#sometimes it’s just decorative flourish! a little pizazz if you will

[andromeddog]

I love all the little stars you have on your art they fit in so well no matter the vibe of the drawing and I love how it’s almost a little trademark of your work

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ajfjskfjd thank you so much!!!! it really feels like a piece isn’t complete without a star or two or five. idk how it really started but now i’m completely obsessed with them… if that’s a trademark of my work then i’ll take it

[starstruck-thirst]

How about some uhhh stage musical actor Hisoka hc's

OH, Cupcake… you tease. You know how to get me.

For anyone that doesn’t know I work in theatre so this is all coming from personal experience of working with actors of all ages and backgrounds.

I can’t see canon Hisoka being dedicated enough to a true musical in canon so this is a bit au in nature. I could see him doing a sudden play a la anime “oh no we need someone to do a role”, but this is deeper than that. So, bear with me. This will be my longest HC.

At the audition Hisoka would arrive early. All the other actors and actresses would arrive and instantly be shocked when they see this elaborately decorated man sitting with grace and playing with cards to pass the time. Normally you show up 15-30min before your audition time but he’d be there earlier than that. Just to intimidate the competition.

The other people would notice how loudly he dressed. Even for a performer this is a bit over the top. Surely he isn’t real competition. He is, they are wrong.

During the audition he would perform his materials with flourish, pizazz, and drama. The director would be totally swayed, the stage manager would be marking secret notes about how he was going to be trouble.

He has signed his name next to the cast posting before anyone else has even arrived. (How does he do that?)

Rehearsals he would always arrive at the exact same time, not first but still early. The stage manager would love this, but also stay on their toes. Something about him just makes them feel like he could cause problems.

From the first read through of the script half the cast wants to murder him, the other half want to befriend him, they all want to fuck him- they won’t all admit to this part.

The costume designer changes his character’s outfit the moment they meet. It needs to be more. The director agrees. Hisoka smiles. The wardrobe head cries.

When Hisoka gets measured for his costume, he stays professional but his entire personality is flirtatious and even the wardrobe staff that is used to flirtatious actors get a bit red in the face when taking his inseam measurement.

He never misses rehearsal (In canon Hisoka is quite dependable when he is doing something he wants to do. In Heavens Arena he only missed matches to keep his ranking.) But he keeps mostly to himself and only a few of the other performers have the guts to approach him. Sometimes after a day off a performer will come into rehearsal and have a few new strange marks.

If the right person is casted opposite him, he will gravitate towards them. Poking them verbally, casually touching them with an arm over the shoulder or “accidental” shoulder bumps. Their reactions will fuel him to continue to do so, and by opening he has needled them enough that their performances are more real than acting.

Hisoka gets casted as the dashing villain. His natural ability to be elegant and sexual fits him perfectly into the role (sometimes he gets to be the lead but very specific parts.) Since he is in the top billing of the show he gets his own dresser.

He does little things to get attention: leaves a garment hung just wrong enough to get the dresser to fix it, leaves a prop at the wrong end of the table. Lighting technicians love him though, because he always finds his light. He never misses his mark. Audio team sometimes has to remind Hisoka to wear his mic correctly, but he can always be heard so they aren’t as perturbed by him.

He could do his own makeup, but he let’s his dresser do the finer details so he has an excuse to torture talk to them. If the wardrobe head isn’t the one acting as his dresser, they quickly take the job when the dresser gets too flustered during a dress rehearsal and Hisoka almost misses an entrance.

Hisoka memorizes his lines very quickly, but sometimes he will embellish them. The stage manager keeps correcting him, the director says what Hisoka is doing is better.

Knowing how to work a system, Hisoka makes comments about everything so it is carefully tailored to his liking. Oh yes, he does like his costume. The tone suits his skin so nicely, even if the buttons seem to be a bit bland in comparison. That is how this character would want it. (The buttons get changed.) The position of this chair makes him want to move this way, that is why he forgot the blocking. (The chair is moved.) He does all of this in a way that the production team feels more compelled to change these things, but every now and then someone puts their foot down because they are on to him. That is the part he likes the most.

