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[hectorspellman]

Hector pinches the bridge of his nose, staring at the floor of the Prospero and Michael Scott Memorial Library. Having commandeered the floor of the main building and shoved everything into the stacks, he and Wyn have drawn five concentric circles on the floor (with different colors of ribbon carefully taped to the floor, despite Wyn's enthusiastic

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[pi_wakawaka]

Tiwa followed them when she saw the supplies and hops next to Wyn,

"I like your hat but I think he's supposed to be wearing it."

[madeofwyn]

"Then you go tell him that. It's not like he listens to me." Wyn says, glancing up at Tiwa from under the brim of her very shiny hat.

[pi_wakawaka]

"So is this going to work? Well if you put it on his head that doesn't require him to listen to you."

[madeofwyn]

"Actually, this is sort of a between-work time. We've just set things up, but the light show won't start until Shchel gets here because that is his way home." Wyn says proudly, pointing to the circles on the floor. "Please don't scuff it."

"Also, I think I like the hat. I'm going to keep it." she continues, nodding decisively (but holding onto her new hat so it doesn't fall off).

[shchel_kunchik]

After a couple days of sleeping at a corner of Hawk's and spending his waking hours walking aimlessly around the bar, Shchel finally makes his way to the library, stepping in somewhat timidly and looking around with unconcealed awe. Piroro flits around his head, fully awake and looking kind of twitchy.

"Are you sure, are you really sure - oh may the Fairy Goddess allow us to go back!!" she twitches some more. "I swear, half the time this place bores me, the other half - it terrifies me! The aura that guy we saw had, Shchel if you could feel it"Yes, yes, I saw the guy, and you've told me all about him already," sighed Shchel, with the long-suffering look of someone who has had to sit a blabbering child for hours. "And mister Spellman was very knowledgeable about magic - you really should have listened to our conversation

[madeofwyn]

"Hey, Shchel! Um, please try not to step on the circle that took us forever thanks very much!" she says hastily, anticipating Hex's reaction to Shchel's rush.

"I am going to go ahead and take over the role of explaining things, because I am much better at it than Hex." she continued decisively. "There's a little path set up for you to get to the center of the circle over there. Go ahead and get inside, nothing's going to happen yet."

[hectorspellman]

"Hello." Hector says, completely prepared to fix the circle if necessary (though Wyn managed to forestall that, at least). "Are you ready?"

[shchel_kunchik]

He nods a little tremulously, walking through the little path, eyes tracing the circles and the salt in fascination. Piroro flies around even more energetically before finally settling onto his head, but, for a change, she has a huge grin.

"I've heard of these! They're rune wheels! Shchel, they use these in Sforzando!" she holds her hands in an almost prayer. "Finally, finally an honest to good way home!" She turns to Hex. "Whatever I said about you, I take it back!"

Once in the center of the circle, Shchel turns on his feet to face Hex and Wyn. His face is flushed, and he seems to be moved beyond words.

[madeofwyn]

Wyn takes off her sunglasses and grins excitedly. "That never gets old." she says, post-spell adrenaline making her a bit jittery. "So he's home, right?" she asks, turning to Hex. "I hope he's okay..."

[pi_wakawaka]

The spell's a bit brighter than Tiwa expected so she ends up shading her eyes and beaming as the air whirls around and laughs for a moment, shedding a few feathers as her seeming fades away in all the magic.