Private Finished Wednesday's the Best Day

Wednesday rolled her eyes at that face, standing up herself with a huff.

"Do I look like I want to just sit and watch?" She said, sounding almost indignant, that curiosity sparkling in her eyes . "I think I know a few ways to help stabilise the magic so that it does what you want. I'll need to borrow some reagents from the magical theory classroom, maybe read over the books a few more times just to make sure..."

She kept muttering to herself as she stuffed her own books into her bag, Frodo sat up from his comfortable little perch, and meowed.

"I know what to get." She said at him, before looking back at Sazz. "But uh, yes, I think I can keep you from hurting yourself too much. You mind borrowing a practice room while I get my things?"

She watched him head off, packing the last of her own things as Frodo stood straight on the table next to her. Neither of them made any noise, but Wednesday could hear what he was thinking. She let out a small sigh.

"It's going to be fine," She murmured, quietly. "I'm not going to improve by not practicing, right?"

The cat just stretched its legs, before hopping up into her backpack. She began to make her way out, depositing a few of the books into the return slot as she left, mind already doing some magic equations in the back of her head as she calculated what she needed.

The risk was always there, of course, but she kept her mind off that for the moment. She knew how to make things stable, knew how to make sure the spell went off properly. She could make it work.

She would make it work.

What use was she if she couldn't manage one spell without a screwup?

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After a while, she made her way over to the practice rooms, her books swapped out for some reagents for her preparations. She set her bag down near the door, Frodo hopping out, the tip of his tail dipping into a jar of crushed powder before he ran off to the far side of the room.

"All set?" She asked Sazz.

"Just something I put together," She explained as she herself moved to the centre of the room. She squatted down, the tip of her finger beginning to glow. "It's a ritual component mostly made of things like ashes, animal entrails, a few crushed plants from the forbidden forest..."

She rattled off the list as she began to draw, explaining the process keeping herself calm and her hand steady. Her hand slid around her, drawing a wide magic circle on the ground. Frodo, with his tail coated in the powder, drew similar smaller circles on each wall.

Eventually, she stood up, gesturing to the glowing space.

"Ok, if you stand in there it should help keep things stable." She took a few steps back to make space. "So um...I guess the rest is up to you if you're ready."

That was...well, she thought it was pretty underwhelming, actually. Especially after all that preparation she'd put into it. She takes a few tentative steps, standing next to Sazz as Frodo creeps towards the ball and starts sniffing at it.

"Is it, you know, sapient?" She asked, watching it go. "Does it do anything...?"

Frodo hissed loudly, tumbling along the floor as the ball tackles him, his arms swatting ineffectually at its side. Wednesday has a small giggle at their antics.

"Well...I guess that makes the first spell a success." She said, smiling a bit wider as she crouched down to inspect it more closely. "Looks like you're off to a good start with this stuff."