[video: week twenty, friday]

[growingwild]

[The image that appears is of Briar, sitting on the grass just outside the ship and frowning at the device in front of him. Settled next to him is a potted miniature pine tree. But the most striking thing about him is the intricate leafy vine tattoos on his hands and forearms - which if you look closely at, you might be realise are actually moving.

When Briar starts talking, he seems to be addressing the mirror itself rather than anyone on the other end]

You can't be working, you know. I've never been able to scry - and besides, you don't even have any magic anyway, so I don't see how I'm supposed to talk to anyone with this.

[Not that Briar's all that sure he wants to talk who whoever brought him here. But magical objects without any magic is just plain bizarre, so his frown deepens]

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[Video]

[kazeninaru]

[An androgynous face with angled eyes and a messy head of short blonde hair shows up in Briar's mirror. She looks somewhere between amused and annoyed. Her English (provided he's speaking in English) is lightly accented, but understandable.]

It is not magic. At least, as far as I have been able to tell. It is technological, machines and wires and electricity. Though they have yet to lose power, so maybe there is a little magic. Who knows?

[She flashes a tight sort of grin.]

So who are you? New here?

[Voice]

[evervarying]

You know, normally I'd pull out the old "sufficiently advanced technology" quote, but scrying? That's just - incredibly weird. [The woman's voice is more than a little bit raspy. She may be on tail end of infection, but that's not the same thing as operating at 100%.]

[Video]

[prophetic_name]

[Oh, hey! Look who also uses a mirror for this kind of thing, not that he can tell what the other is using, but the point remains. And it's the mention of magic that really grabs Remus' attention.]

I'm guessing you've just arrived here?