voice; some time after arrival

[longshadow]

[ It's a slow, careful drawl, like someone's trying very hard to make themselves clearly understood. ]

Not that I don’t appreciate free jewelry full of tiny talking voices,

[ He doesn't. ]

But I don't suppose that none of you know how to get this thing off?

I’ve tried prying it, and cutting it, and slamming it on the wall a few times, and even asking it real polite, but no dice. Melting it's off the table, I like my skin, but otherwise all suggestions are. [ A huff of breath. ] Seriously welcome.

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video;

[takeitslow]

Why would asking it help?

[longshadow]

[ It takes him a moment to figure out the video function. When he finally does, a pair of scrunched white eyebrows flicker into view. His expression is faintly irritated, but most of the vehemence is gone from his voice.

Thank you, Pepper. ]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and figure you've never used an enchantment before.

[ He's human. Even then, that kind of isolation from magic is weird — but it's at least less unheard of. ]

[takeitslow]

Ding ding.

[He makes a jazz hands sort of gesture, giving a quick smile.]

You would be correct. Let me guess, some kind of witch or something?

[longshadow]

A what?

[ His eyebrows scrunch in, successfully sidetracked from frustration to confusion. ]

[takeitslow]

A witch? Casts spells, makes potions, apparently aren't all women?

[Which he's only now aware of thanks to Eric.]

You were talking about magic, dude.

[longshadow]

Obviously.

[ He rubs at a temple. ]

We call them mages. And potion-making is — [ His job. Vorrick gestures with a hand, like he's searching for conversational purchase. ] — Different. All women?

[ That sounds suspiciously like Kaldorei dogma. Gross. ]

[takeitslow]

Potions aren't magic where you're from? Weird.

[Peter shrugs.]

Back home people usually just say witches to mean women. But now I've met some and there are guys too. Kind of neat, I guess. Maybe it's just a different universe thing.