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Arcturus Black (arcturusfirst) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2021-12-28 10:59:00

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!open, aphrodite, fitzwilliam darcy, sookie sully, ~arcturus black

[Backdated to a few days after portal opening]

Now that there are reports of an epidemic I hope people here will better understand why I do not drink the water. The cholera is a very unpleasant way to die.

I write, however, to ask for the advice of those who have lived here much longer than I. I understand that there is a doorway through which I can reach Paris. If I did this, and I took passage to Britain, and went to my parents, would I be able to stay there? I could not tell them who I am, because in 1832 I was not yet born, but I know enough to pass myself off as some distant cousin.

If I did all this, would I be left in peace, or would the doorway cruelly pull me back when it closes?

ADDED LATER:

After consideration I would like to ask if anyone would make the journey with me. I will pay for the cost of your travel, and for your time and inconvenience should you wish it. It is necessary that you are a fellow who possesses magical ability of some sort, and both knowledge of the customs and etiquette of Britain at this time, and a willingness to follow them. Please do write if you are willing. - A.C. Black

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	arcturusfirst 2021-12-29 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you, I appreciate the well-wishes. I daresay you would be fine enough company, but you might find travel by broomstick somewhat alarming, and as the magical and muggle worlds of Britain are quite separate, I could not promise you hospitality in London. My family would never understand the matter. May I ask what year it was when you were last in Britain? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mrdarcy_ 2021-12-30 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	Between the station, and the portals, I have become accustomed to a number of unusual modes of transport. Broomstick, however, is not one of them, so I fear you may be right. In my own world, it was 1813. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

arcturusfirst
2021-12-30 09:50 pm UTC (link)

In the realm I was trapped in before this, people who couldn't use magical means of transportation got about in these horrid contraptions called automobiles. Terribly dangerous things. You haven't seen them, have you? I think broomsticks are splendid, but I was barely out of infancy when I flew my first, and I'm told that makes a difference.

I say! That's remarkable. It was 1849 for me. I don't suppose you ever heard of a gentleman named Corvus Black, did you? In London, or perhaps in Cornwall?

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mrdarcy_
2022-01-03 11:07 pm UTC (link)

Yes, quite, I have seen them through some of the portals. I have heard of the broomsticks, but I have yet to see one in flight.

Ah, then we are closer together in time than most here. Enjolras and Commander Crawley are century-mates, too. I'm not sure who else, to be perfectly honest. There used to be a gentleman named Rochester, but he is no longer with us here.

I'm sorry, I can't say that I have. I am a Northerner, from Derbyshire.

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arcturusfirst
2022-01-05 02:57 pm UTC (link)

If you do see a broomstick in flight, after the doorway has closed, I expect it will be mine. I shall give a wave if I spot you.

They seem like decent sorts, even if Mr Enjolras is rather too much like the radicals on the continent that my father used to speak of than I would like. But we are, all of us, very far from home. Perhaps we could all meet together ~~for a drink~~ someday.

It's quite alright; I knew that it was unlikely. He was my grandfather.

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