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"Viaticus Vox"
by
Hypothesis
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'This is going to be a very long stay...'
The geas was curled around several parts of his body, flexing, rippling with energy as it picked apart his thought processes. It was particular, warning him for every less than friendly thought aimed at the Dean, multi layered and surprisingly...resilient. Negi could have palmed his face in exasperation; he should have known that there would be something like this but hadn't really thought...The amount of effort...licenses required for every facet...behaviour alerts, magic alerts and usage, proximity limit and he wasn't entirely sure but magic type might be restricted as well...
'As soon as I have the time, I'll start removing some of it.'
"Negi-kun, how's your head?"
The boy chuckled nervously, scratching underneath his ponytail. Takamichi has said something, and Negi hadn't heard a word. But, the older man looked a bit concerned but not worried so it was probably a minor issue, right?
"I'm fine now, just stress I guess!" 'As soon as I have the time...and the privacy!' He hid his irritation but taking another sip from his juice box. "Is-is it alright for me to wait around like this? I'm sure homeroom isn't done already..."
Takamichi let out an amused huff. "I wouldn't worry too much about it, you'll see them all this afternoon anyway. Oh-" Negi watched him dig into what looked like a laptop case and pull out a hard cover, thin book. "I figured you might want my old homeroom class list, just to get a feel for them."
He took it gingerly. "Any I should worry about?" This was normal teacher stuff, right? He was doing his part, being an upstanding citizen just like Nekane wanted. Now if only his headache would just go away... He opened the book, scanned the rows and had all coherent thought blasted out his ears.
'Wha-what? How?'
"Not anyone in particular," Takamichi was saying around the straw of his lemonade. "Just...energetic."
Negi's hands were shaking. Student Number 26...Evangeline Athanasia Katherine McDowell. 'So this...so this is where you had-' A sudden spike of pain made the picture of a bored, blonde girl blur. He had a bit of difficulty keeping the humourless smile off his face. 'One of my students...so you protect her as such too?'
"Negi-kun?"
"I think I can handle them, I'll be the best teacher ever, you just wait and watch me at work, Takamichi!"
'Well played.'
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Thoughts?