[?] That's my boy

[shibrogane]

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1. America
2. Horace
3. Wilbur
4. Jeremiah
5. Algie
6. Shun

It was easy enough to find Wil if someone knew where to look. Ezra was a grad student at Rider-Waite and he was in a music program. He knew where to look.

"Got a minute," he asked.

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"Got a lot of minutes," Wil smiled tiredly from his sprawled position under a tree. He was one of the few people who managed to sell the look of being shirtless while simultaneously wearing a knit hat in the summertime.

Today was a bright orange fox hat day.

"What do you need?" He zombied slowly into a sitting position and yawned.

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Ezra sat down next to Wil and pulled out a piece of parchment. "Your thumbprint, here," he said, pointing. "I'm sure you've heard of our project from the fetch Odal? I'm collecting the revocation of permissions for the Charter."

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Wil's instinct was to pull his hand back. Fingerprinting, in his experience, was usually associated with the cops and he sure as hell didn't do anything this time. His mouth formed a 'whoah-whoah-oh' until Ezra further explained.

The blonde sagged a bit, the truth being that he had no idea who Ezra was. He'd only seen The Burning Man once at the ball and besides a name, the other was nothing to him.

The mention of Odal and the project had Wil's blonde head bobbing in a slow dawn of realization, "Right. The charter and stuff," He thumbed to himself and smirked with self-congratulation, "I know what we're talking about."

Wil blinked at the page and then back up, "What's that have to do with me?" He hadn't even been invited to the meeting.

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"You signed it in a past life," said Ezra. "So your thumbprint is needed to break it." He tapped the paper. "Without your revoked consent, all of this work is for nothing."

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"Oh," Wil frowned a bit because he couldn't really dispute it, though it was news to him. But most magical people knew more magical things than he did.

The blonde looked mildly cautious but he really couldn't form an argument. He hadn't actually thought he'd signed the charter. The idea had never occurred to him. This whole time he'd just been doing what others pointed him to and assuming he'd fallen into magic as a fluke.

"Okay," Wil was quieter. His fingers scratched lightly against one another, res and ink stained, "Just put my thumb down?"

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"Yes," said Ezra. "Right there." He tapped his finger on the paper again.

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Wil paused then, blinking up at Ezra, "Got twenty bucks?"

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"Nope, sorry," said Ezra. "I don't carry cash."

There was something really awfully odd about the yellow of Ezra's eyes. Like something in them was bubbling.

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Wil grumped, "Bummer. That's how they'll get ya.."

He watched Ezra just another second, "You should let me paint you sometime," Wil smiled distractedly.

The blonde then looked down again at the parchment as if he remembered very suddenly that it was still there, "Isn't gonna hurt or anything?"

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"Maybe," said Ezra. "Your thumbprint. Now."

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Wil frowned at the impatience. He was a man who worked at a sloths pace unless making money was involved and this joker didn't even have twenty bucks..

The blonde finally did it though and pressed his thumb to the page as asked.

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It did hurt, but only for a second. Like Wil had stuck his thumb in hot wax. It hurt, and then it was over, and a bloody fingerprint shone up at the pair of them before it dried, suddenly and all-at-once.

Ezra vanished the paper and stood up. "Thank you," he said.

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EZRA'S IMPATIENCE
Wil cannot reveal just what passed between him and Ezra in this thread, or that Ezra intends to approach others. Should he try, his right hand will begin to burn again; the pain will be such that he will be unable to speak for the duration. He can share anything that happened after he put his fingerprint on the paper, but nothing at all before that. However, in return for this, Wil has gained a boon. Choose one of these three below:
1. Throwback - In certain situations, Wil can access the talents, memories, and traits of earlier incarnations of himself. This requires concentration on Wil's part, and the trait developed will not always necessarily be helpful or relevant to the situation at hand. Once Wil has used this power, the trait, talent, or memory from the earlier incarnation is his permanently, unless removed by a quest or path one event plot. Quote shibrogane and roll a d10 to use this power.
2. Replicator - Wil can replicate magical traits from another's physiology through touch. So, for instance, he could replicate Zac's galaxy eyes or Jeremiah's scent. He could also replicate a were's current form. Abilities such as Aleksy's sight or Jeremiah's magic-detecting eyes that are not caused by a physical difference in the structure of the body cannot be copied.
3. Emotipath - Wil can not only read the emotions of others, he can cause others to feel them too. Within a 25ft radius of himself, he can select the emotions of one particular person and spread them to everyone in that area. The feelings are stronger nearest to Wil and his target, and weaker near the edges of his circle. This power can be maintained as long as Wil focuses on it. He cannot use his own emotions as the base of this power; it must be someone else's.

 

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"********.." Wil hissed and shook his hand as the thumbprint left it's mark. He immediately stuck it in his mouth, expecting blood, but finding only his thumbprint gone.

With a head shake he pulled something handrolled from behind his ear which was held between his lips, "Got a light?"

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Throwback - In certain situations, Wil can access the talents, memories, and traits of earlier incarnations of himself. This requires concentration on Wil's part, and the trait developed will not always necessarily be helpful or relevant to the situation at hand. Once Wil has used this power, the trait, talent, or memory from the earlier incarnation is his permanently, unless removed by a quest or path one event plot. Quote shibrogane and roll a d10 to use this power.

 

[shibrogane]

Ezra didn't even look at Wil, but whatever the hell was behind his ear just a moment before was lit. Like, rather catastrophically so. And Ezra was gone.

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