During performances he is where he needs to be when he has to be there, but the stage crew quickly learns that Hisoka will be where ever he wants to be at all other times. He’s supposed to be on stage in ten minutes, but no one has seen him backstage lately. He isn’t in the green room, he isn’t in the restroom, where is he?

Sometimes they will find him quietly talking to a stage crew member, by now he has had his fill of the other performers and the crew is more interesting, making them blush in the dark.

At bows he gets the loudest applause every time. There are always gifts waiting for him in his dressing room after shows, but he never goes to meet and greets after. He always disappears, leaving his gifts behind save for taking a few sweets from time to time.

He will appear for opening night parties, dressed in his strange way but still nice. He stays for a while and eventually leaves without drawing notice. He never goes to wrap up parties. After his final bow for the closing show, his costume will be hung and his room devoid of any of his items. No one will know when he left.

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Internship Chapter 18: Day 15 - Emira

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Today was an important day for Emira. Not because anything special was happening at the coven, no, that wasn’t it. Someone special was coming to visit.

It started over the weekend, when Amity asked if she and Luz could come for a tour of the coven. They were on a quest to learn about all of the different major covens, and were eager to see what happened inside the Illusion Coven.

Emira said yes, of course, and told Amity to be there around 5:00. That would give her time to get back to the coven and to prepare for the tour. Amity looked so excited when Emira said yes; she wanted the tour to be excellent. Even though her experience so far had been mixed so far, she wanted to give Amity and Luz a good impression.

Amity had told her about the tour Ed gave her of the jail, how she had to be invisible the whole time because they wouldn’t let her in. The Illusion Coven wouldn’t have the same restrictions, so that was already an improvement. Emira didn’t even have to ask, she was confident that they would be allowed in.

Over the course of the day, as Emira backed up Jen on a couple pieces of magic, she planned the tour in her mind. She also wanted to show off her new fireworks spell, just to add some pizazz.

They made it back to the coven at 4:00, so she had some time to prepare. Emira made sure the doors to the auditorium were unlocked, checked to see if any of her classmates were hanging around, and then waited in Jen’s office with her. Jen was working on some paperwork, probably for one of their earlier jobs. Emira had talked with her earlier about how Amity and Luz were coming to visit, and Jen said she was excited to meet them. She commented on how she hadn’t seen her own siblings for many years and that she should give them a call.

While she waited, Emira practiced casting a small version of the shimmer layer that always made the fireworks spell fail. She could layer it on itself, but when it came to the full spell it was trouble. The more she worked on it, the easier it would get though.

Before she knew it, 5:00 had arrived. Emira got up and left Jen to her paperwork, heading to the front to wait for Amity and Luz.

She didn’t have to wait for long, as in the next few minutes they arrived. Amity had always been timely, and now was no exception.

Luz practically bounced into the lobby, her head almost swiveling to try and take everything in. Amity followed behind her at a much more reasonable pace, though her eyes too wandered around the room.

The secretary greeted them, but Emira butted in before they could talk with him.

“They’re with me.” She said, drawing their attention to her. She was standing near the employees only door.

“Hi Emira!” Luz greeted her enthusiastically, walking over to her side of the room. “Thank you soooo much for the tour.” Amity moved with her, nodding in agreement.

“It’s no problem.” Emira gestured around the room they were in as the two teens stopped in front of her. “First stop is the lobby. Customers make requests here.”

“What kind of requests?” Luz wanted to know. She poked one of the couches as if to test the fluff level. Amity was watching her, a small smile on her face. Emira had been seeing that expression more often from her lately, ever since the trip to The Knee. She made a mental note to think more on that later.

Emira started to walk towards the doors to the auditorium as she answered the question. “Jobs that need illusion magic. Like advertising and performances, for example.” The two followed her.

“That’s so cool.” Luz seemed impressed, though from Emira’s experience she was easily impressed.

Amity chimed in, her eyes moving from Luz to Emira. “Which have you been doing?”

“Mostly performance.” Emira answered honestly, right as she reached the doors to the auditorium. “Jen, who I’ll take you to meet, specializes in performance illusions.” Emira assumed that to be true, based on what she learned last week about the performance requests. There was also Jen’s astounding ability in performance magic. “They also hold performances here sometimes, in the auditorium.” Emira opened the door with a flourish, leading her two charges inside.

