text | 001b - Full Moons Return

[spaghettimonster]

Name: Papyrus | Username: CoolestSkeleton95
Date: Iuneril 24th
Format: Text

JUST A QUICK QUESTION, FOR ANYBODY READING THIS.

IS IT REALLY ALREADY THE FULL MOONS??
BECAUSE THAT FELT LIKE ONE WEEK. MAYBE.

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[spaghettimonster]

I THOUGHT IT MUST BE A PRANK. CHANGING THE CALENDARS.
BUT IF YOU'RE GROWING HORNS, IT MUST BE TRUE.

CONGRATULATIONS??!

[Does she want congratulations? He's never grown horns, that he knows of, but that seems like an important rite of passage - for people with horns.]

[indolentaxe]

Thanks, I think.

[She appreciates the sentiment, at least, and this confirms that she's still Aeternae. Better than some of the other monster options out there!]

I just wish it didn't hurt so much. This must be what babies who are teething feel like, only it's my head.

[Woe is her.]

[spaghettimonster]

THAT SOUNDS THE WORST.
CAN ANYBODY DO MAGIC AT YOU???
THERE MUST BE SOMETHING FOR HEADACHES HERE.

[After all, there's magic for weird things like Phylaxes and illusions and transformation, beyond the normal stuff like healing and levitation. Surely with so many people who've grown horns or whatever, they've figured out ways to make it hurt less.]

[indolentaxe]

That's actually a good idea. I hadn't thought of that.

[In her defense, the pain just started today.]

You think if I just want to the Coven and asked, they'd give me something?

[spaghettimonster]

IF THEY'RE NOT TOO BUSY, I'M SURE THEY WOULD!

OR AT LEAST THEY'D HAVE A STUDENT TRY IT.
SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY BUSY...

[Give him a couple more weeks, and that student just might be him.]

[indolentaxe]

I'm sure they'll make a student do it. We had to step in on minor stuff all the time when I was back at the Academy.

[Which Hilda would, in turn, pass off to a gullible classmate.]

How are you settling in, by the way? Weird that we both got called back after last month, huh?

[spaghettimonster]

VERY WEIRD!!! I GUESS THIS WORLD DIDN'T GET ENOUGH OF HAVING ME AROUND.
AGAIN??
BUT WHO CAN BLAME IT. I'M COOL AND GREAT TO HAVE AROUND.

[And even cooler as a skeleton with magic, than a skeleton with fur and some embarrassing chewing habits.]

I FIGURED. IF I'M HERE FOR THE INDEFINITE FUTURE.
I SHOULD REALLY BRUSH UP ON THE NEW MAGIC.
...
IT TURNS OUT, THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE TIME SINK!
YOU MIGHT HAVE LUCKED OUT WITH HORNS.

[indolentaxe]

I think that's true of both of us! ;)

Also I think you're right. I didn't even like studying back when I was at school. I'll pass on having to put all that work in again.

You haven't had a chance to study healing magic or anything yet, have you?

[spaghettimonster]

I'M SURE IT IS!!

AND, A LITTLE.
I BRUSHED UP ON THE BASICS.
ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT, IT'S HARDER HERE?

THEN I LET SOMEBODY WITH PAINT BRUSH A MATRIX ON ME.

[Thankfully, the people at Inkchanted advertised that new self-healing pattern just a couple days after his injury, speeding his recovery right up. It probably doesn't do anything for transformation pains, though...]

[indolentaxe]

A matrix? What's that supposed to do?

[You've piqued her interest with that last comment.]

[spaghettimonster]

[Questions that drive home the fact that not everyone has been hours and hours in the library.]

OH, A MAGIC PATTERN!
BUT MORE AN ARRAY OR DIAGRAM,
THAN A BUNCH OF BULLETS PUMMELING YOU.