[A burst of static and then you can hear a lively strain of carnival music as a black placard on the screen with white lettering says 'Come See the Amazing Tony'.  A grainy picture of a young man on a platform appears.  He's surrounded by what look like bouncers or bodyguards, however he doesn't seemed to be soothed by their presence at all.  In ( Read more... )

[A clicking of keys and then a pause, followed by a sarcastic voice muttering.]

Today on Working with Wizards we have a very special episode we like to call "words you can't pronounce and ways your jaw probably isn't supposed to move."  Okay, starting small.

[Sound of a coin being dropped on the floor.  Then a deep breath followed by seven words of ( Read more... )

Have:

1 iron ball bearing plated with silver
12 salt tablets
4 Ritz crackers
1 book, Thaumaturgy and You by Wilhemina S. Prittchard
1 print-out of Alchemy Symbols
1 periodic table
2 pairs of old sneakers I don't care about losing or wrecking

Still Need:

red felt pen
clean knife
holy water
1 can of Diet Pepsi

I think I'm set.

What flavour am I?  Um.  I dunno.  I'm not gonna go around licking myself.

That'd be kind of weird.

Does anyone have odd jobs they need someone for on weekends or in the evenings?  I can do any kind of manual labour, and I have some special abilities.  If you need something warded so others can't touch it or if you need something cleaned in a hurry, ( Read more... )

Okay...

[long exhale]

Lee, it works.  We're not gonna be able to bring anything with us though, it's heavy enough with two people as it is and I don't weigh all that much to begin with...

...And now that I have a physical body again, I think I'm gonna go throw up.

[end transmission]

[static]

--circle three times widdershins......Geez, why can't they just say counter-clockwise?  Okay, this pile's all whites.

[dragging noises]

Dip right hand in cold water, flick outwards and...anchoring chant...

Clean and bright,
all right?

[pause]

.....Shit.  Blue sock.

[Outside of apartment #24, there is a wizard painting cherry cough syrup on the door and around the door frame, in strange symbols.  His lips purse in concentration as he works]

...Crap.  I need to redo that one, it's dripping too much.

[There's a rather gloomy-looking young wizard sitting outside building 5, sketching what looks like random lines and squiggles into the dirt with a finger.  Every so often, he'll murmur something under his breath and the sketch will blaze with blue flame before going out.]

This isn't...working.

--on the one you want to synchronize with, making a connection through a pulse point.  Focus through the contact and pull inwards using the pattern to anchor...

[clicking of keys]

God, Arra, you couldn't give me a graphic that wasn't made in MSPaint?

Okay.  Squiggle, squiggle, line, two dots, and an upside-down Y.  Simple enough.

Make sure you pull ( Read more... )

[There is a young man in front of building 5 drawing fire from his hand into a semi-circle around himself, lighting a carefully laid path of tinder.  He smirks as the flames grow higher at his bidding.  And then a lamp post catches a spark.  The smirk turns into a frown.]

Ah, crap.

[As he calls all the flames back into his hand, sweat dampens the ( Read more... )