes you, anyway.]

I am glad it is of help to you. I will keep searching, as well. Fear not, we will find a way to break this curse.
cloakand_danger: (concern ϟ 'cause I don't know)

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[personal profile] cloakand_danger 2017-04-20 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Yuan studies the feed curiously, looking Lumiere up and down.]

I'm a spellcaster; I don't do much with enhancement or disabling magic myself, but I can certainly look into the matter. What sort of 'curse' are you under? My mana senses only work in-person, I can't tell anything from here.
brainiest: (oh good lord ok)

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[personal profile] brainiest 2017-04-20 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
Your faith in me is lovely, really.

[ All the same, she considers for a moment, thoughtful. ]

How about we start by you telling me how the curse happened?

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