“Ooh.” Luz’s eyes seemed to sparkle as she looked around the large space. “Can we go on the stage?” She turned to Emira with a hopeful look.

“Sure.” Emira didn’t see why not.

Luz squealed in excitement, then scurried off to climb onto the stage. Amity trailed after her, looking around the auditorium as she moved. When she reached the stage, she joined Luz on top of it.

Emira waved at the pair, and they both smiled and returned the gesture. She let them stay up there for a few more minutes, watching as Luz started to act out some kind of skit, before calling them down to move on.

Both were smiling as they joined her at the door, seeming to enjoy the tour so far.

“Next we’ll see the coven members only area.” Emira said as she led them back through the lobby, stopping at the employees only door. She waited for a moment, to build anticipation, before opening it and leading them through.

First, she took them past all the offices, so they could see the break room. She’d only been in there a few times, but it was decently decorated.

They had to pass the long hallways of offices to get there, which also meant passing the coven leader’s office. Emira hadn’t spoken with him since she started working with Jen, which was completely fine by her. He left a bad first impression.

“What’s the coven leader like here?” Amity asked as they passed his office, after Luz pointed out his name on the door.

Emira shrugged, she didn’t want to say anything negative within a hundred feet of him. “He seems fine, he takes contract work like the others.”

“Interesting.” Amity looked back over her shoulder at his door, but turned back to facing forward when it was too far away.

They soon reached the break room, which was at the end of the hallways. Emira took the two inside it and let them look around. There was a table with a matching chair set, a sink, and a couch. The furniture in the lobby was nicer.

“It’s cleaner than the one at the jail.” Amity commented, though that didn’t mean much.

They soon moved on, headed back through the offices. Emira led them to Jen’s office and held the door open for them to enter.

“This is my office, where I work with Jen.” Emira said as Amity and Luz walked past her into the room. Still sitting at her desk, Jen looked up at the sound of her name.

“Hello!” She welcomed them warmly and waved as they came in.

Emira shut the door behind her. “Jen, this is my little sister Amity.” She ruffled Amity’s hair, much to her annoyance. She had thought about introducing her as Mittens, but decided against it. “And her friend Luz.” She was Emira’s friend too, but it was easier to introduce her this way. Luz was staring with wide eyes at the trinkets on Jen’s desk.

“It’s wonderful to meet both of you.” Jen rose from her chair and stepped around her desk to better speak with them. She looked right at Amity as she said, “If you’re like your sister, I’m sure you’re a fine witch!”

Emira’s face felt warm at that; it was a much higher complement than expected. “Amity is the top student in her abomination class.” She cut in to keep the focus away from her.

“What track are you in?” Jen turned to Luz with the question. She must’ve noticed the multi colored sleeves of her school uniform, but didn’t seem to know what they meant.

“All of them!” Luz replied enthusiastically.

Jen’s smile faltered for a moment, she probably wasn’t sure what to make of that response, before returning in full force. “Wow!” She stepped back towards her desk, picking up one of the objects that were always on it. It looked like a small rectangular box. “Do you want to see some magic?” Jen looked between Amity and Luz as she asked.

“Absolutely!” Luz was grinning.

Jen opened the box, taking out a stack of cards. She shuffled them quickly, then fanned them out in front of Luz. “Pick a card, don’t show it to me.” Luz reached forward and ran her finger across each card slowly, her eyes narrowed as she considered which one to pick. She finally settled on a card near the center, taking it from the pile. Amity leaned over to look at it too.

“Memorize it, and then place it back in the deck.” Jen left the cards fanned the same way they had been while she waited for Luz to return the card. The teen followed through a moment later, putting the card somewhere near the bottom of the deck.

Jen straightened the deck out, then started to shuffle it again. “Now I’m going to find your card. I’ll pull some from the deck, and yours will be the third one.” Her hands stopped with the deck again in a smooth stack. Luz had her eyes locked on it. Next to her, Amity had one hand lifted to her chin. Both were focused solely on the cards. “Are you ready?”

“Bring it.” Luz nodded once, firmly.

