[isaac-morey]

“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” ~ Wassily Kandinsky

Isaac Morey

Nicknames: Iz

Pronouns: He/Him

Magick Status: Magick - Gifted (Chromokinesis)

Nationality: American/British

Ethnicity: Italian

Living Arrangements: Southern Isles in a constantly changing rainbow-colored house he shares with his fiancé Nick Wilde and their son Avery.

Employment: Town mayor and adjunct Childhood Education professor at Pride U

Languages: English, BSL, some rudimentary common Elvish

Accent: British with a bit of Chicago to his vowels.

Height: 6′

Build: Average, stays fairly fit because he stays busy, can't quite manage to commit to an actual gym routine.

Complexion: More of a naturally tan complexion that gets darker in the summer, has some freckles but they're hard to notice except up close.

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Color/Length/Style: Short, usually kept neat and trim. Lets it grow out longer in the summers. His natural color is a lighter brown but he changes colors all the time for events or whenever. His favorite hair color is a dusty pink.

Tattoos: Can be found here

Piercings: Has a scar from an old nose piercing

Daily Jewelry: His engagement ring

What would you find if you Googled them?

His twitter and instagram (@prismagick), although neither are updated regularly and when they are, it's usually family or community related posts.

The website and information about the family business, Morey Mill, is easily accessible.

Dig far enough and references to a court case in Camden can be found, a wrongful teaching contract termination and the lawsuit that resulted from it for discrimination that he won. In 2025 more court documents exist centered around a restraining order violation by his ex, Max, and an arrest record and charges pressed for an altercation and attack against him in town.

His involvement in the Town Board for several years before his run and successful campaign to become mayor is also noted online, although mostly on local sites and The Squire.

What natives would know about them

He was adopted early in life and is one of the middle children of the large Morey family. Generally considered the hometown boy among the siblings, his involvement with and support of the community goes back to his university days and in the past years he's been involved as part of the Town Board, and more recently campaigned for mayor and won the election. While his stance as mayor is focused on an equal voice for everyone he is notably pro-Magick.

Before becoming mayor and moving to sharing teaching responsibilities as a professor at Pride U he was a long time primary school teacher in town.

In June 2023 he began fostering a five year old sea elf found lost and alone, deciding after the Regency Town Dream in 2023 to start the adoption process, finalizing his son's adoption in early 2024.

He began dating Nick Wilde publicly in October 2022, although their relationship actually started a little earlier than that. Nick moved into his home in the Southern Isles neighborhood after the Pandemonium demon attack in 2023 to help him care for Avery while Isaac was on the mend from a traumatic shoulder injury. The two were engaged July 18th, 2026, when Nick proposed during a couple's trip the weekend before Isaac's birthday.

Other: Magic abilities

Isaac's magic is Chromokinesis; manipulation of color. It's an offshoot ability of light magic, but he isn't a sorcerer, his magic comes from being Gifted.

He can manipulate colors around him, although he has to be in contact with them to do so. But contact with any surface will allow him to change any color at will, and change the intensity of it as well. This change is very fluid, sometimes it can be seen visually as a swirl of color shifting to the next but more often it's more subtle. It's also affected by his emotions to a degree and any intense emotional state is likely to make his control weaker to the point where anything he touches he might accidentally stain with random colors.

The amount of time the effects of his magic linger depend on many factors like the pourus nature of the surface he is changing, and whether it is living or not. On most inorganic surfaces colors will remain permanent until he changes them again, when it comes to contact with people, things like skin or hair the effects can vary. Hair color for instance is very easy for him to change and it can remain permanent, but he can't change something as complex as skin tone except in small areas because that's changing the cellular nature of the melatonin in that skin tone and that's a little more complex than he knows how to use his magic.

Aside from the manipulation of color Isaac also relies on the emotional states around him to be able to view color himself. He sees a much wider spectrum than other people, and when people speak their words affect the area around them in washes of color that only he can see. This gives everything a sort of kaleidoscope effect and these colors are usually distinct to the person in their exact use. Something like a fingerprint, he can pick out a person buy them once he is familiar with their colors.

