[The video feed is taking place in the study of the beach house, but if one views the timestamp in the corner, they'll realize this recording is from earlier today--11:31 am, to be exact.
As for the study itself, it looks like a tornado hit: Random books, papers, tools, and pieces of equipment are scattered everywhere (including but not limited to batteries, wires, light bulbs, screwdrivers, magnets, glass jars, pliers, a stun gun, and a half-eaten croissant--oh, that must have been breakfast).
Rita herself is approaching the device, which is standing on a table unnoticed. She rifles through the mess on the table, shoving several books to the floor...some of which might just look familiar to Leon. A few papers, a thermometer, and a glass rod are all dug out from the catastrophe, and Rita takes them to a semi-clear spot in the middle of the room. Her back is to the device, so it's hard to tell exactly what she's doing, but the sounds of tinkering can be heard in addition to the excited or frustrated noises she doesn't even realize she's making.
There is a skip in the feed and the timestamp now reads 1:18 pm. There are small flashes of light and little zaps coming from Rita's still-occupied spot on the floor. Once that stops, she tosses the stun gun to the side, then grabs the pliers and screwdriver. Her voice can now be heard softly.]
There we go. You're almost good as new, see? I told you I'd fix you right up--nothing to worry about. I'm not mad...you did the best you could. It's my fault for pushing you when you weren't up to it...There, doesn't that feel better?
[A person? A pet? Not exactly. Once Rita puts down the tools, she picks up a small piece of golden jewelry set with a red gem. Those from Terca Lumireis or to whom she's spoken about it will recognize it as her blastia. Not only that, but Rita is smiling warmly while she gives the surface a light pet.]
Yeah, I thought so. You look a lot better now. Ready for a little workout?
[Not bothering to move to somewhere more suited as a testing ground, Rita stands up, fastens the blastia around her neck, then starts casting a spell. Most of it is muffled aside from the final two words, Tractor Beam. Lightly glowing rings appear surrounding an approximately five-foot-wide area, rising up--and carrying all the junk on the floor within the circle into the air with them. It all climbs about six feet in the air, at which point the rings suddenly reverse direction and rapidly slam everything onto the floor. There is the sound of glass breaking and the video shakes slightly, but Rita doesn't seem to care--in fact, she's quite happy.]
All right! That's gotta be--what, double the radius I got the other day? Oh, now I need to check...
[And with that, the video finally ends. Anyone who's been in the study since then will find that she cleaned up the broken glass and the majority of the equipment, but most of the room is still a disaster.]
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