[OPENING] magical training log

[spellslash]

Who: Brie, whichever newbies want to show up.
Where: The beach.
When: Day 4
Open/Closed: OTA

[It's about noon on the island, based on the position of the sun. The newbies have had a few days to settle in, but that doesn't mean they've fully mastered their newfound abilities.

As much stock as Genette puts into telepathy, Brie is more concerned about their other newfound gifts. She's aggressively tried to wrangle as many newbies as possible onto the sandy shores of the beachfront area for some magic practice.

She's got a list of everyone's magic -- only a few vague notes, limitations are for you to discover -- and she's handing out missions for magic training. If you want to participate? Feel free. If you don't? Suit yourself.

But understanding your magic isn't just an activity that benefits the group. Learning your magic's abilities may be what stands between you and survival, which is something she makes perfectly clear.]

Comments

[oneandmikleonly]

[mikleo is not helping him. it's not trying to eat you THAT hard, sorey, jeez

(the otter loves pettings though)]

Malevolence is the impurity generated by humans, by conflict and negativity. Purification is, well, the power to deal with that. Sorey's still got it.

[splinten]

[Huh.]

So like... a sort of spiritual and emotional cleansing. And he can't do it the way he normally does, but potentially he could do it by diving into people's souls.

If he can survive their birds.

[imsorey]

The bird started it! Mikleoooooo

[this level of whining is undignified for a Shepherd, but is perfectly reasonable for someone who is being nibbled on by a water bird]

[oneandmikleonly]

Fine, fiiiine, you caught me.

[he claps his hands once, the slight noise reverberating through the water in the room; the bird coalesces into something less bitey but way more judgmental.]

But, yes, that's why I think it's related. Sorey can sometimes see into the cause of malevolence when he cures it, so this seems like . . . an expanded version?

[splinten]

[That's important and all but]

Holy shit what kind of animal is that thing.

[HE LOVES IT? HONESTLY]

[imsorey]

It has the potential to be an expanded version of purification, if there's something wrong to begin with. Otherwise it's just like what we're doing now.

[Sorey holds the judgey thing in his hands and feels very judged.]

I think it's a toad.

[oneandmikleonly]

It's my spirit animal.

[is he joking

that was really deadpan]

[splinten]

That checks out.

[imsorey]

[looks at mikleo

looks back at the toad]

Uh-huh. He looks just like you.

[oneandmikleonly]

I hope you sass other people's souls less than this.

[not that he's not sassing right back, but]

[splinten]

This seems like exactly the right level of sass from both of you.

[imsorey]

See? Dirk gets it.

[oneandmikleonly]

[snickers]

Be gentler with strangers, you two.

Do you think you've got a better idea of what to expect from this now, at least?

[splinten]

[Dirk looks at Sorey curiously. He's honestly very interested in how Sorey will be approaching this.]

[imsorey]

[his eyes go back to the toad for a moment before drifting around the room and giving a nod.]

Mm...Yeah, it's just something that has to be handled with care. I'll need to practice it a little before getting the hang of it completely, but I've got a better grasp of the concept behind it.

[he flashes them both a big goofy smile]

You both helped out a lot! Thanks.

[oneandmikleonly]

What are friends for?

[yes that includes you too Dirk. light moves through the water around them both; there's a sensation of calm and of . . . blessing? strange.]

[splinten]

[That is strange. Dirk doesn't say anything for a moment, completely fascinated by what's happening. He pets the otter absently as he tries to follow the light and understand it.]

[imsorey]

[Sorey pets the toad and leans back comfortably against the wall; the sensation of a blessing is a little more familiar to him, but this is all still new and he has no problem soaking it in while he can.

he'd probably stay in here a while if there wasn't a time limit]

[oneandmikleonly]

[it's a light of general wellbeing and calm, a sense extended to you that the flow of the world will be all right in the end . . . both of them also feel that normally power like that could be extended outside the walls of this room, but it's trapped inside at the moment, unable to influence the world around it even a little.

speaking of the room, it is indeed fading out around them as Sorey's power finishes running its course. still and all, maybe they'll both carry a little of it with them when they leave.]

[splinten]

[Can Dirk get a waterotter though]

I guess that's at time limit.