fandomhigh | Magical Ethics: Week 3, Period 1

"Good to see you all didn't freeze to death" was the greeting from Alysha as the bell rang for the start of the class. She had spent the weekend being really freaking annoyed that charms couldn't get the stove working again, and she hadn't been able to bake. The pies coming through from her aunties had been charmed up the wazoo, but she'd eaten 'em anyway and then gotten an enormous urge to call each and every auntie. Too bad her phone didn't run out of charge.

"Today we're talking about restrictions on power usage," she said after checking who was there. "Sometimes it seems stupid, you won't hurt anyone or use your powers for darkness, but maybe others will and suddenly there's a whole set of rules. Sometimes they're imposed by the government if you're in the type of country that acknowledges power usage, sometimes you're forced to hide any extra abilities you have because other people might feel threatened. It happens, and probably all of you have experienced some version of it."

"For instance, my family's rituals are always held in a particular part of the forest that is easily defensible by those not taking part in the circle. It's a mild restriction, but one my aunties impose on the family because outsiders don't know how to channel the type of power that was raised in ritual and really really didn't know how to handle the side effects. But also because too many outsiders come through and see parts of the ritual, they start to wonder what else might be going on." After they got done screwing their brain out with anything that moved. "And people poking their noses in can cause problems. On a heavier note, my family doesn't tolerate those who raise and hold power. We believe power is meant to be channeled and holding it leads corruption and evil." She shrugged. "Again, a restriction but one we place on others and take responsibility for enforcing."

"So what I want you to discuss today is what restrictions have you experienced - or know about if you don't use magic or other powers -, if you feel they're valid, and what type of limits you think should be placed on people who can do 'extra' things whether it's magic, super abilities, telepathy, or anything else you can think of."

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Take notes, pass notes, chat. Just be aware that Alysha's totally paying attention to the last.

Restrictions on her gifts were something Raven was very familiar with, though she'd for the most part stopped wavering on whether she should experience emotions of her own or not. Mostly.

Karla took notes, though more about her classmates' restrictions than anything else. It was just so weird listening to people coming from a world where people who used magic weren't the dominant group.

Raven slipped a note to Karla. I received word about my father Sunday night. It was not good news.

No, she didn't ease people into bad news.

Karla read the note and bit her lower lip. Somehow I didn't think it would be, she scrawled back. What's up?

She vanished it from her desk and called it back onto Raven's.

Raven wished she could pass notes like that!

I was contacted by a sorcerer who said my father plans to cross into this dimension soon. He needs my help to stop this from happening.

...

Karla glanced up from the note and just looked at Raven.

I thought no one was supposed to know about your dad. How did this guy find out? And know how to contact you?

Someone's Black Widow senses were tingling.

He claimed he and his fellow sorcerers have long opposed my father, Raven wrote back. I did not ask him how he knew who I was, but I sensed no evil intent from him. He seemed sincere in his wish to stop my father from entering this dimension and destroying it.

She wasn't completely naive! Just...partially.

Karla resisted the urge to bang her head on her desk. You're working at 'Dite's today, right? Do you mind if I pop by to talk to you about this? I think it might be easier if we can talk aloud.

Mostly because Karla figured Ms. Gale would figure out that all the writing she was doing wasn't related to the lecture after Karla started cursing.

You didn't answer him right away...did you?

Yes, I am working, and I never mind you coming by. Alligorr told me he would send word when I was needed. I told him that I would do whatever I could to stop my father.

That probably counted as answering him right away.

Yes. Yes it did.

At least it would give Karla a chance to compose herself. Grabbing Raven by the shoulders and shaking her--lovingly!--wouldn't solve anything.

Great. The cast list goes up today. I'll check in with you before I go to rehearsal.

If Zack had any restrictions on him at all, they were there because he had decided they ought to be, and so he spent the lecture listening thoughtfully and trying to think up examples that he'd seen with other people, instead.

Savannah was talking notes on the lecture.

Tara was interested and took notes as she listened. She knew she believed in more restricted use of magic than a lot of the others in the Reserves did.

She was also curious about what Professor Gale meant by "holding" power.

Leda was wearing large dark glasses and a neutral expression. And the way she was sitting, she could have been asleep. She's not but you'd never know that to look at her.

Diana was pretty sure other people followed restrictions. She was still working on that.

"The only restrictions I have are the ones I put on myself," Tony said. "There's no one back home to make rules for magic. There's a few people that'll step in if things get out of control, though."

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