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Svava's down in the bar- though insted of curled up on an armchair, she's at one of the tables, with papers and notes (and even a couple of books) spread out on it. (Though there's been precious space saved for a cup of hot chocolate.) Edielwiess is draped over her shoulders, asleep and purring, while Svava writes a few notes for whatever she's working on.

((Mun is AKF, will be back later))

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[awesome_lilly]

Lilly wanders over, smiling at the cat on Svava's shoulders.

"Hey, Svava. What're you working on?"

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Svava glances up at Lilly, and smiles before gesturing back at the papers.

"Some rune spell ideas, though most are easy sorts. I'll just have to test them out later. I'm planning on running an errand fora friend here in the bar, so I'm figuring out a few things to help." She grins. "And I've just found it can be rather fun to do. My teachers would be too surprised at that, I think, given my skills back home."

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly laughs.

"Yeah, I hear you on the teachers. I didn't know you could do rune spells, though. Whatever they are, that's pretty shiny."

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"Only some of them are shiny." Svava chuckles. "Though a good many of them are useful." She shrugs.

"It was something we were taught, and I've had time here to practice. Some I'm still quite better at that others, but that's the way of skills, isn't it?"

She looks back at Lilly. "How are you doing, then?"

[awesome_lilly]

"Pretty good, actually," Lilly says slowly.

Roland's gone, and she still won't entirely believe that Alain and Susan and Koosh and Mal are okay until she sees them, but... it's not a lie. Things could have been so much worse.

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And Svava's not even heard if any of them made it back yet. She eyes Lilly, biting her lip.

"Though if you have to think about it..." A faint sigh.

"Do you know if the gunslingers are alright? Alain said they were going to destroy a place that hurt River, and I've not heard anything else."

[awesome_lilly]

"Oh, you haven't? They're okay," Lilly says immediately. "Everyone's alive, just... not all of them here."

She hurries on, because if you've got bad news it's no good dragging it out.

"Kooshbert got shot but he's going to be fine, Mal was hurt in an explosion but will also be okay, and Roland... wasn't hurt, but he's gone. Back to his world, and his time, and to his quest-type thingy."

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"Gone back to his work?" Svava blinks. "... and he can't come back?"

She remembers hearing about Joe, and she winces slightly. "I see."

"... Everyone else is alright, though. No one died." Svava takes a deep breath, and nods.

[awesome_lilly]

"No one died," Lilly echoes.

"So. Other than that, I'm good, really. You?"

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"A bit better now, hearing that. And overall... good, yes." Svava nods, with a faint smile. "Just figuring out and planning things. Also about to move out of my room, but I don't quite have a lot to pack, so."

[awesome_lilly]

Lilly smiles at that.

"Moving in with Archie or something? Before the wedding, even. Shocking."

Her tone makes it clear that she thinks this is anything but."

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Svava blushes faintly, and nods. "He was promoted to full-time security, and... well, considering things, it just worked out well that way."

[awesome_lilly]

"Very cool," Lilly replies, grinning.

"Hey, how's the planning for 'things,' by the way?"

[loyaltyinmotion.livejournal.com]

Jason slips into the booth beside her, draping an arm across her shoulder in a friendly hug. "What are you working on, Svava?"

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Svava looks up, and gives Jason a smile. "Some spells and the sort, for going to Snow's world. And some other ideas." She leans against Jason, tilting her head against his briefly.

"How are you?"

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He grins at her. "All kinds of wonderful. So what do those spells do."

He snags her hot chocolate and takes a large gulp.

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Svava pokes Jason in the ribs, then arrainges her papers. "None of the runes are really for hiding things, so I've had to fiddle with combining some of the others for things like... well, silencing sounds. I don't think right out invisibility would work, but making someone less seen... maybe."

[loyaltyinmotion.livejournal.com]

Jason blinks at the papers, which make absolutely no sense to him.
"Could you use one for distraction or something like that? Or to confuse someone? That's how vamps can do it...well close enough. I don't think you have any mind control magic."

He's ignored the poke in the ribs and is still sipping away at her hot chocolate. For some reason, Bar made Svava's hot chocolate much better than his.

"So is this something like Yrael's magic? The...Charter mark things?"

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Svava bites her lip, thinking. "I don't know. I'm hoping I won't have to deal with anyone directly- just sort of sneak in and sneak out." She shakes her head.

"Nothing for minds. That-... that wouldn't be right to do."

She glances over, and with a mock-glare, turns to order another hot chocolate from a wait-rat.

"In that they both use symbols, yes. His Charter Marks do much more, though, and there's more of them, I believe. There's only twenty-four runes, and most of their magic.. Is more direct?" She looks back at the papers. "What the spells do tend to be more physical, things you can see."

[loyaltyinmotion.livejournal.com]

Jason nods. Although the only Charter magic he ever saw Yrael do were making those silver bullets. However, he is fascinated.

"Can you show me a rune spell?"

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Svava blinks, then grins, and reaches over to slash a rune in the air above the stolen cup of hot chocolate. Isa crackles a chilling blue, before fading out-

And there's frost on the sides of the cup, and the 'hot' chocolate that had been in there is frozen solid.

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Jason frowns into his cup. "All the women are out to get me tonight."

He sets the cup aside and snatches her new one, holding it well out of her reach. "Turn it back!"

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"... hey!" Svava laughs, trying to grab her cup back.

"I have no wish to set fire to the table, Jason. Which would melt the frozen chocolate, to be sure, but I hardly think that's the way to do so."

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A scowling Ivanhoe appears, handing Svava a new hot chocolate. He turns and chatters scoldingly at Jason, then stalks off.

Jason growls at the retreating wait-rat, but lowers the cup to enjoy.
"I don't like him..."

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Svava just giggles, and sips her new hot chocolate smuggly.

"You asked to see some rune magic, so there."