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[evocation]

Who: Kyna, Wash, Harlan!
What: Hanging out? Introductions? A trainwreck.
Where: Kyna's apartment.
When: 10/29!
Warnings: Probably none.

[So Harlan and Wash want to meet, and Kyna is trying not to feel awkward about it, but she's feeling awkward anyway. It didn't help that Harlan grilled her for about a million years, or that she doesn't really introduce people to each other ever. Not people she actually cares about, anyway. Poor Wash is stuck with her sitting on the couch, tapping her foot against the table incessantly.]

He'll probably be here soon.

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[hardwearing]

[ Wash came over in armor, as always, but took his helmet off for Kyna's benefit once he got inside. Left it on the coffee table that she's currently tapping nervously. Her fidgeting isn't anything new but it's especially bad right now, and Wash tilts his head at her curiously. ]

You don't think we're going to get along, huh?

[evocation]

No. I mean, maybe? Uh...

[She stops herself from babbling and makes a face. Harlan is going to embarrass the hell out of her.]

It'll be fine.

[ghostlocked]

[Hey hi Kyna were you ready for Harlan to ruin your life???

Harlan has been hype about this all day. He teleports into Kyna's living room without warning, holding a six pack of some kind of weird alien beer that he found??? and the Jizzwand.]

Hey.

[He points it at Kyna and says the word of power. Enjoy your glitter shower, you guys.]

[hardwearing]

[ Well that officially startles the crap out of Wash, which means that without even thinking about it his gun is out and raised at the man suddenly in the center of the room, between him and Kyna.

...except then it's raining glitter.

Slowly, he points the pistol down. This must be Harlan. ]

What the hell..?

[evocation]

[This escalates about as quickly as it possibly can, and for a second Kyna considers the pros of just teleporting out of her apartment and crawling off somewhere to die. But then Harlan would win, so.]

Harlan, what the fuck. You dragged that stupid ass thing all the way here with us?

[And yeah, Wash has a gun, but Wash always has a gun, and Kyna is too upset about the existence of the Jizzwand to care.]

[ghostlocked]

[Wow that sure is a gun in his face for a sec? It's a bit startling, but he's had worse, and the guy sits down again quickly enough. Excellent. This is already going well.

He drops the beer onto the table, but he's gonna keep the Jizzwand. Kyna will probably try to take it away if he leaves it unattended.

Anyway, Wash first.]

Hey, I'm Harlan. Nice to meet you.

[Perfectly pleasant. And he's gonna ignore Wash's question.]

I didn't mean to. Trust me, if I got to choose what showed up here with me, I would've packed better. I'd trade this thing for an Xbox anyday.

[hardwearing]

[ It sure was! Wash is holstering it again now, though, with the confirmation that this is in fact the guy they were expecting and not just some random teleporting asshole. And then he's bending forward to ruffle glitter out of his hair. See, Kyna, this is why you keep your helmet on. You never know. ]

Wash.

You sure know how to make an introduction.

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[Kyna, on the other hand, has been glittered so many times by this thing that she doesn't even bother to try to brush it off.]

Because he's a dick.

[Hopefully Harlan didn't expect holding onto the wand to keep Kyna from trying to take it, because that's exactly what she's getting up to do.]

[ghostlocked]

Yeah, K hates this thing. Figured she'd--Hey!

[And then Kyna is viciously attacking him?? His dex score is fucking garbage so of course she gets a hold of it, but it's not like her strength is any better. They're at a good old-fashioned stand-off.

Sooo he says the word of power again and blasts her with another spray of glitter. EN GARDE.]

You fuck off. I will Web you. [But he's laughing.]

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[ Wash watches the struggle, waving a hand to keep errant glitter from getting in his eyes as Harlan sets it off again. ]

So you're a wizard too? Or can anyone use that thing?

[evocation]

[Kyna is successfully glittered in the face, and she lets go of the wand, letting out an offended noise. She plops back onto the couch, eyeing Harlan suspiciously, but she's trying and failing not to smile, so apparently she's not too annoyed.]

No. He's a sorcerer.

[She says it sarcastically, reaching up to brush some of the glitter from Wash's hair.]

And the worst person in the entire world.

[ghostlocked]

[He's got your number, K.]

She's just pouting because sorcerers are way cooler than wizards. [He's bias, but seriously. Born with magic??? That's so much cooler than, like, going to college.]

What's the story with the armor? [He's curious... though it does look kind of goofy.]

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What's the difference?

[ He really doesn't know, just like he didn't know that there were different types of wizards before meeting Lup and Kyna. ]

...it's just armor. Mark VI, pretty standard where I'm from. If you mean why am I still wearing it here, it's because this place is dangerous.

[evocation]

[She makes a face.]

Sorcerers just kind of know magic, and wizards have to learn it.

[ghostlocked]

["Just kind of know magic." Way to downplay how cool it is, Kyna.]

I was born with my magic is what she's saying. There's a shitload of ways to cast, but it mostly boils down to getting lucky like I did, learning it the hard way like Kyna did, or making a pact with some bullshit deity, which is never not bad news. [In his opinion. Paladins and clerics and shit might feel differently, but still. Servitude sucks?]

Eh. Dangerous, sure, but I don't know about Mark VI dangerous unless you're romping around in the caves on the regular.

[hardwearing]

So you didn't have to learn spells, you could just... do things? More like telekinesis or whatever?

[ Wash flexes his armored hands and lifts one shoulder in a little shrug. ]

I've been attacked enough I'm not comfortable wandering around without it yet. We'll see.

[evocation]

[Kyna shrugs.]

He knows some of the same spells I do, it's just that he doesn't have to... you know. Study them the same way I do.