paradisa | thirty-five detention slips

So like, there are a ton of wizards here, I know, and fifty thousand other worlds that are totally different. Only other one I've talked to about it said there wasn't even a Family Wizard Competition in his, which is actually really awesome. But I've just been wondering if there's even anyone from the same Wizard World as me. I mean, if anyone else has Family Wizards and spells that rhyme and lairs in their walk-in fridge, and crap like that. Maybe we can compare, or something.

… Pretty much, a year or so after I leave here I'm gonna have to give my powers up to my brother. There's basically no other way that competition's gonna turn out, because he's a total know-it-all. It's super annoying. And it's not like any practicing'll even help, since I'll forget it if I get sent back. But in my world there's this rule that only one kid in each family can grow up to keep their powers. It's really stupid. Anyone else had to do that before?

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[For the first time in her stay at Cair Paradisa, Alex has just done something completely shocking - she's taken a small armful of books out of the library and is settled up on the roof with them. They're magic books, ones she vaguely recognizes from her family's lair, with creaky spines and dusty pages. In one hand she's holding her wand, tapping it against her leg while she mumbles under her breath.

It's completely pointless, of course, practicing for the competition. But in two and a half years here she's never felt anything more than useless. Maybe she could stand to brush up on the one asset she has against the castle's occasional asshattery.]

Wood is thick, but glass is clear;
Make this pencil into... into... a root beer?

[The pencil gently rolls over.]

Shoot. I used to be totally awesome at this improv stuff.

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So you're one of those people who uses magic, but you're not a wizard? That's always super weird to me. Like, magic's basically genetic where I'm from.

That's right. Magic is... well, like I said, I thought it was just storybook stuff. As far as I know, there's only a handful of people in the world that know it's real.

Your world sounds interesting.

Most people in my world think that too. We're technically not supposed to tell anyone, but hah - that kind of doesn't matter here, I guess.

So, you're a secret wizard society. I might have read a book or three about that at some point.

And I'd tell everyone I could about magic back home, but who'd believe me? Here, I guess it's kind of taken for granted, what with the wishing for anything you want thing.

Pretty much. Apparently the government would want to get its hands on us or something if people found out. I don't think it's that big of a deal. But only one mortal knows about me, so far. Even my grandmother doesn't.

But yeah, it's almost like everyone has magic here, as long as they aren't super skeeved about using the wishes.

I guess that makes sense. You can't really blame them, either, but wizard people should get to lead their own lives, too. None of you are all dark and evil, right?

[Evil wizards are always such a problem.]

The wishes take a little getting used to, but they're far from the weirdest thing around here. It's not so bad, though. Weird, but... homey.

Well, I wouldn't say "none". But most of us are totally cool and friendly. It's pretty unfair.

[Alex has only mildly been an evil wizard once and that wasn't her fault. She was in love with a wannabe Draco Malfoy.]

Yeah? After two and a half years, it's starting to feel even more homey than New York.

It really isn't fair if just a few people ruin it for everyone else, no arguments here.

[But if there are evil wizards... well, he can't really fault the normals if they freak out over all of them. It's all about people just being decent in that scenario.]

You've been here for two and a half years? [Ouch.] And you're from New York, that's interesting. I've always wanted to visit there.

Yeah. Got sent home once, but it pulled me back in with my memories all still there.

[She makes a noncommittal noise.]

It's pretty cool, I guess. Everyone shouts a lot and sometimes the rats are, like, as big as chihuahuas. It's totally different from here.

That's... ouch. That's not fair at all.

[Getting a taste of normal life again and being brought back here? Even if her life isn't normal to begin with, that's still pretty low.]

Sounds like every big city I've been to, except the rat part. [He really hopes she's exaggerating there. He really does.] Is there anywhere out there that's a lot like here, do you think?

Pretty much. It's happened to a bunch of people since, but I was one of the first.

[Considering that she did date a werewolf, get turned into a doll, and get trapped in a magic mirror during that time, that would be a correct assumption.]

I don't know. Pretty much everything they've found has been pretty wilderness-y or medieval. Not that I've been out there, or anything. So who knows?

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