tushanshu | Spell 02 - Video - Afternoon of the 13th

[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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[This is hilarious. It's always more hilarious when someone else is doing it. He hasn't been the butt end of England's ire in years so it's always more fun to see people get their comeuppance from a distance.]

You went through the trouble of turning some welp into a hamster and didn't even bother to get him a wheel? That's just lazy.

They didn't have one.

[She snickers]

Or a little plastic ball, which is what I really wanted to get him.

The little ball is only fun if you're going to have something bigger around to chase it. [Like a cat.] Something to keep him on his stubby little toes.

Carrot on a stick? Or does that only work for donkeys?

No, no. Carrots are too hard for hamsters. They like lettuce and raisins. Maybe an apple.

[Do not ask him why he knows these things. Hamsters are small cute animals.]

Lettuce I have. Apples are a bit too expensive right now, with this stupid rationing.

You could probably go out in the woods and find a crab apple or something easier than trying to spend money on overpriced crap.

[And then he grins.] So are you planning to turn him back or leave him that way until someone begs?

Oh, turning him back as soon as I can. My magic's not quite what I thought it was and I meant to turn him back on camera. I just don't think that's the best idea right now, not unless I want to risk a half-hamster, half-human boy or something equally disturbing.

That easy? I thought you'd make him work for it at least a little bit! [How disappointing.]

I don't want to kill him or cause all of his friends to hunt me down so...yeah.

If turning someone into a hamster is that big a deal around here then they're all bigger wimps than I thought. It's not like you planned to turn him into hamster stew.

[Is everyone around here a big baby?]

Oh, I had one guy outright call me a criminal for what's basically a stupid joke.

This is what he considers criminal? What world is he living it? [Prussia can't help but laugh out loud at this.] This is barely a prank! A real prank would have been leaving him to wander around and turning back naked in the middle of the marketplace.

I got the impression that people are a bit hard for him to grasp. Which, really, I'm sorry if that's the case but it's still no excuse.

Sounds like he's got a stick up his ass and doesn't know good humor.

[She holds up her hands in that "you said it, not me" gesture]

Concerned for Leo's health? Sure. That's reasonable. But honestly, he's fine, I've said as much, and if his friends aren't trying to hunt me down or anything, I really don't think it's the job of anyone else to.

If the allies aren't starting a war over it, then he can get stuff his face and deal with it. It's none of his business. Some people meddle to damn much.

[He wonders if the idiot is American.]

What's your name, kid?

To be fair, if I was insane and likely to turn the entire turtle into hamsters, I imagine he'd be pretty popular. But since I'm not...

[He's just a brat]

Sadie Kane.

You've got spunk, Kane. [For a girl.]

Now he should know who not to mess with. Next time just break his nose and maybe he'll realize getting turned into a hamster isn't so bad.

[Breaking someone's nose in a good ol' brawl is always a great answer in his book.]

[Oh, she likes this guy]

Sadly, I'm the better straight up magician in the family. Carter could possibly break his nose, but I can't.

[There may be some exaggeration there. But only a little]

Then that means you need to learn how to throw a damn punch. If you need magic to get back at someone, you're easy picking for anyone stronger than you.

Maybe, but one thing at a time. I'm thirteen and already had to save the world once.

Being a whelp is no excuse. My brother was a lot tinier than you when he started training. Just remember how easy we just lost our powers.

[She frowns. She doesn't like remembering that]

Good point...

Yeah, a lot of people spent their days bitching about it, when it wouldn't have mattered if they knew how to fight the right way to begin with.

Have you ever learned how to throw down a man twice your size and knock him through a loop?

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