Earning his keep [Public Post - Text]

[harrydresden]

So I need to get a couple of things covered. 

Firstly I could use the money so here's the standard description of what I can do, if it'll help you, drop me a line.  Or Mercy if I don't reply because sometimes this thing-a-ma-gig doesn't work right and she's being a good sport.

I'm in the phone book back home as a Wizard.  So my general gig is finding lost items or people, paranormal investigations, consulting and advice.  I don't do love potions and if I could do endless purses I wouldn't be advertising.  I am not here for entertainment so if you've got a party, call a clown.  I'm goofy looking but not for cash. 

Also, where's the best beer in town?  Some place low key if you don't mind.   

I've bottled up a couple of extra parachute potions too if anyone wants to buy one. Take it down a hill and it's a little like moon walking which is fun.

Ivy I don't have much cash, but I could maybe make a picnic if you want to get together for lunch.  Let me know.

Comments

[valentineluke]

Magic users are fairly common here. You best have other skills to fall back on.

[eiremagic]

Oh for fuck's sake.

[harrydresden]

Magic's not all inclusive you know. My specialty is investigation. Hence the finding things and investigation part of the above.

[harrydresden]

I'm going to get a complex here people. What's the problem?

[eiremagic]

You were here before.

[harrydresden]

Oh... yeah I heard about that. I don't think it was me, me though. At least I don't remember it. I'm guessing from your reaction you don't like me much? Which you know... get in line I suppose.

[eiremagic]

We've opposing views on magic.

[harrydresden]

Because you believe magic ______.

a. Is for killing and maiming
b. Doesn't exist
c. other

[eiremagic]

A waste of time and does no good for anyone.

[harrydresden]

Wow, I be there's an interesting story behind that closet skeleton.

[eiremagic]

I don't keep skeletons.

[harrydresden]

That would have been a figure of speech. What did you say you were?

[signatures]

Unfortunately I think for many of those things people are more apt to wait twenty-four hours than call anyone.

[harrydresden]

What difference does 24 hours make?

[signatures]

Everything, of course. It could mean what's lost is returned, we stop seeing ghosts in the mirror, so on and so forth. A rule some of us might rely to heavily on, though.

[harrydresden]

Most people will spend a little time looking for things before giving me a call. I'm not expecting instant gratification or anything. So long as people know I'm here to help if it's a real, lasting problem that's the important part.

video;

[wearafeznow]

Hello. [ A little wave, the Doctor grinning at him from the device. Behind him a cat is batting at the feather on a plush red hat. ]

You must be new, it's nice to meet you. I don't know if it's your thing, but Amelia and I run a hat shop - part detective agency. The hat shop's usually the first ticket, but we're working on the other.

[eiremagic]

I'm a bloodmage.

His video's broken but he gets bits and pieces of you

[harrydresden]

Hey.

Yeah I'm getting the distinct impression the being a detective seems more ridiculous to the people here than being a Wizard which is a real twilight zone style switch. How's the detecting going? Let me know if you need to outsource any work, I'm good at tailing, surveillance, that kind of thing.

[harrydresden]

That sounds... messy.

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[claimyourself]

You're a Wizard but you can't do endless purses? Do your laws of magic not allow for it, or do you just not know how?

[harrydresden]

Well I could do one... technically but not morally. All magic has to come from something. I can't just spontaneously make things appear. If I created an endless purse, the money inside would have to either come from somewhere, meaning taking it from someone else, or be something else disguised as money or be an illusion entirely, screwing anyone who got it when the magic wore off.

[hexuality]

Finally, someone who actually calls himself a wizard. I'm a witch, myself. And if it's good drinks you're looking for, the Blue Light's brilliant.

[archivy]

A picnic would be acceptable.

[claimyourself]

Got it. Your source of magic is different from mine. I can create money, but it doesn't disappear from somewhere else, and it can be permanent, if I want it to be.