fourth spell [video]

[pocketspa]

[For the first time in Hadriel History, Taako is appearing on the main feed without his sister. He actually looks a little bit serious, seemingly sat down at a desk with his fingers laced in front of his face like some fantasy Gendo Ikari. Without the glasses it kind of loses the effect, but hey, what can ya do.]

So, listen. There's been like, a toooon of posts lately about like, magic, and learning it. And don't get me wrong, I'm sure there's other people that know magic here. But if this is where we're goin'... wouldn't you rather learn from the master?

[He shoves his chair back from the desk and opens his hands by his face, giving them a shake as the words Taako's Awesome School Of Magic appear over his head in sparkly bubble font.]

Not to flaunt my resume or anything, but uhh, I've been bomb ass fantastic at magic for over a hundo years, I'm a transmutation expert, and, oh yeah--, I already have my first student who can speak to my incredible teaching style.

[Just because he's really showing the fuck off, a spectral hand appears in the air by him and floats offscreen, only to return about a second later with another network device. It presses a button and the voice of a certain boy detective can be heard through the playback.]

Taako is a good teacher, and I've really learned a lot from him, magically speaking! If he threatens to utterly destroy you should you ever surpass him in magical ability, that just means he thinks you're making good progress. Probably.

[It very abruptly cuts there as the magic hand disappears, the device falling into Taako's open palm.]

Really, it's a no-brainer here. You could go with somebody who wants to teach you some light tricks- don't get me wrong, you gotta start somewhere- but take it from the guy who can teach you how to be a t-rex, there are sooooo many better magical tutors out there.

[He looks very, very smug.]

Make room for chaboy, Hadriel, that's T double A to the K-O, because I'm the knockout you need.

[A wink.]

So call me.

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[nonscriptum]

Oh, so you can make a giant public post about this, but you can't answer my texts?

[He's hurt. Hurt.]

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[pocketspa]

I texted you! Later. By some. Listen, Faerün didn't have texting, I should get a pass here.

[He's also just like this.]

But trust me my man, you are second on my list. Ango is first because he's older than you, wizardly speaking.

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[nonscriptum]

[Nate can't judge, being equally bad at both texting and keeping up with people.]

I'd better be, or I'll have to go to somebody else with sorcery skills.

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[evocation]

[Kyna, of course, makes a farting noise right into the mic of her device.]

Transmutation sucks. We all know it.

[restinglichface]

At least someone gets it.

[evocation]

Tell your brother he needs to accept the fact that he's a nerd.

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[pocketspa]

[He sticks his tongue out right back with a huge raspberry.]

Oh yeah, coming from the evocation specialist. You know I'm gonna teach 'em that shit as practice, right? Baby level stuff. It's me who has the complicated biz.

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[storyseeker]

Sign me up.

[No, she's serious.]

[restinglichface]

I can't believe you've betrayed me like this.

[storyseeker]

[She laughs.] You could have offered yourself. I didn't know you were interested in teaching.

[To be fair, she wouldn't have expected it of Taako, either.]

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[pocketspa]

[He grins wide, looking plenty hype even if he should be semi-professional here.]

So what was it that impressed ya? Was it all my kitchen hands, or just because I'm rad? This is phase one of payment here sis, cough up.

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[theladyofhighever]

[she looks vaguely perturbed]

I didn't think that magic could be learned. One is born a mage or they are not.

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[pocketspa]

[He's starting to get the feeling she's just like that. But he tuts at her, looking plenty smug.]

Not in your bunk world- trust me, I know the biz from Cec. Meanwhile, I can teach anyone here anything. As long as you can feel the plane of magic, you are good to go my dude. And that doesn't require any kinda weird birthright.

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[ghostlocked]

u realize its not a competition right?

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[pocketspa]

yeah it sure isnt when im winning lol
;)

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[hellosirs]

[ Sup, there's a knock at the door! ]

Sir! I understand that you were caught up in the moment, but you forgot to give me my phone back!

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[pocketspa]

[As soon as he clicks off the network, he spins around in his chair, calling back.]

I needed to borrow it! Can't do playback and record on the same biz, the audio would be terrible. Door's open!

[It isn't, but he gets a mage hand to unlock it. Why get up when you don't have to get up? That's a slogan if he's ever seen one.]

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[stonebird]

What is a...t-rex? Can magic really be taught? What if the person trying to learn has no previous knack for it? (It's hard for her to believe she can perform spells, but she would be lying if she said she wasn't interested.)

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[pocketspa]

[This is so many questions and he's loving them all.]

A gigantic reptile bird with tons o' teeth, yes, and nooooo problemo my gal. Elves are born with like, a little magical talent, but tons of people learn without knowing anything. All I need from you is your attention, willingness to learn, aaaaand some sort of payment. Obvs. It's not worth anything if you just get it for free.

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[restinglichface]

Weird flex but okay.

[HOW DARE YOU EXCLUDE HER!!!]

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[pocketspa]

Oh, sorry, I thought you were too busy working for a goddess than to help your dear old brother with his business.

[As if he's not gonna include her anyway, but like, now he wants to make her work for it.]

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[traitory]

[ Sup Taako have a big ass transformer just giving a curious look back at you. ]

Magic you say? And what exactly is the catch here? [ Does he really expect people to believe that this is for free? Because Starscream doesn't believe it at all. ]

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[pocketspa]

[Taako's leaning in to the camera a bit, trying to figure out exactly what just messaged him, but still grinning like a used car salesman.]

I mean, it's not a big catch, my dude. A service for a service. You want magic, you gotta do a little somethin' for me. But we can work out the details later.

[themogget]

[Ah, so this is the one that Angus spoke to him about. Mogget watches the elf curiously while he speaks of magic as something to be taught as easily as one might teach reading or writing (what a strange place this is, where magic can be reached so easily).

He doesn't often use video when he replies to people, but this time, he chooses to. The individual who answers Taako is very evidently a cat.]

How interested would you be in learning something yourself?

[pocketspa]

[He's actually taken aback by a second when a white cat just appears on the line. This isn't because a cat is talking to him, however, but because it was like two months ago that he fleeced people within an inch of their lives by getting to be a sweet little white cat. For a second, he's afraid he actually conjured him or something and it's just been running around this whole time. He squints closer to the camera, raising an eyebrow.]

That depends. You're not gonna tell me I accidentally conjured you while I was asleep or something, right? Because I don't think you're the cat design I came up with. Is this a polymorph trick or are you a cat-- actually, let's start there my dude.