Text (shortly after the August Iris moon phase ends)

[gaveitaway]

Hello, fellow Moonblessed! This is the Principality Aziraphale and I have a few subjects I'd like to discuss with you, if you have the time to spare.

One is simply a request for good book recommendations, though I'm also curious if anyone has ever run into books here they were familiar with back home?

The other is particularly for those also blessed by the Iris moon... Have you had any trouble with shocking things? And people? My last phase resulted in my being quite affectionate but it's a bit of a hardship trying to cuddle when you keep accidentally shocking your partner.

[There is a possibility of Crowley threadjacking, forewarning.]

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[gaveitaway]

Oh... The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde. Mademoiselle de Maupin, by Théophile Gautier. Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. [Funnily enough, two out of three were primarily for sentimental reasons.] Of course, you can't find these here, so I'm not sure what good my sharing the titles with you will do. Although, there is a chance I could retrieve them, I suppose, depending on this "monthly traveller's" wares that I've been hearing about...

the asgardians would go nuts over hamlet pls do this

[broozes]

[ She's not writing any of this down, but she will remember it. ]

Any of those performed?

[ Books... who reads books. But plays, she'd be into giving a chance. ]

sorry, I temporarily got AC swept!

[gaveitaway]

Hamlet, as a matter of fact! Shakespeare did many plays, both comedies and tragedies. Interestingly enough, his comedies were much more popular at the time they were first performed, and his tragedies seem to have stood up better against the test of time. Hamlet would be one of the latter.

I'm afraid I'm not sure how I'd get a performance to you... [A thoughtful pause.] Unless other moonblessed who are familiar with the play would be willing to help perform it...?

[broozes]

[ She's not sure she's really up for a tale of woe, unless, ]

Does he kill someone?

[ Listen, the Asgardians are all about that drama. ]

If you can stage a performance, I can get you an audience.

[ Your audience will be Thor and Loki. Sorry Aziraphale, she just has two friends. ]

[gaveitaway]

Well, I wouldn't want to spoil the story for you. But the plot does revolve around revenge for the death of his father.

[That should be safe enough to reveal, you learn that right from the beginning. Still, finding a way to stage a whole performance of it might be a bit...

Oh!]

Oh! Oh, what about a dramatic reading?

[broozes]

[ He said the magic word: revenge! ]

You'd be doing all the voices?

[gaveitaway]

Oh, yes! I should need some time to practice and prepare, of course. Ah, as well as a way to get my hands on the play...

[Right, there was still that tricky bit to consider. He had several lines memorized already, of course, but not the entirety of it.]

[broozes]

Call me when you have it, and I'll get you your audience.