Daxam

Onikisu

Right, I figured it wouldn't be that advanced

I guess what I'm asking is what do you mean by 'odd weapons and armor'? Things people wouldn't be using in this day and age, like swords and the like?

Onikisu

@Spriggs27 Hey, what are you looking for as far as equipment goes? I mean, since it's only four years into the future, the tech wouldn't be that advanced, right?

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@Daxam hey, just to let you know, on the next post youre gonna have to time skip to catch up with the current time zone

@Dynamo Frokane

I know. I'll be sure to do that ^^

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@OppositionJ

Zac grins and sits back, leaving the Queen on the table. "That's not even my best trick," he says. "I have some that involve cutting the card in half, burning it, and a dozen other ways. And my talents aren't just limited to card tricks, either. I can make things disappear, reappear, the whole nine yards. The one thing I can't do, but I wanna learn, is escape magic."

Taking a sip of his remaining coffee, he the time his mouth was occupied to study Akane. She seemed to be somewhere around his age, if not some years younger. The bag next to her implies that she was a student, so she must have at least lived in Shine City since before the start of the school year, which would mean she's been here longer than Zac. Maybe she knows somewhere I can get some work? he wonders as he sets his coffee down.

The young magician smiles at Akane again and, deciding to wait on asking about work, he chuckles and says, "I'm sorry. Pretty rude of me to keep going on about myself, huh?" Leaning forward, he then asks, "What about you? You have any hobbies or anything like that?"

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Seems like every time I'm gone, I miss out on conversation. Dammit XD

Onikisu

I'm interested :3

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"I've been practicing this since I was ten," Zac says as he sets his deck down. "So...about twelve years, now." As a waitress passes, he flags her down and asks, "Could I get a plate or a saucer, please?" The woman gives him a confused look, wondering why he wanted an empty plate, but tells him she'll be right back with it. Zac nods and smiles at the waitress before turning back to Akane. "I started off teaching myself magic when I was ten," he repeats. "It was just something I wanted to learn how to do. And when there's something I wanna learn, I do what I can to learn. That's why I can do magic and cook pretty well."

Just then, the woman returns and sets the plate in front of Zac. He thanks her and, as she goes on her way, Zac holds the card up. "Now, you see this is just one card," he says. "The two of hearts." He turns it to it's side and adds, "No card behind it, no card inside of it, just a single piece of...whatever these things are made of." Setting the card on the saucer, he holds up his arms and says, "Now, as you can see, there is nothing up my sleeves. It'd be kinda hard to hide something in a t-shirt, anyway."

Picking up his coffee, he pours some onto the saucer, drenching the card. When he was satisfied, he picks the card up out of the coffee-filled saucer. He counts to three, then flicks the card, which immediately becomes dry as a bone. Smiling triumphantly, he shows the card to Akane. "I ask again," he says, showing her the Queen of Spades, free of any coffee stains. "Is this your card?"

@OppositionJ

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Hey, @Dynamo Frokane, is my newest post about the length you want? :)

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As he waited for the girl to select her card, Zac notices how she went for one of the cards in the middle. Smart move, he thinks, though his face doesn't change from his friendly grin. Harder to stack the middle in my favor than the tops. Though, it isn't impossible. When the girl replaces the card, a few spots over from where she had obtained it, Zac sweeps the cards back up into a deck and goes through the motions of reshuffling it. Looking at the girl across from him, his hands continue to shuffle the cards, making few mistakes. "My name's Zac," he says, that ever-present grin unwavering. "Mind if I ask what yours is?"

Zac had always had an affinity for card tricks, from the simplest, 'Is this your card?' to the more complicated transplants, where the the person being shown the trick would suddenly find a card in their pocket. However, this trick was a favorite of his, one that he had created when he was 13 years old, which he had spent months studying great magicians to grasp the concept, then another couple of years to perfect. By the time he was 15, he had finally mastered it.

After a minute of shuffling had passed, Zac holds the deck in his hand and pulls the top card off. "Is this your card?" he asks, holding up a two of hearts. He knew it would be the wrong card. In fact, for the trick to work, it had to be the wrong one. On occasion, he would accidentally pull the correct card out of his deck. Even if people were legitimately impressed, he would merely sigh, disappointed in himself...for all of two minutes, when he would be back to his normally happy self.

@OppositionJ

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Hey, all! :D