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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[themogget]

[No secrets for you, Taako. Not today, and certainly not about Mogget.

The spell works, in a way. The magic is right there to detect, and the cat himself is made of pure magic. There's a difference between the two - the collar's magic restrained in a definite order while the magic of the body it constrains is not - but both are very magical indeed.]

At one time, it was the world. [Mogget reveals, stretching his small body beneath Taako's hand without jostling his examination of the collar too much.]

Long ago, before it was the Charter.

[pocketspa]

[But he wants them tho. You cant legally keep things from a gay man, it's homophobia.

Taako tilts his head a bit, squinting down at just... everything that's going on here. Okay, so that's not a cat, which he kind of gathered, but it's a different not a cat than he was imagining. He figured this was holding some sort of polymorph spell, a forced capture to a mundane body. This is more like a sigil, a portable barrier, which-- well, truthfully, isn't his strong suit. Not that he's going to say that in the presence of a client.]

Huh. So it's like, the magic all other magic grew out of? You've been uh, in this thing that long?

[themogget]

No.

[Mogget shakes his head, though the motion isn't linked to the reply he gives and is more an effort to re-align his fur beneath the red leather of the collar. The bell attached to it rings again, and the cat yawns widely.]

But long enough for it to grow very tiresome.

[pocketspa]

[Taako finds himself yawning in response when Mogget does, which is... weird, also. What kind of magic is that? He squints at it, tilting his head.]

Hey uh, so what kind of magic is that bell stuff? Because that doesn't uh, fire off as bein' normal here either. Not saying that I can't be touched but uhhh, sleep isn't usually a thing versus me, my guy.

[themogget]

[Mogget stops moving, and the bell falls silent.]

It is a copy of one of the bells of the Abhorsen. Ranna, the Sleepbringer.

[He lifts his head to allow closer inspection of the bell, should Taako wish to look at it. It's small, apparently made of silver, and crawls with the same magical markings as the collar itself.]

[pocketspa]

Well that's a mouthful.

[He examines it though, taking stock of it's make, the runes.]

Okay, tell you what. Collar is like... a whole ass thing. Gonna take way more work to figure out what I can do about that biz. Buuuut, bet I can suppress the spell on the bell if you wanna sleep a little less than every time you move.

[themogget]

[Sigh.]

You're welcome to make the attempt.

[Unlikely to work, unfortunately. The bell itself is tied in with the binding, and the fact it makes him fall asleep is just an unfortunate side effect. Ranna has always held him far more loosely than it holds his counterpart.]

I don't expect you'll have much luck.

[pocketspa]

[He's still kinda looking over it, unwilling to let it go until he's figured out something.]

I mean, suppressing charms and effects isn't as complex as uh, deleting the whole thing. If I can stop a magic overflow from eating someone's arm I'm pretty sure I can generate some fantasy coffee magic to counteract this biz.

[Mogget may speak in a confusing way on purpose, but it seems he's not alone.]