A question

May. 8th, 2020 10:16 pm
connie_maheswaran: (all smiles)
[personal profile] connie_maheswaran posting in [community profile] smk_network
[Yes, it is rather easy to send one of these out when you have the internet back home. Connie was a little vexed that there was no network quite like that here, but she'd make do].

Ok, I know that most of the people here have a lot of questions about how things work and how to fight and all, and so far there have been plenty of you who have graciously given us answers and time (I'm very grateful to specific people here like Mr. Crackshell and Webigail and Princess Deetz, but many of you really helped, thank you). I have a different type of question though.

For those of you who live here and work, how easy is it to do all of your magical studies and keep a stable job? Back home I have to be attending college, but I'll be living on campus. That's different from working here and living AND learning about magic.

Basically, how do you budget your time? Any tips?

Date: 2020-05-13 06:17 pm (UTC)
strangeandunusual: (Default)
From: [personal profile] strangeandunusual
Well, there's kind of a manual that they put in everyone's room? It's not much, just the basics. The notebook I mentioned is mine, stuff I write down as I learn things.

Date: 2020-05-13 07:10 pm (UTC)
strangeandunusual: (against my religion)
From: [personal profile] strangeandunusual
What room are you in? I can come find you, or you can come downstairs and visit. My roommate's off patrolling, which is her fancy word for sulking.

[she had decided she was pretty much done sugar-coating Mal for other people. she could still love her despite her mess, so maybe other people would learn to, too]

Date: 2020-05-13 08:15 pm (UTC)
strangeandunusual: (do you hear that sound?)
From: [personal profile] strangeandunusual
More like ... she tends to blow a lot of things out of proportion for some reason. [a sigh.] She's a really good artist, though, and great with magic. If you ever need a favor from her, candy is the perfect way to get it.

I haven't met Kusa yet. I'm glad you're getting along, though! Do you want me to come up, or would you rather come down here? I'm in 3A on the first floor.

Date: 2020-05-20 01:44 am (UTC)
strangeandunusual: (disney princess bat charmer icon)
From: [personal profile] strangeandunusual
It's not - we have munny, spelled with a u. It's all coins. But Mal didn't have access to candy for a really long time where she's from, so I guess she's ... catching up? On her ... diabetes progress? I don't know. But any time anyone asks her to do something, she wants to be paid in money and candy. She also really likes strawberries, but don't tell her you heard it from me. She's got this thing about people knowing her favorite things.

[the fact that Mal's first thought on sharing her favorite fruit with anyone was that they could try to use it to poison her was ... extremely telling. while Connie made her way downstairs, Lydia put away a few bits of clutter and straightened out the pillows on the couch, which was angled to give a good view of Main Street off their balcony]

Great, come on in! Have a seat. You want something to drink? I have lemonade, chocolate milk ... and I think there's still some orange juice left, too.

[the two princesses had wasted no time decorating the apartment in their style: black, purple and red were everywhere, and their Goth chic was extremely apparent. Mal had done murals of spiders, dragons, and bats all over the larger swaths of empty wall, and Lydia had made curtains with spiderweb patterns and draping at the bottoms. Some of her favorite photographs were framed around the place, as well. her journal was sitting on the coffee table in front of the couch, and she raided a nearby drawer for some paper and a pen so Connie could take notes]

Date: 2020-05-23 07:33 pm (UTC)
strangeandunusual: (om nom shrimps redux)
From: [personal profile] strangeandunusual
Oh, we've done bits and pieces here and there. Princess magic tires you out, so after we come back from a mission we usually have a day or so where we stay around here. Since we have the time to kill, we spend it painting and sewing and stuff. Or I frame the prints for my gallery.

[she was the very picture of modesty about it, too] All the spray paint art is Mal's - she's really good. That one over there, the big spider? That was her Christmas present for me. It actually glitters in the moonlight at night, she put magic in it. And she'll do murals for other people, too. My friend Rose is from London, and she did one of Big Ben for her off a postcard.

As for what you said earlier? Violins are absolutely cool. I mean - I had some opera records back home, right in with all the Cure and Bauhaus, and Adam's Harry Belafonte albums. How long have you been playing?
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