Katey Willow
November 15, 2020 4:19 PM
I might be crazy [HoH Office] by Katey Willow
After seeing the odd silver toys interaction in the Cascade Hall, Katey gave herself a couple days to sort of chew over the situation. Had she just been that desperate for caffeine that she had imagined it all? Or was there some other reason her mind might play a trick on her? Stress could do a number on people, as any medical professional could attest, and Katey had been experiencing a slightly elevated level of stress this year so far. Too much time in an empty Infirmary, too many memories coming back. She missed Jean-Loup. And while she still had Mary for chats, she hadn’t spoken to Killian very much recently.But eventually, she decided that the source had to be some kind of external force, simply because the things she had seen were too random for even her mind to invent. If Katelyn were to hallucinate, realistically, she would probably be seeing Ethan. It definitely wouldn’t be a child’s conversation between a toy dragon and a Snitch. The familiar quality of the voice they shared made her a little weary of her own assessment, but these other factors convinced her that it was worth discussing with someone higher up the totem.
Thus she found herself on the other side of Selina’s office door. Katey found herself in frequent admiration of their Deputy Headmistress (especially compared to Headmaster Brockert, who honestly terrified her). She trusted Selina, looked up to her, and felt she could confide the situation in her without having her sanity too heavily scrutinized.
She left an elf to watch the Infirmary and picked a time during Selina’s evening office hours to head down to see her. The young witch knocked gently, then a little more firmly, immediately afraid she hadn’t been strong enough to be heard. From within, instructions came to enter, and Katey cracked the door open and peaked around. “Hi,” she said, stepping into the office. “Do you have a sec?”
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I might be crazy [HoH Office]
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Selina Skies
November 15, 2020 4:50 PM
Let's consider other options too by Selina Skies
Selina sat at her desk, trying to resist the urge to count the papers remaining on her desk. There had been twelve last time she had counted, and she was pretty sure she had only marked one or maybe two since, even if it felt like a million. Or at least felt like a million hours, as she waded through the treacle of badly constructed ideas, searching for a glimmer of merit worthy of marks. The start of the year was always rough like that, with those who were new to the school or to their grade level not always quite handling the step up.She found herself relieved when there was a knock on her door.
"Come in," she called, waiting to see who it was before she worried about putting away the papers.
"Katey," she smiled, as the door opened and the medic peeked in. "Of course," she nodded when asked if she had a sec. She always would for the things that were important, and - much as she liked to think she was friendly with her staff - Katey didn't seem the type to drop in unless she had something she needed to say. Of course, even on the off chance it was purely a social call, the fact that she was desperate enough for company to come hang out with Selina would speak volumes.
"Just doing some marking, but more than happy to put it aside," she stated with a wry smile. Katey, of course, did not have that amongst her duties, but Selina suspected she had spent long enough amongst teachers to know that it wasn't the most exciting part of the job. She waved her wand, neatly stacking the papers, and causing a purple envelope with 'Mom (Selina Skies), Sonora Academy, Arizona, USA' in glittering silver ink to tuck itself into the stack at the point she had reached in her marking. That would be her reward for finishing the pile. "What can I do for you?" she asked Katey.
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Selina Skies
Let's consider other options too
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Katey Willow
November 15, 2020 5:17 PM
I'm open to suggestions. by Katey Willow
She smiled. Even when interrupted, Selina was so welcoming. Katey crossed to her desk and sat opposite it, watching with mild delight as the papers from her desk stacked themselves. So satisfyingly organized.“So, it might be nothing,” Katey offered as a disclaimer at the start of her tale. “But a few days ago, I was in the Cascade Hall to get some coffee, and while I was sitting at a table, something… kind of odd happened.” She shifted in the chair, crossing her legs at the ankle beneath her. “I heard what I thought was a kid’s voice, so I thought maybe Dora or Zeus were under the table, so I got on the floor to look, and instead, there was this, like… silvery thing? It looked like a stuffed animal or something, but floating. And it was having a conversation with some kind of ethereal-looking Snitch?”
