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Jake had been having such a great day!! And it was only going to get better!! He’d been told he was supposed to meet with his advisor next, and after how fun working with Croan had been, his expectations were sky-high. To make things even better, he didn’t have to go alone, either!! His magic was apparently something called [i]Wild Magic[/i] and he wasn’t really sure how that was different from [i]Chaos Magic[/i], it might have been the same thing? There were a lot of terms he just didn’t know, and it seemed weird to him too, that people were naming and dividing types of magic. Wasn’t magic, well, magic? What made something more chaotic and less wild? It gave him a headache to think about, but he was definitely going to ask the advisor!!

He was bouncing on the balls of his feet, as the door opened up to their advisor’s office at the appointed time, revealing…

[COLOR=9A5B8A]“Heelloooooooo?”[/color] Jake called out. [COLOR=9A5B8A]“Magic professooooor?”[/color] 

There were so many things in the room, however, that he immediately became distracted and started going through them. He picked up a strange dodecahedron, with little knobs and notches on it, and started trying to peer through the little holes in it. He gave it a good shake. [COLOR=9A5B8A]“I don’t think he’s in here!”[/color]

Cassie had been looking forward to meeting her advisor. From her knowledge of how college worked, the advisor was your go-to person for help with your school career. They were also the object of one’s affections sometimes or a rival for your heart, but she figured that wouldn’t be the case here.

She walked along with Jake, thankful she wouldn’t be alone. Jake’s energy was positively infectious, and Cassie found herself as excited as he was. 

Cassie walked inside as Jake opened the door. The room was empty of people, but filled with an assortment of wonder. Cassie walked over to where some items were laid out for them as Jake played with some weird multi-sided dice thingy. [color=CCA1A1]”No, I don’t think they are in there. Perhaps the letters here will tell us more?”[/color]

She opened hers up and read it, her excitement falling slowly and slowly as she read. It seemed their advisor was on vacation, which was fine as Cassie believed everyone deserved to take vacation time (and it was for their husband which was sweet!), but surely the time for vacation was not at the start of a new school year. [color=CCA1A1]”Oh, it seems they aren’t here, but still intend to teach us? I’m new to this magic stuff kinda, but that seems extreme even by this school’s standards. How are we supposed to learn from someone we can’t even speak to?”[/color]

[COLOR=9A5B8A]“Oh! What does mine say? I don’t know how to read,”[/color] Jake explained, bounding on over to Cassie like a puppy, having left the strange object behind where he’d found it. He peered over her shoulder at the piece of paper, squinting as if that would somehow let him read the letters on it, but it was just… a bunch of squiggles. He had no idea how those made words or how anyone could recognize the shapes. [COLOR=9A5B8A]“So how are we being taught if he isn’t here?”[/color] he tilted his head, a little confused. [COLOR=9A5B8A]“Maybe Connie is going to teach us! I like Connie. She turned into a bird today!”[/color]

Oh. Cassie hadn’t considered that Jake didn’t know how to read. Oh cripes, did that make her ableist?!? She swears she isn’t! [color=CCA1A1]”Oh, let me read it to you then.”[/color] Cassie read out Jake’s letter. Once done, she set it down in case he wanted to take it with him. [color=CCA1A1]”It looks like we have daily tasks to do, exercises on how to manage our emotions. I guess Chaos magic and Wild magic are similar in that it connects to our feelings. Makes sense now that I think about it. You have mantras to do and I have a magic pen, and all of this will somehow be tracked by them. We can also contact this Pixie person if we have questions. Since we’re together on this, perhaps we can practice our daily stuff together? I can help read them to you. I don’t think Connie is going to teach us, but perhaps she can help?”[/color] Cassie let the bird comment slide, though she desperately wanted to learn more.

