star_kingdom | Deal 001 ❖ [Video]

[Well well, this little communicator was invaluable. Oh yes, people shared and shared and shared. And Rumpelstiltskin listened. He's only just arrived, but he that hasn't stopped him from paying attention, from learning how this little thing worked. Now though, he flips his own on to share a bit himself. The video shows his strange smiling face, but before he manages to speak, he laughs, all at once, a sudden explosion of a trilling little sound.] This is terribly interesting, isn't it?

Tell me, has anyone else noticed... [A little pause here and he wiggles his fingers.] familiar faces that aren't actually familiar here? I just don't know what to make of it. [This was a lie. He'd already decided to use it to his advantage. Oh there were ways to do this; he was sure of it. He was still working it through though.]

But since we're speaking of familiarity, let me introduce myself. [A toothy grin that was largely not as reassuring as he might have hoped.] My name is Rumpelstiltskin and I am... a purveyor of necessities and fondest desires and useful magics. If you find yourself in need of the unfindable, well, I humbly... [He ducks his head in a bit of a mock bow, undermined a bit by another laugh.] offer my services. Of course, bear in mind, all things, especially magical, have their price. One can't do business for nothing!

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Rule? [A quick shake of his head.] Oh no, people can call themselves whatever they want I expect.

Though, admittedly, in my case, I'm a bit attached to my name.

...why so?

I've something of a reputation. [This is true. However, it is not his entire, true reason.]

Hm. Not something that will follow you here.

Oh I wouldn't be so sure, deary. I'm very well known for what I do.

But no harm if it doesn't. I'm a patient man! I can rebuild just as well.

[Did he... just get called 'deary'?]

Even across various worlds?

[Rumpelstiltskin doesn't discriminate with his "deary"s.]

Of course. I'd been planning for something similar.

[Interest caught.]

Oh?

Yes, a curse was under way. To end all happy endings and plunge the entire world into a magicless world.

So your world was progressing via magic the way mine progressed naturally.

Oh? What happened to your world precisely?

A creature named Lavos. It convinced the Queen of Zeal that it could bring her and her people into immortality and she lost her soul to it. When the kingdom fell, and quite literally at that, most of the magic users were killed. Of course, with the subsequent tsunami, many of the survivors - both magical and not - were killed. After that, the magic users lost their connection to Lavos and their magic. It was thought to be lost after that, but there are a few who have sufficient Enlightened blood to use it still.

[Magic lost? That does sound inconvenient. Hmm.] That is quite a tragic sort of story.

[But still.] Are you one of these enlightened blooded?

Yes, but my magic never relied on Lavos.

No? Self sufficient then, are you?

Yes. [It started out of necessity and now, it's simply how he is.]

Well, good for you, deary. It's best not to constantly rely on anyone else. There's something to be said for acting on one's own.

It makes things uncomplicated.

[A slow, serious little nod.] It can, yes.

[Imagine that. It doesn't look wholly human and it isn't a total fool.]

So few understand that.

Experience is an excellent teacher, but not all have that benefit.

Hmph. Accurate.

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