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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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Jowan-- Hey, Jowan!

_{[Ring ring! Over here! The voice issues from Jowan's device still waiting to be noticed in the corner. That same poor, much abused device is currently providing Anders an off-center view of what he assumes are Jowan's quarters, now liberally decorated with ice under a sheen of smoke.]}

Did you start a fire in your room? Where are the marshmallows? Everybody knows you can't have a good house fire without them.

_{[Too soon?]}

[ Brennan might be peering a little sideways in his screen to try and make out what just happened. ]

Uh, Jowan? Are you alright in there?

Do I even want to ask what was supposed to happen?

Jowan? [ Like the Inquisitor, the Warden is both concerned and curious. ] Are you hurt?

[ It doesn't seem so, but it's polite to ask, isn't it? Particularly when the person she's speaking to has just had a fire in his room. ]

You might ask Dorian or Anders if you need help. [ She suggests lightly, producing the names of the two mages that she's closest with. ]

[ Cullen is on his feet the moment his device lets him witness the disaster. Of all days, he frowns, when his head spins with every step. He makes it nearly to Jowan's room, but by then it seems the fire has been stopped. By then it makes little difference whether he sends a message to the device, or calls out straight through the door. ]

Jowan? Did you get everything under control?

[Elizabeth turns pale when she sees how Jowan's panicking, and the reason why. She instinctively goes to clap her hands over her mouth, but ends up nearly dropping the device as she does so.]

Oh my goodness! Are you all right?

[This video is of special interest to Bethany because -- well, elemental magic is something of the family specialty, isn't it?

She blinks, though, and replies matter-of-factly,]

Because you're allowing your emotions to get the better of you, I think. It leads to unpredictable magics.

Well, that's something you don't see every day.

[Sarah can't help it, she's assuming this definitely isn't right, both what happened and the broadcast, and she raises an eyebrow.]

I'd offer some advice, but I've never even seen someone pull a rabbit out of a hat successfully.

[Well, that's certainly a way to grab people's attention, intentionally or otherwise.]

Having some trouble, are we?

[Dorian raises an eyebrow, his amusement otherwise thinly veiled. Fire happens to be one of his areas of expertise; watching someone else struggle with it is-- well. He wouldn't go so far as to call it entertaining, but there's at least some of that.]

[ squints... hang on, she recognizes that voice. give her a second to place it. ]

You're the mage from the Redcliffe.

[ no, this has absolutely nothing to do with the mess jowan's made of his room, but whatever. ]

Wha- How did you do that?

[that's an impressive amount of fire and ice. he's going to have to remember not to piss him off (also, knowing that it's unlikely he won't at some point). people who use magic tend to not like him. ...hell, most people tend to not like damon.

he's a dick.]

That was a... who-o-o-o-ole lot of fire. [damon's leaning back on his bed, eating from a bag of popcorn.] Color me impressed.

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