42nd Resurrection

[sanctus_dei]

Once upon a time, someone suggested to Theo that he use his gravity magic to fly. Ridiculous! Doing things like flying about on broomsticks is a stereotype, something to mock real spellcasters with, like they were the witches and wizards of old. Theo is a modern spellcaster, thank you, and he wouldn't be caught dead doing such a thing.

Except that it sounds like a whole lot of fun, doesn't it? Especially after half a bottle of wine.

Tonight, well after midnight, Theo Crawford is out in his yard with some spellbooks and mason jars of components. This isn't unusual in itself. He's drawing circles, making incantations and casting spells and small inanimate objects first, and quite successfully. His two crows sit nearby, waiting for him to try it on himself. Humans don't fly, they don't have wings! So they can't wait to see this and get a good laugh.

Trying this on himself is a much different story. It takes more skill in control, some understanding of physics, more spell components and more energy - which he lacks pretty much all over. Theo is too impatient, and tries these spells too early. Are you ready for some failure, Mayfield?

You may find Theo:
- Zipping several yards in the air, before attempting to land. Sometimes he crash lands, sometimes he doesn't. Still, Theo is a frail guy. That looks like it hurt.
- Stuck in a tree. Shut up he can totally climb down, okay
- Crash landing through your roof, or upstairs windows. Now THAT has to hurt.
- Hovering in the air a few yards up, not going anywhere. He's sort of worked himself into a corner.

Or any other manner of craziness you can think of. It's a bird! It's a plane! It's fail!mage!

Comments

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[forgottenshiki.livejournal.com]

That's-

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[forgottenshiki.livejournal.com]

...a good use of spare time, actually.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Raiiiised eyebrow at Shiki. He can't tell if that's sarcastic or not.]

Yeah well, I'm a spellcaster. Learning and creating new spells is usually what I'm doing.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Check on him later, when he's crashing through windows or getting shot down. 8|]

I'm still fine. I haven't been doing that badly.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

...Some practice got out of hand. I suppose you wouldn't know anything about magic, would you? And I'm not hurt. I'm fine.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Lemme guess - psychic powers? A lot of people around here have them. Must be nice to have power you don't have to work for.

Yeah. Wait long enough and you'll get it in the mail. Usually after something fucked up happens.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Theo rubs his head, and blinks at Rin. Well, landing on a couch was a nice change of pace.

Stop yelling. Christ.

[buttery-tech.livejournal.com]

Well, for me, yeah. Kinda. They aren't at all like the psychic powers in all those old movies, though. For one, I actually have to touch someone to read their thoughts. And then, it's only what they are actively thinking of anyways. I dunno. I never really used that ability much anyways. I mainly stuck to aura sensing for tracing enemies.

...That really doesn't sound like too good of a trade, though.

[femtags.livejournal.com]

Well, it depends on what kind of magic...

[Would summoning personas be magic?]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

... The magic kind of magic. If you mean focus, mine are force and necromancy, though the latter has little use here.

[spellbent]

How do you expect me to react when someone comes crashing through my window?

[ But he recognizes Theo's voice, so he lowers his gun ]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

... You read thoughts. [SUSPICIOUS LOOK.]

Hardly anything in Mayfield is fair.

[weiss-tank.livejournal.com]

I can't help but worry about you ok? I know you're a big boy and you can take care of yourself but...

[buttery-tech.livejournal.com]

[Yes Bridge just give somebody a list of your powers you've yet to regain.]

Well, yeah. That, the aura reading, that uh... I don't know what it's actually called, but like, I can touch an object and know it's past? Like who's handled it before or where it used to be. Kinda weird. Oh, and sometimes I dream of the future. Nothing too major.

[To him at least. He was still kind of jealous of Jack's passing through walls thing, and maybe Z's duplication. That sure would make things easier.]

[femtags.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see! That's really cool!

Mine...is more from within. Think of it as your willpower is what creates the magic I use!

[headedforhope]

No thanks needed. Now, about those other cuts....[goes through kit]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should've had you shoot me, so I didn't have to worry about picking glass outta me.

[He proceeds to do this, wincing. So now you have glass and wood and Theo blood to deal with, Warren.]

[spellbent]

[ dryly: ] I can still oblige you.

[ Goddammit Theo, it's Warren's job to break shit. ]

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

No.

But I'm good with logic and sometimes throwing idea's at people can help.

[gandere]

You just came crashing through my roof! How else do you expect me to act?!

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Relax! Mayfield'll fix it tomorrow. [He attempts to pull himself up from the couch and clean himself up.]

[gandere]

Well, Mayfield isn't at fault. You are.

[forgottenshiki.livejournal.com]

Can't fault you for that. It's not that strange when I think about it.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Odd. Usually people comment on that whole necromancy thing.]

It's the same where I'm from, I suppose. What do you do, then?

[He's going to sit down on the curb now. He's tired. Obviously a cigarette will help this too.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't know. We don't have psychic powers where I'm from. Though from what I've seen while here, most of them could be reproduced with the right spells.

Dreaming of the future sounds like a pain in the ass.