The emotion behind how people say things often effects the intensity of these colors, so sometimes he can guess at the emotional state of other people if he is very familiar with what those colors look like for them.

When he has to deal with silence his ability to see colors diminishes to gray tones, it will quickly return in the presence of emotive voices and sometimes he can get by to a lesser degree avoiding the gray by listening to music or movies, television shows, basically people speaking in some facet. It's a much less saturated version of what colors he might see but it is something. On the other end of the spectrum however if he is in crowded places with a lot of emotional intensity affecting the crowd it can be very overwhelming and visually confusing to have all the colors overlapping so jumbled and he isn't always able to deal with it.

He can dampen the effects of his own magic, learned to do so with practice growing up, to the point where he can practically turn off his ability to see those colors but doing so also means his vision overall suffers and everything gets a bit out of focus for him.

His magic does have some defensive and even offensive potential, but it isn't something that Isaac approaches very easily. During the Pandemonium demon attack he accidentally blinded a demon when he was injured so he's aware that he can manipulate the amount of light in colors to the point of harming or even blinding others, something that still makes him very uncomfortable at the possibility.

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[naironfire06]

The best thing about life is Hope The hope, that tomorrow everything will be fine The hope, that your loved ones will still be there for you The hope, that you get what you dreamed for The hope, of being better than you were yesterday Even when life is suffocating, you hope. Hope is beautiful Hope is strength .

[remanence-of-love]

[weltenwellen]

Stephanie Garber, The Ballad of Never After

[fairygarykao]

A Little Encouragement || Gary + Isaac

[isaac-morey]

"We haven't gone too very far yet; partly because we wanted to get Avery used to traveling before we started taking trips that went longer or were further away from home."

Nick worried about not wanting to go places where he thought the danger outweighed his control of the situation. Isaac couldn't fault him for that, after a long lifetime of caution it was the sort of outlook a person built from experience. And he trusted it; the world was different for humanoid Magicks outside of town, not as safe as either of them wished it would have been for Avery.

"We usually have to stay in private areas of the beach wherever we go because he can't really control losing his glamour when he's in the water."

It wasn't a conscious effort on the little boy's part, from the way that Nick had explained it that was simply how it worked with sea elves. So there was no point in going somewhere with a beach unless it was a beach where Avery could have some privacy.

"We don't stand any chance of convincing him not to go into the water right now so it's more trying to plan around where it's safe for him to go," Isaac explained.

"Violin competitions?" He voiced, trying to give Gary some space to talk as well about his family.

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[fairygarykao]

@isaac-morey

"Oh yes, Hattie Rose, Sadie's sister. She's a music-talent fairy and takes violin lessons on town. Plays other instruments too, guitar, piano. But she competes in violin." Gary explained. "She can do it as long as she's enjoying it. We don't pressure our kids to do anything, except when they decide to do something we tell them they have to give it their best."

He smiled proudly.

"Her best just happens to be winning most of the time. But I'd be proud of last place if she gave it her best go."

[isaac-morey]

"That's an impressive list of instruments," Isaac smiled, immediately falling into that familiar habit of listening like when the parents at school talked about all the latest changes with their kids; first steps and new words, new interests and all the other little things. He enjoyed it, anymore he understood the other side of it too finally, what it felt like to be proud of every accomplishment because that was your kid.

"She's very talented," he could hardly imagine being able to move so easily between instruments, "does she planning to continue to study music? There are a lot of concert halls in London, and other places of course; lots of opportunities for musicians."

@fairygarykao

[isaac-morey]

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prismagick: Celebrating my birthday a little early this year by starting the next chapter of this story with @ ramblinman

[wilde-fun]

Say That You'll Bring Me Along || Colorwild

Summary: Nick and Isaac visit the Lost Gardens of Heligan for a brief break in the summer business. Nick uses the moment to ask a question that has been on his mind.

