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[fujita]

[ when the video starts, it's to a close-up of a young woman squinting at the screen like she's not entirely sure whether what she's doing is working. after a second or two, her expression brightens, though, and she holds the device a little further away from her face. ]

Hi. Can anyone see this? Is anyone watching? I'm Dorothy. [ the camera swings around, showing albus dumbledore for a moment, though it's dorothy's voice that continues: ] And this is Albus, apparently. We've just met and we have no idea what's going on here, so if anyone has a clue, mind filling us in?

[ the camera swings back around to dorothy only long enough for her to shut off the feed. ]

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[inexhaustible]

Oh, yes, our newspaper photographs move. [ albus what.

he clicks his tongue at severus, though. ] .. Honestly, Severus. --Is he still there, or did he leave?

[fujita]

They what?

[ right. moving on. ] You know this guy? He - I guess he hung up. Maybe not on purpose, no idea. I'm trying to call him back, though.

[inexhaustible]

I suppose I know him better in the future, but yes. [ he's always like this, dorothy, godspeed. ] He's from further along in the timeline than I am, as it so happens. I expect that you are, as well.

[ he shifts, finally settling neatly on the edge of the bed and taking his glasses off to clean them on the edge of his sleeve. ]

[fujita]

[ it's fine, it's cool, she'll just ignore anything that makes her head spin. she's grown quite adept at just pushing through her confusion in oz. ]

So you think I'm from the future.

[ that's what he's saying, right? ] And so's that guy. Severus.

[inexhaustible]

Yes indeed. It was the 1920s before I woke here. [ he slides the glasses back on his face, smiling reassuringly. ] So I suppose from your point of view, I'm from the past instead. .. As for Severus, he's a fellow professor at the school I teach at.

[fujita]

Wow, yeah.

[ the 1920s were a long time ago. ] What do you teach?

[inexhaustible]

Transfiguration. [ there's no point in hiding it all here. they need to be able to trust one another.

he flicks his wand, turning one of the other bunks into a series of shelves. ] It's a particular passion of mine.

[fujita]

I don't know what that mea-

[ right. that's new. ]

Oh. [ a second later: ] Magic?

[inexhaustible]

Yes. You're taking it quite well. [ a beat, brows lifting in interest. ] A case of too many shocks in one day, or are you perchance a witch yourself?

[fujita]

I'm not sure.

[ probably both? which begs the question: ] How do you have magic if you're a guy? You are, right? [ in oz, only witches have magic. women, born to the mother witch.

and dorothy, now, but she inherited the elements. ]

[inexhaustible]

[ a slightly puzzled pause, and albus glances down at himself. ] Er, yes, I am, I suppose. [ his glance lifts again, fingers pushing his glasses back up again. ] It's unusual for men to have magic in your estimation?

[ he thought they might be from the same world, but now he's not so sure. ]

It's perfectly natural for both of the sexes where I'm from.

[fujita]

You suppose?

[ never mind that. ]

No men in Oz did, only women. And in my world, no one had magic at all. [ yes, she's been to more than one world. a grand total of two, even. ]

[inexhaustible]

Well, I was the last time I checked. I suppose it might have changed, but I doubt it.

[ you never know, really.

he straightens in interest, though, tucking away his wand and motioning for her to take a seat if she likes. ]

You've experienced this sort of displacement before, then?

[fujita]

[ what an odd guy. ]

Kind of, yeah. [ after a moment's hesitation, she sits down as well, legs stretching out in front of her. ] A tornado picked me up and dropped me in another world, a while ago. I only just got back home.

[inexhaustible]

[ he clicks his tongue. ] I'd say that's rather unusual behavior for a tornado, even by my estimation. .. How did you get home?

[fujita]

[ no kidding. ]

Another tornado. This one created by science instead of magic.