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Who: Hunter + Flapjack, and you
When: January
Where: All around
Summary: Flapjack wants to be creepy. (Flapjack is not creepy.)
Warnings: Blanket CW for child abuse, animal abuse/injury; talk of gun violence

[Don't look now, but there's a bird standing on your windowsill staring in - a small, scarred, bright red cardinal.

Or maybe you hear something scratching or pecking on the glass and...oh. He's supposed to fly away before he's seen. Crap. Perhaps the panicked flurry of feathers is unnerving?

Or are you being followed by a persistent chirp that is trying so very hard to be menacing?

Or maybe you are lucky enough to witness a white sheet struggling and flopping between trees before dropping to the ground. A sad little lump is trying to find its way out.

No matter what or where, Hunter is nearby - hiding just under the window, tucked up in the bushes, crouched behind a tree - ready to swoop in and grab the cardinal should anything go wrong.

He'll cradle his bird in his hands and Flapjack will chirp at him, and he'll sigh.]

I'm sorry, but you aren't very intimidating.

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[Hunter rolls his eyes in the direction of the lump under the sheet, crouching next to it.]

He's trying to scare people. Obviously, it's not working. [He gives the lump a gentle pat.] This was one of his more creative ideas, though.

[The lump squawks.] You're welcome.

[Peter can't help the amused sound that escapes him at the explanation on Hunter's part. The squawk only solidifies his amusement.]

I feel like flying around in weird patterns would probably be scarier? [Peter don't give the bird ideas.] Depends on who he's trying to scare mostly.

[Please don't give the bird ideas, Peter. The lump starts excitedly wriggling to the edge of the sheet. Meanwhile, Hunter looks unimpressed.]

Anyone. Everyone. He thinks he needs his magic, and I disagree. [He shrugs and lifts the edge of the sheet so Flapjack can hop free.] I'm only playing along so he doesn't get hurt.

[The wiggling is pretty cute. Peter tries and fails to not smile a little at the sight before his attention shifts back up to Hunter.]

While it sucks to not be able to do what we could before, its probably better to not feed those things anyway. [Discouragement for the bird? Mayhaps. Peter is trying to be helpful.] I'm glad no ones tried to hurt him or anything for trying though.

That's what I keep trying to tell him.

[If a bird could pout, Flap would be pouting. Instead, he flutters up to the top of Hunter's head and sits with his back to them both. He's sulking.]

I won't allow anything to happen to him.

[Oh, but Peter said "we". Does that mean...]

Do you have magic?

Well- uh- [He sure walked into this one, oops. He got too used to being open around Leo and to some extent, Donnie. Peter is trying to find a decent middle ground since he lives with Hunter and doesn't want to make things weird.] I was a lot faster before, I mean. No magic though. Magic seems really cool.

[Ah. Peter's world must have faster than usual humans. He nods sagely.]

Magic is cool. When it's safe to use it. [The last bit is partially directed to the cardinal on his head.] Almost everyone back home has magic.

[That is now the lie Peter has to live with, alas. He'll try to explain at least some stuff... later. His life and world are complicated in a particular way he never had to explain before he got here.]

That's honestly cool- the everyone has magic part. Not the unsafe part. Hopefully its usually safe to use?

Usually. Anything can be unsafe if it's not used properly, or used for the wrong reasons. A witch who loses control of their power can be dangerous.

[He shrugs.] But, I guess that's what school is for.

Yeah, for sure. Its about having control and knowing your limits. That just takes a lot of practice to actually find.

A magic school seems pretty wild to me, but, there are schools for about everything. [Peter muses, genuinely interested in the idea. He's always been more science based, but magic is something he's learning more about these days.] I went to a science based school, so its like- exact opposite of what I was doing.

Science? Like what humans use to go to the stars?

[He's not very knowledgable about human science, but he knows science fiction. His favorite book series is all about space exploration and technology. It makes sense there would be a school for that sort of thing. It must be a lucrative field of study.]

I've never actually been to school. [Hiding in one for a time didn't count.]

Yeah, among other things. There is almost science in everything if you know where to look. [Peter says easily enough.] Kinda like magic in a way.

You might like it-? I find it kind easy sometimes, but its worth being there to learn stuff. Along with hanging out with your friends every day.

Huh. [He hadn't thought of it that way, but he likes the idea of science being like magic, but accessible to people without magic of their own.]

I do like learning stuff. And being with my friends. If I ever get home, I think I'd like to go.

There aren't a lot of us, but, you'd think they'd try for some kind of school here. [Peter says with a vague shrug.] I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out when you get home. Right now we're just kind of in a weird waiting period. We do stuff, then we're kinda left to our own devices.

I suck at being left to my own devices...

[Blame the years of living under a strict schedule. Even after leaving the Coven behind, he felt like he needed to be Doing Something rather than sit idle.]

But I guess that's what hobbies are for.

A little more structure wouldn't be bad, but, its free time to figure out what we're doing here-? [Peter is used to the structure of a STEM school, patrolling after school and hanging out with his friends, so he's feeling marginally less adrift, but still adrift in his own way. He just shrugs in turn.]

Hobbies definitely do help. I've been working on a couple things to keep myself busy between stuff the ADI actually wants us to do.

That's true... [Figuring out the what and why could go a long way to figuring out how to get back to where they belong - if it's even possible.

He perks up.]

Oh? Like what?

Sewing projects, rebuilding a gaming console for a friend, and making a computer. That kind of stuff primarily. [Peter offers back with a brief shrug. Given he lives with Hunter, he wants to avoid accidentally mentioning his web shooter or why he's been salvaging strange parts from old motherboards and tech for it.] All of those keep me distracted at least.

[He's had exposure to human games and computers, but he has no idea how they work, much less how to build one. That's impressive.

He perks up.]

Oh! I like to sew. I'm saving up for a machine.

[A thought hits Peter pretty immediately. He can guess Hunter might not be too interested in the first option.] Okay, this probably sounds weird, but... have you ever tried dumpster diving for one? Or going to a thrift store for a sewing machine?

Depending on what model it is, I can look up the manual for it too.

I don't know what "dumpster diving" is. [Though it seems self-explanatory. Dumpsters are for garbage aaaand...He's lost on why someone would want to dive into garbage. Or why a perfectly good sewing machine would be found there.]

I've been to a thrift store, though. I don't remember seeing a sewing machine there, but I also wasn't looking for one.

[The thrift store trip had been for clothes and essentials. And Camila already had the machine in her basement. He does remember that the store sold mostly used items for a discount.]

I guess it wouldn't hurt to check.

It's mostly a way to check to see if there is anything good in a dumpster. A lot of stores throw away stuff for really minor issues sometimes. So you can find good stuff that way. [New York boy has more experience with the idea than most people would.]

Sometimes thrift stores have sewing machines tucked in the back. They can still be kind of expensive far as I remember, but still worth looking at them.

Huh. How...wasteful. [Maybe it's because of his sheltered upbringing, but it seems unreal that usable things would be thrown away with such regularity that there is a name for the act of retrieving them.

The thrift store is, at least, familiar. And probably smells better. ]

I'll check it out. Thank you.

A lot of stores know they can't sell anything that's not outright perfect, so, its easier to just get rid of it. [Peter opts to just skip over trying to explain capitalism, since its... a lot. He also doesn't want to bog down his roommate with that much.]

No problem, tell me if you ever want company to check it out.

That's stupid. They could just sell them for less snails.

[Hunter would actually be quite happy to learn more about this world, even the boring stuff.]

Oh. [Maybe he shouldn't be surprised when people are nice, but old habits die hard and all that.] Sure. Thanks.

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