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[spellspeak]

[When the video turns on Natsume appears to be outside on the street somewhere, standing in front of a darkened building. It's... A little creepy actually, not at all helped by the fact that he's wearing a dark robe.]

Good NIGHT~ ★ While I have made myself known to some of you there are just as many whom I am not acquainted WITH, so allow me to introduce mySELF.

[He curls his fingers in the air, something like green light seeming to glow around them just briefly before he places his hand to his chest dramatically.]

My name is Natsume Sakasaki, and I am a magician and fortune tellER. In my endeavor to enrich the lives of those here with the allure of enchantment and the occult I ask you to allow me to announce the opening of Chymica Esoterica!

[He grins and snaps his fingers. Instantly the building behind him lights up, revealing what appears to be a small shop. The windows are hung with tasteful string lights and somehow candles seem to be flickering inside, although it's hard to tell exactly through the curtains that are made of some shimmery and slighty-sheer fabric.]

In addition to offering my services as an advisor and fortune teller I also can provide you with brews of all SORTS, as well as items to grant your own special magic power for a short WHILE. If you happen to be of the more discerning and particular type I would even be open to making something special just for YOU.

I now welcome any quesTIONS, but until then let all enjoy the darkness and stars of the evening together until we meet aGAIN...

[Natsume winks and waves before snapping his fingers again and the video ends.]

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action bc i do what i want

[demachi]

[THIS GUY has rushed over to where Natsume's shop is, dressed in dark and foreboding clothes, and he'd look like he fit right in if he wasn't running up waving a lace-edged black handkerchief and making sounds suspiciously like he's been crying.]

Natsume-kun!!!

[He whirls, and summarily adorns the threshold with a shower of rose petals, all of the deepest purple and red.]

Congratulations on your successful business venture! Show me your wares!

[inuko]

[ There's so much more magic around here than back home, but the reason he ends up replying, just a guy looking at his comm with a furrowed brow, is because: ]

Is there something up with your voice?

[ He can't tell what it is, but he sure talks... oddly? Shino's got enough "magic" going on himself, he's not worried about adding more in, but... what?! ]

[betheirstrength]

What kind of fortune telling do you do? Palm reading? Tarot? Stones?

[kayssistant]

Woooow, it looks so amazing! [Kay is awed at this display.] So I'll be able to see you do more magic when I drop by?

what a good dad

[spellspeak]

[Natsume definitely hadn't expected Wataru to be so quick and naturally jumps a little when he sweeps in with his dramatics and shower of rose petals.

But that surprise soon turns to a light smile at the older Oddball and he chuckles softly, stepping up to the other's side.]

Thank YOU, Wataru-niisan. I hadn't expected you for a christening so suddenLY, but if you're willing you can be my very first CLIENT. Please feel free to give feedBACK, of COURSE.

[He opens the door, gesturing for the other to step inside.]

[spellspeak]

[Natsume can't help but look slightly put-out for a moment. While he won't deny that his manner of speech is an intentional thing he can't tell if he should be frustrated with himself or this stranger for fixating on that as opposed to his business.

He supposes it can't be helped.]

Are you familiar with the concept of "kotodama"? Words and intonation have been the building blocks of spellcasting since mankind could utter the most primitive of SOUNDS. One must consider such things carefully and always speak with inTENT, that is simply what I am doING. The building blocks of my maGIC, you could SAY~

[spellspeak]

I primarily utilize a crystal BALL, but I also have dabbled in palm-readING.

[spellspeak]

Of COURSE, if that's what you would LIKE.

[inuko]

[Look, if he realised "brews" meant "tea" he'd be more into that first! As it is, he got distracted! ]

I'm not, no. It just sounded like you had problem with volume control...

[ Moving........ on............... ]

How do you know where to put that kind of inTENT?

[ The mimicry is unthought rather than deliberate, but given how he brought this up, may come across... poorly. He's trying to understand, since chants and the like have their own cadences, even hymns do, but those aren't precisely this kind of magic? ]

And with this whole store of yours, what brews are you talking about?

[strayknight]

[Watching the video he smirks as Natsume shows off his goods. He was impressed the other got the shop up and running so quickly...then again it might have been taking more time than he knows.]

Impressive, looks like you got it all together.

[spellspeak]

I have inDEED. Of course even though I was diligent in trying to cover my bases there could always be things I have misSED, but will have to wait to be SEEN. One can only gain experiences in life through trial and errOR, although I would certainly prefer this to not fall under the LATTER.

[spellspeak]

My volume control happens to be just as it SHOULD.

[He... Can't tell if the other is mocking him or just trying to out for himself, but he shoots him an unamused look for just a moment before moving on to the question. There certainly have been other people who comment on his manner of speaking and at the very least this man doesn't come off as ignorant or purposefully rude.]

Such a skill is something one acquires through years of practice and stuDY. Using ones' power on a whim without understanding could have dire consequenCES, after ALL.

[All right so perhaps he's being more than a little over-dramatic. But he's dramatic about pretty much everything.]

I have all KINDS. Teas and tinctures have long fallen under the purview of mages and alchemISTS, so I can provide a variety of both for whatever your desIRE... Granting wishes is also part of a magician's DUTY. [Sorry that he can't just... Answer things directly.]

[strayknight]

Hmm, well you did seem happy about the results of your special tea. Still looks like a nice shop, I might need to come see it in person.

[spellspeak]

[... He just really had to bring that up huh.]

Well it performed beyond my expectaTIONS, so I can't say I have complAINTS. But I'm a little surprISED, I wouldn't have figured that you would have any need for my WARES.

[strayknight]

[He did after being a test subject.]

Never hurts to have something on hand...just in case right? Better safe than sorry~

[spellspeak]

I suppose that's FAIR, it rarely hurts to be over-prepaRED.

[strayknight]

Especially with some of the interesting stuff~?

[He's sure Leo would be curious about it too.]

[spellspeak]

Magic is meant to both entertain and enTICE, so I would certainly not dare stop you from embracing the allure of the ocCULT.

[But he really SHOULD.]

[strayknight]

Fufufu~ Aren't vampires already on that line bordering it~?

[He should and it will be wild.]

[spellspeak]

That's true enOUGH, but you embrace it in different WAYS. Unless your family a side I'm not aware OF, although I would have figured that mommy would have told ME.

[betheirstrength]

Maybe I'll come by for fortune, then.

[Why do you type like that.]

[spellspeak]

You would be welCOME. I would never turn away anyone looking to better understand their fuTURE.

[Listen he's just Like That. He was in a group called the "Oddballs" for a reason.]

[strayknight]

We do that's for sure. I wouldn't be much aware of it either if that's the case.

[amodelidol]

[Makoto enjoyed watching Natsume's video. Of course, his unit was about magic, and placing it in the video was an eye catcher. It was an entertaining video. He was happy that Natsume got his shop up and running. He couldn't wait to visit.]

Hi Natsume! Congratulations on your shop! I was wondering how many teas do you sell?

[demachi]

[He sprinkles a few last petals atop Natsume's head for the best of luck, and twirls again in glee before entering the shop.]

I'd love to! In fact, I'd be honored. I may have saved up just a little chroma for this very occasion.

[A wink, but it's the truth. Ever since he heard about Natsume having business ambitions, he was more frugal than usual, eager to support him from the very moment he opened.

He steps inside, looking around at everything. It's dark and the ambiance is so perfectly Natsume. He can't dislike it at all. If there was something lovely about each of the Eccentrics, it's that they each had their own little sanctum. And this was a near enough approximation of Natsume's to make Wataru wish he had a theater to command.]

Breathtaking! Yes, truly Amazing☆!