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Zatanna Zatara ([info]backwardstalk) wrote in [info]compass_network,
@ 2020-02-26 09:01:00

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Entry tags:!open, bill denbrough, dan foster, john constantine, zatanna, ~ernest hemingway 2

I won't lie, I'm beginning to suspect that I'm not in SFO anymore. I knew they were doing some work on a few of their terminals but I feel like I would have remembered hearing about them opening a gate or two in space. We are in space, aren't we? Some sort of station? Admittedly, sensing ley lines within an artificial structure threw me off, it isn't something one sees often in my experience. Handy bit of magic, that. But still, we are in space, yes?

In any case, I am Zatanna Zatara, the mistress of Magic, the princess of prestidigitation, the headliner of the annual stage illusionists convention who apparently not only missed her plane to Vegas but has managed to literally fall off the face of the earth. If anyone would be so kind as to explain where we are, what is going on, and if whatever foodservice system is in place here offers a vegetarian option, I would be incredibly grateful.



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[info]worksbestalone_
2020-02-26 03:30 pm UTC (link)
Zee? Bloody hell...

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[info]backwardstalk
2020-02-26 03:37 pm UTC (link)
Was that a scouse bloody hell or a cockney bloody hell?

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[info]worksbestalone_
2020-02-26 03:50 pm UTC (link)
What the bloody hell are you doing here?

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[info]backwardstalk
2020-02-26 04:02 pm UTC (link)
Scouse. I'm trying to figure that out, John. You didn't do this then, I take it?

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[info]worksbestalone_
2020-02-26 04:08 pm UTC (link)
Would you believe me if I told if it wasn't me?

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[info]shagontap
2020-02-26 03:33 pm UTC (link)
Yes, we are in space. I still have trouble believing it sometimes.

I should introduce myself. My name's Dan Foster. Welcome aboard the station, Zatanna. That's a really interesting name.

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[info]backwardstalk
2020-02-26 03:43 pm UTC (link)
Thank you, Dan. Do you know how you came to be here or did you just appear as I did?

And yes, I get that a lot. It's a family name, Italian, and at least unique enough that I never had to consider taking up a stage name.

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[info]shagontap
2020-02-26 03:49 pm UTC (link)
I just sort of appeared here as well. Maybe 4 or 5 months ago now?

At least your name's interesting. You could have been given a name as dull as Dan Foster.

Are you all right?

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[info]backwardstalk
2020-02-26 04:09 pm UTC (link)
You'd be surprised how much grief I get over it. But at least I bet you could always find your name on keychains, mugs, shot glasses and license plates every time you walked into a gift shop. Thirteen year old me was heartbroken.

I seem to be alright, though I can't access any of my usual methods of magical travel at the moment.

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[info]papahemingway
2020-02-26 08:18 pm UTC (link)
Damn, they're some credentials, sweetheart.

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[info]backwardstalk
2020-02-26 08:25 pm UTC (link)
There's more, but I have to at least pretend to have some humility.

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[info]papahemingway
2020-02-26 08:29 pm UTC (link)
Sure, you gotta hold something back, keep us guessing.

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[info]backwardstalk
2020-02-26 08:31 pm UTC (link)
Exactly, giving everything away upfront is just bad showmanship.

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[info]bill_denbrough
2020-02-26 10:22 pm UTC (link)
Hi, I'm Bill. What sort of magic do you do?

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[info]backwardstalk
2020-02-26 11:02 pm UTC (link)
Hi, Bill. I do all kinds of magic, from simple card tricks all the way up to altering reality. It depends on the situation, and maybe the audience.

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[info]bill_denbrough
2020-02-26 11:57 pm UTC (link)
Do you actually alter reality, or is it just illusions?

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[info]backwardstalk
2020-02-27 12:09 am UTC (link)
I can alter reality, though the larger the scale the more draining it is on me. Most of the time simple illusions can have the same effect.

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[info]daddyissues_
2020-02-26 10:50 pm UTC (link)
Any questions left?

I'm Kat, by the way. I'm Bill's Mum.

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[info]backwardstalk
2020-02-26 11:06 pm UTC (link)
Nice to meet you, Kat. I have a few but I gather that no one can really answer the bigger ones, like the why are we on a space station sort of questions. But if you could shed some light on what life is like here that would be helpful.

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[info]daddyissues_
2020-02-26 11:22 pm UTC (link)
How do you know that we can't? ;-) But you are right I do not know why exactly it is a space station we landed on or why we are not on the island anymore.

It's comfortable until you lose a lot of people. And you will. The station is fully functioning. Food and everything else is provided for. If you know how to use a spaceship, you might be able to just snatch some of the ones here. Most people just stay here though. Occasionally, there are portals opening to different places which can be nice. Often they have a connection to someone's home world. A lot of the time random stuff happens, people forgetting things or waking up in a different body or so... The nasty stuff has dialled down since we killed him though.

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[info]backwardstalk
2020-02-27 12:11 am UTC (link)
Lose people as in they vanish or as in they die? And who was it you killed?

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[info]dr_sleep
2020-02-27 10:32 pm UTC (link)
Welcome to Space, Zatanna. I'm Dan Torrance.

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[info]backwardstalk
2020-02-28 06:01 am UTC (link)
Thank you, Dan. Wonderful to make your acquaintance.

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[info]dr_sleep
2020-02-28 10:43 am UTC (link)
Feeling overwhelmed yet?

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[info]backwardstalk
2020-02-28 02:57 pm UTC (link)
Oh, I wouldn't say overwhelmed, I've been to stranger places. I spent a good deal of my early life in New Jersey, after all. It is definitely a change though.

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