Second Gambit (Accidental? video)

[just_asplanned]

*Some people might recognize the room on the screen as the inside of the House on the Rock. From the sparse furnishing, it would be obvious that someone recently moved in, even if David wasn't standing in plain view, holding an open locket. His expression could only be described as wistful as he looks at whatever's inside for a few seconds before

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[Video]

[le_pas_de_chat]

[Cameron watches carefully] You seem sad.

[yes, she has a habit of saying things like that. Emotions are so baffling.]

[Video]

[le_pas_de_chat]

And 1999. I was looking for someone. [She watches him, and decides telling him the truth won't put her at any risk] Temporal displacement; time travel.

[Video]

[just_asplanned]

*He's actually very familiar with time travel, having traveled a thousand years into the past and back before, but he's not going to let that on.* Magic?

[Video]

[le_pas_de_chat]

[She doesn't believe in magic] Science.

Are you a wizard? Most people who ask about magic are wizards.

[Video]

[just_asplanned]

*He chuckles.* Hardly, I just happen to come from a dimension where magic exists.

[Video]

[le_pas_de_chat]

Is it different from chemistry? From physics?

[Video]

[just_asplanned]

I'm no expert on it, but I've seen it do some things that wouldn't be possible with science.

[Video]

[le_pas_de_chat]

...I wish you'd brought someone who could show me.

[Video]

[just_asplanned]

*He sighs faintly.* So do I. It would make things infinitely easier.

[Video]

[le_pas_de_chat]

I wonder if all magic works the same way. We have users here to study. [She stares at him intently] You know more about it than I do.

[Video]

[just_asplanned]

*He knows for a fact that it doesn't, having met both mortal sorcerers and Fae, but he doesn't want to give away how much he knows.* I don't know enough about parallel dimensions to know.

[Video]

[le_pas_de_chat]

There's one way to find out. [She has no qualms about things like kidnapping and experimenting, clearly.]

[Video]

[just_asplanned]

I suppose that's true. Are you offering to help? *Neither does he, but he's not going to outright admit what he has in mind.*

[Video]

[le_pas_de_chat]

Yes. I want to know what people here are capable of. [Small, odd smile] It's important.

[Video] (Private)

[just_asplanned]

Then we have a common interest. And what are your capabilities?

[Video] (Private)

[le_pas_de_chat]

I'm an infiltrator. I'm capable of getting a job done, no matter what. [Really. She's programmed not to stop until it's done.] I have combat and weapons training.