01 🦇 video; un: c.cain

[cassassin]

[Cass is in the common living room on Floor 6 when she records this. She's wearing a purple hoodie that's a size or two too large for her, and she holds up her phone, thinking.]

So, um--hi. [A little wave at her phone's camera, and it's definitely kind of uncertain and awkward.] I'm Cassandra. Tim, Jason, and Damian's... sister, if you know them. Got here a few weeks ago. I was... wondering, if any of you knew anything about... neurology? Brain structure. Um, language centers, especially. Maybe... different ways to teach? I had a scan done--back home. About a month before I... got here. I'm not... wired right, I guess. Or just... different? It's...

[She cuts herself off with a frustrated sigh, closing her eyes for a second. The words aren't lining up right. Scrubbing a hand back through her hair before she continues, moving onto another point. Forget where she had been trying to go with that before, doesn't matter now.]

So. I need to, uh, learn to read. Normal ways don't work.

[She pauses, thinking, before changing gears.]

And, um, Steph and I are... joining the Guard. So if anyone wants to train, or spar... uh, let me know? I'm a good teacher. Learned from... all of the best.

[Yeah uh. She guesses that's it? Video over.]

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video; un: actualwizard666

[wiccant]

( tim, jason, and steph--all names he recognizes but didn't know they were connected. what a coincidence. though he supposes that. actually makes sense. )

I--might be able to help, but I've never tried it before so it might not work.

[cassassin]

[now that gets her curiosity.]

How? [what's the thought here, billiam]

[wiccant]

With magic?

[cassassin]

Oh. [guess who didn't bother running that id through text to speech]

Doing what?

[wiccant]

I, uh.

( how does he explain this. )

I can kind of just will stuff to happen. Sometimes it doesn't work, here? But it usually does.

[cassassin]

[... she's not sure she loves the sound of this with regards to The Way Her Brain Does Its Thing.]

Okay. So, what would you, uh... [what's the actual gameplan if she were to say yes here, Billy boy.]

[wiccant]

( wow don't ask him for plans does he look like he ever has plans because all his plans are terrible, they turn out terribly, cass. don't trust his plans. )

I was thinking I could try wishing you to be able to read.