[OPEN] after tonight, another day

[sunstead]

Who: Clamor & OPEN
When: All through July
What: Catch-all log! Open + closed prompts
Warnings: Possible mentions of self-harm; can be avoided if you let me know, but he's having A Rough Time between the 6th and the 12th specifically. Will update if needed!

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wild-ish card

[carpevinum]

[Lucifer has some extremely homosexual interest in Clamor due to the fact that he's cute a mage, and in Lucifer's experience, mages are either the worst kinds of people or the best. He has so many tales about all of the horrible witches he's met over the years, but anyway...

Clamor doesn't exactly seem the type to either a) stalk Lucifer for a pact or b) be weirdly emotionally manipulative about pacts, and truth be told he's always been nosey about others. Whether it be due to the fact that they have magic that's either interesting or dangerous, or due to them possessing intelligence that he doesn't have already, or even due to seeing them as competition, Lucifer has a keen fascination with people. Which means, of course, that his first order of business has been regularly checking in on his magical companion, and the second...]

Do you have a free hour or two?

[...is currently pulling Clamor aside after the end of an occult club meeting so that they can talk spells without any of the nosey young kids overhearing.]

Re: wild-ish card

[sunstead]

[they've just barely gotten the occult club off the ground and he's already starting to feel like he's back to tutoring at Seven Tower... next he'll be grading magic papers deep into the night...

but they're not quite there yet, and instead he's allowing himself to be dragged out of the room by his demonic co-teacher. uhh??]

I... I suppose so. [wait, this is probably club related. for a second there he almost thought he was... nevermind] I didn't have anything planned, so right now is fine. What did you need?

[carpevinum]

Yes, actually.

["Pulling aside" is quite literal with Lucifer, who can be pushy at the best of times, including now.]

Frankly, as much as you are an expert at protective magics, your spells take too long to set up to be effective in a pinch. Which, given the nature of the place we're in, isn't exactly to your benefit unless you plan to live your life in a chalk diagram.

[He's just assuming Clamor can't do things on the fly, anyway.]

More to the point, I'm offering to teach you some hexes. Little things like binding someone to the floor in case they come after you or cursing them to move slowly, things of that nature. What do you say?

[sunstead]

[He knows it's not meant to put him down, but it still stings to hear his magic being criticized so bluntly. He was at the top of his class, he knows he can do better—]

That's the whole point of having a spellbook, isn't it? And it's not like I need a circle on hand for everything, I'm not some greenhorn first year. I've even done casting without hands before! Do you know how hard it is to focus a barrier without a real body? It's even worse when you can barely see what's going on, I basically had to guess for every step and I still nailed it. I doubt even my professor could've managed that...

[The bristling doesn't last long, at least, before he deflates again with an irritated sigh. He can absolutely do better than what he's shown, and he wants to, but... there's no point in making it a pride thing. This is outside of his control.]

Truthfully... I'm still not back to full strength. Activating magic this simple shouldn't be so draining. If my manaflow is the problem, I don't know if I would fair any better with hexes.

[but he's not saying no, either. he likes learning about new types of magic, so why would he? even if he was never really good with those kinds of spells... it wouldn't hurt to try something new.]

[carpevinum]

Are you actually intending to flip through a spellbook while running for your life?

[Lucifer gets the bristling, he does. He can tell he stepped on Clamor's toes a little bit, but he's too stubborn to relent at the same time. It's fair that Clamor can cast spells without hands, or focus on a barrier without having a true body, or can guess and get it right — but in Lucifer's honest opinion simple bragging rights don't save a person who is now just as killable as anyone else here.

It's hard to tell with him since he doesn't like to say it, but he cares for Clamor and dammit he's going to teach the man some magic, Demon King help them all.]

I've felt a similar phenomenon here as well, so I cannot fault you for that. However talented you may be, though, it would do you well to learn something new.

[Basically: I care for you, asshole, you're not allowed to die.

Which really does not come out that way.]

I do not believe for a single moment that you are incapable or otherwise, which is why I'm offering to teach you something new — despite the apparent issues with being weakened by this place — rather than summon something to follow you around at all hours of the day and guard over you that way.

[No Lucifer is absolutely not hinting at the fact he figured out he can summon things now what are you talking about?]

[sunstead]

Please don't start another imp infestation. [he's assuming (hoping) that's a joke but seriously... too soon, man.]

I never said I wasn't interested, I'm just not sure if it'll make a difference. It would depend on how your hexes draw mana. Maybe if it's something simple...? Well, it wouldn't hurt to try.

We should go somewhere more private first. I'd hate to accidentally curse someone... [or like... intentionally curse someone... there is Another Reason why he's not sure how effective he'll be at hexes but look, he'll deal with that after they figure out if he can use them or not.]