[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

[windeity]

Do you really think all magic needs to be practical though? What kind of talisman do you mean?

[oneandmikleonly]

I suppose not, but it's the first thing that came to mind . . . I like reading. It's a shame most of the material here isn't yet translatable.

They're . . . inscribed with ink or inlaid with material that helps her magic out? If she's not using them they just look like . . . fancy bookmarks, I guess.

[windeity]

[And with that an idea is born anyway.]

I don't think I can fuse a whole book, but I think I have another idea. [Give him a second to fish for a pen in his pants' pocket.] Take a sheet and write whatever you want on it.

[oneandmikleonly]

Oh--all right, sure?

[he scrawls a passage he must have memorized somewhere about the architectural makeup of a place called the Mabinogio Ruins, notes about the period style and possible purposes of decoration. it is very nerdy but the first thing of substance that popped into his head]

[windeity]

[It's when Mikleo finishes that John takes the paper, snatching it up to look it over because he has no idea what any of this means? But there's a nod and he ponders for a moment before reaching into his pocket again and pulling out what looks like a crab shell. Please don't ask him where he got this.

Without warning and without thinking, he holds the items together until they fuse and the shell becomes inscribed with the notes. He knocks on the shell, nodding slowly before holding it up.]

I wasn't sure if the words would stick, but it looks like if someone knew actual scripts they could be made into something more durable.

[oneandmikleonly]

History crab?!

[...history crab!

--coughs a moment later and peers at the shell in fascination, tapping a fingertip on it as well]

That's immensely useful. Have you found any limits as to what you can combine together yet? Can you predict the result?

[windeity]

History crab. [He sounds pretty surprised but...he's going to hold out said-crab? Please take it.]

No, and...no, not exactly. I'm getting better at figuring out what's what but I still can't predict the precise ending. I'm not sure I ever will either.

[oneandmikleonly]

[he takes the history crab very carefully. he will treasure it. a gift]

Thank you. I suppose that might be frustrating if you're trying for something pretty specific later, but...it's also rather a fun ability, in cases like this.

[windeity]

[He's just happy someone can cherish his monstrosities.]

It is a little annoying, but it's not as bad as it could be. We've been creating a lot of really cool stuff, and at least there is a little more control here than with what we used at home for this kind of thing. I think if I keep practicing, I can get better at really controlling the whole thing. Right now? It's just random stuff. But being able to make weapons and things would be good for defense.

[oneandmikleonly]

We'll need them, I think. The boars are already annoying, and they seem like they might just be the first of our worries. Most people weren't able to bring much in with them, either.

...let me know if you need help getting something in particular for a fusion, yeah? I'd be happy to help.