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[carptricks]

Who: Kaito (carptricks) and people!
When: After the investigation at Lasker
Where: Caissa
What: Have a Drink job log + BISHOP ANTICS
Rating: None! will update if needed

A. Who thought it was a good idea to give him a water gun I mean seriously

[best. job. EVER]

[that had been the very first thought Kaito had when he saw the job request on the Hall of Glory's bulletin board, but getting paid to basically spend a summer afternoon engaged in a city-wide water gun fight sounded even better in the wake of the investigations in Lasker. it was a good way to relax, unwind, and try to get his mind off of whatever it was Noir had waiting on the horizons for them. even the most vigilant and dedicated of heroes needed a break, after all]

[which is why this particular afternoon, Kaito darts across the rooftops of Caissa's buildings in search for other Dance of the Drops festival participants, intending to snipe them with water attacks from a safe distance away. if you happen to be out and about and participating in the lively water fights, well. . .]

Up here!

[you might find yourself getting drenched by a stream of water from above. unless you're quick enough to use a bit of magic to turn Kaito's watery assault back onto him, that is. how rude!!]

B. Trust the bishop

[are you hanging out in the Hall of Glory courtyard today? because if so, you might find yourself being flagged down by a spiky-haired hero. he has a satchel slung over his shoulder, which chimes with the sounds of glass objects clinking together every time he moves]

Oi, oi! Got a second? I'm trying to test something and I need a couple of volunteers.

[and before you can ask for more details, he reaches into his bag and pulls out a small glass vial filled with a strangely colored liquid. it looks like water colored with food coloring, actually]

Could you drink this and tell me what flavor it is?

[well that sure is a sketchy request. do you trust him??]

((BISHOP SHENANIGANS TIME!1 Drinking the vials of liquid could cause one of the following four mild status effects: hiccuping bubbles, speaking only in rhyme, being turned into a cat, or SHOUJO VISION i.e. hallucinating shoujo bubbles, rose petals, sparkles, etc. each effect will only last for an ic thirty minutes since Kaito's potions are fairly weak! if you tag this prompt let me know what, if any, status effect you'd like your character have o/!))

Comments

[carptricks]

[haa. . .]

'M not sure people are gonna want to buy flavored drinks that make them burp up multicolored bubbles.

[he flips the notebook open and begins to jot something down on the first empty page he reaches]

[fuhrinkaed]

Well, I mean, I would! It's cool! [Belllch.]

Look at that! Five bubbles! Five!

[carptricks]

[red, orange, yellow, green and blue. . .]

S'not that cool. Trust me. And it seems like it'd get obnoxious after a while.

[fuhrinkaed]

Well, b[uurp]bbles aside, maybe you can pay me back for the help? [He puts a hand to his chin, grinning.]

See... I've got a bet going on with a friend of mine, involving which of us will be able to out water-fight the other. So for that, I have to make sure I can fling water around.

[carptricks]

Weren't you doing this to pay me back?

[he glances up from his notebook to quirk both eyebrows at Ed, before he returns to jotting down his notes]

Are you asking me to teach you how to cast a water magic spell?

[fuhrinkaed]

I was testing it to pay you back, but now there's bubbles, so we're not [burp] even, and so now you're teaching me to make up for it.

It's bartering! [Nodnod.] Just a little one, though, I don't want to overdo it and run out of mana--and Susan's tenacous enough to go for hours.

[carptricks]

[snaps the notebook shut and reaches out to bonk Ed on the head with it. lightly! of course]

Truthfully, I don't know any water spells. I only know fire, wind and healing. The rest of my mana, I pour into the medicines I make.

[medicines, potions, same difference]

[fuhrinkaed]

Aha... so it's up to me.[He flinches, but laughs because he sees it as an affectionate gesture.]

[He thinks about it.]

Well, how about healing? I can figure out water--I did it back home so I might be able to make it transfer now that I know fire.

[carptricks]

[AHA. . . the one spell Kaito needs to work on the most. not that Kaito would turn down the request for help, of course.]

It's really a matter of figuring out what works for you, anyway. Everyone's magic is different, after all. [hm!]

You got a small cut or a bruise I could demonstrate on?

[wait he needs to clarify]

And that's not an invitation for you to cut or bruise yourself right now.

[fuhrinkaed]

Er... Hm. [He looks himself over, burping occasionally.]

I do not. Maybe we could find someone in need of assistance?

