thirty-five detention slips

[delincuente]

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.

Comments

[acesarewild]

So you're one of those actually magic people, huh? Not a stage magician, right?

[he has problems with stage magicians, okay]

[delincuente]

Oh my God, don't even talk to me about those. And yes, I'm an "actually magic person". Magic wand, all that jazz. But no beard.

[acesarewild]

Then I guess I shouldn't warn you there's a guy in the lobby with my face hanging upside down acting like an idiot.

Who isn't actually me.

[delincuente]

... What does that have to do with fake magic? And why does he have your face?

[acesarewild]

Because he's got some thing against stage magicians, that's why. If I had to guess, I'd say it was that one of them stuck a gigantic magic wand up his ass.

As for why he has my face, apparently that's a Thing That Happens Here and I need to Get Used To It. 'Least, that's what everyone else keeps telling me.

[delincuente]

... I'm pretty sure my whole body just cringed.

Yeah, sometimes some freaky identical twin thing shows up. It's really annoying. Hasn't happened to me yet- [since selena hasn't been in much worth apping] -thank God.