Future Shock (Curtis Mayfield)

Giselle couldn’t get to Merlin-who-wasn’t-quite-Merlin, so she went to a safe place in the Fae realms to sleep. She cuddled up with her cozy, six foot long, helix-shaped, black, pitted sword and dreamed funky dreams about killing Unicorns and vinyl pants.

Raj was disappointed by his chat with Bleys. He checked in on Magni, busily stealing things from Benedict’s Estate while ostensibly keeping an eye on Martin. Raj trumped Gregory, who told him that he had found Julian in a weird place. Raj trumped Gabriel next, who was standing five feet from Gregory but not picking his nose.

It seems Julian was enclosed in some sort of concentric power nexus far far far from Amber. He was clutching a black urn inside a black vortex and doing nasty, black things that involved a lot of his blood oozing from many wounds about his body. Gregory and Gabriel watched him for a while, then they waded in and freed him somehow. Julian wanted to talk to Flora, so they all went to her demesnes in Chaos and had tea and crumpets. Julian was grumpy as he wanted scones.

Shake Your Groove Thang (Peaches & Herb)

Aedan, bruised and battered, had a long conversation with Corwin who wasn’t quite Corwin, in the Temple Beneath the Pattern. Aedan had been practicing his Kegel exercises, so he was able to summon forth his Groove Thang and get his super-powers back. Then he freed Corwin, so to speak1, destroyed the Temple, and ran naked up the long staircase saying, “Wheeee (to paraphrase Ameer).”

Giselle awakened refreshed and only slightly tousled. Raj trumped her and they spoke at some length. Giselle opined that the Unicorn was old, and that she was running around the multiverse because she didn’t know what else to do. Also, Giselle saw the Seraph, got a big sword, and didn’t kill the Unicorn when she had the opportunity to do so. Raj didn’t speak much.

Gregory and Gabriel bathed in a copper, planished bathtub while Flora and Julian plotted nefarious plots. Then Gabriel watched Gregory eat. Gregory ate a whole lot. Gabriel tried trumping Brand unsuccessfully so many times that I’m not going to mention it any  more.

Aedan ran up the stairs past the guards who wisely stepped out of his way. Someone was following him, but he ignored that GM hint and sprinted onward and upward. Then he ran into Raj. Aedan explained that he was following his light-wisp and couldn’t lose sight of it or the spell would be useless. Meanwhile, behind Aedan, King Eric who wasn’t quite dead came stomping up the stairs. He ordered Raj to stop Aedan, which Raj did. Aedan said “No, no, I must follow the wisp,” and everyone watched as the wisp stopped and waited patiently for Aedan to follow it. Stupid wisp. Eric and Aedan obfuscated while Raj tried to discern what was really going on. Aedan charged up his Groove Thang and disappeared in a cloud of psychadelic juju. Poof.

Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow (En Vogue)

Giselle explored her own body and the basement of the Fey castle. Her body was weird and not familiar to her. It was too pale, almost like bleached bone. In the basement she found a seated statue under a tarp. It was Finnvarra, easily recognizable by the gash in his neck. Giselle went back to her workshop just in time to be hauled away by Lugh, throwing her over his shoulder like the Lugh of old, only this one only had one hand.

Gregory and Julian spoke while Flora and Gabriel played footsie under the table. Ha! And you thought I didn’t notice! Julian had been trying to summon/free Leviathan, a big nasty beasty that would play the Game on the same level as the metaphysical beings we call Eve, The Tower, etc. Flora had helped him.2 Gregory trumped Giselle and brought her through so Julian could threaten her. They put Julian to bed and discussed the fact that things were Changing, again. As if to reinforce that point, Julian disappeared and his bed was suddenly all neat and tidy as if he had never been there. Whoa.

Aedan reappeared outside Giselle’s Workshop. He broke in and looked for some clothes. He didn’t find any. Instead, some guards found him and took him to see King Lugh. Of course, he never got to meet the king, but that is another story….

Raj went to knock on Deirdre’s door. Gregory joined him. Deirdre was being fitted for a new gown in apparent preparation for Martin’s coronation.  She closed the door. Gregory and Gabriel spoke just outside her door for a couple minutes, then they knocked again. Eventually, a servant answered. Deirdre was gone. Oh, and Martin was king. It was supposedly only a week ago now. The servant shut the door and time continued apace.  

Cast for the Winds That Will Be Movie

Aedan: Daniel Day-Lewis, age 23, circa My Beautiful Laundrette, but with spiky black and silver hair.

Gabriel: Eric Stoltz, age 17 circa Fast Times at Ridgemont High, exactly as is.

Giselle: Mary-Elizabeth Mastrantonio (according to Sara). Since she doesn't have blonde hair, Todd suggests Kate Hudson in Almost Famous.

Gregory: Val Kilmer, age 32, à la The Doors.

Magni: Rutger Hauer, age 30, circa Ladyhawke. Or, as Dan said "in his younger, soft-core days."

Raj: "Arudjuna" in a movie Sara and James saw recently. Todd's suggestion: Erik Estrada, CHiPs stud in 1977.