Bellelurette: Hickey

[perfectpower]

Hickey will never not be a funny name.

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Week 1, Saturday

[perfectpower]

[Well he's just walking around once the trial is over, complaining to himself.]

Shitty witch, doin' all this magic while blockin' my magic-

[But then he sees Hickey and drops the insulting for now.]

Oh hey. Doing anything now?

[It's late, but not 'go to bed' late. If there were booze this would be the time for drinking.]

[spotsalone]

[ Hickey is just minding his business, having a cigarette after all of that... whatever that was. He perks up as Bradley addresses him. ]

Decompressing, mainly, though I wouldn't mind company.

[ His brow furrows for a moment. ]

You're mates with Cain, aren't you?

[perfectpower]

That's right! We work together.

[Well. As much as wizards can. But it's difficult to explain that so he keeps it simply.]

He's new to it, but he's a good kid. In a few more years he'll be more confident in himself and his power.

[spotsalone]

[ He nods. Not that he knows much about the whole wizard thing, but he has taken a liking to Cain. ]

He mentioned you. And you don't suffer from the same... [ He gestures at his eyes with two fingers. ] Affliction?

[perfectpower]

[This is where Brad's one braincell has to go to work, because there's honestly a few things him and Cain have in common.]

Affliction? Like...bein' a Sage's wizard? Or somethin' else?

[He does like men but he doesn't know that's what Hickey is referring to.]

[spotsalone]

[ Now Hickey is also confused. They're doing great! ]

Whatever's going on with his eyes, I mean. He's cagey on the topic. I thought it might have something to do with wizardry and the like.

[perfectpower]

[MFW I thought 'afflicted' was an old-timey way of saying gay.]

Oh that! Yeah, I'm afflicted, but not in the same way. I teleport randomly when I sneeze.

[spotsalone]

[ LMAO shit maybe it is?? ]

Oh. That sounds inconvenient. How far do you teleport?

[perfectpower]

Depends. Sometimes just across the room, others times I end up miles away. It's annoying more than anything else.

[spotsalone]

[ Woof. Annoying indeed. ]

I'd take that over blindness. Has that been happening here?

[perfectpower]

Not yet, I haven't sneezed yet here. I'd rather not test it out anyway, since without my magic it'd be really annoying to try and get to a city after sneezing.

[spotsalone]

It'd be something, though, if your ability allowed you to break out of this place.

[ Although, would anyone left behind benefit from it? How the hell would Bradley get back? ]

[perfectpower]

You'd think so, but without magic I can't find Cain and I can't find my way back here. So I'd get out but everyone else would be left here.

[At least he won't leave people behind?]