008 .. important distinctions

[amagicalmystery]

[now that he knows how to work it, the video flicks on and a VERY pissed-looking Facilier is sitting there glowering at the camera. he may be slightly tipsy from a bout of drinking on deck when the events of the seance were done

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[amagicalmystery]

...heh, well, you make a good one. But performin's a craft on its own.

Conjurin's one of the best tricks. I don't suppose that's doable here.

[amagicalmystery]

Beauty of it is sometimes the real thing can be the con.

[pause as he remembers that there are reasons he's not typically honest]

The loa, mainly, 'specially the dead - there's always a mess of the dead. They pack a punch, if you know how to speak their language.

[amagicalmystery]

I ain't exactly a humanitarian, Hix.

Magic's magic - you use it how you choose. A loa don't like it, you find another that does.

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How d'you get a possessed whistle?

[christ_onabike]

I know that, I really do. It's generally best to stick with the ones who do like it.

Well, it belonged to the University's sports master. It's not possessed possessed, because most of those items have lost their connection with being off the Disc. The whistle, though, has a retained memory of the man after his death - sort of on a loop. You blow it and it shouts something like 'IF YOU'VE FORGOTTEN YOUR KIT YOU'RE DOING ITIN YOUR UNDERWEAR' or something equally annoying. It's not a conscious possession.

eee adorable wrinkledog.

[amagicalmystery]

Heh, oh that's a thing of beauty. Don't think you should be tellin' me about respectful magic, though, if the whistle's talent is tellin' me when I'm naked.

we can delete and redo if you want. XD but. PUPPY.

[amagicalmystery]

Head of the Ghede would have himself a party with it anyway - he gets real preoccupied with when people are naked, too.

What do you research at that magic university of yours, anyhow?

[amagicalmystery]

Oh, the Baron's real fun at parties. Never did understand why runnin' the dead gets him fascinated with the living's private parts, but I can't complain.

Huh, that's right, you'd mentioned. Well lookit you.

What do you make of this place, dealin' with the afterlife like you do? Since I can't exactly ask Baron Samedi. But I don't remember it showin' up in the fine print.

[private] heee np, his theory is 'we're all gonna get eaten' so he WELCOMES ALTERNATIVES

[amagicalmystery]

Don't mind at all. I didn't make it up, after all. Baron Samedi - that's his name. Ah, one of them. It sounds like you've heard it.

This place... If I saw anyone comin' out of a port fully happy about it, right down to you warden types, I'd be more optimistic. I'd think you were all damn fools, but I'd be more optimistic.

[private]

[amagicalmystery]

That's how his name translates out. That's...funny. Don't know anyone stupid enough to claim to be him, a real long-term possession maybe...

Just when I think I've got this "other worlds" thing figured out.