26th Spark || [Video/Action] 4th Wall

[tiercelet]

It's just like any other day in the Breeding Centre: Merlin wakes with the dawn, putters about in the kitchen with tea to wake himself up, then starts checking up on the pokemon. Just like usual--or so he thinks.

As he's passing through the front hall, there's a woosh of something in the air that makes the picture frames he'd so carefully put up

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[drugsbeleid]

[ Holland conviently shows up just in time to see the pictures freeze before they can hit the floor. ]

... Huh.

[tiercelet]

[Well, hi there, Willem.]

Er...I wouldn't...get too close if I were you.

[drugsbeleid]

[ 'Sup, Merlijn. ]

Why's that?

[tiercelet]

[Actually...why is that? He's got his magic; he can just keep them from harming Willem.]

...never mind. [There's a laundry basket nearby that catches Merlin's attention, and suddenly, it's zooming upward, catching all of the picture frames safely as Merlin releases his hold on time.] Forgot I could do that.

[Action]

[youngforhisage]

[When the pictures fell, he reacted by putting up a hand over his face only to let it drop quickly upon seeing the result.]

...Huh.

[tiercelet]

[Oh great...more witnesses.]

Sorry about that. [Begins plucking the picture frames from their frozen positions and tucking them under his arm.] Don't know what happened.

[youngforhisage]

[He examines one of the frozen frames with interest.]

Odd. It looks like magic to me, but...

[tiercelet]

[Because it is magic...not that Merlin's going to say, if Asuma hasn't figured it out yet.]

Might just be one of the pokemon playing around. [Makes a discreet gesture behind his back, and the remaining frames obediently float back to their places on the wall.]

action.

[reasserts]

[ just when she's about to get a frame to the face--

... frozen in... mid-air...? she looks up, blinks twice.

... well. ]

What on earth...?

[tiercelet]

Sorry, sorry! [Don't mind this lanky man just plucking that picture right out of the air.]

You're not hurt, are you?

[reasserts]

No, I'm-- [ have a double-take as she digests this. then, she straightens, strangely abrupt. a thumb-jab at the floating frames, demanding-- ]

Are you doing that?

[tiercelet]

...maybe? [Smiles disarmingly.] Just the...freezing bit. I've no idea what knocked them off the walls.

[quickattackjack]

[AND THEN THERE WAS A DEAD GUY. Jack leans around the corner with his tooth brush poking out of his mouth.]

Merlin, did you hear that?

crying

[tiercelet]

[FREEZING--oh wait, he knows that voice. Merlin just laughs, relaxing a bit.]

Took me by surprise there, Jack. [He eyes him admiringly.] That's...a really convincing costume. What's the occasion?

[quickattackjack]

[Jack takes the toothbrush out of his mouth and looks at the hallway. D: WTF HAS BEEN GOING ON IN HERE?]

What costume? Merlin what's happened to the pictures on the wall?

[tiercelet]

[YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, JACK.]

The...costume you're wearing? [What do you mean "what costume," Jack???]

[sellhappiness]

Dear, dear, isn't this something peculiar!

D8

[tiercelet]

[Oh geez. Centre residents seeing this is bad enough, but a complete stranger?]

What's peculiar?

:D

[sellhappiness]

You, of course.

:T

[tiercelet]

[...yeah, that's not creepy. At all.]

It's...not that peculiar. [Grudgingly sends the pictures back into place--no point hiding it if the stranger's already seen him using it.] A lot of people in Johto have abilities, too.