not-quite-new-year update

[medrau.livejournal.com]

What was up with the mistletoe, anyway? Or do these things just happen to you guys?
(I'm not telling how I got rid of it, so don't bother asking)

Bugs is being good, except he keeps sneaking out of my room to follow people around. Mostly Amy. I think cats get jealous of babies. My cousin's cat did the same thing to her for a year after her kid was born.
I admit I kinda sorta mighta been looking in backstreets and alleys for stray cats when I found him... College dorms wouldn't allow pets. I was deprived and stuff.

I was wondering, though... ok, the real reason for this post is to ask about magic. I know some of you have learned it. So how's it work and is it tough to learn?

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[seolearo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's always that chance. Even more so if you're learning from the Cheshire Cat, I hear, but last I heard Wonderland fell to Darkness and I'm not complaining about it, either. But most magic teachers will make you take it slow at first, so you don't accidentally kill yourself. Yen Sid, for example, teaches magical theory before letting you actually try the spell out. Between chores, of course. And when I was with Merlin, he dove right into spellweaving, but started with just sparks before working up to an actual bolt of lightning.

[medrau.livejournal.com]

Merlin sounds like what I'd want, really. I don't need the whole textbook of magical theory in my head. It'd confuse me, I just know. I learn best when you tell me how something works without bothering to tell me why... It's simple that way.

Hey, this is a dumb question since I do wanna learn magic, but do you guys really just let every newbie jump in like this if they ask? It's kind of an "ok, have fun, not our fault if you die" attitude, isn't it?

[seolearo.livejournal.com]

Pretty much, yeah? But we do look out for each other, especially the new kids if they need help! A refugee's specialty is surviving, though, so no worries. Just don't go taking a Behemoth on anytime soon and you should be good!

[medrau.livejournal.com]

No Behemoths. Gotcha.