[carptricks]

[the notebook disappears back into Kaito's satchel, and he gives his head a shake]

Nah. I'm still a li'l scuffed up from some encounters with Noir back in Lasker. Here. . .

[he rolls up one of his sleeves to reveal a shall scratch running up the side of his arm. it's nothing serious, something that'll completely disappear within the next few days, but it's perfect for what he wants to do]

[with a deep breath, he holds his free hand over the scrape, fingers twitching]

[fuhrinkaed]

[Ed watches the process with wide-eyed wonder. It's magic, so please explain it for realzies.]

[He lives for this stuff, after all.]

[carptricks]

[he's mumbling something underneath his breath as he focuses his concentration on that hand. something that sounds a lot like man, I really need to figure out a good incantation for this spell, I mean I know it works but that's only because I stand here begging it to work, come ooooon please work you've worked before I know you can work now. . .! and then, quite suddenly, a warm light suddenly glows underneath his palm. it spreads across the scrape, knitting the rest of it together until the cut practically disappears into nothing]

. . . there! Like that. Magic in this world is all about knowing what you want to do and then willing it to happen. Hand gestures and incantations focus your concentration and make it easier to will your mana to channel into a magic spell.

[fuhrinkaed]

....So like Cass's way of doing magic... [He mutters it, mostly to himself.]

Got another scratch? I think I know what to do.

[carptricks]

[who the heck is Cass]

[Kaito shrugs and crouches down to roll up his pants to the knee. on his shin is a small bruise, already well on its way to healing, but hey! might as well use it as an avenue for the new kid to practice his magic]

How's this?

[fuhrinkaed]

This is perfect.

[He puts his hand on Kaito's knee, and wills the healing to happen. That much is normal-its like back home. The rest is in the incantation and the channeling.]

O holy life giving water, mend these tears with the tears of your mercy. Revise this destiny and rip this wound from the afflicted's mortal coil. [He knows how to channel in her way, with words having power and bringing more strength to the spell. Thinking of it like that seems to help.]

[Focusing perhaps a little more mana into the spell than is strictly necessary, he manages to get a healing glow going. It's weak, but... yep. He's got a knack for this.]

[carptricks]

[yup. he really does have a knack for this. after observing how quickly Ed picked up on magic back in Lasker, he isn't exactly surprised]

Huuuuh. . .

[fuhrinkaed]

[The Seal of Ether doesn't pick scrub wizards. 8D]

Okay..! I think I did it! It's like that, right?

[carptricks]

[stretches his leg to peer at the bruise. or, rather, the patch of skin where the bruise used to be]

It worked, so it's gotta be. Not bad, new guy. Not bad.

[fuhrinkaed]

W-we all have our talents. Mine is magic, and what you described reminded me of an old friend's way of powering up her spells.

[carptricks]

Then you'll probably fit in pretty well here, huh.

[he rolls his pant leg down and lifts his arms above his head in a stretch]

. . . spell casting's not really my strong point, but I've been learning. [grins] Learning and adapting, as any good-- ah. "Hero," should.

[fuhrinkaed]

Right, right.

If you can't adapt, you'll fall behind-that's how it works, right? So you fight in your way, and I fight in mine, and mine is magic, and yours is. Well. All the cool stuff you can do.

[carptricks]

Something like that.

[his arms fall back to his sides, fingers curling around the strap of his satchel]

I use spell casting magic sometimes, when I need to. Most of my ammunition is created from my own mana 'n some monsters are weak to certain elements-- fire, lightning, wind, and so on.

But I've found a new groove in using my potions to incapacitate my enemies instead.

[incapacitating meant he didn't have to a) inflict serious bodily harm, or b) kill anything. win-win scenario! . . . dungeon bosses aside, since those had to be killed, but he isn't about to bring up that internal conflict with someone who is still a stranger]

[fuhrinkaed]

That's... That's awesome!

So that stuff you did with the card gun, that was potion-magic?! [He managed to catch that, even while hypnotized and thinking it was someone else.]

Being able to take people out of combat without inflicting a lot of harm on them is super useful! Like they say, the best battle is the one you don't fight!

[carptricks]

[in lieu of a verbal response, Kaito reaches into his satchel again. this time, he produces a vial with a thick, viscous liquid inside. it glows a steel blue, the same color as the ammunition he had shot from his firearm the other day]

A draught of sleep. One vial is enough to knock someone completely unconscious instantaneously. If I soak my ammunition in it for a couple of hours, then anyone who is struck by the ammunition falls asleep, too.

[heh heh. he seems pretty proud of his work as he describes it]