simplestgift | Nine Bells: [VOICE/ACTION]

[Archie doesn't do a lot of voice posts. They make him feel weird. So he's speaking this one like he's reading it from a piece of paper he wrote out beforehand. Which he is.]

This is Mister Kennedy. As some of you already know, I am attempting to organize a regular goodbye ceremony for the friends and family of those who have been sent home. In preparation for this, I shall need a list of names of those who have gone on. If any one of you has had any person you care for sent home, please tell me their name. These names are to be read aloud at the ceremony.

If any one of you has a suggestion or should like to volunteer help, your aid will be appreciated greatly. The ceremony will take place monthly, God willing, on a day that shall be decided before long. You may approach myself or Miss Dawn Summers about this.

Thank you.

[There's a relieved sigh cut off halfway as the transmission ends.

He'll be outside today, writing ideas and names and plans on non-journal paper, but looking like every movement hurts but still doing it without sound or complaint, as if absolutely nothing is wrong. Later, of course, he'll be at Good Spirits, drinking very, very, very stiffly, as if raising the glass to his lips is painful.]

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[She'll be focused for a few moments longer, diverting the colors of the ball to various ones of the spectrum, before looking up and over at her audience, tilting her head.]

Good afternoon.

[Forgive him if he's not 100% coherent after that.]

That was... [Blinkblinkblinkblink mouth open for a bit.] Was that magic?

Yes, I was just practicing a bit. [She does give him an apologetic smile] Sometimes I forget that not everyone here is accustomed to seeing it yet, though I suppose that is rather foolish of me.

No, it--I-I beg pardon, Ma'am, didn't mean to cause offense. I've been wondering what it looks like.

Hm? You haven't caused offense at all. That was an example of how light magic can be used to change the perception of the viewer.

The ball itself didn't change?

Did it? [She holds it up again, and after a moment of her concentrating, it appears to be a small cube again.] Try catching it.

[He holds out his hand.]

[And then the 'cube' is carefully tossed toward his waiting hand.]

[It lands, and he tries rolling it in his hands.]

[The cube's illusion visually is firmly in place, but the feel of it may not be what he was expecting. For her part, Raine continues to hold the magic in place and watches for his reaction, very patiently.]

It very strange indeed, I can't quite say how. [He hands it back to her, juuuust a little freaked out.]

[After he hands it back, she lets the ball resume its usual appearance.] A miscommunication between your senses, I would imagine.

Something like that.

I hope it hasn't startled you too badly.

Er...no, actually. What startled me was being kidnapped to another world. I wasn't aware that could happen.

Archie Kennedy, by the by.

[She chuckles, and rises.] Fair enough. I think that's a first for many of us here.

[As she speaks, she thinks of where she's heard his name before. Aside from the mention on the journal, there was the draft recently.] My name is Raine Sage. It's good to meet you.

A pleasure indeed. [Her name is familiar, too, and he tries to think where he's heard it before. Something to do with McCoy, though he might be wrong.] How long have you been here?

For some time now. My third year here was marked just last month.

Three years. [It just...seems like he hasn't heard of anyone being here that long before. Then, because he almost seems to have a pathological need to ask this,] Is the time long or short?

It certainly feels a lot longer than it has been, though I'm afraid I can't put that number quite into words. So many experiences packed in together. Even after a few months, one would have to question that, I think.

I do. [A few blinks.] Doctor McCoy has mentioned you. Now I remember.

[She tilts her head.] Is that so?

Yes, are you a friend of his?

Yes, we're friends. What about you?

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