[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

[actus]

That could work.

[ he mulls it over. for now, he pockets the mp3 player and headphones. ]

You don't think charging it with fire would work, do you? [ it's deadpan.... ]

[parodeity]

[ ...GLANCES AT AKIRA'S HANDS TO SEE IF DEADPAN JOKES COUNT. ]

I bet someone or another has magic that could make it work. But the guy with the charger is Dirk - he has pointy anime shades - and the girl with enchantments is Rose. She looks kind of like me, but is a girl?

[actus]

[ ... there's no embers or smoke. thank god. his entire life is deadpan. ]

Dirk and Rose. Got it.

[ he nods, thinks for a second, tipping his head to the side. ]

Is she also shady? [ ... yeah there are the tiny embers. god damnit. ]

[parodeity]

So puns are off-limits, I guess. [ one of the corners of his mouth curls up, though. ] She's shady in the non-sunglasses sense.

[actus]

Yeah. And they count over text, too. I think that's cheating.

[ ah. ]

Super villain sense?

[parodeity]

What about when you just think them to yourself? Also, kind of. Rose is a great person, but also, she is absolutely terrifyin' and enjoys eldritch horrors.

[actus]

Hm. [ ... he's going to think of a pun. and -- okay, yeah nothing is happening. ] I think I have to actually mean to send them to someone.

[ a beat, and his hands, now put-out, slide into his pockets. ]

She sounds like my sister. Absolutely terrifying sometimes. Especially about the internet.

[ the fact he's referred to futaba as his sister isn't lost on him - it just felt sort of right. ]

[parodeity]

Mine gets up in arms about...well, lots of things. She's either very calm or very murderous. I love her.

[ LAUGHS...he loves rose lalonde so much ]

But here she can enchant any needlework with, uh, one enchantment? Of her choice. So she can probably manage a magical chargin' cozy or somethin', if the other option doesn't pan out. Also, that's pretty tragic. That you can't share your jokes without settin' shit on fire, I mean? Does the like quality of the joke effect how hot the fire is or anything?

[actus]

I know the feeling. My friend moved her figurines once and she almost bit his head off.

[ ah, fond, fond memories. he misses her. still, the rest of what dave said registers and akira can't help the way his right hand slips out of his pocket to adjust his glasses. again with the theatrics. ]

...And I dunno about that. Want to find out?

[parodeity]

Sure. Maybe we should move a little further away from like flammable cabins while we test it out, though?

[ JUST IN CASE. ]

[actus]

...Right.

[ SMART THINKING. he slowly nods, a weak sort of laugh escaping him as he begins striding this way, away from the cabins. ]

Akira, by the way.

[ no sense in giving his family name, since it wasn't exactly something he preferred going by. ]

[parodeity]

Dave.

[ SINCE AKIRA ONE-NAMED IT he will just leave it at dave, also. AND THESE IDIOTS NEVER INTRODUCED THEMSELVES IN THEIR PUN THREAD so...good job kids. ]

I wonder if different kinds of jokes produce different kind of flame, also?

[actus]

[ THE MYSTERY CONTINUES. until akira outs himself with his dumbass jokes. ]

I haven't noticed any difference.

[ ...actually, the joke he told haru had only made minimal embers, so. ]

Actually, I think puns have the strongest effect.

[parodeity]

...So for the biggest fire blasts you need good puns. Or bad puns? Ok, hit it.

[ dave will stand like ten feet over here tho ]

[actus]

Not sure. Guess we'll find out.

[ hah! he's going to mutter some horrible pun under his breath and his fires catch ablaze. ]

I haven't tried telling one when they're already like this, so...

[ he's going to murmur something about kelp under his breath and the flames flicker, burning hotter and larger for a split second before cooling down to tiny little embers once more. interesting. ]

[parodeity]

So, can it set your clothes and shit on fire?

[ do they need to fireproof akira...

also dave's eyebrows wing up. ]

Huh. Can you like...shoot flames from your hands like. Fireballs?

[actus]

Probably. If I'm not paying attention.

[ ... fireballs. now that'd be cool. he hums thoughtfully and lifts his hands back up and eyes them. ]

That's a fairly pacific skill, though. Not sure if I'm fired up enough to do that.

[ ... note to self. double puns apparently work because the fire blazes up and almost smacks akira in the face before it tempers down again. ]

[parodeity]

Damn. Try three in a row.

[ SAYS DAVE, MASTER OF CAUTION TONIGHT APPARENTLY ]

[actus]

[ ... A TRIFECTA. okay let's do this thing. ]

Ah... Let's see. I'm not shore that's possible. Maybe if I punctuate my words better, I'll feel more enlightened.

[ it counts. apparently it does indeed because the fire flares up, curling and twisting, and akira quickly tries his best to think fireball, fireball, fire ballplease? as the flames swirl and temporarily form a ball. and then die down and disappear. ]

[parodeity]

Nice. So if you make enough fire, you can start to kinda control what it's doin'...but you need a lot of punpower to make enough to do shit with?

[ god, he should make a note to always fight near akira for the entertainment value... ]

[actus]

[ it's quite the show. ]

Maybe I should carry around a piece of paper with go-to jokes.

[parodeity]

I wonder if fresh jokes are more effective than go-to ones you've used before, though?

[actus]

That could be another wrinkle.

[ he laughs, shaking his head. ]

Here I was thinking it was pretty straightforward. Lame, but straightforward.

[parodeity]

I try to think around every aspect of a thing when I can. Admittedly it means sometimes pokin' holes in shit...but it's better to test it out now rather than later when you need it, right?

[actus]

Definitely. Usually my teammates do that for me, so I'm used to a second opinion. It's been weird not having one all the time.