003, video (gasp!), on christmas presents and kissing girls

[ Lirael is trying to show as little of herself as possible to the camera, the point of using this function being to show what's in her hand and nothing else. It's a metal case the size of her palm, and engraved with Charter Marks and pleasing decorations both.

Without saying anything she opens the case so that it splits into two halves connected by a hinge. One side is silver like the rest of the case, but the other is a rectangle of absolute darkness. It might not show in video format just how utterly dark that little surface is, how it is made of the complete absence of light, but it's not really all that important.

Then, she speaks. ]

I got this for... uh, Christmas? [ That was the name of the holiday, right? ]

Think it's because I did what the elf told me to. Thanks again to everyone else who gave me gifts, it was... really special.

I've talked to some people about Remembrancing and the things I need to do it, but I'll go over it again for those who don't know what it is. It's a kind of magic that lets me look into the past. I'm uh... the only one who can where I'm from. At least in this particular way. I go into Death and use the Dark Mirror and a set of enchanted silver pipes to see events from the past. The further into the past I wish to see, the further into Death I have to go.

Anyway, this is the Dark Mirror. I figure if that it was here to be given to me as a present... maybe the pipes are too. They're small, the shortest being about as long as my little finger and the longest a little shorter than the length of my hand. If anyone happens to come across them I'd be very grateful if you let me know.

There is also a book, it's bound in blue and held shut by a sliver clasp. It's called the Book of Remembrance and Forgetting. I don't know how likely that one is to show up, but if you happen to find it please let me know.

[ She snaps the mirror shut and then turns off the video function, but she still has something to say. ]

[Voice, filtered away from Rei Hino because omg awkward (but if that happened to fail, oops?)]

Is... kissing other girls a thing where other people are from? I mean, maybe it's a thing where I'm from too it's just that I've only ever heard about things like that being between men and women.

[ Yes, mistletoe made Lirael kiss a girl and it made her thing about stuff. ]

Don't see why, really. But then again I've never really been interested in kissing anyone.

Anyway I was just... wondering.

[ Gah, this was a terrible idea why did she think this would be a good idea? ]

Goodbye.