VIDEO ✎ do you believe in magic?

[animated]

[ Hello network! The feed clicks on to reveal Nonah's resident wizard- he's apparently in the kitchen at Nonah 005, and offers the camera a bright smile. ]

Hey fellow imPorts, my name is Charlie. I've been here for- Jesus, a couple months shy of a year now? That's way longer than I thought I would be. I'm still slogging away at the job they assigned me and I realized that here more than anywhere I'm in the position to actually do what I really want to do for a living, which is working with magic.

In my world I'm what's called an Animator- that basically means I'm a wizard who can enchant and otherwise manipulate inanimate objects. I figure I may as well offer to draft up enchantments for anyone who wants one.

For example- [ He leans over to reveal the kitchen counter behind him, on which sits a small stack of dinner plates. A nearby dishrag picks itself up as the first plate lifts from the pile. The rag wipes the plate off, and the plate settles itself into a separate stack. The next plate picks itself up and the process repeats.

After a moment, Charlie leans back into frame. ]

I'm not limited to just household objects, of course- as long at it's not alive in some way, I can usually enchant it. I will say if you want something like a weapon then we're going to have to talk about it. I don't hand that kind of spellwork out to just anybody.

Fair warning, I can't just wave a magic wand and suddenly make brooms start carrying buckets of water across the room. For me, writing an enchantment is more like working out a complex equation- all the pieces have to fit together just right in order to get the desired result. The more complicated the enchantment, the longer it's going to take to draft up. I have been at this a long time, so there's a lot of stuff I already have the framework for.

I'm willing to negotiate cost based on what you want and how long it will take me. Feel free to ask me any questions you might have, and if you'd like to see more examples of my work, I can gladly provide some.

(( OOC: Enchanted weapons require a power slot and a power update to be submitted with the mods. Mundane items are fair game, so long as they won't affect a large amount of people or cause damage. Additional details can be found here. You can drop a comment on that post to ask about enchantments as well! ))

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[kanadian]

So, uh -- If I...built something, could you do that?

I mean I'd pay you of course, but I was thinking about a christmas gift for someone. [ His dog.

It's literally for the dog. ]

[animated]

Hey Kaidan. Been a while.

More than likely, but obviously I'd need to know what it is and what you'd like it to do before I can give a solid answer.

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[stealwithit]

... It's for the dog, isn't it.

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[stealwithit]

[ On the other end of the feed is Renoir, Kasumi's adorable, fluffy, enchanted stuffed teddy bear named for the Impressionist artist. Which is why the bear is also dressed up as an artist shut up she totally didn't go and get a little artist costume for a bear shhh.

Anyway, it's waving at the camera. Kasumi herself is nowhere to be found.

You are welcome for the advertisement. ]

[animated]

[ Hey, he won't say no to the free demonstration.

He gives a little laugh and waves ] Hey Renoir. Is Kasumi around?

[ The bear is not that smart, so he doesn't expect an answer ]

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[nostalgiabomb]

Okay, so what if you enchanted a broom using your light-up air writing symbol dealy, and what if I decided, "You know, this broom is way too effective at its bucket carrying job," and I took an axe to it.

Two brooms equally as good at their jobs?

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[animated]

Uh, no. You'd end up with kindling and no one to carry your buckets.

Mickey Mouse I am not.

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[resipiscent]

[Hi Kaneda's other dad.]

You know, Mickey's not nearly so irresponsible in person.

[Riku often just says things without considering how other people are going to take them, and once it's out of his mouth he frowns to himself -- he always forgets that the King is a sort of celebrity here.]

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[animated]

[ .... paaaaaause ]

You know him or--?

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[rideme]

... So.

Anything in the house is game?

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[animated]

For you?

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[animated]

I'd say no, probably not.

[ some things should not be magicked into doing things, Bull ]

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[deadtective]

So what's the ballpark price on enchanting something to scream uncontrollably every time someone picks it up? It's a really small thing, for reference.

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[helpline]

[ Sorry Hazel, here comes the fun police. ]

No.

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[animated]

Uh, first of all, that sounds horrifying. Second of all, I can't make something make noise if it didn't have that capability already.

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[ringen]

Could you do this magic on, say, a decanter, so that it refills my glass for me when I'd like it to?

[ priorities, she has them straight. ]

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[animated]

Sure. You could even call it from another room, if you'd like.

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[helpline]

[ the Doctor's one of those 'my technology can beat up your magic' sorts of people....and yet, that's really interesting. ]

What's the limit? How much could these things do?

[animated]

I can't make things sentient or self-aware, and I can't make things talk. Otherwise I can pretty well do anything.

Honestly, the real limiting factor is time. Especially complex and intricate spellwork could take me a month, maybe more.

Why? Have an idea?

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[dormition]

You're Ken-kun's housemate, aren't you? I don't think we've met. I'm Minato.

Actually, there is something I'd like to ask for for Ken-kun... but I'm not sure if it'd work.

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[animated]

Hey there. Ken talks about you a lot, I'm just sorry we had to meet under these circumstances.

What were you thinking?

[earnedmystripes]

...That is so cool. Could you make like, keys that never get lost? Or uh, a wallet.

[There are so many gears turning rn. SO MANY.]

[animated]

That never get lost? Maybe not, but I could make it so they could always be found.

[melavasomniar]

A question, if you don't mind, Charlie; what kind of things can you do with armour?

[animated]

Plenty of things. Possibly more with an empty suit of armor, but if you're planing on wearing it we might have to get more into the specifics of what you'd want.

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[selfpraise]

Why haven't you enchanted some less offensive clothing to chase Bull around?

[Or you know maybe some armour on the off chance another Horsemen event happens and a certain mage tries to kill Bull again.]

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[animated]

Because I don't happen to find everything about him offensive?

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[enustari]

[Well now, this is interesting. Elsa has had extremely hit or miss results conversing with the other magic users here, but what this guy is describing is similar enough to her own specialty that she just can't resist.]

An Animator? How funny. I'm a Fabricator, myself. It sounds like our talents overlap.

Obviously I'm not in the market for any enchantments, but would you be interested in talking shop sometime?

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[animated]

"Fabricator"? I can't say we have anything like that where i come from, but I can probably guess what it is you do.

I'm always interested in talking shop.

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[inchesofevil]

Are you limited to animating objects or can you do passive enchants too?

Like, uh, temperature control, for example.

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[animated]

I guess that kind of depends on what you want specifically. I can’t actually make something cooler or warmer, but if it already has some kind of temperature control apparatus on it, I can enchant that.