Date: July 18, 2026

TW: None, just cute

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[wilde-fun]

Everything Has Changed || Colorwild

[wilde-fun]

Nick wanted to sigh at the response, even though he knew it was true. Many nights spent with the Moreys at dinner and various holidays spent with them had given him clues into the dynamic.

There would still be smiles. They would still support Isaac just as much. But there would be that watchfulness, that curiosity displayed cheerfully as they tried to figure out what this meant for all of them. After all, even the most accepting people needed a moment to balance out the difference between 'man our son is dating who is a bit driftless but around his age and ready to settle down' versus 'being who has been around for over a century'.

Even if they were kind, there would be doubts. He'd have to hope the kindness would be enough to stop the impulse towards grabbing pitchforks. Or wood working tools.

"Yes. Well. Someone has to keep you out of trouble," Nick said lightly, his signature smirk crossing his face.

Isaac would know what he was really saying anyway.

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[isaac-morey]

He knew Nick was considering all the possibilities, and Isaac had as well, but he had to hold tightly to the best of them. There was a world of difference between himself and Nick, more than a lifetime, and sometimes it settled in the back of his mind just how wide that expanse was. People seeing Nick, the truth to him, would see that truth as well.

It wouldn't be easy for everyone to understand, they didn't see Nick the way he did. Isaac didn't really know if there would be a difference between Magick and Magick that wasn't human when people looked at them, it was an odd spot to be. Just one more step outside of what was expected.

He could already feel the words his Mama wouldn't say but would sit with her quietly, the question of what would it look like not just for Isaac but Nick as well when time moved more quickly to one life and not the other.

Isaac thought about it too sometimes, how unfair it felt. Not for him but for Nick. And there was Nick staying regardless, changing regardless.

How could Isaac not hold tightly to the certainty of the good for both their sakes? Doubt nipped at the edges of their lives and he wouldn't let those fragile spots break, even if he had to defend it countless times. Optimism was not built from weak resolve; the reasons he had to hold to it were the most important ones in his life.

"Someone is pretty good at talking me into trouble too," Isaac countered, tipping his head back some with a smile before reaching and turning Nick's gaze towards his own, pressing a kiss to his lips as he relaxed in his embrace.

Nick was already carrying the weight of countless difficult choices, he didn't want him carrying that one alone.

@wilde-fun

[dr-drckken]

Work From Home || Isaakken

[isaac-morey]

Isaac had come to dread the sight of a binder.

It was like Jun Moon had trained some sort of pavlovian response in him from the times he showed up at Town Hall, binder tucked under his arm and determination on his face. Those were very long afternoons. Ones Isaac approached with patience but he couldn't help the tiny little urge to flee every time he saw a stack of rustling papers like that.

For a second he almost zoned out, but then Drakken was speaking again.

Essay contests? Not where he expected the conversation to go but he was inwardly grateful a complaint wasn't thrown at him.

"That's something we'd have to arrange with The Squire," because nothing was cut and dry and there were always a million hoops to jump through for anything, "but I like the idea."

He wasn't just saying that for the sake of being positive, one of the strangest things about Dr. Drakken was, in spite of the man's sometimes loud approach, that he was insightful. And he actually worked towards the goals he had in mind; a trait that was practically invaluable.

The fact that he shared an interest in education with Isaac also didn't hurt his favorable opinion of the man who he'd spent his early years in the Town Board trying to figure out how to befriend. Ultimately that seemed to only be accomplished when he'd stop trying and Drakken came around to the idea of it himself.

He certainly didn't miss the days Drakken had shown up at his desk demanding the town pay for things they realistically couldn't. The man was much better to have as an ally than an antagonist.

"I think it's an excellent idea, actually; by the time kids get in uni they're either so done with paying attention to any of the politics around town or they're frustrated by it. Maybe you're right, maybe having a better grasp of why things work the way they do early on would help."

