[nine] [Warden Filter]

[goodgrasshopper]

You know, this all sounds really familiar.  Where have I heard this kind of pointless infighting and self-righteous fingerpointing before?  Oh, I remember.  The White Council.  No wonder it feels just like home.

You kids all play nice, now, and enjoy ripping each other to shreds.  I have a potion to clean off my ceiling.

[private to Cissie]
Hey--you up for a beer?

Comments

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

The White Council?

And people call me a racist for my strongly-held belief that "porch monkey" shouldn't be a racial slur.

[goodgrasshopper]

[long pause, then laughter]

This might be the first time I've laughed all day. White Council--like white magic and white hats, you know? They think they're the good guys, and they are the lawmakers.

Not making it better, Molly.

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

Yeah. All white, all in charge. I get it. Hence my commentary.

Yeah, not at all, but Randall has made her day.

[goodgrasshopper]

Hey, I didn't pick the name. It was around way before me. But you know--valid commentary there.

Maybe they should be the Lavender Council or something.

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

Why does it have to be a color? Hey, why even specify at all? Have ya got a lot of councils? I mean, if I say, "The Council is a bunch of douchebags", you'd know who I'm talking about, right?

I'm just guessing they're a bunch of douchebags.

[goodgrasshopper]

...There aren't a lot of Councils around, actually. And they're absolutely a bunch of douchebags.

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

And just how many black men sit on the White Council?

[goodgrasshopper]

Well, it's worldwide, so--a lot. Including the Senior Council.

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

There's a Senior Council?

You said it was just the White Council.

Wait, where the hell are you from?

[goodgrasshopper]

Well, the Senior Council leads the White Council. They're all White Council wizards.

Uh... Chicago?

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

Illinois or Alpha Centauri? Lady, a White Council wouldn't exist in Chicago. It's too close to Earth. The NAACP would be all over their racist asses.

[goodgrasshopper]

Illinois. But the Council's current headquarters are in Scotland, and... I'm pretty sure the NAACP doesn't really believe in us.

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

Why? Were you serious about the magic thing?

[goodgrasshopper]

Uh... yeah, actually. The White Council is the governing body for wizards.

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

Uh...huh.

Is this some Harry Potter bullshit?

[goodgrasshopper]

Um--sort of, but the rules of magic where I'm from are a lot different than Harry Potter's.

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

Why, because you're from Chicago?

[goodgrasshopper]

[laughs] No, because real magic just isn't that easy where I'm from. And our laws are different, because it's the real world.

...And I guess Harry Potter is real someplace, but he sure isn't where I'm from.

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

[Pause.]

This whole alternate reality thing gives me a fucking headache. What if I'm just a character in some fucked-up children's novel?

...

[He has horrified himself.]

[goodgrasshopper]

...I don't think you could ever be a character in a kids' book. [grin] At least, not one that my parents would have got for us.

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

What if I'm in one of those books that teaches kids about the evils of drinking and sex?

[goodgrasshopper]

[laugh] I don't know. Are you a good object lesson?

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

Let's go find out.

[goodgrasshopper]

[grin] Are you talking about a trip to the library?

Sorry. She just walked right into it.

[bunchasavages.livejournal.com]

We can do it in the library, if you want to. I'm adventurous.