Deck, Wednesday Morning

[not_every_mage]

The truth was, it wasn't the best day to be outside; the sky was gray and looked like rain. But even after most of a year outside the Circle, Anders still sometimes got an itch to be in the fresh air just to prove that he could, that no one was going to stop him from doing whatever hit his fancy.

He took his tea and a nice fat novel with lots of fighting bits in it to the dorm deck and settled in. It wasn't the most exciting start to the day, but he wasn't really looking for excitement.

[OOC: Open like a deck!]

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[not_every_mage]

"It was bloody insane," Anders nodded. "It was like the thing I got from the store was the only thing that mattered in the whole world. Looking back I don't know how I got so deep so fast."

[doesnotkneel]

"You've never heard of this kind of magic before?" Edward asked.

[not_every_mage]

"I've heard of possession, but I wasn't supposed to be dumb enough to fall for it," Anders said. "Gaunt -- the shopkeeper -- he tricks you into thinking he's harmless, and then he gets your head all muddled up. Nasty bit of magic. I'd be just as happy to never see it again."

[doesnotkneel]

"Glad I didn't bother going in, then," Edward said, settling into a nearby chair. "Seemed like too expensive of a place for me. You're not feeling any left-over trouble or anything, then?"

[not_every_mage]

"My pride stings, but that's about it," Anders told him. "And you were right. For someone who took payment in rocks and hair, he was running a damned expensive operation."

[doesnotkneel]

Edward winced a little. "Going by what I've heard," he agreed. "Oh-- She was worried you were mad at her after that whole spat with the telephones last week. Hanna, that is."

[not_every_mage]

Anders gave Edward a puzzled wince of his own. "Why would she think that?" he wondered. "I like Hanna, as far as I know her."

[doesnotkneel]

"She got an odd message," Edward said, shrugging a bit. "As we all did. Told her you likely had no quarrel with her, but it's always good to know I'm not lying to someone without knowing it."

[not_every_mage]

"Ah. No, that wasn't a lie," Anders said. "And now I'm newly terrified who else my responses went to. It got very confusing."

[doesnotkneel]

"Well, you didn't send any to me, at least," Edward said, with a chuckle. "Be lording it over you if you did."

[not_every_mage]

"I'll have you know I left fantastic messages," Anders objected. "Full of wit and cleverness, a bit saucy -- anyone would be lucky to hear from me that way."

Liiiiiar.

[doesnotkneel]

Edward let out a genuine laugh this time. "Do you hear yourself talking, mate?" he said, giving Anders' chair a playful nudge with his foot. "Witty and clever, he calls his words. I've never heard it."

[not_every_mage]

Anders kicked Edward's chair just as gently in return. "You've never called me on the phone, have you?"

[doesnotkneel]

"What, do you gain an entirely new personality when you use the phone?" Edward inquired.

[not_every_mage]

"You just don't properly appreciate me," Anders informed him, undaunted. "Maybe you'd think I was funnier if you cleaned the wax out of your ears."