Quest 093

[primrosella]

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All right, let me see if I can find the right button here. I think, if I just find--is it this one?



Aha! It is, it's the one on the left. And now I've written it down, so I won't forget it in the future.

I think it makes for a rather pretty necklace, really. It's a lovely stone, and I think the jeweler did a very nice job setting it. It's just the way I asked for it--with only the front exposed, so there isn't much chance I'll rub it by accident, once it's enchanted. Wouldn't that be a problem, if I did? I'd never be able to wear it anywhere, for fear of disappearing and reappearing somewhere else, without meaning to! But that's the risk one takes when they make a magic stone of teleportation, I suppose. And it's fortunate that it is such a pretty stone, since once it's enchanted, I doubt anyone will be able to tell that it's magic at all. It might look strange, wearing a plain gray rock on a chain, but a pretty one in hues of blue and green is a natural piece to use for jewelry.

That means all that's left is to cast the spell, and I have all the ingredients for that. But I can't do things the way I did with the sleeping spell--oh, remember how that turned out? And too many important things are coming up soon, anyway. So I'll have to go about it a little differently. I've read the spell plenty of times, and I think I understand the whole process now, rather than just the steps. That should help.

Mm. I'll certainly feel much better once it's done, though. It's far from a perfect solution--I'll still have to make sure I keep it around my neck, after all--but if it all works the way it ought, having it will make me much safer than before.

And I think...there's a way, somehow, to use this device to make a little movie that I could watch again later. If I can set it up to do that while I cast the spell, then I can watch it over again before I try using the stone, to double-check. That way, if I did something wrong, I'll be able to notice it and avoid the problem I had last time. That's certainly careful, isn't it?

...It's strange to think how far I've come with all this. Mikaela was writing yesterday about forgiving a loved one for making a mistake, one that changes your life for the worse...and that's rather what's happened with Alexander, isn't it? His mistake was that he didn't do away with his wizard as completely as he ought to have, and now we're all facing certain doom at the hands of that wizard's brother, sometime in the future. If that's not a change for the worse, I don't know what is! But...that's what led to my learning magic, isn't it? Or at least, to my serious pursuit of it. The affair with my rope was out of jealousy, to be honest, because I wanted to prove I was just as good of a magician as Alexander was. But...I learned the sleeping spell to save my family, and now I'm learning from that again as I try to save myself.

If someone I cared about were to change my life for the worse...

Well. Good things do sometimes come from bad things, don't they?

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My goodness, what a weekend! It's not the first time I've been cursed to be a child, I'm afraid, and I know I was a rather insufferable little tyrant of a girl when I was younger, so I'm grateful to everyone who was patient and understanding with me for the duration. But it seems that a quite a lot of people found themselves as children that weekend, didn't they? I'm sure the few adults that remained themselves must've kept very busy, chasing around after all of us.

I hope that boy was all right, in the end...

Also, the play is in less than a week! Goodness, I'm nervous all of a sudden, even though I know there's really no reason to be. We've been practicing lines for months now and I really don't think I'll forget any of them when the time comes, but--well, I'm nervous and excited and hopeful all at once. I've never been in a real play before, after all. Sam, Mikaela, you'll come to see the performance, won't you? I know neither of you are much for Shakespeare, but I'd like it very much if you did.

Oh, and the dance competition is only a few days away, too! I think we're as ready as we're ever going to be, Neil, and no matter how things turn out, it's been a pleasure having you for a partner all these weeks. I'm sure we'll have a lovely time! But I still want to win. I hope plenty of people turn out to dance, too; for anyone who doesn't know, it's Friday night at six o'clock at the Blue Light, and once the competition is over there'll still be plenty of dancing and good music, so please do come if you're interested!

And, er, speaking of music...

...Well, er, could anyone recommend some? I know plenty of ballads and jigs and things like that, and I've heard swing music and hard rock music, but I think there are lots of other kinds as well, aren't there? I'd like to try listening to something new.


[OOC: Play people, I'm assuming the date of the play is still set for the 21st, right? If not someone punt me and I'll change it.]