Now that was an optimistic viewpoint, Isaac had only been teaching at the university for less than a year and he had already realized that most uni students were far more interested in other distractions, and he didn't blame them for that because he had been the same way at that age.

But it couldn't hurt to try.

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[dr-drckken]

@isaac-morey

Drakken made a face, his hand giving a little dismissive wave at the less than needed concern about needing the local newspaper's approval for the idea. Psshh, as if they would deny using up the space for something like this! It would probably do them some good, too, publishing something that wasn't just a bunch of random swill or that made people turn the page half way through. And there were how many people on the staff? It wasn't like they were going to have to convince a whole office to give up the page space– probably just whoever was in charge to make it happen. Easy, it was a complete non-issue.

Did Drakken think the work of a mushy-brained child that had no real idea of what being Mayor would be any better than a (presumably) trained professional? No, of course he didn't. But he figured the equally mushy-brained civilians of this town certainly would. At the very least, they would find it to be some semblance of cute or endearing.

Morey was the Mayor now, though, so Drakken didn't blame him for the comment. The poor guy was probably looking at every corner of the town as a safety hazard and law suit! Every glass was no doubt half empty. Or completely empty, for that matter.

Drakken had known that this was a good idea, it was his after all, but it never did hurt his massive yet very fragile ego to be praised. It made him smile, one of the more rare versions that was mostly warmth rather than conniving.

"Exactly," he said, even though he hadn't really heard what Morey had said past I think it's an excellent idea. "What do you think of the prompt? Or the idea of a prize? I'm assuming it's a no go just to give them some money for their troubles? Even though we all know that's all anyone really wants these days." He paused, looking down, finger tapping ideally against the counter. "We don't hand out keys to the town, do we?"

[isaac-morey]

Drakken was correct about that; Isaac had discovered part of his job was an ongoing need to be aware of everything. Complaints, possible issues, and making sure all the paperwork was in order. And even then he missed things from time to time, he was only human; so he'd had to learn to just accept the other side was being informed, often, if he overlooked a detail.

The Squire wouldn't appreciate not being looped in but that was easy enough, and not much of a sell to get them to pick up a community story that would drive kids to them, in turn their parents as well.

That wasn't his department to deal with, but those details to be worked out.

"Money is a harder one because funding has to come from somewhere, and you know how tight the budget is. And kids like having something to show off, so do parents." Isaac reasoned; parents loved having an award to point to when talking about their kids. More ideal would be both, but the latter was the easier to accomplish.

"I think it's open enough to end up with some interesting answers, maybe a few that might help me out," Isaac laughed softly, "you might have to add some guidelines, although personally I like the idea of encouraging creativity. And you'll need to figure out judges; I'm sure we could get a few volunteers from the Board for that."

He chuckled with a shake of his head at the question, it was an unusual one. But that was why Drakken was so good on that Board, wasn't it? The man had a talent for finding a new way to look at most situations.

"I'm afraid not," he replied, "though I guess we could do something like that symbolically of course. That brings up the basic funding again though, which is something that'll need to be discussed with the Board if it's being run by Town Hall."

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[wilde-fun]

Everything Has Changed || Colorwild

[isaac-morey]

In a way Isaac might have welcomed it.

The argument against dangerous Magicks was a sore spot where being Mayor meant he had to somewhat temper his own opinions to stay mindful of how people were afraid. He struggled at times with it; he didn't believe dangerous was a fair label for anyone.

Any Magick could be dangerous, any Mundus with a weapon could as well. Jess was his closest friend, Martin's spouse, while Isaac didn't know exactly what they were, gave Isaac the impression of dangerous when cornered, and they had plenty of residents in town carrying on perfectly normal lives who might have been dangerous by the typical definition. There were plenty hiding as well, he suspected.

A scandal like that might have lent more weight to how flimsy the label actually was, but he selfishly didn't want his own family to struggle with the burden of it. Maybe if it had only been Nick and himself, but for Avery's sake his first priority had to be making sure he grew up safe and without fear trailing him.