[COLOR=9A5B8A]“Awww, he’s [i]married[/i]! That’s so cute! I wanna be married one day! Can you be married to a lot of people, though? I wanna marry everyone!”[/color] He paused for a moment, blinking as if something had occurred to him, before he corrected himself. [COLOR=9A5B8A]“No, I wanna marry maybe like two people! More than two would be too much and wouldn’t be allowed,”[/color] he decided, the smile then reappearing on his face. [COLOR=9A5B8A]“What’s a mantra? And yeah!!! Let’s do it!! Do we start now? I figured out how to make myself vanish for a second and reappear in the same exact spot earlier, it was super cool!! What can you do???”[/color]

[color=CCA1A1]”Ok wow, and I thought I was energetic. I am pretty sure it depends on where you are, but some people marry multiple partners, I think? I don’t know, I just want to find Mr. Right and fall in love and get married and live happily ever after!”[/color] Cassie drifted off wistfully a bit, before she came back down to reality. [color=CCA1A1]”Oh right, umm…matras are like words or phrases you say repeatedly to like…calm yourself down or relax. Like during yoga where people say “ohm” over and over.”[/color]

Cassie looked around the room. [color=CCA1A1]”I suppose we could try? I am not fully sure what I can do. It’s sort of why I am here. I know I can….it’s hard to explain. I believe Chaos magic was the term, but it’s more like I can alter things. What about you?”[/color]a

[COLOR=9A5B8A]“We’re gonna find him for you!! Can I help? I want to help!!”[/color] Jake couldn’t stand staying still for a moment longer, as he started to pace back and forth, practically circling Cassie. Every bit of his being wanted to just [i]fucking run[/i], combined with a strange urge to lift the heaviest thing he could find and do so repeatedly. 

[COLOR=9A5B8A]“Oh! Frankie said - he said that wild magic is volatile and unpredictable. He said it might explain why my face hurt really bad and then there was water coming out of my eyes and it was hard to get it to stop and it was [i]wild[/i] - ha, get it, wild! Because it’s wild magic! I love that! It’s so funny!”[/color] 

[color=CCA1A1]”Jake, it sounds like you were crying. Which is fine and is normal, but that’s part of what our advisor said about controlling emotions. Gosh, I hope watching a sad movie doesn’t trigger our magic.”[/color] She wondered about that. 

[color=CCA1A1]”I mean I am sure the right person will come in time. I want to learn magic first. Romance second.”[/color] Though a certain handsome dragon came to mind instantly. And then her mind wandered back to him and Willow, how she had tried to help Willow only for Cal to snake in and run off with her to the healer, leaving Cassie alone. Not to mention how he was clearly annoyed she had interrupted…whatever it was he was doing with Nick. There was more going on than he was admitting. She could feel herself getting warm in her cheeks before she took a deep breath. [color=CCA1A1]”What say we start with some of the mantras listed and practice calming ourselves down?”[/color]

He paused in his pacing, before nodding. Crying. Right. That’s what it was called. He wasn’t sure what a movie was, but watching something sad making him feel sad made sense to him. Maybe the best thing to do for his magic, then, was only doing happy things! Like running and looking up at the stars and sitting on the grass with - nope, not that one, never mind! Just more running and helping people and being a good protector! [COLOR=9A5B8A]“Right. Only alpha male bros don’t cry,”[/color] he said very seriously. [COLOR=9A5B8A]“I learned that!”[/color] he beamed, proud of himself. 

[COLOR=9A5B8A]“Yes, let’s do it! Let’s do some mantras!!! What’s the first one? I’m so excited to calm down!!!”[/color]

[color=CCA1A1]”So the first one is “I am one with the force and the force is in me.” So repeat that over and over and try to clear your mind out of other thoughts and distractions. It helps to close your eyes and sit down. Like this.”[/color] Cassie sat and demonstrated. [color=CCA1A1]”I’ll do it with you. I could use the relaxation.”[/color]

Jake nodded, as he quickly sat down on the ground, mirroring Cassie’s pose. [COLOR=9A5B8A]“I am one with the force and the force is in me - I love that! I don’t know what it means! What’s the force and why is it in me? Does it hurt to have things in you?”[/color] Jake chattered. [COLOR=9A5B8A]“Oh, oops, mind clear - mind very very very clear - not a single thought… Just the force… that I am one with… and it is in me…”[/color]

[COLOR=9A5B8A]“The force…”[/color] he sounded almost dazed, as his head emptied of almost every thought, and he sat there, completely at peace - a complete 180 in terms of energy from just seconds ago. [COLOR=9A5B8A]“... my name is Jake…”[/color] he murmured. [COLOR=9A5B8A]“I’m one with the force…”[/color]

Cassie opened one eye as she watched Jake go from a bundle of energy to…complete control and relaxation? She hadn’t thought it possible, but if he could manage it, then his Wild Magic could be more controlled. She resumed doing the mantra, feeling herself calm down some. She needed this too.