Oh sure, if he'd been with company or a client he'd use some command trigger - likely a short poem with all sorts of mystic-sounding phrases woven into it. Mages had an image to uphold, after all. On their own, most of the really powerful mages simply didn't have time for that sort of thing and tried to keep their everyday magic as simple and straightforward as possible.
Had Tajra been present, he might have included references to shadows and sneakery - which would have delighted the ersatz ninja.
The sphere went from crystal clear to a default image, a starfield. Again, this was the sort of thing to build up the image of wizards as mysterious and powerful.
Ranma tapped his fingers idly on the tabletop, trying to figure out why he would be a substitute teacher. It didn't even specify why they wanted a mage teaching at a school. The pay was good, and it was a job from the government itself - which meant he needed to take it just to keep things smooth if it wasn't a mistake. Though if it was a puffed up bureaucrat trying to be funny and show her power over powerful magic-users, he hadn't cast The Curse Of Abyssmal Itching on someone for quite a while but he had all the ingredients.
He could think of several reasons why this might have come to pass, and why him in particular.
A) It could be that the school was a particularly rowdy one, and he was being brought in to calm things down/defuse situations. After things would calm down, he would then finish up the assignment.
B) It could be that the school was plagued by devils, demons, ghosts, supernatural menaces, etcetera. Though there were other ghostbreakers around - he knew a few high level spells which were quite suitable for dispersing and smiting evil.
C) There could be some unlicensed magic user abusing their powers or an item.
D) The school could be one with high level Talent or just such plain weirdness that they required even substitute teachers to be able to handle darn near anything.
E) It could be his first impulse - a bureaucratic snafu.
"Okay," said Ranma, having gathered his thoughts and projecting his will towards the crystal ball. "Show me where it is I am to teach. Show me:"
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