The pretty hallway's not enough? I'll have you know this is a historical wonder. I thought you were all about those.
But no. The big secret's down there. [He points down the hallway, the way they're heading.] Took us ages to figure this one out.
[There's a door at the end of the hallway. He pulls out his wand, muttering something under his breath, and opens it, stepping back to gesture her through.]
[The room beyond is small and plain, carved stone with very little furniture. It's dominated by the window, which is immense and arched, latticed with smaller, diamond-shaped panes. Beyond it is the Lake, and the glen, and the mountains, sitting still and peaceful under the clear, starry sky.]
[Or. Well. Mostly clear sky. There's something odd about the window, and it may take a little while to figure out what it is. All the latticed panes show the same view, the same lake, the same glen. All the stars are in the same position, and if you move so that the moon shifts from one pane to the other, it's the same waxing crescent in all of them.]
[But some of the panes show clouds. Some show fog. In one, there appears to be a fire burning in the distance. In another, there is snow on the mountaintops which doesn't seem to be anywhere else. Move closer, so that the castle below is more readily visible, and it may be apparent that the buildings are also different when viewed through different panes - subtle changes of wear and development.]
no subject
But no. The big secret's down there. [He points down the hallway, the way they're heading.] Took us ages to figure this one out.
[There's a door at the end of the hallway. He pulls out his wand, muttering something under his breath, and opens it, stepping back to gesture her through.]
[The room beyond is small and plain, carved stone with very little furniture. It's dominated by the window, which is immense and arched, latticed with smaller, diamond-shaped panes. Beyond it is the Lake, and the glen, and the mountains, sitting still and peaceful under the clear, starry sky.]
[Or. Well. Mostly clear sky. There's something odd about the window, and it may take a little while to figure out what it is. All the latticed panes show the same view, the same lake, the same glen. All the stars are in the same position, and if you move so that the moon shifts from one pane to the other, it's the same waxing crescent in all of them.]
[But some of the panes show clouds. Some show fog. In one, there appears to be a fire burning in the distance. In another, there is snow on the mountaintops which doesn't seem to be anywhere else. Move closer, so that the castle below is more readily visible, and it may be apparent that the buildings are also different when viewed through different panes - subtle changes of wear and development.]
[James is grinning ear to ear.]
Pretty cool, right?