Notes from Marsh-Ayre

From Despoiler - We Tell Stories

Note 1 - discovered by Alice

THE DOCTOR'S MIRRO, ON THE OTHER HAND, PROBABLY HAS EVEN GREATER PURPOSES. I HAVE PENETRATED ONLY SOME OF ITS MYSTERIES, THE VERY LEAST IF WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE POWER OF 'THEOPNEUSTOS'. INDEED, IT APPEARS THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED FOR THIS PURPOSE. A BRIEF GLANCE IS ENOUGH TO PROVIDE STIMULATION FOR MUSIC, ART, SCULPTURE OR ANY OF THE CREATIVE FIELDS. HOWEVER, IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE

Note 2 - in books from Jacques

H AQUIRED IT FROM A HOUSE CLEARANCE IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. SHE WON’T SAY EXACTLY WHERE FROM, BY WHICH I SURMISE THAT THERE MAY BE BEEN SOME MILD DECEPTION ON HER PART. H DID MENTION THAT IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF A PAIR, AND THE ELDERLY WOMAN WHO SOLD IT TO HER WAS “GLAD TO BE RID OF IT”. I SUSPECT H MAY HAVE ASSURED THE OWNER THAT SHE WOULD DESTROY IT. OUR FIRST EXPERIMENTS HAVE BEEN FASCINATING. THE MIRROR OPENS A GATEWAY IN THE HUMAN MIND TO A SHARED SPACE. SOMETHING AKIN TO THE JUNGIAN NOTION. THE EXPERIENCE IS UNCONTROLLED; HOWEVER THE NOTES H PURCHASED WITH THE

Note 3 - in books from Jacques

H WILL NOT STAY AWAY FROM THE MIRROR. D AND I HAVE HAD TO LOCK IT AWAY FROM HER, ALTHOUGH SHE IS EVEN NOW SEARCHING THE SHOP FOR IT. WE SUSPECT THAT CERTAIN MINDS ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EFFECTS; H HAS LONG HARBOURED THE DESIRE TO PAINT, AND SINCE TESTING THE MIRROR HAS FOUND HER FLUENCY AND SKILL MARKEDLY INCREASED. D, WHO PROFESSES HERSELF WITHOUT CREATIVITY, SEEMS ALMOST IMMUNE.

FOR MYSELF, I AM INCREASINGLY CONCERNED WITH THE WARNINGS GIVEN BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER. H SAYS THAT THE ELDERLY WOMAN WAS MUCH PLAGUED BY A PERSON WHO WISHED TO TAKE THE MIRROR, BY FORCE OR GUILE. I WONDER