Magiclicas Nonsense

Silence

Deaf Melissa AU :)

Also hello to all the people that have been saying they've read this in the stream chat and comments!!! I really appreciate it and I'm always super surprised and honored that someone took the time to recognize me 😅☺️

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Melissa stepped on to the (dance plate? That's what it looks like) as Jax had instructed her to do after he went through himself. As she did, almost immediately Jax and the lady controlling the security machine moved in a flurry and before Melissa could sign questions, she was trapped in a pale blue aura bubble.

What's going on?!

Melissa didn't think she had done anything wrong? She had just done exactly what Jax had told her to do! It's not like she could communicate with anyone else!

Jax was shouting (at least, Melissa thought he was shouting) at the security woman. She signed furiously to her childhood friend, demanding what was going on in the world with sound.

Jax tapped his head, then pointed to the security guard and then to her and held up his thumbs and pointer fingers in a diamond shape, then flipped it upside down. Their crude intimation of the White Stone, then their sign for the Spero.

Melissa blinked.

They think I'm a SPERO?!

She shook her head furiously and crossed her arms. No WAY she was a Spero! She couldn't hear or speak properly, let alone sneak into Everston for spying!

Jax went back to pleading with the security lady. The woman did seem conflicted about holding Melissa but kept her hold on the translucent sphere firm.

A new woman showed up. A dark skinned woman with bright green eyes said something to the security lady, who finally released her spell and dumped Melissa rather unceremoniously on the dance machine again. Melissa got up and smoothed her uniform skirt just as the dark skinned woman was reaching her hand to help her.

Melissa glanced to Jax and signed: "Sorry."

The dark skinned woman smiled and her hands flashed. "It's alright. Come with me, I can explain. I'm sure you're confused."

Melissa stared at the lady before blandly following. She followed her down the hall to an office, where the lady (presumably some member of staff) gestures for Melissa to sit in the chair across from the desk.

"You know sign language?" Melissa immediately questioned.

The woman smiled and nodded. "I've work with all sorts of students over the years. My name is Miss..." she spelled out her name one letter at a time. "C-A-N-A-D-A-Y."

Melissa spelled out her own name.

Miss Canaday smiled and nodded. She pulled a pen out of a cup and prepared a piece of paper in front of her.

"Have you ever had something strange happen around you?" The teacher asked.

Melissa titled her head. "How so?" She couldn't think of anything "strange" happening recently, except for the deal at the security machine.

Miss Canaday seemed to sigh and look at the ceiling. Her hands hovered for a moment before she started signing.

"Anything... like what they do?" She held up her hand to make the diamond shape like Jax had done.

She's asking if I have powers?

Melissa shook her head. "No! I'm a Cipher. No magic in me."