They were statements of facts, not questions, but Katey’s own lingering confusion flipped up the inflection of the descriptions. She went on. “They were... talking to each other, but sort of like with the same voice? Like a kid playing or something. But I didn’t see any kids around, and they were floating and translucent. Almost like ghost toys, if that makes sense? I know that sounds ridiculous, but it’s the best I can describe it. So I guess I’m just wondering if there is any sort of magic in this school that would cause something like that.”
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Katey Willow
I'm open to suggestions.
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Selina Skies
November 15, 2020 6:11 PM
Sure. Coming right up... by Selina Skies
"It definitely sounds like something," Selina acknowledged, as Katey explained the strange phenomenon she had observed in the hall. "Whether it's something to worry about, I'm not sure," she mused.She thought over Katey's observations, trying to match it to any kind of magic she knew about. Obviously, there were ghosts, and she had described the figures as ghost-like but toys did not generally leave ghosts. She decided to give her own and Katey's intelligence the credit of not needing to point this out - the woman did have a medical degree, after all. Admittedly, ghosts had been known to have or produce objects from time to time, though there were limits on that. Could there be a very young ghost child that was particularly attached to its toys and manifested them? But then, where had the ghost of the child been?
"There's almost every kind of magic in this school," she answered Katey's question, even though it wasn't really much of an answer. "With the kids, Dora and Zeus," she clarified, "there really is everything from children's accidental magic all the way up through teenagers to us, to the magic that keeps the building running." Clearly, somewhere in that, there was something, or maybe more than one thing, that could cause what Katey had seen - there had to be, given that it had happened. Which thing, or how many things, was a totally different question. "I'll have a think about next steps. I suppose I could ask Osvaldo or Grayson to check over the Mirage Chamber and the MARS rooms - they've sprung leaks before. Maybe check in that no one's been running a class that could result in that," she mused. She was not going to run the risk of saying that it did not sound dangerous because that was precisely the kind of sentiment people expressed before abruptly being consumed by the forces of darkness. Luring people in with cuteness was definitely a recognised tactic too. Still, 'I think I saw a floating plushie' was amongst the nicer issues she'd had dropped on her plate recently. "Thank you for letting me know," she smiled at Katey.
Whatever it was, it sounded temporary, and so she was not expecting to be able to observe it herself - she thought it would have attracted more attention had it still been there when the students went to eat - though she would go and double check herself, just in case.
"Where exactly was it?" she clarified. "And do you have any theories yourself?" she asked. Katey was the one who had observed it directly, after all.
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Selina Skies
Sure. Coming right up...
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Katey Willow
November 19, 2020 1:39 PM
So what are we thinking? by Katey Willow
Every kind of magic. Well, that really narrowed things down. But Katey was grateful for how kind and understanding Selina was, and she was definitely grateful that Selina didn’t think she was a lunatic having a breakdown or hallucination.This school did, in particular, have a lot of building magic. All magical schools had something or another to keep them disguised, but as Selina mentioned, the MARS rooms and Mirage Chamber drew a lot of power. Katelyn had only heard mention of the Mirage Chamber a couple times, and she herself had never seen it, but it sounded interesting. The MARS room, though, she had taken the liberties of checking out. You know, for safety of the students whose health was her charge. Katey hoped to eventually find a coworker who shared her love of tennis to go play a few matches in the sports room. The water room was nice, too, and had for her adapted to an almost Olympic-standard pool for her to get some exercise in a couple times. That was about the extent of her personal interest, though; she had no abilities in dance or visual art, and while she had checked out the music room and sung a few bars, the paintings told her rather rudely that she was pitchy, so she didn’t have much inclination to return.
“Under a table,” Katey reiterated upon request. “I can show you which, if you’d like. Either now or just at dinner.” A passing gesture would probably be less obvious than the two of them showing up together and investigating thoroughly, if anyone was watching. It didn’t seem like Selina thought this was a big deal, so they probably didn’t want to raise anyone’s alarm over nothing. “I’ve been turning it over in my head a couple days, but I really don’t have any theories,” she added. “It was so unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. They almost looked like ghosts, but that doesn’t make sense for inanimate objects.”
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