entranceway | 02 [accidental video]

[There's no warning what's going on before the video starts, just a flash of bright light and violent motion as the recording device shoots across the room and bounces off a wall, landing to give a tilted view of Jowan's room. It's not a particularly interesting room, nearly as stark and empty as they all start out when claimed, although it does now feature a small fire burning merrily in the corner. Not in a fireplace, which is probably why it's starting to spread quite alarmingly, but it definitely brightens the place up.

It's also probably the reason why Jowan is panicking just a little.] That wasn't supposed to happen!

[He stands at the edge of what the device is recording of the room and looks largely uncertain, glancing around the room for an idea of what to do before swallowing hard and taking a step forward, brow furrowing as he extends his hands and frost leaves his fingertips. The flames crackle loudly at the ice and Jowan closes his eyes, pushing more power into the spell until a sheet of ice surges forward suddenly, dousing the flames and leaving a good chunk of the room covered in ice. But at least there's no fire any more, right?]

I don't understand what went wrong! It shouldn't be this difficult. [He wanders over to nudge the ice with a toe and sigh heavily.] Why does this always end up happening to me?

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[It's... still kind of confusing to him and now Jowan is peering at the walls doubtfully, imagining tanks and tanks and tanks of water somehow sandwiched between them. It has to be a lot of water, surely.]

But what happens if a wall is damaged? Does all the water leak out? What if it all runs out, how does it get more?

There are people specifically trained to fix stuff like that. And there's usually a water source, like a lake or something? You're sort of getting beyond what I know, but what I can promise you is that in my world, not magic. Just mechanics and science. Plus really smart people.

[She'd love to be able to show him but she'd end up flooding something.]

If you have any other questions about how things work without magic, I'm happy to try and explain them.