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Well, this seems to be a strange occurrence. I appear to have found myself far away from the hotel I fell asleep in.

I have to say: The technology is easy enough to figure out. Even though it is far more detailed and intriguing than I am accustomed to. I take
it this is some form of communication network.

Is there anyone out there that can give me answers? I promise I won’t take too much of your time.

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Incredible, though I must disagree that all people are capable to a degree. Most of the population, so far as I can thus tell, are entirely human with no ability whatsoever.

I could be wrong, of course, but in my research there is nothing at all that says individuals without the mutated gene are capability of using what you call 'magic'.

*he is trying to sound completely respecting of her beliefs, but it's just so HARD when magic, as people commonly think of it, just doesn't exist*

I provide a demonstration. [Tris has this very flat look on her face.] I could spell a glass or something for you to look through, so you can see things the way I can. I can assure you, it is inherent to everyone, regardless of possessing the ability to use it.

*if you just meet up he wouldn't need your spells to do that, but best not to say that. He's trying to be incognito*

You would do that for me?

It's a rather basic spell to me, all things being equal. [Tris knows she has Facts on her side. And you at least seem to be willing to have a demonstration... her pique means she's going to do this in a public place, where she's sure someone with weird power will come across it.] Meet me in the kitchen?

Of course. Give me a little bit of time to find it and I'll meet you there. *bustling about the room, looking for a small notebook and a pen. His interest is piqued and he's anticipating learning something very new*

Of course. I need a bit of time as well, to actually spell the glass. [She's going to cut the feed and go into the kitchen, Chime in tow. Charles will probably find her with a chair, etching signs into... a shot glass. It works. :|]

*he's certainly not going to complain about the shot glass, not when he's learning something new and fascinating.

When he finds the kitchen at last he pauses for a moment to watch her, stretching out his power just a little bit. She was focused entirely on the glass, symbols floating at the edge of her mind. He left it at that and waited, not wanting to disturb her*

[After a few moments, Tris is clearly finished.] The biggest problem is that testing it to make sure it works doesn't work on me- I don't need spells to see magic at all. [It's actually sort of the opposite, and her mind does flicker to the fact that the spells on her glasses are for dampening that sight.] Here. Look through the bottom of the glass at me and tell me if you see anything.

[There's a touch of almost barbed humor in her mind at that statement- she knows damn well what is going to happen.]

*he walks in, a little wary after feeling her thoughts on the subject, and holds his hand out for the shot glass*

I believe you that it works. I never doubted that.

*he holds it up to his eye without hesitation, facing her, and has to close it for a few seconds after his first glance because of how bright she was*

It is unfortunate that in order to see magic in people who aren't so inclined, it becomes difficult to look at those of us who do have it. [Especially to the ridiculous degree she has it.]

[She's pulling out her blackberry and calling up Saguru because she needs an example of someone who has no ability to use magic.] Saguru? Could you spare a moment to come to the kitchen? I'll make it worth your while. [Because she's pretty sure that, at least in the Manor, Saguru could use something like that.]

[Sagaru wasn't far away anyway - he's been restless and "patrolling" quite a bit - so it's only a minute or so before he pokes his head in the kitchen cautiously - it didn't sound like an emergency...]

[Spots Tris, and Charles, and Chime, and is - now not sure what's going on or what he's been called on for.]

Charles - [He nods to the professor-] You wanted something, Tris?

Apparently, it seems, Tris is trying to show me how to see...magic. *quickly losing his skepticism about the magic aspect. He hasn't yet heard of a mutant power that could allow others to see things this way, and he'd know if someone was playing with his mind.

He's toying with the shot glass in his hand. He'd tried looking at Tris with it several more times out of fascination while waiting for Saguru, but his eyes couldn't handle the brightness for too long at a time*

[Tris has noticed. And is amused.] The spell on that should let you see the inherent life energy in any normal, nonmagical human being. Sorry, Saguru, you're an example.

[Chime has decided she likes Saguru, and is going to fly over to land on him with her glass armonica purr going full bore.]

Ah, I see. [He steps in, standing by the door with arm raised for Chime - same gesture you'd use for a hawk, albeit without the glove, and going through his pocket with his free hand for some other coins and small shiny parts that're leftovers from older versions of the smoke grenades.]

*taking his cue, Charles raised the glass to his eye again and looked at Saguru and Chime, his eyebrows nearly disappearing in his hairline.*

This is remarkable. *now that it wasn't blinding him* It's like the ability to see some kind of aura around a living creature.

It's most useful for seeing when someone has spelled something, though not always. [Some mages are subtle enough to be able to hide their traces- rumor has it Ladyhammer is one of them.] I see magic all the time, though rarely at that intensity. [Unless she takes her glasses off, but since she likes being able to see...]

[Chime is positively gleeful, and chattering happily.] I'd say you were going to spoil her, Saguru, only everyone does.

[For the most part, he's perfectly happy to fly on the wall for this a little - some suspicions aside, he hasn't had much chance to really learn about the supernatural behind sketchy books and trying to watch Akako without drawing her attention, plus what he's run into here.]

Just let me know if there's something I shouldn't.

How long does the spell last?

*he puts down the shot glass for now, having seen all he needed to for proof of what she's saying. He still isn't a firm believer of magic, but he can't explain this scientifically just yet. He very much wants to learn everything he can about this, but is smart enough to know that knowledge probably won't be easy to gain.*

Since I engraved it? Several years. [She is a powerhouse.] An ambient glass-mage, such as Chime's creator, could make the spell last indefinitely if they so chose. Even then, if I were around, it would be quite simple to renew it- or even for another mage to do so.

I will. [You know, there's quite a bit of the lessening of the constant prickling dislike of people when she talks to Saguru. Not because she likes him in that sense, but because she feels he truly does understand what she's going through.]

[Chime is going to look at the things Saguru is offering her and somehow manage a very sad-sounding trill. She can't carry all of it back to the room!]

[Well, that's going to be a useful trinket in the future - and a bit more to file away about magic; if that was the sort of thing Tris could do with what she currently knew, then getting to a point where she could make a living off it couldn't be that impossible.]

[He tries a sort of consoling head-pet; at this rate, Chime's going to sucker him into carrying it for her.]

May I keep it?

*he glances between the two of them, getting the sense of a mutual trust between them. It only reinforces his opinion of the detective, and helps him feel a bit better about Tris herself.*

[Saguru's about the only one in the manor she does trust.] Of course.

[YOU KNOW THE TINY DRAGON WILL. LOOK AT THOSE EYES. She's even making this completely pathetic noise... which just gets Tris to snort and cover her mouth. No, she doesn't smile openly, that'd mean she has some happiness other people could dick over.]

[At the moment Saguru pretty much exists to be an example. And would be excusing himself, except he's being effectively guilt-tripped by a tiny glass dragon, and isn't making any move to -not- carry things.] yesI'llgettheseupstairsforyou.

Thank you.

*he watches Tris out of the corner of his eye, a slight frown on his lips, trying to be subtle as he works out what he's seeing*

It's hardly any trouble. The more people who know about magic- and learn about it from ambient mages, the less people like me get underestimated simply because our power has to be expressed through something else. [It is the eternally-old debate and one that is close to Tris's heart, the assumption that ambient magic is somehow inferior to academic magic. What does that make her, when she's got both?]

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