i will break the spell you put on me

everywhere i go, i am spellbound; you cannot have this control on me

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NOTES

@cain

It didn't take Tony much to talk to his family and convince them to help out with his plan. Mostly they just needed to act like they always do, and keep their knowledge a secret. They didn't exactly deliberately damage their home, that would be crazy. But a lot of the work that would've normally been fixed quickly were set aside, piling up until there was a list that needed to be done and not enough time to finish them all immediately.

That was when Tony sought out Cain, asking for his help. His father would be busy working, and he couldn't let his mother do all the work. With a promise to pay Cain for his effort in helping, he managed to convince the other to come visit for some household chores and fixing up.

He gave Cain the address to his home, and found to his surprise that they lived in the same apartment. Seemed like even the fates were working with them to make this happen.

Most everyone was out this morning, either working or at school. Tony deliberately chose a time when things weren't too overwhelming in his home. He didn't want to scare Cain away with how chaotic his family could be when they're all gathered together. That'll come eventually.

With his mom in the kitchen and both Cain and himself in the main room that contained everything else his family had, Tony looked through the list of things they needed to work on. "So we need to fix the broken bed in our bedroom - the legs are kind of wobbly and we usually have spares ready to just attach them on. Fix the plumbing - that's going to be awful to do. And add new boards up on the ceiling. The wood is rotting and it's starting to leak water in when it rains heavily."

"We should probably start with the easiest one." Tony stuffed the note in his pocket as he spoke to Cain. "Our bed's pretty big, but it's not hard to fix compared to the others."