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[midgetarchive]

[A broadcast started, and a Caucasian blonde girl was staring at the screen in mild surprise. She looked at one of her hands, then frowned.] I see. [She looked back at the screen, her voice prim and proper]

If one is near him, I'm searching for a man named Kincaid. He will have dark blond hair, grey-blue eyes, and a rather sleek build a bit like a hunting dog. If he is available, put him on the phone now. [She waited, then exhaled audibly. While she hid it well, it was obvious this little thirteen year old was afraid of what that meant] If he is not available, then I'm looking also for a man named Harry Dresden. He will be tall, in a leather duster, long shaggy hair, and carry a rather large staff or rod with him. He will not be able to use this type of phone, but perhaps a normal conversation over a landline should work. Just... [The terrible knowledge in her eyes was briefly eclipsed by a deep longing for family or friends] Tell him that Ivy's looking for him.

In the meantime, a school is within seeing distance of my location. Are they accepting new students?

Comments

[Video]

[gaveupfeeling]

I will inform you if either of those crosses my path.

You should be able to join the student body easily.

[Video]

[midgetarchive]

[Before answering, she stared at the screen. A brief panicked look appeared in her face. Just by looking at him, she should know who this was. Name. Date of birth. Place of birth. Human or not. What he's done. Even fully realizing the gender, instead of having to guess. She should just know]

[And she didn't. She reached for the perfect knowledge she always had, and found nothing except what she already knew]

Thank... thank you.

[Video]

[gaveupfeeling]

How much do you know about Prospero so far?

[Video]

[midgetarchive]

[Another reach. This should be easy. A town. Plenty of written history, plenty of things she should know about just by hearing the name-]

[Her eyes flew open wide, and she looked sick]

Nothing...

[Video]

[gaveupfeeling]

First I should ask if you're all right.

[Video]

[midgetarchive]

I'm fine. Merely... taken aback by what this place... why don't I know anything about this place?!

[Video]

[gaveupfeeling]

None of us have heard of it before our arrival.

[cosmicsoul]

*Bark. A dog in a space helmet is bumping her head up against the screen, trying to lick it.*

[midgetarchive]

[Huh? Ivy blinked at the screen, then-]

How cute!

[cosmicsoul]

*Bark bark! The space dog bumps her helmet up against the phone a few more times before a teenager with a bindi and flowy clothes not out of place in the sixties picks her up.*

Io, are you playing with the phone? *laughs* Oh, hey, someone's on it? What's up, dudette?

[midgetarchive]

Oh, your dog's name is Io? Hm. The innermost of the four Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter and the fourth largest moon in our solar system. Or perhaps the priestess of Hera that Zeus seduced and turned into a cow to hide her from his wife's jealous eyes.

[cosmicsoul]

She's definitely one of my moons, all right! I have sixty-five others back home. I just can't stop taking in strays when they're in need of help, y'know?

[midgetarchive]

One of your...? [Why can't she just reach for the Archive inside of her and just know who she was talking to? It wouldn't be completely unfeasible for this person to be from the Nevernever and have an affinity for the planet. Or perhaps be tied into the story of Io in some way. But somehow- somehow she was cut off from what she was.]

[needsteaplz]

Well, I can't say I've heard those names before but I'll definitely keep an eye and an ear out.

As for the school, they should be. Chances are whoever brought here to Prospero has already done some paperwork so you start when the school year starts.

[midgetarchive]

"Whoever brought here?" I take it this isn't an unknown occurance.

[needsteaplz]

Considering some of us have been here for a year, that's the the case. The locals don't know anything though. They just assume we just moved over to Prospero when we're all from different worlds and time periods.

[midgetarchive]

[You have caught Ivy's attention]

How many worlds?

[needsteaplz]

Quite a few, to be honest. There's no exact number just yet because we have had so many people come and go in the past year. With that being said, we assume whoever brought us here is very powerful. All of us who have magic or special abilities, we've all been stripped of them when arrived here.

[midgetarchive]

I'm aware of that. [Grumble]

And yourself?

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

I'm afraid I've not heard of either of them. But I believe the school welcomes new applicants, last I knew

[video]

[midgetarchive]

[At least one person should have heard of Dresden. He was known in the magical world. At least one person should know]

I see. How does the school compare to others?

[What was going on?]

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

I wouldn't know, I have never been to one.

[video]

[midgetarchive]

[blink]

Pardon? [He seemed intelligent enough! Of a world where schools didn't exist, then?]

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

...I've never been to one?

[Close enough.]

[video]

[midgetarchive]

Interesting. May I inquire as to why?