He felt like a hypocrite in that; how was he supposed to tell their son he belonged like everyone else if there was a line that said, no, some people belong less than others?

Isaac only smiled, nodded, and wanted to shut his eyes for a moment but he gripped Nick's hand more tightly instead. "Mama might insist on giving you a few suggestions," he chuckled.

@wilde-fun

[wilde-fun]

Nick could feel the small bit of struggle in Isaac's tight grip. For both of them, Nick used that grip to tug Isaac around until he could sit on Nick's lap, letting his arms settle around the person he'd decided to root his life to. Even just that much contact had the stress shifting to the background.

Not gone. He didn't know when it would be gone if ever, or what the fall out from this would be that he couldn't see. Starting today, his life had changed in a way that he couldn't ever really come back from.

He'd made his play. All that came next was getting the next deal from the house and making sure he only bet what he could afford to lose.

(And as always when betting against the house, keep an eye out for a good time to cheat. If the house wouldn't play fair, neither would he, and he'd walk away from the table with enough to play the next game.)

"I would expect nothing less." He brushed Isaac's lips with his. "We can invite them to dinner here in the next couple days."

@isaac-morey

[isaac-morey]

Isaac settled, comfortable in that spot that was familiar, close; it was Nick's sake too but he was grateful for those moments where it was just the two of them and that reminder that, rough spots and all, they were still working it out along the way.

"I'm sure Papa will have more questions than Mama," Isaac knew his mother took so much just as it was, that woman had welcomed children as they'd come along without needing all the details.

The same has been true of Avery; her second grandkid being an elf hadn't been an issue in the least. Papa, of course, had questions, but about safety, needs and all the things they had to adjust for his sake.

Would they forgive the time that passed without the truth? Isaac was certain they would, it was hard to imagine that any other way. They knew how important Nick was, probably had been seeing that before he and Nick had openly started dating.

But there would always be doubts.

"I'm proud of you for getting this far," he voiced, resting his forehead against Nick's; hoping he knew how true that was.

@wilde-fun

[fairygarykao]

A Little Encouragement || Gary + Isaac

[isaac-morey]

He couldn't disagree; sometimes just being at home wasn't nice. Although being at home was rarely at home. Usually it was some trip around town, to the lake or, just as often, Avery wanting to go to Chapter Three or Hatter's or, since it's opening, the Lucky Cat for all the enticing treats Ms. Hamada created.

Life was never actually still, even when it was lazy. Isaac enjoyed that, he didn't know what to do with himself if he was only being idle. But he knew Nick appreciated the chance to be. After over a hundred years of life though anyone would appreciate a little downtime that didn't require them to be on guard.

There would be more friends this year for Avery, more time spent visiting them, although he was still a bit young to be staying overnight.

"We usually take some trip outside of town before the summer is over " They hadn't quite begun to plan for it yet but he needed some time away. More difficult with his job now but not impossible. "We usually go to a beach, my partner ends up doing most of the planning because he's traveled so much he's better than I am at figuring out the details."

And if they didn't do it that way and Nick didn't have a chance to convince himself the trip was safe he'd stay tense the entire time, unfortunately. So the trade off wasn't one Isaac minded, he was just happy to get some time away from everything.

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[fairygarykao]

@isaac-morey

"We don't do much travel outside of town, not together anyway. Nicola will go for conferences for work, and I'll go to different parts of the UK with our oldest for violin competitions, but that's a few days here and there." Gary said.

A beach sounded nice. Made him miss Taiwan, growing up near the ocean there.

"Do you go abroad for the beach or just somewhere here?"

[isaac-morey]

"We haven't gone too very far yet; partly because we wanted to get Avery used to traveling before we started taking trips that went longer or were further away from home."

Nick worried about not wanting to go places where he thought the danger outweighed his control of the situation. Isaac couldn't fault him for that, after a long lifetime of caution it was the sort of outlook a person built from experience. And he trusted it; the world was different for humanoid Magicks outside of town, not as safe as either of them wished it would have been for Avery.

