Second Casefile: Casting Lines [Action/Written]

[quicktoanger]

[Action]

I'd been keeping myself busy for the past week or so, starting when Molly arrived, and had thus far found very little success with anything. There were no thresholds to work with, there were no ley lines to tap into, there were no places rich with magical energy to utilize, and I'd be damned if I was going to try and open a gate to the Nevernever again.

I did not need that bitch of a migraine to come back.

So, along with my apprentice, I began scouting around the village looking for any significant mystical resources. She was also interested in the Filial spirits, but frankly, they sound too much like the Fey for my taste, and I've had quite enough of that, thanks.

Today, however, I was doing something more personally significant. I was going to make myself a new staff, because clearly the old one wasn't showing up any time soon. Unfortunately, this process takes freaking forever, and I had no idea where to start.

So I figured I'd phone a friend.

[Written- filtered from Richard Sharpe 3%] [Hey, he sucks at filters, give him a break.]

Hey. Any and all spellcasters, magic-workers, witches, wizards, and anybody else who knows how to work with magic and spellcraft, I was hoping to get some input on the local situation.

Are there any local magic sources, aside from the Filial spirits, that can be tapped into or accessed? Are any of the local flora and fauna significant at all, mystically? Have there been any difficulties you've had using certain kinds of magic? Anything considerably easier?

In essence- What's the deal, anyway?

[Feel free to encounter him as he surveys the village and surrounding environs- he'll be doing odd things like marking, taking paint scrapings, and making notes on a map- or as he surveys the woods for a tree that will provide adequate wood for his staff.]

Comments

[quicktoanger]

"Nobody I recognized, unfortunately. I didn't talk to Willow, which is the one I was really hoping for. So far I've got a Helios Sprensonne, a Sabriel Abhorsen, and a..."

Wait. I never did get that guy's name.

"Some other guy. Either of those two names ring any bells?"

I'd actually met Helios briefly. Nice guy.

[talentsgirl]

I met Sabriel and Helios at the New Feather party.

[Having found the page, Molly set the notebook opened beside her and glanced up at them. Should Harry glace at it, he'll see that it's a list of three things written in his apprentice's neat, Catholic schoolgirl cursive:
-translator matrix
-people we've met/both know
-filtering]

I didn't know Helios had magic at all.

[Besides his skill with pastry, which was another thing.]

Sabriel seemed okay - very open about her magic. But... it's a very different magic. There's apparently two types of magic in her world, Charter magic which relies on some kind of stone and rules and has an actual school for it... and Free magic.

[The best way to say this is just to say it.] And necromancy is apparently a big part of Free magic. She said she was... some kind of necromancer sheriff. It's her job to keep the dead dead and deal with the necromancers who step out of line.

[quicktoanger]

"... She neglected to mention that second part."

[talentsgirl]

[Molly gave Harry an uncertain look.] She said that her bloodline had something to do with why she was able to use both types of magic and remain uncorrupted.

[And there really wasn't any sense of evil there. Not to mention... different worlds, different magical rules?]

[quicktoanger]

"She did mention the bloodline. Not the... other part."

Hell's bells.

"Still. Different worlds, different rules, right? Maybe where she's from, Necromancy is okay. Hell, I'm pretty sure if any place is out of the White Council's jurisdiction it's our little polyfictional paradise here, yeah? So, Warden duties not an issue."

[talentsgirl]

[Oh. She hadn't even thought about how the Warden thing would come into play.]

I'm pretty sure she was all about keeping other necromancers from doing what they normally do. So... that's good to hear.