Under The Water

Occupation: - Jewelry store owner - Enchanter

[mikesmagicmuses]

Owen could feel his face flush slightly at the praise, and he hoped his freckles could hide it. "Classes are teaching me usef-f-ful things, can you b...believe it?" He grinned. With how expensive college was he'd better be learning useful stuff by now. "Yeah, I have time. I was... wasn't about to just drop... it off and r-run." Owen liked spending time with Cooper; he was knowledgeable, and his line of work led to a lot of interesting things and situations. "L-lead the way."

[kelplovercooper]

"Considering your curriculum has existed for less than 5 years, says more about how committed you are to learning than they are to teaching," Cooper said shaking his head. He'd seen plenty of light Fae excited about the prospect to teach, how many of them actually stuck to it left much to be desired. Taking Owen to the back of his workshop, he opened the back door to the bare parking lot, making sure it was actually clear. "Have you had any practice with activating enchantments, or do you want me to take a crack at it?" he asked holding out the figurine towards Owen.

[lcnternliights]

"Oh - no, not at all. I hate the cold," Spencer quickly shook their head. "Actually, I was looking for a new glamour enchantment. Mine is... well loved, let's just put it that way, and unfortunately, my true form isn't exactly one that can blend in easily in the crowd." They gently tugged on the simple silver chain they were wearing. "This is what's currently enchanted right now. I was asking because I don't really run into people who've run into basilisks." They were still sort of shy when outright admitting what they were, but it still felt so foreign to be able to just let others know - it had only been five years, which to them, was barely any time at all.

[kelplovercooper]

If he was more like Aiden he might have cheered out loud, instead he just Spencer a grateful nod. Reaching onto the counter, he put on a pair of glasses giving them a brief once over, "Huh, personally never have," setting the glasses to the side. "Scales are a lot shinier than I expected," he admitted, "Looks a lot better than this," pausing to show the green scales on his hand briefly. "Kelpie," he added realizing there were lot of things that could have that, "Are you alright taking the enchantment off for a second, we can step back into my workshop if it makes you feel better."

[scryptids]

it wasn't that winnie tried to be annoying. most of the time she kept to herself, head bowed over a sketchbook while she worked on designs for clients. but she'd seen cooper from a few feet away, and her undying need to bug him whenever they ran into each other kicked in. she was using her powers for good --- in her opinion --- and a smile tugged at her lips as he finally glanced up at her. "oh, i don't mind at all; i accomplish my work all the time and so do you. i think it's my right, as your friend, to distract you whenever i possibly can. so yes, this is my way of letting you know that i need your attention."

[kelplovercooper]

Cooper closed his notebook, stuffing it along with his book into his messenger bag and standing up. Swinging it over one shoulder, "Well you have my undivided attention now, I swear you're almost as bad as Aiden," pausing before wrinkling his nose, "Though at least you don't freeze my things. Starting to think I might need to enchant my belongings against frost." Walking up to her, he tilted his head, "How have you been, your familiar get into any trouble lately?"

[lcnternliights]

closed starter for @kelplovercooper location: wherever cooper makes the glamour charms

It had been decades since Spencer needed to replace their enchantments, but even they could feel the power weakening. The last thing they needed was to freak everyone out (and possibly kill people) by being a fully fledged snake, so after asking around, they wound up at Cooper's shop.

"Hi," they flashed him a quick smile. "Um - I heard you do enchantments. Do you need to be familiar with the supernatual that wants them, or it's kind of like a coverall for anything?"

[kelplovercooper]

If Cooper had to make one more frost or ice charm he'd actually scream, the latest one he'd been working on snapping and covering his work bench in ice. Biting back his frustration he heard the bell chime and walked out from the back to the front of the jewelry store.

He couldn't place the face and gave a nod when they smiled at him, "I do," he confirmed using a rag to get the frost off his hands and tossing it on the counter. "Well depends on what enchantment you're looking for, some can be catch alls and some require a little more customization." He hesitated biting back a grimace, "Are you looking for a cooling charm, been a bit of the hot item with the weather warming up."

[kelplovercooper]

WHERE: Park in Dallas WHO: Winnie Proctor (@scryptids)

Cooper adjust his glasses, the weather was finally starting to get better so he'd opted to do some work outside. Sitting at at a picnic table with a book opened while he took notes out of it. When he noted the ink coloring on the page changing from black to red to blue to green he blinked in confusion. Glancing up and spotting Winnie he rolled his eyes, an amused smile on his face. "Do you mind? Some of us are actually trying to accomplish some work. Or is this your way of letting me know that I've been neglecting giving you attention this week?"

[mikesmagicmuses]

“Mr. Mathas,” Owen replied, giving Cooper a nod of greeting. "It's an heirl-l…luh-" His face scrunched up for a moment. "Uh, thing, again." He set the bag he was holding (a small pink and green striped bag from a local bakery his dad liked) on the counter before pulling out the thing in question. A hand-sized wooden horse figurine sat between them, roughly carved but sanded and finished smooth. “I don't know what… it does, but I was able to… to use what I learned in class. It's magic. Don't know where Great-Gram hid all th… this stuff, but we keep f-f-finding it."

[kelplovercooper]

"Heirloom," Cooper offered up, there wasn't any judgement in his tone, willing to be patient for Owen to decide what words to use. "Well at the very least nothing has activated it on it's own," he mused out loud. Sometimes he wondered if they should make an effort to track down Owen's magical relative, but he'd never asked so Cooper kept that thought to himself. Picking up the small figure he nodded, "You've gotten better at detecting magic," turning it this way and that his brow furrowed, "Hmmm, I'm leaning towards this being an ability enchantment, though we may have to head outside to test it, if you have time of course."

[kelplovercooper]

WHERE: Mathas Jewelry Store WHO: Owen Bowen (@mikesmagicmuses)

Cooper had a set of bifocals on, using them to more clearly see what he was doing while fiddling with a pocket watch. Hearing the bell ring he called out, "Be right there," carefully setting it down he took them off placing them on his work bench. Walking over to the counter he looked curiously at Owen. "Mr. Bowen, found another heirloom for me to identify or is this another question from your textbook?" he asked.