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[newphew]

WHO: Hunter and YOU!
WHAT: Hiding from the vet
WHERE: Anywhere in the base, including your room!!
WHEN: Shortly after the downtime log
WARNINGS: Stupidity???

[ no matter where you might be -- the metro, the shrine, your actual room? you catch a movement out of the corner of your eye and a blonde teenager is taking refuge behind a door, in a karaoke booth, a supply closet, or under your actual bed, etc. the list goes on. the stupider, the better ]

[ hunter catches your eye and has the audacity to make a "shh" motion at you. wow, what is he hiding from? what's got this kid so spooked he'll take refuge under the beds of other recruits? ]

[ it must be serious.... right? ]

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[icyspicy]

Lots of poking and prodding, but nothing painful.

[ They did draw blood but Winter’s not too bothered by a little prodding with a needle. ]

Do you want me to go to the waiting room with you? I don’t mind.

[newphew]

[ he huffs with a slight redness to his cheeks when winter offers to accompany him, but doesn't make any sort of retort ]

... I'll deal with it later.

[ mods told me that he would be found in the middle of the night and dragged off for an exam so that's clearly the most hilarious option ]

[ hunter also starts to crawl out from under winter's bed. progress ]

How did a cat learn healing magic or.... doctor magic or whatever, anyway?

[ grumble ]

[icyspicy]

[ He gives Hunter a Look, though that’s all he cares to push. He’s fatherly toward the boy, yes, but not to the point of forcing him to take his vitamins every morning.

Winter takes a seat on the edge of the bed when Hunter starts to emerge, motioning for him to sit as well. ]

It’s called “medicine.” Not everything is magic around here, remember? Back home, we’ve plenty of healers who use herbs and know-how instead of magic.

[newphew]

[ he's the cool dad. wrio can be the eat your veggies dad. hunter does indeed sit (but he dusts himself off first so as not to make winter's bed dirty ]

I know, I know, but what they can do.... there's got to be some magic involved.

[ flattening out his hair which got messed up by his terrible hiding ]

There was a healing coven back home, too.... but it was nothing like this.

[icyspicy]

I believe what you think to be magic is really the work of highly advanced technology.

[ Winter reaches over to his bedside table and offers Hunter a brush. For his hair problem. ]

A whole coven of healers, though? That sounds fascinating. Most healers where I’m from are clerics, so they have ties to churches and deities.

[newphew]

[ hunter.... takes it, then starts brushing his hair with more force than necessary. he does not know haircare very well.... ]

... Yeah, it's one of the covens witches can sign up for. But anyone who signs up for a coven can only practice one kind of magic.... except for one. [ he rubs his wrist a little self-consciously. but he can't help but look a bit curious ]

How many deities does your world have, anyway?

[icyspicy]

[ Oh honey no. He gently takes Hunter by the wrist, relieving him of his brush so that Winter can start brushing his hair for him. He's much nicer about it. ]

Wizard schools are much the same, unless you care to be a jack of all trades and a master of none, I suppose.

[ As for the question, he shrugs, still brushing away. ]

As many as there are things to have deities of. There are gods of light and life and justice, of death and decay and blood. Anything and everything between.

[newphew]

That's not an option where I'm from. Unless you're in the Emperor's Coven.

[ being a jack of all trades and a master of none..... ]

[ but hunter sits still for the brushing, cheeks a little red. it makes sense that winter would be good at this, considering his beautiful mane. it feels nicer than he thought it would, having his hair brushed ]

And they just... co-exist?

[icyspicy]

It's not an option for most where I'm from, either.

[ There are a few times during the brushing where Winter stops to mutter a spell - a simple incantation that cleans things, basically. Hunter's getting a dry shampooing while he's here. It probably tingles a bit but doesn't hurt or anything. ]

They do. Not always peacefully, of course.

[newphew]

Do they... get punished? If they try?

[ hunter's voice drops to an undertone, his head dipping down a little at the topic. he's otherwise been trying to be a good boy and stay very still for winter, though this topic is obviously stirring up some feelings (tm) ]

... We only have the one, really. I can't imagine so many of them just.... existing and not killing each other, or something.