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Posted: **Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:04 pm**

Sean was sitting on a bench with a sketchpad in front of him. He appeared to be sketching the gardens and whatever students happened to be in the area. If anybody was looking the sketched figures appeared to match the movements of their real world selves.

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:44 pm**

"Now, THAT'S a neat trick," Ayami said, coming up behind him.

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:49 pm**

Sean tensed as he'd been a bit lost in his sketching.

"Oh, It's nothing special," Sean said, "It can make detail work a bit difficult when they keep moving around."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:52 pm**

"Yeah. Can't you draw, like, a wall or something? Get 'em to stop movin' around so much?"

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:55 pm**

"It'd be simple enough to end the enchantment animating them," Sean said, "I... never actually considered drawing a wall. Might be able to put boxes around the figures. Should keep them from moving around too much."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:03 pm**

"See? There ya go. Simple as that. Another crisis averted.

So....enchantment, huh? You another witch-person?"

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:07 pm**

"You could say that," Sean said, "Though witch-person isn't therm I would use."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:26 pm**

"Eh, it's close enough. It's all the same kinda stuff."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:39 pm**

"Saying that is one way to start an argument among the witch-people," Sean said. "We don't all approach it the same way. Just like a telekine and somebody with super strength don't approach their mutation the same way."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:48 pm**

"Pfft. Magic is magic. It's all rule-breaking mumbo jumbo."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:01 pm**

Sean chuckled.

"It's only mumbo jumbo to people who don't know how to use it," Sean said, "Magic has rules all its own."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:44 pm**

"Yeah, but, like, half of it contradicts the other half and stuff."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:02 pm**

"It can certainly look like that at times," Sean smiled. "Especially from the outside. It's a bit easier to understand when you've been using magic since before you were able to walk and later on have a knowledgeable teacher."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:15 pm**

"Man, you could use magic before you can walk? You must have been the baby from hell."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:21 pm**

"Probably," Sean said his smile fading. "Fortunately I don't think infants are the most...potent magic wielders. I'm sure they took other precautions as well."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:27 pm**

"Still, can you imagine toddlers with world-altering powers? Urgh."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:38 pm**

"Best you can do is make sure your house is insured," Sean said, "But yeah it is a rather terrifying thought."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:47 pm**

"So. Magic pen?"

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:52 pm**

"Could work," Sean mused, "You'd probably want to make it more of magic dome to prevent magic from flying over the walls of the pen."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:01 pm**

"Huh. I suppose that could work. Have to be more powerful, I'm guessing -- that's how all those magical pissing contests seem to go.

On another note -- magic pen?" she asked, pointing to what Sean was drawing.

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:21 pm**

"No, it's just a minor cantrip cast on the paper," Sean said, "When i was younger it was fun to experiment with magic and this was one I came up with. I also figured out one to temporarily animate origami figures. Both were better than the experiments that burned off my eyebrows."

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:39 pm**

"...your eyebrows?"

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:11 pm**

"Experimenting with magic can sometimes be volatile," Sean said, "Especially when you're young and really want to try and make a fireball."

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:33 pm**

"A fireball? That's crazy-nuts-awesome."

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:39 pm**

"When I was younger that was about my train of thought too," Sean chuckled before holding out his palm. He said something quietly that still managed to hurt the ears and then there was tennis ball sized piece of fire in his hand. "There's a part of me that still gets excited when I use that spell. Even though it's not a particularly difficult one."

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:40 pm**

"Sez you."

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:42 pm**

Sean said something else and then he closed his hand around the ball of flame. When he opened it again the fire was gone.

"I'm sure you can do something equally impressive," Sean said.

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:45 pm**

"Yeah, but people get pissed, so I don't."

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:49 pm**

"Oh, and why's that?" Sean asked.

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:12 pm**

"It's head-warping juju. Turns out, people don't like it when you mess with their perceptions."

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:16 pm**

"So you're a telepath then?" Sean asked.

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:18 pm**

"Empath, sadly. Plus, I can stick emotional states into people's heads."

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:28 pm**

"Ah, I can see why people might not like that," Sean said, "But still impressive."

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:23 pm**

"Nah, it sucks. Especially with angsty high school kids next door."

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:33 pm**

"I can only imagine," Sean said, "Oh, I'm Sean Hall by the way."

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:00 pm**

"Ayami Morita. You've probably seen me around; I sort of stand out."

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:05 pm**

"No more so than the giant lizard or guy with wings," Sean said with a slight smile.

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:05 pm**

"Yeah, but I'm much cooler than they are."

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:06 pm**

"Oh, and why do you say that?" Sean chuckled.

Posted: **Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:32 pm**

"Spluh. It's fairly self-evident. 'Tsall about confidence."

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