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?

Comments

[belegwen.livejournal.com]

Cats: Yes, Ember isn't very fond of Ashlyn and Eli, though she mostly just avoids them. She's never been all that fond of children. I'm not sure it's out of jealousy though. I think she's kind of scared of them.

Magic: It takes about a week of serious study (as in most of your waking hours are devoted to study in one form or another). You have to find a teacher though.

[medrau.livejournal.com]

I don't blame her. Babies are scary.

Where would I find a teacher? Also, I kind of just want to learn about how it works first. It seems pretty wild to jump right into it (says the girl who started her refugee career by being turned into a raven).

[belegwen.livejournal.com]

Babies are wonderful.

If you want to study that sort of thing, I would recommend learning from Merlin or Yen Sid who probably have the best comprehensive approach.

[medrau.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, they are. They're just scary.

It'll probably be Merlin, if I do this. Yen Sid's a little scary too, and not in the way babies are.

[belegwen.livejournal.com]

Babies are NOT scary. I promise. Once you get used to them.

[medrau.livejournal.com]

But they're all... breakable and stuff.

[belegwen.livejournal.com]

Less so than you would think. Mostly they're made of cartilage, so they're pretty bendy. I'm really clumsy, and Ashlyn's fine.