[Video] username: magitechsupport

[nor_iron_bars]

[The video opens on a shot of Jailbreak, standing in the Station's kitchen. For some reason, she's holding a slice of bread in one hand, and is standing by the toaster... which appears to have changed a little, somehow?]

[Overall it looks pretty much the same, but it has an extra slot in the front, and a little square screen on the side.]

So, I might've mentioned before that I can take things and make 'em a little more magical, right? Anyway, long story, but we were having some trouble with cooking and I did a little work on the toaster. Figured it'd be good manners to let everybody know how to work this thing, if we're all gonna be using the same kitchen. Other four slots work just like you're used to, no problem, but this fifth one here's kinda different.

[She drops the bread into the fifth slot and pulls the lever. A metal shutter comes down over the slot's opening, covering the contents from view, and the little screen lights up. In white letter it says 'processing...' and then, after a moment, changes to read 'yeast, flour, sugar, salt, carroway seeds'. The slot opens, and instead of bread out pops a set of five small metal trays.]

[Jail picks up on of the trays so the camera can get a good shot of it, revealing that it contains flour. Presumably, the other four contain the remaining listed ingredients.]

So yeah, it's like a bread maker, but in reverse. We have a bread unmaker now.

[Jail holds up the toaster, revealing that a label has been added by way of putting a piece of sticky tape on the side and scribbling 'bread unmaker' on it in marker. She looks pleased with herself.]

You're welcome.

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[fistsofchange]

[Leaving mushroom brews aside for now...]

Yeah but-

[She stops herself from saying "You can't trust sorcerers." Jailbreak IS a sorcerer of some kind, and would probably take that poorly.

And what has Jailbreak actually done to show herself as being untrustworthy? Sure, she has the look of someone who would steal your wallet, but...Actually trying to hurt people for no reason?

The more she thinks about it, the more she realizes she can't see it.]

...I guess that's fair.

[nor_iron_bars]

[Jail would not dispute the suggestion that she's untrustworthy- it's hard to be as shady as she is without actively trying- but would be surprised that it's her magic that makes her seem worrying instead of, say, her entire personality.]

[Whether she'd admit it or not, though, Bai Lin's got her pretty much on the money by thinking she's more likely to pickpocket someone than hurt innocent people for fun.]

[As it is, she's a little surprised by the sudden change of heart on the topic, but isn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. In the vague belief that understanding more about it might help Bai Lin feel more at ease, she offers:]

If it helps, think of it as... kinda like if you used an enchanted sword that was super sharp to cut through a wall- you used something magic to make the hole, but the hole isn't magic.

Most of my stuff's like that, doing magic but not causing magic. Making something into a magic artifact is already pretty hard, so making something that makes more magical stuff? Not the kinda thing I can afford to do often, I only got so much energy to throw around here.

[fistsofchange]

You'd know better than I would...

[For what it's worth, she doesn't sound happy about the admission at all. In fact, she felt like she had to say a bit more.]

That's just...treating magic like it's a rational thing. And maybe it is where you came from. Where I came from, people who use magic are...unstable. Maybe magic makes them that way, maybe it's just that those who are a bit crazy are more suited to learning it. I don't know.

I just know that every time I've met a sorcerer, my life has gotten more complicated. Also there's a pretty strong pattern of me getting set on fire.

[She showed Jailbreak her hands, which had burns on the palms. She also pulled her shirt up just a bit so she could see the larger burn scar on her right hip.]

It makes me nervous, is all.

[nor_iron_bars]

Huh.

[Jail doesn't sound angry or hurt at all by this admission, just kind of thoughtful. She was wondering about how magic might be different on other worlds, this could easily be part of it.]

Might be different there, then. At home, magic's all over- decent chunk of the population's got it, probably wouldn't have much of a population left if everybody who could do magic went batshit. We got our share of crazy-ass mages, sure, but not any more or less than you get with any other group of people, with or without magic.

[She looks... not pitying or disturbed, at the scars, but sympathetic. She knows a thing or two about lasting injuries, after all.]

Can't say I ain't complicated, but I promise I got no plans for arson any time soon. I can try to give you a heads up before I break out the magic next time, if it'd help?

She switched to video last tag I LITERALLY FORGOT they aren't talking face to face good job me

[fistsofchange]

It might, honestly.

We've all been there, it's cool.

[nor_iron_bars]

Can do.

[fistsofchange]

If we're in a hurry or in danger, you don't have to worry about it, obviously.

[Just making her position clear.]

[nor_iron_bars]

I might just shout 'hey head's up' at you, if it comes down to that. I can shout pretty loud.

[It's kind of impressive, given that her voice must be at least a little bit muffled by that gas mask.]