[2]: [Accidental Audio]

[boomba]

-id WHAT?!

[cooly]Signed you up for magic classes.

What makes you think I want to go to school?! I hate school!

For one thing, it's not regular school. For another thing, it's not up to you. Some one has to take care of you here, and failing that you need to be able do more than run and hide if crap goes down. Yggdrasil knows you can't rely on Spencer...

[incoherent sputtering]

Look, be pissed now, but one way or another you're going.

[growl] ... FINE. [stomping, door slamming loudly]

[distant sigh and voice. Sam took the comm with her, unaware that it was on]

That could have gone better...

[feed times out]

Comments

[ourspencer.livejournal.com]

Hey...what's she mean you can't rely on me?

You can't even fight temptation.

I'm very reliable!

Have you ever actually been in a fight?

Of coarse I have! I grew up on the mean streets of Seattle!

Did you ever actually win a fight or were you the one on the ground crying while the other kids kicked you.

...it's like you were there.

[hctiwknip.livejournal.com]

M-magic School? G-goodness she doesn't mean M.A.G.I does she?

How many magic schools can there be in the digital world?

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

Che. Apparently, yeah.

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

...

[reluctantly] Okay, she's got a point there.

[ourspencer.livejournal.com]

...I wonder what kinda magic they do.

The way I understood it magic is all wonky in the digital world anyway.

If you ever need to saw someone in half I call not it.

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

Uh, Spencer. I don't think it's that kind of magic. That'd be pretty stupid to try and use in a fight, wouldn't it?

[hctiwknip.livejournal.com]

O-oh my! W-well welcome then! M-my name is Tiffany. One of M.A.G.I's first students f-from last year.

What are you so nervous for?

T-trying to make a g-good impression.

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

... so it's not like a regular school with dumb classes about math and writing, is it?

[ourspencer.livejournal.com]

Creative use of a saw in a fight shouldn't be too hard...

What's she gonna do? Pull a rabbit out of a hat and throw it at them next? It's not stage magic you dink!

A rabbit would be distracting...

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

... how much smoke did you inhale the other day?

[hctiwknip.livejournal.com]

W-well...t-there is some m-math a-and writing...

But in the sense that if you do the math wrong something could blow up.

*Squeak*

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

... explosions?

[ourspencer.livejournal.com]

No more then usual.

The fact that there's a usual with you is ridiculous!

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

.. you're hopeless.

[hctiwknip.livejournal.com]

[Attached: Video of Tiffany last year trying to turn a bucket of chicken into a salad. She's too nervous though and just turns it into a tree with drumsticks on it....which then spontaneously bursts into flame]

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

[Attachment Received. And watched.]

H-holy chiz... [laughs] THAT'S AWESOME!

[hctiwknip.livejournal.com]

I-it was an accident!

an awesome accident.

I-I was really nervous s-so my calculations were a little off b-but it's not too hard once you get the hang of it.

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

eheheheh... [yes, that is a manic grin on the other side of the comm, why do you ask?] Suddenly Mama likes this idea...

[hctiwknip.livejournal.com]

Ah heh heh heh J-just please don't d-damage any of the books...m-most of them a-are very rare a-and very flammable...

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

yeah yeah, I get it. Be careful and all that chiz.

[scrapperzen.livejournal.com]

Actually, using alteration and conjuration in conjunction to make a blade pass harmlessly through the body while separating the two portions of the body harmlessly is quite a valid use of the technique in battle.

It's also quite difficult to mesh the spells properly. Very risky, and not something I'd recommend without considerable training.

Hi there, Katherine Simmons here, leader of the Digital World branch of MAGI.

[scrapperzen.livejournal.com]

Pulling fire crackers or flashbangs from nowhere and tossing them is ALSO a valid combat tactic. ;)

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

... oh.

So you're the one who told Mursa this was a good idea...

[scrapperzen.livejournal.com]

If you'd prefer it that way, then that's fine.

I'm not here to make things harder for you or your partner.

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

[grumble] Carly would want me to do something to keep myself out of trouble...

It's fine. I'm not... that mad about it now.

[scrapperzen.livejournal.com]

Is that right? Carly's a friend of yours back home, I take it?

I'm glad you're not upset, though. It would make a working relationship so much the harder. Tell me, are you interested in taking these classes?

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

Heck yeah she is. Best friend. Kinda keeps me from doing really stupid things.

I... guess... it's not like I'm doing anything anyway...

[scrapperzen.livejournal.com]

It certainly sounds like it! Hopefully she's left enough of an imprint on you to continue guiding you.

From the sound of it, though, you're discontent... What sort of things did you do back in your world?

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

Carly and I had a weekly webshow.

[scrapperzen.livejournal.com]

Is that right? Hmm...

Well, if you've got an interest in broadcasting, I know that there's a broadcast studio here in Neon that seems to have quite the interest in tamers. Ever since they launched that Megadude Z show, they've been raking in the dough.

I don't suppose you happen to have been brought here with any samples of your show?

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

I... don't know if I'd feel right, doing something without Carly...

Um... l-lemmie see...

[few minutes later

Attachment: The Sack]

[dogsaredelish.livejournal.com]

... Magic.

Magic now.

...

What.

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Magic. What of it?

[dogsaredelish.livejournal.com]

Wondering when I stepped in a friggin kid's story book. Alchemy and the talking animals were enough.

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

How the heck should I know? I just got here and already my nub partner's got me signed up to learn magic.

[dogsaredelish.livejournal.com]

Then you have my pity.

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

Tch. I don't need anyone's pity, dude.

[dogsaredelish.livejournal.com]

Clearly you do if you're at the mercy of someone whose supposed to work for you like this.

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

... what planet did you come from? Just 'cause they're partners doesn't mean they're working for us. I'm not payin' Mursa for nothin'!

[dogsaredelish.livejournal.com]

So you're at the mercy of a friend? Even worse little lady.

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

[groan]

You suck at this sympathy thing. Are you like some total nub adult or something? Bet you don't even have a girlfriend.

[dogsaredelish.livejournal.com]

What the hell does nub mean?

...

Look, I'm not on trial here.

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

And I am?! You're the one making comments on my random post!

[scrapperzen.livejournal.com]

That... was exceptionally silly. XD

How'd you get him in the shower in that thing?

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

Spencer will do anything if you claim it's in the name of art.

Or if Carly begs enough.

It was fun, though.

[dogsaredelish.livejournal.com]

Look, don't get all bitchy just because you're being made fun of!

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

No one is making fun of me!

[dogsaredelish.livejournal.com]

Sure, sure. Whatever you say. Psycho.

[dontspeakofit.livejournal.com]

Nub.