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[alicornucopia]

In Paraasilan, Esmaar, a pair of roommates are about to break a rule that, compared to the one about running in the corridors or even the one about unlicensed teleportation, is there for a good reason.

In unison, they complete their shared spell.

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with Adarin (Aestrix)

with Ekador (kappa)

with Brilliance (kappa)

with the admin (kappa)

with Teah (kappa)

with Katran (lambda)

with Hall (kappa)

with Joy (kappa)

with Kalinda (Christy Hotwater)

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[pyrophyte]

"Summoned me irreversibly to a strange place, apparently," says Ekador.

He is not especially upset about it, though.

[alicornucopia]

"Not irreversibly," says Korulen swiftly. "I'll get a familiar, Mom, I'm close to the right CC already..."

"But certainly for much longer than our visitor ever agreed to, which would be zero," says Korulen's mom. "I'm terribly sorry, Ekador."

[pyrophyte]

"It's appreciated," he says. "I would also appreciate a chair, and perhaps a meal."

[alicornucopia]

"Do you object to a minimally invasive scan of your mind? The fact that you've been disenfranchised through no fault of your own doesn't guarantee that the spell chose a non-dangerous target. If you do object we can certainly arrange for a chair and a meal within the circle."

[pyrophyte]

"...Define minimally invasive."

[alicornucopia]

"All I need to know is whether you're dangerous, so that's all I'll look for and all I'll find," says Keo.

[pyrophyte]

"Hm."

Well, the fact that she asked for permission is reassuring.

"All right."

[alicornucopia]

Keo tilts her head, then steps forward and smudges the chalk.

Korulen pushes a chair in his direction solicitously.

[pyrophyte]

"Thank you," says Ekador. He sits down. The much-travelled block of wood goes back to his pocket.

[alicornucopia]

"The school can take responsibility for you in the meantime," says Keo. "There are spare rooms, we can get you a cafeteria pass. The girls can send letters to anyone you want to contact, and summon any possessions you need, and additionally competent graduated wizards who will be able to undo what they have done can summon any of your friends or relatives who want to visit you here."

Saasnil makes an unhappy noise from where she's scrunched up on her bed.

[pyrophyte]

"I see," he says. "That sounds... convenient, given the circumstances."

[alicornucopia]

"If there's anything else that could make your stay here less inconvenient please do let me know," says Keo. "How about I show you to one of those empty rooms, and Korulen's father will be here presently to talk to the girls about what's next for them?"

[pyrophyte]

"Reasonable," says Ekador. He stands up again.

[alicornucopia]

Keo leads him out into the hall, and down to the end. Behind a door at said end is a small boxy room with no other exits. She waves him in.

[pyrophyte]

He follows, inspecting the small boxy room curiously.

[alicornucopia]

"Ataan Hall," Keo tells the lift.

It starts descending.

[pyrophyte]

Ekador makes a startled sound, abruptly made aware of the fact that he is in a box not physically supported by any structure he can detect, and that box is now falling. He reacts on instinct - the walls of the lift chute are made of wood, the lift likewise; the movement of one relative to the other is directly perceptible to him and he can likewise directly cause it to stop, by commanding the lift and the walls to behave as though they are one solid object despite the intervening space. He does not so much decide to do this as do it and then understand how he did.

[alicornucopia]

It's Keo's turn to be startled.

"Did you do something?" she asks, touching the wall of the lift. "I don't think there's been an emergency safety-stop on a lift in years."

[pyrophyte]

"Yes," he says. "I suppose on reflection it's obvious that there was magic at work, but I reacted to apparently falling before I had time to question that appearance. I apologize."

[alicornucopia]

"...Can you undo it, or do I need to teleport us out of here and arrange for repairs?"

[pyrophyte]

"I am... not sure how easy it would be to repair without my help," he says. "Just a moment."

He rests his hand flat against the wall of the lift and closes his eyes, examining the... for lack of a better word, alignment between the wood of the lift and the wood of the chute. Then he releases them from it, although he stands ready to put it back if this results in a truly uncontrolled fall.

[alicornucopia]

They descend at a not-uncontrolled-falling pace.

[pyrophyte]

Ekador relaxes when this becomes clear.

[alicornucopia]

Then the lift starts going left.

[pyrophyte]

"How does it do that?"