{RP} The S.S. Wishmaker - Tides of Witchcraft

[Neo Emolga]

The Diamond Ladies
Main Pool
Affected RPers: @Chakramaster, @Noblejanobii, @Desolate Divine @Shruikan

Cassandra was a bit surprised it wasn’t Jon who went in after Doug, although she had realized Jon somewhere along the line had badly injured his hand. Instead, it was Avery who had angrily charged after Doug into the bathrooms, but then a short while after had emerged looking quite pleased with themselves.

While Cassandra hadn’t seen exactly what Avery had done, she had a pretty good feeling she would have liked the result…

“Thank you,” Cassandra whispered under her breath.

Now, it was Jimmy’s turn to be changed back, but before he stepped up, he had a different proposal. Cassandra was a bit taken back, Jimmy actually thanked her for getting the chance to be a Pokémon for a while to get that closer connection to his own Pokémon, and it seemed like it had been quite an enlightening experience for him.

He then asked if there was a possible spell that would allow Jimmy to transform to and from his human self and a Pikachu similar to his naturally-born Pikachu companion. He wasn’t sure if the Thunder Stone she gave to him earlier could be used as a reagent in such a way to leverage that possibility. Or, if not, she could use it herself to evolve from Eevee to Jolteon, provided the League allowed her to stay as a Pokémon. All else, if none of that was possible, Jimmy was ready to go back to being human.

To Cassandra, it was an interesting proposal and she could see how closely bonded Jimmy was to his Pikachu, but considering the situation, she didn’t want to cast anything besides what the League was expecting her to do and what she promised to do. Meanwhile, she didn’t know of such a spell offhand, but it was not to say something like that could potentially exist on another page of the Evangtin Tome or one of her other books. For the time being, she only knew of how to transform people into Pokémon with the Pokémon Transformation Hex, or change them back again with the Affliction Reversal Spell. Something that combined the two and allowed the recipient the ability to swap back and forward was likely going to be more advanced.

“Eev-vee-vee…” (“Yeah, sorry for being a close-minded snob about using a Thunder Stone, earlier.”) Cassandra sighed, ears drooping with Eevee her head looking down in embarrassment, now seeing that Jimmy’s kinship to his Pikachu was much more important to him than evolving him into a Raichu to maximize his battling capabilities. “Evee-veeee… Veeee…” (“Sorry to say, but I don’t know of such a spell that would give you that ability to change back and forward, but it could exist. That and… with the League and all these other people watching me right now, it’s best to get you changed back to human as part of the original arrangement, at least for now until we figure something else out and the League is still okay with me even using Shadowcraft after all this.”)

But Cassandra had a strong feeling the League wouldn’t allow it. She could honestly foresee the League tossing all four of her books into a fire once this was all done, and anything that was kept at her residence was probably going to be confiscated and destroyed as well. While they couldn’t purge her memorized spells out of her head, they could put her under a very strict scrutiny of making sure she didn’t resort to using witchcraft ever again with very hard punishments if she didn’t maintain compliance. But, she wasn’t going to specifically ask as she was hoping they would forget to address that point. While she had learned her lesson on not using it to cheat for battling, she didn’t want to lose her witchcraft entirely for all the other interesting, practical, and recreational uses it would have. But nonetheless, none of it was worth it if it would only land her in further trouble and betray that last, very fragile fiber of trust the League still had in her.

“Eee-veee…veee” (“Worst case, as the others found out, you’re still perfectly capable of chatting to your Pokémon.”) Cassandra told Jimmy, trying to offer a compassionate smile, though she knew it might disappoint him. “Ee-vee-veee…” (“But unless you’ve got a lot of nuggets and human and Pikachu hair strands you’re willing to burn through to go about this the more… traditional way, I’m afraid this is all I can do unless I find there’s another spell out there that’s exactly what you’re looking for and the League isn’t bothered by me using it. But now’s just not the time…”)

In the meantime, Cassandra wasn’t sure herself of what to do about that Thunder Stone if Jimmy didn’t need it. The League mostly likely didn’t want her or the other Ladies staying as Pokémon despite the fact it wouldn’t do any personal harm to the League. By now she had gotten used to being an Eevee and while it annoyed her a bit at first, she took a fond liking to the comments about her being cute and adorable. While she had warmed up to that kind of attention, it didn’t seem to align with Jon’s plan, and right now with everything that had happened, she needed his support and wasn’t about to try negotiating again seeing as how that turned out last time. If Jon needed her and the other Ladies back as humans, she knew there was no more fooling around with that expectation. For them to trust each other and make sure the faith was well-placed, full cooperation was an absolute necessity.

After Jimmy stepped forward, Cassandra had gotten to work on the spell, still feeling Jimmy looked nice and handsome as a Pachirisu, but she knew the League wasn’t going to appreciate any funny business. Still, she couldn’t help but feel the world was going to lose one good Pachirisu today. While Cassandra got the spell ready, Violet placed the beach towel over his white and blue electric squirrel body, leaving only his head and front paw exposed, though there was a very noticeable bulge in the towel due to Jimmy’s immense Pachirisu tail.

After reciting the incantations and getting the reagents prepared, the spell was ready. Once Jimmy’s paw made contact with the glowing nugget, the glowing, restorative light had surrounded him, restoring him from his small squirrely state to the human that she had seen just before Jarena had cast the hex on him before. Now that he was human again, all he needed to do now was get changed and be on his way.

“Eee-vee-vee…” (“Thanks for your understanding, Jimmy.”) Cassandra looked to him with a smile, content to know Jimmy could still understand her. “Ee-ee-vee-vee…” (“And thanks for snapping me out of that… terrible downward spiral. I think that wake-up call was… really badly needed.”)

With that done, all that remained was Avery Miller and the three Ladies themselves. There was still no news about what the League had decided upon as a punitive and corrective action, but Cassandra kept working to push the thought of it out of her head and just focus on setting things on the right path as much as she could…