asgardeventide | oo3 . video, backdated to early day 269

[ 'Sup, Asgard. You know who hasn't posted to the network in ages? Giles. ]

Rather recently, um, I've found employment as a librarian in Odin's library-- it's a truly marvelous place, for any newcomers who might not yet have visited. I do thoroughly recommend as a source of knowledge, and, well, hugely useful as a means of combating boredom.

[ Giles fidgets with his glasses, and looks, for a moment, a little wistful. ]

Before arriving in Asgard, my resume boasted a year as the proprietor of a magic shop, which seems... perhaps a field less in demand, here. I do find Asgard's system of alchemy and runes thoroughly fascinating, though certainly in need of further research. It does, um, prompt one particular line of curiosity-- I'm aware that asking broad questions of the masses has become a common network practice.

I'd certainly be interested to know-- how many among us come from a world wherein magic is commonplace? Whether in secret or as a matter of public knowledge. I'd fallen under the impression that it's a rather large proportion. Perhaps similarities of this nature will offer some insight as to why those who were chosen... were, more or less.

Beyond that, I'm aware that a number of Travellers do operate their own businesses -- though a majority seem to be restaurants. I did very much enjoy it, at home. [ He does love being a librarian, but he misses the Magic Box. ]

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I'm not sure how commonplace it was, really, but. Mine at least had it? I mean, I was only sort of-- peripherally aware, I guess? Knew it was there, I just didn't have any real aptitude for it. All I really knew was just basic stuff, like-- like preventative measures and that kind of thing, but those didn't take any ability. Just had to know what to put where at what part of the moon cycle and that business. Sort of folksy stuff.

[He shrugs one shoulder, brushing some of his hair away from his face. Not that he'd ever put much stock in those measures, but one took the extra protection they could get in his line of work.]

That's, um. That's really the best I can do on that, all my study was more on the supernatural side rather than magical, but neither of those was really well-known outside its own circles, y'know?

Where I come from, there were objects of power that seemed to be magic. Certainly some believed they were so. But things beyond our understanding may not remain so forever.

This library. Does it contain information solely from this world, or from the many from which we've been plucked?

A magic...shop?

[Frown of frowns. Fake!Uther why are you near a shop of...magic?]

I do. Um, know what you mean, that is. 'Supernatural rather than magical' describes my general area of expertise, as well, though the two have a habit of becoming intertwined with some regularity. Dealing with spirits often requires knowledge of some rituals, and so on.

[ Giles still mostly regards Mordred as "the little boy who is unduly terrified of him," so this comes cautiously: ]

Yes. Um, a shop which sells ingredients for spells, minor charms, things of that nature. Magical items.

....Do you use these things?

[ He hesitates, at that. ]

Rarely, yes. I'm really no sort of warlock, but it does sometimes... become necessary. Some things can only be defended against with magic, you understand.

I would not work with people who do not use them for good.

That seems... a practical view on it. Certainly, regarding something as magical doesn't mean we should abandon efforts to understand.

It contains rather little information from this world, as it happens. Most volumes come from our own worlds, and countless others, I expect -- if you value knowledge, it's certainly a place which ought to be seen. The diversity is... quite something. [ yes okay Giles, we know you want to marry the library. ]

You would not kill them?

[Pause]

...Warlocks?

I'd care not for labels, but too often, men who called them magic did exactly that. [He gives Giles a sort of respectful nod.] That should only be the beginning.

I would like to see this library. In my own time, I sought out knowledge as much as I could, but my duties and the issue of travel presented difficulties. But there is much in any world worth knowing.

[That perks his interest right up, and he leans forward a bit.]

Do you deal with them often? Well. Did, I guess I should say. That was sort of my job back where I'm from-- not officially or anything, but. Yeah.

Do you mean humans with magic were commonplace, or others?

[ He's taken aback, very clearly, for one alarmed moment. ]

I... would stop any warlock who used magic to hurt people. But I have no quarrel with those who practice magic and have done no one any harm. Is that what you mean to ask?

.......

[Mordred goes quiet]

And the other warlocks? What would you do to them? By what right would you pass judgement on them?

Magic was all over the place where I'm from. We just, uh, kind of kept a lid on it. Don't look behind the curtains kind of stuff. Governments knew-- at least parts of 'em-- but it wasn't exactly on CNN.

[Just Youtube.]

Me and Farrow are from the same place, but I was more on the magical side of things. Less ghosts, more witches.

[He looks wistful as he speaks. Someone get him a broomstick, stat.]

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On occasion, yes. Vampires and demons were a more frequent difficulty, but I've had... a few run-ins with poltergeists and distressed spirits. Some resolved more peaceably than others.

What sort of job would that be-- if I may ask?

Ah. It sounds remarkably like my own world, in that case.

[ Giles doesn't even know what youtube is-- which, to be fair, is because he's from 2001, not just because he's Giles. ]

I dealt rather frequently with both ghosts and witches -- though perhaps more often the latter, for me as well. [ The witches were more often friendly, anyway. ]

Um, either, I suppose. In my own world, humans with magic were decidedly common, but all manner of other beings were present.

I never had much of an official title for it, it was just a sort of-- you know, small town, weird happenings, somebody's got to keep that in order. Mostly that meant dealing with spirits, what with the whole... you know, seeing dead people. Not a really common skillset.

[He gestures along as he continues, decidedly more animated; this is very much his kind of topic.]

The rest of it was kind of a peripheral thing, I mean, you had your occasional vampire or something here and there but they weren't too hard to run off. Had a partner to handle that bit, I'm-- [And there he gestures to himself with a vague, dismissive handwave. He's the type that looks like a strong breeze might give him a good shove.] Yeah. Really not the type to go doing the driving-off, more a midnight snack than a threat.

You had demons too, though? Those didn't really pop up in my neck of the woods, are they difficult?

[only half of ushahin's face is visible on the video, the other half cut off by the edge of the screen. behind him are bookshelves that appear to be both quite full and semi-organized at best]

It has been a pleasant enough diversion, thus far.

We have magic. Talents, mostly--skills people are born with. There's a lot more than people think, but most of it's kept under wraps by the government.

Unless you count Penn and Teller or Carrot Top, there's no such thing as magic. At least not in my world.

I-- good lord, I've no particular right to determine good and evil in another person. No more than anyone else has.

[ And yet that is frequently, unfortunately, the way of things. He'd say I would not kill anyone, but it would be a horrible heavy lie. ]

In my experience, those whom I judge as evil are in the act of attacking myself or my friends, and-- and we fight, and see what comes after. I do not... broadly sentence anyone to anything.

You are not a king.

Not remotely. I am, um-- just Giles.

[ And pretty unnerved by this conversation as a whole MAYBE HE SHOULDN'T... be talking to the villains of old legends, even bitty ones. ]

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