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Milliways lurks.

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her_imperial_radiance

"I wrote all the pamphlets, which were my idea," Elspeth says. "Or the original versions, anyway; some of my staff have made updated editions since based on the first ones. And I didn't draw the drawings or take the photos."

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prima_sequentem

"They're very informative," she says. "Natural talent, or formal training?"

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her_imperial_radiance

"I'm a witch. I'm good at being understood," Elspeth said. "Also, I have several millenia's worth of assorted people's memories in my head and some of them were writers."

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prima_sequentem

"Now that's interesting," says Libby.

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her_imperial_radiance

"I didn't do it on purpose," Elspeth said. "I was nearby when someone sent them to everyone around them to escape being executed. Plenty of people have the same payload."

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prima_sequentem

"Oh, no, not that part," she says. "Well, that too. But what exactly did you mean by 'good at being understood'?"

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her_imperial_radiance

"Oh, that's my witch power. Sort of the theme of it. Provided I'm being honest - to whatever extent I am being honest, really, and to whatever extent I can verify what I'm communicating; it's a sliding scale - I am understood and believed. I can't compel people to believe me if they really don't want to or have some really compelling reason not to. But I'm hard to mishear, or misinterpret. And watch this:" She coughs. "My name is Lisa."

The last sentence sounds dead of vibrance, and shifty, and wrong, though in any other context it wouldn't have been remarkable. The extra quality to her utterances just won't stick to that sentence. Her name is definitely not Lisa.

Edited Date: 2013-01-01 06:00 pm (UTC)

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prima_sequentem

"Very interesting," says Libby.

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her_imperial_radiance

"Yep," agrees Elspeth. "And I can push memories or compositions or feeds of my own senses at people, talk silently, simulcast translations in any languages I know which is most of them, and, if I have a human to put them in, I can 'resurrect' any of the vampires I have backed up in my head - I don't do that last one much, since we don't usually want to, you know, squeeze humans out of their own heads, but it's been appropriate a few times."

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prima_sequentem

"You must be very handy to have around," she muses.

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her_imperial_radiance

"I run the public relations department," Elspeth says.

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prima_sequentem

"I'll bet you do," says Libby.

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her_imperial_radiance

"Where public relations means that, and also intake for would-be vampires," Elspeth continues. "I also have application forms on me. People in Milliways usually aren't interested in immigrating, but some of them have taken the forms to look at."

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prima_sequentem

"Application forms?" she echoes. "And what exactly are the benefits of vampirism?"

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her_imperial_radiance

Elspeth hands over a PRPR-1-ENG and a 1-A: Introduction to Vampires.

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prima_sequentem

"Amazing," murmurs Libby. "And very thorough. Did you write the form, too?"

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her_imperial_radiance

"Of course. There's actually a missing option in question four, it's just left out because there are very few people who date or marry vampires without being their mates and they can fill that in under 'other' when applicable."

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prima_sequentem

"I think I'm starting to get a sense of your style."

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her_imperial_radiance

"It took you that long? Most people feel like they've known me for years after I say 'hello'," Elspeth jokes.

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prima_sequentem

"Maybe I'm just slow."

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her_imperial_radiance

"Or not easily convinced you have information you don't? I could rapid-fire a lot of information at you, but I try to avoid doing that with humans - my brain runs in higher definition than yours. It can be problematic. When I talk with words there's less misdirection, but not more content."