Jen’s eyes gleamed in a way Emira hadn’t seen before. She flipped the top card of the deck for all to see, and handed it to Emira. She then flipped the next card and handed it to Amity. She then flicked the third card twice and flipped it.

Luz’s eyes went wide. Next to her, Amity gasped. “Oh my god.” Luz said in disbelief.

“Is this your card?” Jen asked, despite the clear reaction.

“It is.” Luz nodded, still not seeming to believe her eyes.

“How though?” Amity looked thoughtful as she asked. “I didn’t see you cast a spell.”

“A magician never reveals her secrets.” Jen winked playfully.

“It’s human magic,” Luz said, drawing all eyes to her. “So there’s no spell circle or glyph.”

That was news to Emira. There weren’t any kinds of magic done without spells. Even Luz’s magic had glyphs, which functioned like spell circles.

“Exactly.” Jen took the two cards back from Emira and Amity. She put them back in the deck, then stowed it in the box. “I have more, for next time you visit.”

The two thanked Jen for the show, and then prepared to move on to the last part of the tour. Emira said bye to Jen, who replied that she’d see her tomorrow, and then left the office. She led her tour group back to the front of the building, where they went outside.

“And that’s the Illusion Coven.” Emira gestured towards the building. “Any questions?”

“I think I’m all questioned out.” Luz said, her eyes still roving across the building.

Amity, as usual, still had some. “Do you think you’ll join the coven?” Her gold eyes were piercing, even more so with the choice of question.

It was a tough question too, one Emira had been avoiding asking herself. She had been with the coven for just over two weeks now, and hadn’t been having the best experience so far. She loved illusion magic though, and this was the place to do it. Last week she had found something to appreciate here, and was enjoying it more than before. She didn’t have an answer yet.

What to say to Amity though, that was tough. “I’m not sure.” Was what Emira settled on. Amity didn’t look impressed with that response, but she let it slide. “While I have you here, I want to show you an illusion spell I’ve been working on.”

Emira walked further from the building, wanting to be a safe distance away from it. She stopped Luz and Amity and had them stand about ten feet away from her, to be sure that they wouldn’t get singed.

Then she started casting the fireworks spell. She added all three layers, though with a weaker version of the third one so it wouldn’t collapse. The fire moved through the air as expected, with both Luz and Amity staring up at it. When the light faded away, the two clapped.

“Oh wow can you do again?” Luz took out a small notepad from her back pocket, one that was about the size of her palm. She ripped a sheet of paper off of it and held it up towards the sky.

“Sure.” Emira recast the spells, making the fireworks again appear in the sky. They weren’t as good as Jen’s, but they were hers.

Luz was still holding up her piece of paper, pointing it directly at the display. When the spells ended, she brought the paper down to eye level. Luz and Amity looked astonished at what was on it, but Emira couldn’t see it from this distance.

She walked over to look, and was shocked to see a mess of overlapping lines on the paper. “What’s that?” She asked. It looked like Luz’s regular magic, but way messier.

“A glyph?” Luz said it with the tone of a question. She turned the paper in her hands, as if that would help make it readable. “I think.”

“They’re not normally this complicated.” Amity commented, reaching forward to take the paper so she could look at it closer. “Or overlapping.”

“Can you cast layered spells?” Emira doubted it. At least, she was pretty sure multiple glyphs couldn’t be cast on the same piece of paper. Though, she had thought that about spell circles too and she’d seen Jen do it.

“You can layer them?” Luz asked, already seeming excited about the prospect.

“Yes, but it’s difficult to do correctly.” Amity replied as she handed the paper back to Luz. “That’s probably why the glyph didn’t copy.”

“Multiple spells equals multiple glyphs.” Luz mused, flipping to another blank page of her notepad. She drew a glyph and then activated it, sending a ball of light into the air. She then drew another, which made a small pillar of ice. It shot up and hit the light ball, sending it flying away. She watched this happen with a thoughtful look in her eyes.

The three talked for a bit longer about glyphs, before declaring this to be the actual end of the tour. Amity and Luz thanked her again, before parting ways to head home.

Emira stuck around for a little longer, to keep working on her spell.

She wanted to raise the potency of the shimmer spell, to get the whole thing working correctly.

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