Spell 02 - Video - Afternoon of the 13th

[eye_of_isis]

[Sadie turns the feed in a fairly okay mood. She has a box in front of her, and it seems to be making squeaking sounds]

First--whoever finally got the turtle moving again and whatnot? You are amazing. I thought I'd be okay not having my magic but I was wrong and those aren't words you'll hear from me all that often.

Second. [She taps the lid of the box in front of her] So when I got here, there was a boy. He was a very rude boy, who made fun of my boyfriend. He hit on me as well, but mostly he insulted my boyfriend. I am very protective of my friends and family, so insulting them is the fastest way to get me angry at you. And people don't like me all that much when I'm angry. Things tend to blow up and people usually spend a few hours as a banana slug or an earthworm or something. [Or there are threats of slugification] Not that I could do anything to this boy, as almost as soon as I got here my magic stopped, but I swore I'd get him back. So, when I woke up this morning and realized that oh, hey, I can blow things up again, I went to go find this boy.

[She opens the box and pulls out a brown hamster who squeaks]

Say hello to the nice people, Leo. [Boy, it feels good to have her magic back and turning people into critters (and then using said critter as a sort of warning that, hey, you might not want to mess with her). She smirks.] I have to say, he's much cuter as a hamster.


[[OOC: Chiqui has agreed that this is pretty much why Leo is hiding during her hiatus with him! Also tags might be a bit slow starting maybe tomorrow depending on the stupid confusing roofers they keep changing their mind about stuff.

ETA: THIS IS ONLY LASTING A FEW HOURS ICLY.]]

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[eye_of_isis]

[She pauses, thinking]

Well, if you can put a teacup chihuahua on a leash, I don't see why you couldn't put a hamster on a leash. Have to watch for cats and make sure he can't chew his way free, but...

[ozones]

_{( Muttered: )} Or make sure he doesn't set it on fire.

[eye_of_isis]

Sorry, what?

[ozones]

Leo can take care of himself. So you might want to be careful when you change him back.

That's when and not if, by the way.

[eye_of_isis]

Oh, honestly, as if I'd be so cruel. If turning him into a hamster didn't wear me out so much--which is strange, normally I can do this sort of thing easily, but when you're magic-less for a week or I guess you need time to recover--he'd already be back to his annoying human self.

[ozones]

I think we can all relate, but maybe next time don't test your limits on a person?

[eye_of_isis]

I wasn't.

[She doesn't think that far ahead all the time. If ever]

But don't worry, I'll keep him safe and have him home by midnight.

[ozones]

Curfew's normally eleven thirty, but I guess I can make an exception.

[eye_of_isis]

Great!

[She laughs a little]

And don't worry--I don't make a habit of turning people who annoy me into animals or even wanting to. That's usually saved for people trying to kill me or Drew Tanaka.

[Sadie really hates Drew Tanaka]

[ozones]

_{( Jason's eyes widen about tenfold, at that. )}

You know Drew?

_{( And there's... not really a lot of love lost between them, because she's kind of scary, but still. She's from back home, and that's odd. )}

[eye_of_isis]

...oh my God no. There is no way that stuck up, aggravating, condescending jerk is one of you guys.

[Noooooooo!]

[ozones]

_{( Clearing his throat. )}

There are, ah. A lot of us.

[eye_of_isis]

Agh, I am a beacon for you lot.

[She facepalms]

I mean, to be fair, I'm pretty sure the magicians attending our school outnumber the demigods since, like, nearly every one of us in Brooklyn who's old enough goes to BAG. But still.

[ozones]

You all go to school together? That's pretty cool.

_{( He really wants the trappings of a normal life ok they sounds super great. )}

[eye_of_isis]

It was sort of the deal most of them made with their parents when they moved to Brooklyn with us. They can go to New York and learn ancient magic provided they go to school and learn algebra. It being a school for the gifted was a bonus.

[ozones]

Right. That's the sort of thing parents would be worried about, huh.

[eye_of_isis]

Well, if you're letting your kid travel from Rio all the way to Brooklyn to learn strange and ancient magic that's been forbidden for forever, you need to worry about something I guess. English is a little easier to worry over than probably anything else.

[ozones]

Are your parents like that, too?

[eye_of_isis]

[A moment of brief uncomfortableness]

Uh, they're, uh. Well, Mum's been dead since I was six and Dad's...complicated.

[ozones]

Oh, man, I'm sorry. That was a stupid question.

[eye_of_isis]

No, it's fine. I mean, thanks to the whole Duat magician thing, I still get to talk to them, which is something most kids can't say but...yeah, they're dead and most of our conversations tended to be about how to keep the world in one piece. Not biology or whatever.

[ozones]

Still, you'd think I'd know better.

At least they're still there for you, I guess? I mean, as much as they are.

[eye_of_isis]

Yeah, which is something.

[She doesn't ask about Jason's family]

Anyway--how many of you guys are there? I mean, if Drew's one...

[ozones]

It's hard to be sure, really. Even counting just the ones at Camp Half-blood, there's a small army. And at Camp Jupiter things get more complicated because you've got second and third generation Romans living there.

[eye_of_isis]

And it's mostly kids? Not, like, adults or anything?