[ Piper makes an 'Oh please' face at him with a generous flavoring of 'gross, keep it in your pants', but unfortunately for their banter, that's about all she has time to make. Before she can fire off, 'But I'm not interested in subscribing to your issues' or 'We haven't sorted out the issue of payment yet, and I don't think you can pay me enough'-- the kids have spotted that the snacks are all laid out for them.
And Piper is swarmed. ]
One at a time, one at a time, [ she calls out, but one of them is floating up in the air to try to make a grab for the snacks from above, the other is trying to phase right through the table to grab some from below, and it is Craft and Chaos and she counts on approximately zero percent of help from Damon, who she's sure is laughing right now but she doesn't have time to check -
So she laces a very small amount of power in her voice and shouts: ] Stop!
[ And even though Charmspeak is most effective when it's what the person wants to do in the first place, and none of the children wanted to stop, that small bit of power along with the surprise of Piper shouting was enough to temporarily get each and every one of them to halt. ] No using Craft to get your snacks. Everyone has to wait their turn. Emilie, here's yours--
[ And she starts handing them out by name. She remembers their names. There's power in names that has nothing to do with magic, and as she says each one, they take their snack and go and sit down at their desks. ]
lmk if the bit with the kids is alright or if we should break it up so he can interject something
And Piper is swarmed. ]
One at a time, one at a time, [ she calls out, but one of them is floating up in the air to try to make a grab for the snacks from above, the other is trying to phase right through the table to grab some from below, and it is Craft and Chaos and she counts on approximately zero percent of help from Damon, who she's sure is laughing right now but she doesn't have time to check -
So she laces a very small amount of power in her voice and shouts: ] Stop!
[ And even though Charmspeak is most effective when it's what the person wants to do in the first place, and none of the children wanted to stop, that small bit of power along with the surprise of Piper shouting was enough to temporarily get each and every one of them to halt. ] No using Craft to get your snacks. Everyone has to wait their turn. Emilie, here's yours--
[ And she starts handing them out by name. She remembers their names. There's power in names that has nothing to do with magic, and as she says each one, they take their snack and go and sit down at their desks. ]