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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[hellosirs]

Cookies are different than food.

[ He crosses his arms over his chest and says this with as much solemn dignity as he can muster, because that is a very important distinction. Cookies are like dessert, eating them whenever the hell you want is a big deal! And having his own private stash? Hell yes, that is the life. Besides, he gets that they're working with limited resources here, and this is a method of payment that's feasible and also delicious. ]

That seems fair. Do we have chocolate chips? Because I'm putting in a request for chocolate chip cookies ahead of time.

[pocketspa]

[Gods he's so cute this ought to be illegal.]

Maaaaaybe. I'll have to check.

[He can get him chips, no problem. They have cocoa and sugar, that's a simple spell. Thank the world for magic. In the meantime, he bends down a bit to be more eye level with Angus, still grinning.]

I have noted your request, and will take that on record. And we have a deal?

[hellosirs]

[ Taako gets one more hard-eyed stare... before Angus finally nods, and sticks his hand out for a businesslike handshake. ]

Yeah, okay. Deal. I can make us a contract!

[pocketspa]

[He snickers, a grin on his lips.]

I reserve the right to re-read any contract as presented to confirm the terms written were the terms discussed!

[Taako almost chirps it, like he's done this many, many times before and is very proud of making sure he's not gonna be fucked by a piece of paper.]

Before you run off for that, though, you excited? Wanna teach anything in particular?

[hellosirs]

[ Angus perks up, because contract negotiations or not, he's a complete and utter nerd who loves learning, and will probably love teaching just as much. ]

Yessir! I think this'll be pretty fun, although I've never taught anyone before. As for subjects, um... I dunno, maybe some of the cantrips? I'm pretty good at Mage Hand, and that's a good beginner spell.

[ Bonus: he will not threaten to utterly destroy any of his students! ]

[pocketspa]

[He chuckles at Angus' excitement- what a dork. Magic dork.]

Oh, you got cantrips down, my dude. Do not gotta worry about that biz.

[Taako has all the confidence in the world of him. It's gonna be great. As much as a child probably shouldn't be working, Taako is at his happiest when he can do magic with people he cares about.

Also he doesn't care, so, jot that down.]

We don't really have theory books, uh, around here, but I bet you can help with all that stuff too. We probably remember enough, right?

[Sure.]

[hellosirs]

[ He absolutely beams at that, because praise!! Taako thinks he's good at magic, and praise is the best!! ]

Oh, definitely! I remember a lot of it, and if we can find enough paper, I can write some Fantasy Cliff's Notes and tutorials down for handouts.

[ Angus is the type of kid who took notes on everything in class, and he has a wicked memory to boot. They've got this! ]

[pocketspa]

[He laughs, not big, just a chuckle of amusement at his antics. Incredible.]

Oh yeah, yeah. I'll leave that one to you. Actually, there we go, your first assignment! Look at that. That's good work ethic Ango, finding stuff to do on the clock.

[Jerk.]

[hellosirs]

[ YOU'RE LUCKY THAT HE’D DO THIS SORT OF THING FOR FUN ANYWAY, AND HAS NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH HIS TIME! ]

Lessons haven’t started yet, have they? That’s makes this off the clock. Does that mean this counts as overtime?

[ and if so, what are your policies for that! Does time and a half count when you’re getting paid in cookies?]

[pocketspa]

[THATS WHAT HE'S BANKING ON]

Hey my man, we all gotta do prepwork, that's how schools work. How do I pay myself overtime? Also you would do it anyway so just like, write it down.

[He'll make some cookies omg cool your tiny legal jets]

[hellosirs]

Okay, okay, okay!

[ CALLED OUT! ]

In my defence, I haven’t been to school in a few years, and I’ve never taught anyone before!

[pocketspa]

So? It's easy.

[(taako woods voice) what, like it's hard]

You know what to do and how to do it. Now just say it out loud, and boom, you're teachin', that simple.

[hellosirs]

[ Angus is pretty sure there's more to it than that, but he'll take Taako's word for it. For now. ]

I... guess that's pretty straightforward. Do you think they'll be ok with being taught by a little boy? From the looks of it, I'm less than half the age of most of your prospective students.

[pocketspa]

If they don't, you have full permission to kick their ass, as long as it's with magic.

[He doesn't even hesitate when he says that. In fact, part of him is hoping that's the case.]

Hell, if you let me watch I'll bake you your own goddamn cake.

[hellosirs]

Noted, sir!

[ hopefully it won't come to that, but at least if somebody does try to throw down against him, he knows he'll get cake out of it! ]

I'll go get started on the Fantasy Cliff Notes, I'm pretty sure I still have a couple of blank notebooks around.

[pocketspa]

See, there we go, good-- good work ethic, Ango, you're gonna do great.

[He picks up his phone again to glance at his messages.]

Chaboy's gotta get back to some new studeeeeeeeents, how 'bout that?

[hellosirs]

Have fun with that, sir. Don't threaten to destroy any of them, please!

[ He gives Taako a big grin and a wave as he heads back to his room. This just in: praise and positive reinforcement are still the best things in the universe! ]

[pocketspa]

I reserve the right to threaten anyone, it's in my uh, terms of use or something!

[But he's not really paying attention to that quip, letting Angus go so he can work on getting people onboarded to his very first class.]