Comments

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

You were a bit of a tyrant as a girl, but you did make a lovely bird. And you can't possibly be nervous about the play, not as long as you've been practicing.

As for music, there's always the song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI) I came across earlier today.

1/1 just got Rickroll'd for the second time today... (Can't believe I fell for it again...)

[coolestcoolkid.livejournal.com]

1/1 Please forgive my lols. It's Cain's first meme!

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, how did I know what that was, even before I clicked it?

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

At least I've mostly grown out of my tyrannical ways by now. And it's not that I'm nervous about...well, acting it, exactly. Just that it's nearly here, after so long.

...My, that's quite a catchy tune! What is it called?

Intuition? Or you saw Ianto's post earlier...

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

So it's more anticipation than anxiety perhaps. That's understandable, I suppose.

It was so catchy that it was in my head for most of the morning. I found it rather obnoxious. I'm not sure what it's called.

Guilty on both counts!

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

How about you? Are you eagerly anticipating the chance to be a duke for a few hours out of the day?

Well, I like it. The sound of it is a bit odd, of course, but it's quite a cheerful tune, too.

[playstheblues.livejournal.com]

I'll send you some CDs!

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

CDs...oh, er, those are the little round discs that play music, aren't they?

[playstheblues.livejournal.com]

Yes, do you have a player?

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

I don't, but I think Sam might, somewhere around here.

[coolestcoolkid.livejournal.com]

A few bands I would highly recommend: Arctic Monkeys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30w8DyEJ__0), Bloc Party (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTwFE_8v8Bc), Kasabian (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2TNj6gaaik).

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

Goodness, what funny names! Do they have some special meaning behind them?

[coolestcoolkid.livejournal.com]

I know Kasabian named themselves after a girl who was involved in a murder plot. Bloc Party is just another way of writing block party. Don't know about Arctic Monkeys, probably because the UK is close to the Arctic circle or something and monkeys because of the humans descending from monkeys theory.

But it's the music that matters, not the names.

[had_not_lived]

You'll be great! You shouldn't be nervous. About the play or the competition. I know we'll have fun, win or lose.

I'm not sure what hard rock is, but mostly at home we listened to rock and roll... Buddy Holly and Bill Haley and Chuck Berry and stuff.

[ooc; afaik the date hasn't changed tho i think there's a curse :O I was gonna make a tl;dr post tonight or tomorrow about it, i will try to get that up ;_; still kind of out of it, ahaha <3]

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure we will! I'm just...it rather snuck up on me, I suppose! I can hardly believe it's only a few days away now, after we've been getting ready for it for so long.

Rock and roll? My, that makes me think of sailing songs, rocking and rolling like a boat on the ocean.

[OOC: Oh, but it's the Father's Day curse. You know you want Neil to be haunted by his father as he performs as Puck. Again. =D]

[had_not_lived]

I know, I can't believe it, either. Or how long I've been here, for that matter! I guess they're about the same thing; Blair announced her party right after I arrived.

I hadn't really thought of it that way. Like Sea Cruise, maybe?

[ooc; i knoooow. i would kind of LOVE IT a lot. as long as someone talks sense into him and he knows it's a curse by the time of the play, he'll be fine >D]

[ourdenouement.livejournal.com]

You were quite charming ♥

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

Was I? I thought I was rather a pest, myself.

[ourdenouement.livejournal.com]

A well-dressed, cute pest, if you must use that word ♥

[mumbled_truth]

It... it is less than a week, isn't it... ?

Wow...

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

But it'll be fun, won't it? We'll all have a lovely time, and I'll try very hard not to laugh when I'm meant to be acting annoyed with you.

[mumbled_truth]

I hope so... it's just, I guess I forgot how close it was getting.

I guess we have to have a couple of rehearsals this week...

scenic panic

[irislover.livejournal.com]

I...

...The...The performance is going to be so soon!!

d'aww, Romeo

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

I know, I can hardly believe it! It seems like only yesterday we all joined up for it, doesn't it?

[irislover.livejournal.com]

I... So long? I won't started to have second thoughts after this long.

We should try another rehearsal, Miss Rosella, and soon!!