"Butts how?"

"Well this one is complaining that I don't 'have the right codecs' – which, like, get lost, you're using Flash player already and I hate you for it – and this other one doesn't seem to like my upload – which, okay, I guess that's less being a butt and more being semi-reasonable but still – and they're mostly not working."

Poke poke.

"– We could just record it and put it online later?"

"Yeah, no, that's my backup plan for when these are all found awful." Pause. "Which, like, gimme three minutes and either it'll be working or, yep, all awful."

"Don't people do this kind of thing all the time? Why is it so hard?"

"I think it's because we don't really have a super reliable internet connection here." Pause. "Also I may be running Linux which could contribute to it."

"… I mean that probably is it but I'm used to trying to get around it." Pause. Sigh. "Hold on a sec while I boot Windows."

Willow giggles.

And a minute later, she is on Windows! After another minute, she has everything ready.

"Ugh."

"… What's wrong with Windows?"

"I–" She pauses and looks around. "I should probably not start a rant at you right now. So. Leave it at that I prefer Linux for mysterious reasons of 'I'm a bit of a techie'."

"Lesson learned: don't be a techie when you want to prove magic is real in public."

"Apparently."

They finish setting everything up, and they've attracted quite a crowd, curious about the teenagers with the high-tech toys (including Kero).

"Ladies and gentlemen," Sadde declares once the cameras are ready, grinning. "I am going to prove to all of you that magic is real."

"And I'll just stand here looking pretty," says Tyler, off to the side.

"And as my first trick I'm going to turn Tyler's hair pink! O Moon, that governs the subtle and creative magic of alteration and modification, o Change, the concept made solid by Clow Reed, turn that boy's hair pink!"

It turns pink! "… Personally I would've gone for rainbow, but pink works."

He grins.

And the people applaud. "Next, my boyfriend Theo is going to fly on his pink staff."

Theo what.

"– Huh."

"Go on, the people are waiting," Sadde encourages.

He looks at her blankly.

Maya rolls her eyes and shoves him forwards.

He stumbles a little.

Then slowly moves to pull out his key…