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Oh.
[INTERESTING]
I would like for them to return my magic, look over my file, and provide me with a consistent and tailored plan to get me quickly and efficiently to graduation.
[INTERESTING]
I would like for them to return my magic, look over my file, and provide me with a consistent and tailored plan to get me quickly and efficiently to graduation.
[Hmm. Sypha tilts her head in thought. In the moment of silence, there's a papery rustle in the half-open drawer near her knee, but she ignores it. Theoris can get out of the files when she wants to.]
You did have a permanent warden. Do you still have your file?
You did have a permanent warden. Do you still have your file?
Yes. If the Admiral kept it around for me, it ought to be in my room...
[She picks up a clawed foot, unsure, and starts hunting for whatever's making that strange noise]
[She picks up a clawed foot, unsure, and starts hunting for whatever's making that strange noise]
[The little lion makes a little chuffing noise as she sticks her head out, sniffing towards the demon with narrowed eyes. Sypha absently reaches down to rub behind a tiny ear.]
Have you read it?
Have you read it?
[Sypha is likely woken up by a gentle shaking of her shoulder, and a gruff tone;]
Shower's gone. And someone took my weapons.
Shower's gone. And someone took my weapons.
[The first gets just an annoyed sound, but her eyes snap open at the second, and she’s quick to sit up.]
From in here?
From in here?
Yeah.
Haven't checked the places where I stuck weapons earlier, but yeah.
[Trevor exhales, sitting down on the bed beside Sypha]
Something's happening. You all right?
Haven't checked the places where I stuck weapons earlier, but yeah.
[Trevor exhales, sitting down on the bed beside Sypha]
Something's happening. You all right?
[She intends to send a light up to see if anything else in the room has been taken. But nothing blooms in her hand when she opens it, and Sypha goes still, and very silent. She doesn't try again - she doesn't have to. Light is an impossible spell to fail.]
Trevor...
Trevor...
[he doesn't know what's wrong yet, but Sypha's tone tips him off and Trevor looks up from his communicator, glancing over his shoulder]
What? You all right?
What? You all right?
[Her eyes are wide, shocked, and she tries for ice, circling her hands in front of her.
Nothing.
Fire.
Nothing.
She can't even make a breeze.]
Nothing.
Fire.
Nothing.
She can't even make a breeze.]
[Oh, fuck.
Trevor reaches over for one of Sypha's hands, hoping to calm her down]
Sypha. It'll be all right.
Trevor reaches over for one of Sypha's hands, hoping to calm her down]
Sypha. It'll be all right.
[She jerks her hand away from him, pressing them both against her chest instead, and looks around as if she's never seen this cabin before. And she hasn't, quite. The inn room at the center of it is almost unchanged, but the kitchen from Dracula's castle and the bathroom beyond it are gone. So are the windows, with their vague and unreal views.]
What...
What...
[Trevor lets her pull away, sitting cautiously still. He's unsure how to best reassure her]
I'm going to go see what's going on. Whatever it is, we'll fix it.
I'm going to go see what's going on. Whatever it is, we'll fix it.
Don't- No, I know, we need to sort it out.
[Shaking her head at herself, Sypha rises to get her robe from where she left it on the floor. There's a hard lump in her throat, and her hands feel alien to her as she pulls it on over her head, but she hurries all the same.]
I'm going to demand some answers.
[Shaking her head at herself, Sypha rises to get her robe from where she left it on the floor. There's a hard lump in her throat, and her hands feel alien to her as she pulls it on over her head, but she hurries all the same.]
I'm going to demand some answers.
[At a loss for what to do himself, Trevor exhales and gets up to put on a shirt and follow his girlfriend.]
Well, at least we're not doing anything insane today..
Well, at least we're not doing anything insane today..
Edited 2023-02-13 03:41 (UTC)
[ He'll come to bother her when he knows she'll be in her office, poking his head in. ]
Sypha? Do you have a moment?
Sypha? Do you have a moment?
[She's in the middle of checking a stack of returned books for damage (and inevitably setting a few aside to read herself), but it's a task that's easily interrupted, and she smiles to see him.]
Jon. I always do.
Jon. I always do.
Excellent.
[ And he'll slip through the door and close it behind him. ]
I thought I ought to let you know that, at least for the foreseeable future, I was planning on switching positions with Lark, such that be would take over my position in the library and I would be moving to work the dinner shift.
Do you... foresee that being a problem?
[ And he'll slip through the door and close it behind him. ]
I thought I ought to let you know that, at least for the foreseeable future, I was planning on switching positions with Lark, such that be would take over my position in the library and I would be moving to work the dinner shift.
Do you... foresee that being a problem?
[Her brows flick up - that is quite a surprise. And quite a change.]
Not a problem, no... What's wrong?
Not a problem, no... What's wrong?
[ He blinks.]
Wait, what? Nothing's wrong- wait, is something wrong?
Wait, what? Nothing's wrong- wait, is something wrong?
Well, if you're trading this for the kitchen.
[She thinks that's a very obvious symptom of something being wrong!]
[She thinks that's a very obvious symptom of something being wrong!]
[ Ahhh. ]
[ He shakes his head. ]
No, no, nothing's wrong. Lark was mentioning that he was looking to perhaps do something different and I proposed a switch.
After all, it's not as if I can't come here and enjoy myself whenever I like. If anything, this will give me more time to read.
[ He shakes his head. ]
No, no, nothing's wrong. Lark was mentioning that he was looking to perhaps do something different and I proposed a switch.
After all, it's not as if I can't come here and enjoy myself whenever I like. If anything, this will give me more time to read.
[He still gets a skeptical look. But she shrugs, mouth tilting up again.]
I don't think I'll have any problem working with Lark.
That's quite a switch, though. Were you lacking for time to read, here?
I don't think I'll have any problem working with Lark.
That's quite a switch, though. Were you lacking for time to read, here?
[ A small huff. ]
Certainly not. In truth, this is more about giving Lark a chance to take on another area. I've been hogging my seat in here since I got here and it's about time I put another set of skills to use.
Certainly not. In truth, this is more about giving Lark a chance to take on another area. I've been hogging my seat in here since I got here and it's about time I put another set of skills to use.
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