What a completely unsuspecting plate of cookies! She hopes they aren't poisoned.

Peeks in-

"Really? I thought astral projection was that whole being out of your body thing."

"Not a projection, an astral drop. It's like a magic clone. The best part is it's like a real physical you!"

"I dunno. I'm pretty sure I can make us a couple of astral drops and he wouldn't even realize. Besides, I've been craving pizza for days."

That popcorn that Stitch had to put down? She's gotten ahold of it and she's offering some to @fatewitchcraft.bsky.social. "So. If we left right now, how long do you think it would take them to notice?"

Looking between Khalid and Salem. Leaning over towards Salem. "When I'm grounded, I just create an astral drop. Dad never finds out when I'm gone."

". . . Fine." For now. She might try to fight Salem again another day.

"What? No way! You can't! Dad would kill me if he found out! The whole point of this is for him to *not* know!"

That definitely made her pause. She crossed her arms and looked away, pouting. "They... Don't know. About any of this."

"She started it by calling me stupid! That's fair game to hit someone!"

//I wish this was just exaggerating Irma's willingness to fight someone

"You know what? This is probably justified." One transformation later and she's slapping Salem with a whole wave.

"I'll show you stupid!"

"I'm just covering my bases."

// #JusticeForStitch let them have their popcorn

"Hey, she's not a normal person, right?"

"You remind me of these girls at school who just love causing problems."

She's run out of all arguments. So she's turning her head with a stubborn huff. "Well I think you're weird. Who just starts lecturing a kid they don't even know?" ". . . Sorry."

"Um, hi. If you're talking about me, don't light me on fire. Taranee did that once and it did not go well."

"Well how was I supposed to know you know about magic! The only ones I ever meet that do are usually trying to destroy the whole Metaworld!"

Poor little guy. Looks so embarrassed. "Don't tell anybody." Little wave of her finger and water washes away the trail.

Oh. Nevermind. It's just someone sleeping. Someone who doesn't realize it's not halloween.

She's crossing her arms, huffing softly. "You sound like my dad. I already said it was an accident. And it's not like it actually happened... You're fine."

Now *that* is someone with a questionable fashion sense and a bad haircut. That has to be a bad guy.

"You've been walking around this whole time and didn't know? There's a whole trail behind you!"

"I actually don't know. But dropping that burger and fry grease everywhere will definitely get someone hurt."

Your honor, she's just a girl. She should be pardoned of her accidental crimes.

"Yeah, but what about other people? I'm sure you can find other ways?"

"Well yeah... But I also just used magic and thought you saw. It happens!" It does, in fact, not happen.

. "No, yeah. That's a pretty valid argument."

"Can't be any worse than that time I turned Andrew into a frog over a kiss..."

"That's even worse."

"Great. That's not creepy or anything."

"So... Does this mean cookies are alive too? What about pizza?"

No. She draws the line at sentient food.

Wow. That cat lady must be going through something.

"Then it was an accident! No harm no foul, right?"

. "Well that depends. Are you a bad guy?"

In her defense, it was an accident. "Clearly not. Magic isn't real."

Of course. A transformation into a weird helmet guy with a bad fashion sense. She's just going to pretend like she totally didn't accidentally try to use magic on him. Innocent whistling and everything.

Startled! Turning him into a toad!

Nobody saw her change her outfit magically, right? Right??

Ohhhh. So she should pay him. She's got, like, five bucks on her. They use dollars here, right?

Her dad deals with a lot of criminals. . Doesn't he have a job, though? Not that she's complaining... But shouldn't he be at work or something?

Well, too late now! Her dad can arrest him if he turns out to be a serial killer or something later. Anyway, she's going to-! Walk. Straight out of the village.

This is probably the part where someone mentions stranger danger.

She was just going to see if a portal was open so she could get home...

Ugh! Fine.