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Who: Katherine Simmons, Kimihiro Watanuki, possibly partners
What: Magical interview/Assessment
When: April 20th, early evening
Where: Neon City, M.A.G.I. Offices

Katherine was waiting for Watanuki in MAGI's lobby. The fact that everything had been repaired after Chaosmon's attack had been a great relief to her, the rituals that went into creating this place would have taken months to reset. Outside especially, the large tree kept watered by everburning flames and nevermelting ice was swaying in a gentle evening breeze.

All in all, the site was one of serene peace, and she hoped that Watanuki would find it welcoming.

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After he'd finished up a few things at the bakery, Watanuki made his way to MAGI. He'd been debating talking Katherine ever since Doumeki had brought it up, and eventually decided to talk with her if only to appease his fiancee. He wasn't so sure about the whole 'learning magic' part. But if Doumeki wanted him to be able to defend himself, then he'd learn. Something. Hopefully. Sure he had confidence...in cooking and cleaning and stuff. But in learning spells? Gods no! He was never planning on touching any of that stuff!

He spotted Katherine in the lobby and waved as he walked over to her. It was a little intimating. Walking into a school for learning magic when he was pretty sure he didn't have more than a drop of magic in him.

Kat smiled brightly when Watanuki entered, and she rose from where she'd been sitting. "Kimihiro Watanuki?" she asked pleasantly, hovering across the floor to meet him. "I'm Katherine, it's a pleasure to meet you in person."

She held out her hand in greeting to him.

"Oh its nice to meet you too, Simmons-san." He said taking her hand and looking around. "This place is...interesting."

"If you think this is good, just wait until we get into the actual offices," Kat told him, her voice full of impish delight. "I enjoy seeing newcomers' reactions."

The lobby was brightly lit, but awfully spartan. There was a podium-desk for a receptionist, and naturally, chairs and tables for guests. Everything was colored the same bright shade of white, which spoke volumes towards the ability of MAGI's janitors. But aside from that, and the double doors behind the receptionist's desk, there was very little special about the lobby itself.

"If you'll come with me, the lobby is a terrible place for interviews," she told him.

Watanuki rubbed the back of his neck and tried not to feel more nervous. "Oh...uh, okay. Wait, an interview? You're gonna interview me?" He'd never actually had to do an interview for anything.

"Nothing painful," she promised. "I just need to get a better idea of your abilities before I tell you what I can do for you."

She turned towards the doors, hovering an inch off the floor, and she smiled back at him. "If I make you uncomfortable, you need only say so. You can leave at any time you want. I'm not here to recruit you or anything," she reassured him.

"Doumeki really wants me to do this." He said, his cheeks turning a bit pink, "He worries about me a lot."

Truthfully, he didn't think Katherine could be as bad as Yuuko when it came to the strange and unnatural, so in all honesty, anything this woman could throw at him couldn't be too bad, right? After all, there were few things as bad as Yuuko's demands and 'jobs'. Working for that witch had probably shaved off a couple years of his life after everything that had happened. But...he didn't completely hate the experience.

"That's not really a bad thing," Kat replied, opening the doors and leading him through them.

The hallway on the other side was a stark contrast to the lobby; the walls were beige with wood paneling, and the floor had a lush red carpet-path over hardwood flooring. Doors and windows lined the hallway, revealing several offices and classrooms, and wall sconces lit the way with soft light.

"What do you want, though?" Kat asked as she led him to her office.

Watanuki followed Kat through the large double doors and was surprised by how big the building was inside. It took him a moment to realize that Kat had asked him a question. And he had to pry his eyes away from one of the large windows to face her.

"Me? Um...I guess it would be nice to be able to protect myself." He said with a shrug. So long as Maru was with him he wasn't completely helpless.

"There's many different kinds of protection," Kat replied, hovering into an office that had its walls covered, floor to ceiling, in bookshelves. She moved behind the desk and lowered herself into a chair and she gestured to a chair across from her. "Please, have a seat."

She reached behind her, drawing a thin booklet off of one of the shelves behind her. "As I was saying, the ability to protect yourself is kinda wide-reaching. We have an extensive evocation curriculum, for example, but I'm not sure that's what you're looking for. For all I know, you could just want to create forcefields, or see trouble coming from a mile away," she said. "With your second sight, whichever form it may be, I suspect the more abstract methods of magic will be to your suiting."

Sitting down obediently, Watanuki watched Kat. When she mentioned evocation though he waved his hands no. "I'd like to avoid attracting even more spirits to myself by actually calling them. I just...don't really know much about magic. And I guess...Doumeki kinda wants me to be able to fight for myself? So if something happens...I can fend people off? Maru is great, but she's not always with me. Like at the Bakery and stuff, so if I got attacked there, there's not much I could really do..."

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