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cuddletalk2017-11-25 11:10 pm
coyandcryptic) wrote in cuddletalk2017-11-25 11:10 pm
✨ video; oo1. un: pandemonium
[The video opens on Magnus, hair a little more mussed than usual, eyeliner in place but smudged, clearly working hard and distracted.]
Hello, everyone, I am Magnus Bane, and I have something of a dilemma.
[The camera swings around to a table with a small cauldron on it, a set of brass scales, and several small bottles and jars, most of them empty. Magnus appears again, keeping the bookshelf in view over his shoulder.]
Of course I brought my spellbook with me, and my brewing equipment—never trust a cauldron you haven't seasoned yourself—but where might one go to buy potion ingredients? I'm low on… [He looks over his shoulder, assessing the supplies he's brought with him.] ...saffron threads, vampire hair, grave dirt, lavender...well, everything. Space was at a premium and I'm afraid I couldn't bring my inventory with me.
[The phone comes with Magnus, floats with Magnus on a cloud of blue smoke, as he walks away from his brewing headquarters, and now in the background can be seen half-unpacked boxes, the walls hung with sweeping red and blue silks. There's stuff everywhere, far too much for the apartment's size, but the image steadies as Magnus turns again, sweeping out his arms.] I only need the basics for now. And if you need something, do let me know. No love potions, but I conjure up a wicked energy booster for mornings after. Or nights before.
[With a wink, Magnus snaps his fingers and the video ends in a colorful shimmer of light before the screen goes black.]
Hello, everyone, I am Magnus Bane, and I have something of a dilemma.
[The camera swings around to a table with a small cauldron on it, a set of brass scales, and several small bottles and jars, most of them empty. Magnus appears again, keeping the bookshelf in view over his shoulder.]
Of course I brought my spellbook with me, and my brewing equipment—never trust a cauldron you haven't seasoned yourself—but where might one go to buy potion ingredients? I'm low on… [He looks over his shoulder, assessing the supplies he's brought with him.] ...saffron threads, vampire hair, grave dirt, lavender...well, everything. Space was at a premium and I'm afraid I couldn't bring my inventory with me.
[The phone comes with Magnus, floats with Magnus on a cloud of blue smoke, as he walks away from his brewing headquarters, and now in the background can be seen half-unpacked boxes, the walls hung with sweeping red and blue silks. There's stuff everywhere, far too much for the apartment's size, but the image steadies as Magnus turns again, sweeping out his arms.] I only need the basics for now. And if you need something, do let me know. No love potions, but I conjure up a wicked energy booster for mornings after. Or nights before.
[With a wink, Magnus snaps his fingers and the video ends in a colorful shimmer of light before the screen goes black.]
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[He's made a list, which he picks up now to consult.]
Wheat stalks, dandelion milk, wool. But it needs to be raw wool. Lemon juice is a must-have, I've tried substituting but that's a dangerous game, spell substitutions. In a pinch, very fresh eggs are surprisingly versatile, but they aren't exactly something I can keep on hand.
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That is quite a list. I don't do that kind of magic -- [if she can even call what she does a form of magic? Who knows. Alien stones, so complicated.] -- but yeah, I could see how substitutions might not go over so great.
[Magic, such an exact art.]
There's got to be a market around here where you can get those things. I'm new, so I haven't quite got the lay of the land yet myself entirely, but if I see one... [She can let him know.]
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[Magnus looks delighted, sitting back and letting the phone float so both his hands are visible.]
You don't do that kind of magic, but you do magic? Are you a warlock too? What type of magic do you do? I'd love to hear about it, if you'd like to share.
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It's ... a work in progress. I can move things, telekinesis, mostly. [She, uh, leaves out the telepathic part.] I feel like I'm still learning, despite having had the abilities for a few years now, since i seem to be getting more refined as time goes on, I'm sure there's more untapped potential floating around. [But she has no teachers, so, alas.] No pun intended.
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[This is what Magnus does, he's done it for centuries. Wanda has been learning about her abilities on her own, as every warlock does at first, but she's crossed paths with Magnus now.
He snaps his fingers and balances little blue flames on his palms, wriggling his fingers to combine them into a glowing sphere, then balances that on one finger.]
I'm sure you'll reach that untapped potential, and if you'd be at all interested, I'd be delighted to help.
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she raises an eyebrow curiously at the blue flames, though, as it becomes something else, and...yes. a+.]
What are your tutoring rates? [maybe this is how she will toss money at him.]
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[With a flick of his fingers, he dissipates the ball of magic and sits back, linking his fingers together with a clicking of rings.]
Terrible karma aside, we're clearly from different worlds, you're not a warlock. I would hate to charge you for something that wouldn't help, in the end.
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[ :3 ]
Warlock isn't a learned skill for your world? [as opposed to being born with it, like genetics.]
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[Face it, Wanda, you've found an enthusiastic teacher, if she'd like to be an enthusiastic student.
The subject of warlocks sobers him a little.]
No, in my world warlocks are born. Our magic usually shows up while we're still children. My own appeared when I was nine. And I know a delightful six-year-old warlock named Madzie.
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Ah -- so I would be late to the party in that case. And that explains you having lots of experience. [it must be hard to have magic so young though.]
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[And just like that, the cheerful Magnus is back. He loves training people, and finding the right way to help them.]
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