While he was far from the most skilled when it came to forays into social dynamics, the professor did his best to converse and maintain a civil relationship with those in Zion. Oh he was well known for being a little...unhinged. Though having chats with figments that no one else could see or hear, that tended to come off a tad odd to say the least. Still despite his propensity for strangeness Blackstone did his best to rein in the crazy as best as he could. Sure it didn't help that he had weekly tea time with his long since dead wife; filling her in on his latest projects and whatnot, or that he also was the companion to a vampire who fed off of him too. Yet all in all, he was both well meaning, and could be downright cordial as well.
The fact that Riley seemed quite keen about the illusionist's magic too didn't hurt matters either. Since James could literally spend hours talking about anything and everything magic related. Oh he wasn't one to share the secrets of his craft, nor to let anyone take a peek at his research notes either. But sharing a few baubles or enchanted trinkets with fellow Zion folks, that was perfectly fine. "Oh it wouldn't be an imposition at all. Just bring me your pipe, at your convenience, and I shall enspell it with the appropriate glyphs. Just...well do be careful to avoid letting anyone else try and weave another enchant onto my own. The confluence of magic, that isn't tempered with the right warding, can lead to some very peculiar outcomes."
Truth be told, Blackstone had no real clue what would actually happen if such a thing transpired. He had long since hypothesized that either the magic item would simply cease to maintain the enchanted properties...or it could possibly mix and fuse with the other caster's spell to create something altogether unexpected. "...maybe a hamster? Hrm, or a hamster that can transmogrify itself into a goldfish, or a teaspoon..." Even as he muttered to himself the professor hastily jotted down the fleeting thought of magic hamster-fish-silverware, wishing to capture the idea before it vanished into the ether of his mind.