"We usually have to stay in private areas of the beach wherever we go because he can't really control losing his glamour when he's in the water."

It wasn't a conscious effort on the little boy's part, from the way that Nick had explained it that was simply how it worked with sea elves. So there was no point in going somewhere with a beach unless it was a beach where Avery could have some privacy.

"We don't stand any chance of convincing him not to go into the water right now so it's more trying to plan around where it's safe for him to go," Isaac explained.

"Violin competitions?" He voiced, trying to give Gary some space to talk as well about his family.

@fairygarykao

[wilde-fun]

Everything Has Changed || Colorwild

[isaac-morey]

"The one benefit about town gossip is it doesn't last very long," he pointed out; what was stirring one week was just as likely to fade away the next. Sometimes things stuck, that was true, but the degree to which people cared about gossip revolved almost exclusively around how much who was involved was known. And he'd put Nick in the uncomfortable position of being known by proxy.

If he hadn't taken that step from the Board to mayor there wouldn't have been enough of anything notable about him for gossip to latch onto. Isaac knew that. His family had been the subject of town drama often in the past but he was largely the most forgettable of his siblings. He'd struggled with it in the past but older, with a family of his own and reasons to enjoy being forgettable? Isaac had come to value it.

And he'd disrupted that part of their life, most of their life, not considering what he was doing when it had felt so much like he'd needed to do something.

So maybe his argument on that fell short and Nick was smart, he knew it was more grasping at straws.

But it made it only seem fair that he dealt with the family questions more than Nick would have to, that scrutiny; they were his family. Messy as they were.

"Yeah, whatever you're okay with. We don't have to tell them all at once." Sometimes the Moreys were easier handled one on one; there was a lot of noise when there were a lot of people involved in a discussion.

"Maybe start with Mama and Papa," he suggested; the foundation of the Morey family was strong despite all the mess because of the stability of their parents, after all.

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[wilde-fun]

"It's true. If I was something like a vampire or a werewolf it would be a much bigger scandal."

If he was one of those supposedly scarier dark Magicks, there would undoubtedly be an uproar. A known liar, also a type of Magick believed to corrupt people that close to the Mayor of the town? It didn't matter that the reaction would only have proved him right, there would be plenty who wouldn't leave them alone.

Elves were easier to swallow, particularly here in the UK in a large part. He was still a liar and still untrustworthy, but beyond some criticism over that, he would eventually be forgotten.

After all, he was very good at making sure he was forgotten.

But before he could get to that point, he did have to face the rest of the Moreys. Better to get it over with.

"Sounds like a plan. Perhaps I can make something ahead of time to act as a bribe. I'm sure I can remember that old recipe for gulab jamun." Joke. If Isaac laughed or teased that was.

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[isaac-morey]

In a way Isaac might have welcomed it.

The argument against dangerous Magicks was a sore spot where being Mayor meant he had to somewhat temper his own opinions to stay mindful of how people were afraid. He struggled at times with it; he didn't believe dangerous was a fair label for anyone.

Any Magick could be dangerous, any Mundus with a weapon could as well. Jess was his closest friend, Martin's spouse, while Isaac didn't know exactly what they were, gave Isaac the impression of dangerous when cornered, and they had plenty of residents in town carrying on perfectly normal lives who might have been dangerous by the typical definition. There were plenty hiding as well, he suspected.

A scandal like that might have lent more weight to how flimsy the label actually was, but he selfishly didn't want his own family to struggle with the burden of it. Maybe if it had only been Nick and himself, but for Avery's sake his first priority had to be making sure he grew up safe and without fear trailing him.

He felt like a hypocrite in that; how was he supposed to tell their son he belonged like everyone else if there was a line that said, no, some people belong less than others?

Isaac only smiled, nodded, and wanted to shut his eyes for a moment but he gripped Nick's hand more tightly instead. "Mama might insist on giving you a few suggestions," he chuckled.

