Post-Issue 2: A wizard sketching

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:15 am

Sean was tired despite getting some sleep and wasn't really sure what to do with himself. So he found himself sketching the people around him in the XUB while drinking coffee.

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by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 4:10 am

Nailah, recognizing Sean from the spectacle of tearing through dimensions from the other day, waves at him with her injured hand and immediately regrets it, still gritting her teeth a little when she makes it over to where Sean is sitting. "Hey. That was pretty amazing the other day. Was that really actual magic?" she asks, trying to sound skeptical, but there's a little bit of childlike wonder swinging in her voice.

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 4:29 am

Sean looked up at Nailah recognizing her from what happened. He put his sketchbook down and Nailah would probably see that the figures were moving, following along with the people they were representations of.

"Thanks," Sean said with a slight smile. "It was the genuine article though I'll admit I haven't quite managed to pull a rabbit out of a hat, yet."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 4:31 am

Nailah is listening, but perhaps a bit rudely staring at his drawings instead of looking at Sean.

"That's so crazy. How does it work?" she asks, pointing at the moving drawings.

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 4:38 am

"The paper carries an enchantment that siphons a small amount of magic from me in order to mimic the things I draw," Sean says pointing at a lightly glowing blue symbol in the corner of the sketchpad. "When I break the enchantment the drawing becomes fixed in the paper."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 4:44 am

Nailah nods, pretending that she's following along. "I bet you could make a bunch of money drawing cartoons."

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 4:49 am

"Maybe if I were a better artist," Sean said, "Also despite my display yesterday there's a limit to the amount of magic I can wield. Might limit my marketability a bit."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:09 am

"Oh. Well, it's still really cool."

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:17 am

"I like the little things like this or making small golems," Sean said, "Though blowing things up or tearing a hole in the sky does provide a certain amount of enjoyment."

"I'm Sean by the way."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:30 am

"Oh my gosh, I'm sorry! I'm Nailah. Nice to meet you." she smiles. "Mind if I sit down?"

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:41 am

"Not at all. Please sit," Sean said, "I didn't exactly have an opportunity to introduce myself before with the pestilence of pixies."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:43 am

"So are you, like, a pixie exterminator?"

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:55 am

"College student at Oxford actually, " Sean said, "Bit less exciting than the whole pixie exterminating thing."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 6:43 pm

"Oh. So this was just, like, coincidence?"

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 7:10 pm

"I came because Maldon was leaking a... very large amount of magic," Sean said, "So I cut my weekend in Wales short to find out why."

Sean paused for a moment.

"Will admit I wasn't expecting to find an army of invading pixies."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 8:26 pm

"Then you're just passing through?"

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 8:55 pm

"Trying to make up my mind. There are still some mysteries here," Sean said, "But I'm not a mutant so I'm not sure what you lot would think of me being here."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 9:02 pm

"You send those little buttholes back to where they belong, so if it was up to me you could stay however long you want." she chuckles.

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 9:14 pm

"Well, can't say I did all the work," Sean said, "Just the really flashy stuff."

He paused for a moment.

"Also I have the feeling that most people don't trust magic, but suppose the headmistress will make the final decision."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:04 pm

"Well, magic just messed up campus and I watched it burn a bunch of innocent people but... so could mutants, you know?"

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:30 pm

"Quite," Sean said, "People don't like believing that fairy tales are real even when there are people with wings throwing fireballs and shooting lasers from their eyes. Non-mutants doing those things makes people panic a bit."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:48 pm

"Well, I guess wings and eye-lasers do make more sense."

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:52 pm

"Only because of the X-Men, X-Corp, and wells... Magneto and the Brotherhood of Mutants," Sean smiled. "Outside of Harry Potter or Gandalf when has the public heard of a mage?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:24 pm

"Hmm... I dunno. I have wings so I can fly. Magneto controls metal. It all still kinda makes sense. But a tiny imp just pops up out of nowhere but can't escape a plastic box. Maybe there're just different rules, but it just doesn't really make sense."

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 12:02 am

"Different rules," Sean said, "Imps have fairly limited magical abilities compared to other Fey, so I'm not terribly surprised."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:36 am

"So it's different for different critters? See, that's where it just gets stupid."

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 1:56 am

"It gets more complicated as you start looking at the more powerful Fey," Sean said, "The most potent of them can be used as sources of magic to fuel spells."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:13 am

"That sounds kinda mean."

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:16 am

"Think of it more like praying to a good and them answering by making a spell more potent," Sean said, "A prayer they can refuse to answer if they really want to."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:40 am

"Wait, back up. You're telling me praying really works?"

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:46 am

"It's a bit more complicated than that based on the books I've read," Sean said, "There are rules to how it work."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:36 pm

"Wow... That's... Really?"

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:37 pm

"Also, not to take the piss out of things but I'm not sure it works for people who can't use magic," Sean said.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:44 pm

"So not everyone can learn how to do magic?"

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Sep 27, 2015 11:56 pm

"Everything I've read says you must have some amount of innate talent if you wish to learn proper magic," Sean said.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:21 am

"I guess that makes sense. Else there'd probably be more real fortune tellers and stuff."

by **Sean Hall** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:20 am

"Quite," Sean said, "I've never met another mage only read about them in old dusty tomes."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:37 am

"Huh. Then how did you learn how to do it?"

by **Sean Hall** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:50 am

"I just... know," Sean said with a shrug, "I've always known since I was little."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 3:40 am

"Like it just pops into your head?"

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