realityshifted | when she comes here, she talks to the trees

[Like a fairytale heroine, Morgana walks through this strange land with her red velvet cloak wrapped tight around her. She takes careful and nervous steps across the floor, trying hard not to think of what isn't beneath her feet, and under her cloak is the faint outline of a hilt. Morgana stops at the edge of the forest, near a silver tree. It seems the most sensible place to make her appeal.]

[She speaks to herself at first, quietly, her hands drawn together as if she wants to wring them but is just barely holding back. She talks to herself first, nervous.]

I don't know any kind of magic that could form this. Even the Sidhe, surely . . . Perhaps those children were—but this cannot be Avalon. No apples even on this unearthly tree.

[The glass floor reminds her of the crystal shells that hold the stars and planets up in the sky. It's terrifying. But still she must speak.]

[Morgana gathers herself, and her almost-wringing hands become clasped together, controlled. She straightens up and lifts her head.] Sorcerer or Sidhe or whatever other being you may be, you will not convince the king of magic's goodness if you continue to wield it against him and his family. Should any ill come to my guard or to me, there will be retribution. You hurt yourself and all your people by such action.

Speak to me. I want to help. I too would see magic given its old place as partner and asset to Camelot's throne.

Please come forward. It's clear I could do you no harm even if I so desired.

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[Morgana watches her carefully, cautiously, but not suspiciously. Just with the wariness of someone who has gotten very used to having enemies. She says nothing of the blood.]

So it would hold in a place like this. Are you its conjurer?

[Juni is used to that feeling. But enemies are totally better than friends, Right?]

[Right?]

I am a magician... Of a sort, yes. But my lands are far from here.

...Another world, in fact.

[Totally right.]

[Morgana stands up a little bit straighter at that. You don't grow up in Camelot without developing healthy wariness of such things.] From what land do you hail, sorceress?

Queen.

[It seems a apt correction, even if she sighs slightly just after it. Damn, going between dominating demons and interacting with people is hard.]

...Have you just arrived here?

[She inclines her head--though only so much as one queen would to greet another.] Yes, I arrived but moments ago, guided in by two children and a woman. [That's one way of phrasing it.]

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[Still better than demons. The demons just bring her heads.]

That's what's happened to everybody else.

...There is a brochure stand here that explains everything better than I probably have time to. May I lead you to it?

Thank you, I'd appreciate that. [Despite the wariness, she smiles. Morgana is way too trusting.]

[Aw, Morgana. Trust Juni only when... Um.]

[She nods, just slightly, and turns: ambling in the direction of the information kiosk in a faintly regal way.]

What's your name?

[Walking at Juni's side] My name is Morgana. [And then, because she is talking to royalty,] Queen of Camelot.

Juni.

[A small smile crosses her face. Not exactly happy but somewhere between proud and thoughtful.]

Queen of... I'm not sure how to describe it.

If our walk is long enough, you have time to try me.

...What's your view on demons?

[She glances over to her.] If you mean the many varied creatures that men call demons, then I think it's a much-abused word for the things men dislike.

[That earns her a quick glance from Juni, a contemplative narrow of the eyes.]

[Interesting...]

Then I suppose you could call me a queen of demons, if you were so inclined.

[Choosing carefully not to judge.] Then are you one yourself? Your form seems human enough.

[Judging would probably be allowed, in this case] I was once a human, and I'm fond of the form. But...

[Her head lowers, just slightly as she thinks it over] I'm not sure what I am now.

You're Queen of the Demons. It sounds to me as if you could be anything you cared to be.

Unfortunately I cannot be completely unaffected by the magic. I am more than human, I know that much.

I think a human, even with magic, is still a human.

[She lifts her shoulders, expression deliberately mild. She can't show her thoughts on this, they're far too complicated, she can't show her thoughts on this...] I have been away from humanity for a long time, I am not sure if I quite mind.

[...She does, a little.]

Do you enjoy the human company here?

...I suppose that I've been a little distant, lately.

Ruling must take up much of your time.

There... Have been a few problems.

[Like Loss still not being found. Drat it.]

They're common to early days, I suppose.

Your reign has only just begun? [Empathy, she has got it.]

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