@wilde-fun

[fairygarykao]

A Little Encouragement || Gary + Isaac

[isaac-morey]

"I'm looking forward to it myself this year," Isaac chuckled. He enjoyed the summer but that year especially he felt like he needed a break, even if that break was really only going to apply to his teaching job and his work at Town Hall would continue regardless of what time of the year it was. "Was my first year moving from teaching at secondary to teaching part-time at the university and it is definitely a world of difference."

And he wanted some of that summer with his family, of course. Even though he wouldn't have quite as much of it as he usually did.

"Does that mean you have big plans for the summer then?" He wasn't really sure what constituted big plans when it came to the Hollow, but with kids there was no shortage of things around town to do during those warm months.

@fairygarykao

[fairygarykao]

@isaac-morey

"No, I mean. Nothing like going on holiday, fairies don't really do that. Our oldest daughter has some summer program in Bristol she's going to for a few weeks for music but other than that we're just staying in the Hollow." Gary said. "The big plans are actually getting to be at home, for Nicola, since she works in town during the school year."

He gestured toward town.

"And I'm sure there will be sleepovers with girls from school for both our kids. They both go to human school, like we both did. What about you, summer plans?"

[isaac-morey]

He couldn't disagree; sometimes just being at home wasn't nice. Although being at home was rarely at home. Usually it was some trip around town, to the lake or, just as often, Avery wanting to go to Chapter Three or Hatter's or, since it's opening, the Lucky Cat for all the enticing treats Ms. Hamada created.

Life was never actually still, even when it was lazy. Isaac enjoyed that, he didn't know what to do with himself if he was only being idle. But he knew Nick appreciated the chance to be. After over a hundred years of life though anyone would appreciate a little downtime that didn't require them to be on guard.

There would be more friends this year for Avery, more time spent visiting them, although he was still a bit young to be staying overnight.

"We usually take some trip outside of town before the summer is over " They hadn't quite begun to plan for it yet but he needed some time away. More difficult with his job now but not impossible. "We usually go to a beach, my partner ends up doing most of the planning because he's traveled so much he's better than I am at figuring out the details."

And if they didn't do it that way and Nick didn't have a chance to convince himself the trip was safe he'd stay tense the entire time, unfortunately. So the trade off wasn't one Isaac minded, he was just happy to get some time away from everything.

@fairygarykao

[isaac-morey]

Mending the Broken Spots || Bittersweet

[isaac-morey]

"Been forever since I've had time to get around to things like this," Isaac mused, tucking the hammer in his hand back into the belt loop of his jeans as he knelt in the grass. The fence, a colorful affair in a rainbow pattern, circled the entire front yard and the picket design was more for the look of it rather than actually keeping anything inside the space, but it had been part of the property since Isaac had purchased it several years ago. And time, as it did with all things, had worn some rough spots in it.

A few broken boards had given up and buckled under the snow the winter before and Isaac just hadn't had time to fix them. Because he did still prefer to fix little things around the house the way he'd been taught growing up in the family business. Nick could have taken care of it just as easily, and sooner, but it was the sort of task Isaac wanted to do.

Nick had cautioned him about his shoulder of course, even though there wasn't really anything near to heavy lifting involved, but Isaac had appeased those worries by assuring him that he wouldn't be working alone while Nick took Avery to the lake. They wanted to avoid Avery trying to help because of course he would be tempted to but the fence had been installed by the house's previous owner and the nails weren't safe for the young elf to touch.

"Well, that one is definitely finished," Isaac confirmed, pulling the bright red picket free from where he'd removed the nails holding it onto the railing a moment earlier; it had splintered fully down the center the same way several other of the boards had.

"Anything on this panel actually still holding together?"

He glanced to Griffin with the question while the younger Morey was busy going through the other end of the section of the fence looking for damage.

