SALTBURNT | hex club group chat.

[powerhungry]

HEX CLUB/PINK SLIP GROUP CHAT. SILCO HAS ADDED YOU TO THIS CHAT. 42 people: Silco, Gwen, Faith, Hawk, Neon, Buffy, Cassian, Devon, Koby, Shadowheart, Stephen, Yeko, Zephir, Dean, Tara, Wanda, Jake, Saber, Sanji, Adrian; Ani, Peony, Bob, Yelena, Valentina, Sam, Max, Tristan, Parisa, Qimir, Thresher, Armand, Shauna, Cellar, Roza, Iggy, Isolde, Peter, Wally, Danny, Eddie, Teddie.

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@strange

[rehandle]

@ EVERYONE

In light of recent events, if you want your space warded against uninvited guests, I can accommodate.

@ 🦋 @ silco

Same goes for the clubs.

@qimir

[snaggleteeth]

[after google fails him—]

Hello, Stephen.

What does this mean?

[rehandle]

[ Ah. ]

A barrier of protective spellwork, to keep the unwelcome from passing through.

[snaggleteeth]

Do you think Koby would let you put one on his room?

[they know each other. stephen was the initial referral, even.]

[rehandle]

[ Oh. Not what he's expecting - but not an unpleasant surprise. ]

We can ask him.

[ Maybe they already have, technically, though there's every chance he's fast asleep. ]

🔒

[snaggleteeth]

Another thing. The sealskin. Going to assume you know something about it.

He needs a solution, limiter, or a workaround for its randomness and exploitability. Any improvement would be better than none. Can your magic do that?

🔒♾️

[rehandle]

[ Unsafe assumption, but he can make some of his own based on the events of the day and what he's heard thrown around, so - ]

I can look into it, but I'll need to understand it more to know what kind of approach to look into. What can you tell me?

[snaggleteeth]

[some days, nominal consent feels important. other days, you see ani mikheeva hijack koby's ward detail, and you're like, she is the sex worker with low-yield superstrength and a perplexing amount of beef with every other pair of testicles on campus. and what is nominal consent, if not skirting a posthoc request for forgiveness, really.]

The vampire took it. Made him talk. Koby's drawing a straight line between that conversation and the hostages. And of course, enough guilt you'd think he handed it over with one of your Christmas bows on top.

The house seems to choose randomly and maliciously. That much, I'm not sure can be changed. But you could try.

@ 🦋

[haggle]

you packing any wards that make men regret their life choices?
i was thinking ball removal on entry but we can workshop it

[rehandle]

[ Ani Mikheeva, never change. ]

Not yet, but I'm a master craftsman. I can work to realize a vision.

[haggle]

cute
master craftsmen meet master visionary

here's the vision, wards for:

koby's room
— bonus points awarded if you can chill his "aura" or whatever the fuck. think benzo barrier

my room + jake's
— magical mute button against men's psychic attacks ❤️ doubles as protection (from me) for jake
— no one gets in without my invite. vampire rules shit

the club
— embry & angel are on the no-fly list
— punishment ideas: ball removal, shock collar setting, permanent dick-don't-work disease, neutered ego, receding hairline, frontal lobe finishes developing

[rehandle]

It's an honor to be collaborating with you.

Koby
Good call. I can work with him to see if we can come up with some kind of suppressant element.

You & Jake
Literal psychic attacks or are we talking the natural result of speaking while afflicted with the condition of being a man? [ He's missed her, actually. ] How about magical selective hearing? Might take me a while, but I can make it portable. Optional peace wherever you go.

The rest is easy, consider it done by tomorrow night latest.

The Club
Design concept: they bump up against the ward like flies against a closed window, I'm alerted. If I'm free, I'll go and say hello myself, keeping those ideas fresh in mind. If I'm busy, I'll alert security, who I'm sure will have plenty ideas of their own.

@silco

[powerhungry]

[ Shock of the century: ]

How specific/broad are the parameters?

[rehandle]

Tailored to need.

In the case of the club, I could cast something that'll let through anyone other than those actively barred, or something that requires someone inside to make physical contact with someone without for them to cross the threshold. Or a combination of the two. Or really anything that'd suit the purpose, given a little time to work on the spell.

[powerhungry]

Anyone other than those barred, anyone not employed or explicitly invited during nonoperational hours.

Will that be possible?

[rehandle]

Yes. In the short term you'll need to let me know when there's anyone to add to the latter category, but I'll start work on a longer term solution to that problem once I've got the foundations set. And I'll build in the option for supervised entry with a staff member in the meantime.

[ Not foolproof, but it saves Silco or Ani being obliged to let him know all the out of hours comings and goings of their establishments. ]

[powerhungry]

Very well. Keep me apprised of the timeline, if you could.

Thank you.

[ keep up the good work (threat) ]

[rehandle]

[ Oh word? Goodbye afternoon threesome, he's got debts to pay and a thank you from the boss he screwed over to earn. ]

I'll have the banned list unable to enter by end of day. If you and Ani are available later I can get the out of hours staff & guests only access started with you, and I'll weave everyone else into the spell when they're around before shifts. Keep you updated on any progress on the nuances from there.

If I factor in a switch to shift the ward from business hours to out of hours, would you want it in your office or by the exit?

[powerhungry]

By the exit. Best not to give anyone run of the place even while it's closed.

@guevara

[revvedup]

[ this, she'll speak up for. ]

mine, alec's, and grace's.

[rehandle]

Do you want to run it by them before I reach out?

[ Unfamiliar with either of them, he's unsure how open they'll be to a recently almost-cancelled sorcerer arriving in their inboxes offering to cast a spell on their personal space. ]

[revvedup]

i don’t think they care and i don’t if it means that motherfucker can’t go near any of us ever again.

@wanda

[wundagores]

[it's to this that wanda finally speaks up.]

I can help with that.

[rehandle]

Thanks Wanda. It'll help to have both of our magicks as material.

[ Very loud but not quite spoken: in case one of us vanishes and the ward needs maintenance. ]

I'm putting the basics together for the clubs later, if you have time today.

[wundagores]

[it doesn't have to be said for the message to be very loud indeed. he's right — and, above all, wanda cares about the people here; she only wants to make sure they're protected, no matter what may happen.]

I'm not working, so I have the whole day. Let me know when you need me.