[ranka fiddles with the laptop while frowning.]

I wish Nanasae-chan wasn't busy with work or she could help....  How did they jump on the keys that much to--oh hey!  Hey, it's working! [she grins and skips away so that everyone gets a complete body shot of this outfit.  astute watchers might notice that she appears to be in a dressing room of some kind.] What do you think? [while twirling:] There's a black version too, but we haven't figured out everything for that yet.  Being on stage after a long break is going to be great, I can feel it.  And look! [she pulls a string down from her top hat] A monocle! [which must be immediately put on with a giggle, yes.

she sobers then and sits in a nearby chair, turning the large key over in her hands.] But I really wanted to ask everyone--do you think people can talk to you in dreams?

[Hello, Ducks! Your friendly neighborhood Potions Master is up on your screens right now with a pile of papers in front of him. He is grumbling under his breath and the sound of his quill racing over the parchment is quite loud. Yes, he is annoyed. Then again - isn't that his constant state of being?]

[A framed picture of a girl is visible on the desk Muraki's computer rests on, near a medical journal dated December 18, 1996. After a moment, he steps into view and takes a seat. Rather than the suit he had on before, today he's in scrubs, looking a little more exhausted than he was before.]

How many of you are from worlds with advanced medical technology? By that, I mean being able to treat and cure some cancers, reattach severed digits, transplanting organs from one person to another, or other similarly complex things. If there's magic instead, what sort of ailments can that magic cure?

I'm a surgeon specializing in children, you see, so I'd like to know where my home is in comparison to others.

[He'd say more, but his pager goes off then. Muraki checks it, frowns, and quickly shuts the computer off.]

[OOC: Replies will happen IC hours later, once he's done with the situation demanding his attention. For people who want to get in on Muraki's current plot and haven't spoken to him, try to comment here so he's not going after complete strangers. Otherwise, I can assume his power stuck him in the wrong place or something.]