@griffin-morey

[isaac-morey]

Mending the Broken Spots || Bittersweet

[dr-drckken]

Work From Home || Isaakken

[isaac-morey]

"Biology would be an interesting one for him with the advantage of being able to talk to the wildlife I guess," it seemed like an obvious advantage to him and sometimes he wondered what sort of progress was being held back in the world with some of the prejudice towards Magicks that was still prevalent in so many places in the world. Avery could observe aquatic creatures on a level other people simply couldn't, but would that ever actually be accepted as science?

"He already spends half the summer talking to the locals in the lake, or at the beach when we take trips outside of town." Isaac couldn't say he wasn't looking forward to that just a little bit more that year because it had been a long one. "I'm just dreading the day he asks if one of the sharks he meets can come home with us," he chuckled, but it was always a possibility.

Isaac hoped the world moved in that direction in time and magic and science didn't have such a strong divide, maybe by the time Avery and Penny were old enough to go out into the world themselves.

He'd seen the prejudice firsthand when he'd lost his job teaching in Camden; it was still a wall for some.

"So, what's on you mind?" Isaac voiced, taking a sip of his coffee; if nothing else it was almost a guarantee that any conversation with the other man was going to be an interesting one.

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Drakken nodded enthusiastically. Yes! That would be quite the advantage! So much so that he kid would probably be getting half the stuff on the exams wrong since he would have the right answers versus what the literature and journals said was the right answer– well, actually, in that case the right answer probably wouldn't even be on the tests.

Still, what a nice gift that would be, eh? Just getting to ask a fish a question scientists had been scratching their heads about for decades? Drakken wished he could ask the things he created why they weren't working sometimes but...he would have to program them to do that...which wouldn't help since...they weren't working and wouldn't be able to say...

Anyway!

Yes! He was here for a reason! And that reason was not to discuss the Mayor's child's future! Maybe another time.

"A lot of things," he answered, then opened the binder he had brought with him. The cover flopped over onto the counter. "Today in particular, I have been thinking about the engaging with the youth problem that always seems to be brought up at Town Hall meetings! I know politics, especially at this level, isn't particularly exciting for that demographic. But you know what is? Contests. So, I came up with a proposal for an essay contest for kids to enter. I'm thinking the prompt would be something about what they would do in politics? What would I do if I was Mayor for a week? Gets them engaged and potentially give us some insight into what these kids want from us. And the top three can get published in the local news paper, along with a prize for the top spot."

[isaac-morey]

Isaac had come to dread the sight of a binder.

It was like Jun Moon had trained some sort of pavlovian response in him from the times he showed up at Town Hall, binder tucked under his arm and determination on his face. Those were very long afternoons. Ones Isaac approached with patience but he couldn't help the tiny little urge to flee every time he saw a stack of rustling papers like that.

For a second he almost zoned out, but then Drakken was speaking again.

Essay contests? Not where he expected the conversation to go but he was inwardly grateful a complaint wasn't thrown at him.

"That's something we'd have to arrange with The Squire," because nothing was cut and dry and there were always a million hoops to jump through for anything, "but I like the idea."

He wasn't just saying that for the sake of being positive, one of the strangest things about Dr. Drakken was, in spite of the man's sometimes loud approach, that he was insightful. And he actually worked towards the goals he had in mind; a trait that was practically invaluable.

The fact that he shared an interest in education with Isaac also didn't hurt his favorable opinion of the man who he'd spent his early years in the Town Board trying to figure out how to befriend. Ultimately that seemed to only be accomplished when he'd stop trying and Drakken came around to the idea of it himself.

He certainly didn't miss the days Drakken had shown up at his desk demanding the town pay for things they realistically couldn't. The man was much better to have as an ally than an antagonist.

"I think it's an excellent idea, actually; by the time kids get in uni they're either so done with paying attention to any of the politics around town or they're frustrated by it. Maybe you're right, maybe having a better grasp of why things work the way they do early on would help."

Now that was an optimistic viewpoint, Isaac had only been teaching at the university for less than a year and he had already realized that most uni students were far more interested in other distractions, and he didn't blame them for that because he had been the same way at that age.

But it couldn't hurt to try.

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