un: high.queen> video

[ibiza]

[ When the feed begins, a woman with a medium complexion, dark brown eyes, and dark brown hair to match appears on the screen. She gives a smile to her audience and wets her lips with the tip of her tongue. ]

Hi. I’m not sure how common introductions are or what proper etiquette is around here, but I’m Margo Hanson and I’m new.

[ She gives a small toss of her head to flip her hair over her shoulder and out of her way. ]

I’ve lived in a few different places, but never anywhere like here. I’m still exploring.

[ A quiet exhale of breath escapes her lips and she smiles a little brighter. ]

Anyway, I work at Gramarye Magic Research and you can reach me here on the network whenever.

Comments

Video - @chandra

[fistlogic]

What sort of magic are you good at?

*Fortunately Chandra knows how to hold her camera far enough to show all of her. She's still all freckles and amber eyes and energy... only smaller and younger than she usually is.*

[ibiza]

[ Margo makes a motion with her hands and levitates an ink pen several inches in the air. ]

My professors call it physical magic. Basically the manipulation of physical matter.

[ She drops the pen into her palm. ]

You familiar with magic, too?

[fistlogic]

Neat. I don't know a lot of magics, only what I can do and what the monks can do.

*Chandra wiggles her fingers in front of the camera. And then her hand and fingers are covered in a layer of flames.*

My magic is all about heat and fire. That's it.

[ibiza]

[ Margo smiles, impressed. ]

That's what my school would call natural magic. Pretty useful. It's not my forte, but I can still light a cigarette.

[fistlogic]

What's a cigarette?

The monks said something about how what we do is just a part of nature. Just a part of nature people sometimes don't like. Around their stuff.

Video @the.boneless

[ragnarsson]

My name is Ivar Ragnarsson. Viking warrior and I've been here a few months.

[He likes including the bit about being a Viking because most people have interesting reactions to it, assuming they're from the same world as he is.]

[ibiza]

[ The corners of her mouth tug into a bigger smile. ]

A legitimate Viking? Huh.

[ Margo nods slowly, looking the tiniest bit impressed. It's hard to tell what she's thinking. ]

Nice to meet you, Ivar.

[ragnarsson]

I'd say likewise, but half the time people here end up not getting along with me.

[Can't imagine why, he's only a psychopathic, bloodthirsty warrior who's constantly angry. Well, less of that right now, the butterfly effect currently going around has mellowed him out on that front. Still doesn't make him the easiest person to get along with in Riverview.]

[ibiza]

[ Her eyebrows raise slightly. She can guess why. ]

Because you don't play well with others?

[ragnarsson]

Never have and never will.

[Yet somehow, he's managed to make quite a few friends here, and has only attempted to kill one person. Odd that.]

video | un: detdecker

[couldkillthedevil]

[A blonde woman pops up on the screen, her eyes quietly assessing for a moment. There's some hesitation there, and maybe even a little discomfort before she finally speaks, but her curiosity is apparent.]

Gramarye Magic Research... what kind of things do you actually do there, if you don't mind me asking?

[ibiza]

Not much, so far, if I'm being honest. I'm still the newbie.

[ Margo sighs and cants her head to the side. ]

But we study magical phenomena, supernatural creatures... That sort of thing.

[couldkillthedevil]

What kind of magical phenomena? Or, uh... creatures.

[ibiza]

Like I said, newbie. I'm not the best person to ask. My best explanation would be that all sorts of beings are brought here, not all of them restricted by human limitations.

[ She shrugs her shoulders. ]

There's a lot to be discovered here.

video | @the.young

[leadintheyoung]

Gramarye Magic Research? Is that anything like a college?

[ Curiosity piqued? Quite. Of course, she's quick enough to catch herself. Her inquiry stands, but a name for a name is only fair, not that she isn't curious about a person who would work in such a place. ]

Líadan Ní Donnabháin, by the way, and I do believe a 'welcome' is in order. Welcome, Margo!

[ibiza]

Not like my college, but I went to UCLA. More like... A think tank.

[ She gives a facial shrug. ]

Thanks for the welcome, Líadan.

[leadintheyoung]

A think tank?

[ Color her curious and also not entirely certain. UCLA is a college, but the institute is different? Forgive her, Margo. She hails from a young world and early age. ]

What is the difference? I was of the belief that colleges were quite similar.

[ibiza]

Yeah, but... Well...

[ Margo struggles to find the right words. ]

It's not a place where things are taught, but it is a place where things are studied.

[leadintheyoung]

What sort of things? It isn't all tomes and scrolls, is it? I cannot say I would envy you that.

[ Nevermind her illiteracy. Pouring over books with little more footwork than that sounds terribly, terribly boring to her, but then, she always has been the sort who tends to prefer more of a hands-on approach in her learning. Anything but monotony, really, but she is curious all the same. 'Things' is pretty broad, after all. ]

video, @scholiast

[scholiast]

(She's been getting better at using her phone; when the video feed flicks on, her head and shoulders are frame, half-smile in proper focus.)

Hi Margo. I'm working at Gramarye too. It's good to meet you. (She deeply means it; she's only met two others attending, both of them men.)

I'm Lucretia.

[ibiza]

Lucretia, [ Margo smiles and gives a slight nod of her head. It's good to be acquainted with some of her coworkers. ]

It's nice to meet you, too. It looks like we'll be seeing more of each other. What do you do at Gramarye?

[scholiast]

I work as a magical researcher. I've only been there for a few days yet, but I'm enjoying it a lot. The resources are incredible.

How about you?