Yeah, that was a part of it. At my old school, there was this shitty old geezer who was extorting students to buy his shitty 'magic enhancing' trinkets. Spoilers! They don't fucking work, but he'd use his magic to make guys disappear if they didn't.

[ Leaning back in his chair, shrugging a little. ]

And then you know, there's gang activity around... the only good thing they did for me was cart that teach off. Otherwise, they're a different kind of problem on their own.