Luckily, it was something Shirin loved to comply to and was very good at. She knew numerous quiet places in the building to go to, and because she figured Whitney would have no idea were to look, she quickly spoke. "Follow me, I know a lot of places to head for." With that said she went onward to the nearest of those places she knew, even offering Whitney a hand to grab onto.
Whitney must have had something in mind but she's more than willing to follow you.
"This may sound strange...but I need you to relax for me. I promise this won't hurt..."
Before you can even process the comment, she grabs a hold of your hand and closes her eyes, letting you lead her to wherever you're going. She's right, you can't feel anything, but there has to be something going on...otherwise why would hse even bother with the disclaimer?
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Shirin brought herself and Whitney to a corridor she knew was deserted nearly always during lunchtime. She didn't know what to say now though, so she just looked at Whitney, waiting for her to speak.
Whitney is just staring at you, not sure what to make of the whole situation.
"Okay Shirin, I know this is gonna be tough, but trust me it's just as strange for you as it is for me. I don't care if you want to thank Ahura Mazda or curse him, either way you're stuck with this.
What I'm about to tell you will fundamentally change your entire world, and your entire life. If you want normalcy, here's your last chance at it. Say the word and This whole thing will be nothing more than a figment of your imagination."
How she knew your name, or your religion, or the supreme deity of said religion (it's not exaclty mainstream in the states) is beyond you. Obviously this girl has something special about her...
Like she said, if you want to let it all be, you have a chance. But what in the world could Whitney be hiding that would flip the world on end?
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"There's already nothing normal about my life, if there's anyone weird in this school, it's me. You can go ahead with whatever you want to say." Shirin swallowed, for a moment she was in doubt.
She felt like she could tell Whitney anything right now, even though she was a perfect stranger... yes perfect... and odd. A bond between her and Whitney had already been formed, she just wasn't afraid of her anymore.
There was one question troubling her mind though "Why me, Whitney? Out of all the people in this school, you chose to talk to me, the one who dares not to speak to total strangers unless forced to?"
Whitney sighed and closed her eyes, you can tell she's conflicted about this.
"Why you? really I don't have an answer, I wasn't given much a choice. That poking feeling you felt? that's one way that symptoms can manifest...how you can tell that another witch is nearby."
Whitney lets that sink in as she puts her hands on Shirin's wrists and furrows her brow, you can see a faint blue glow wrap itself around her hands as a strange energy worms its way in through your body. As she opens her eyes, they're alight again, but now you don't feel any poking or tickling like you did before. She almost seems more confident, more alluring; and in general more able to attract whoever she wanted.
"And no, you're not dreaing; this is all happening right now. And no, there's nothing to you aside from hitting the genetic lottory. But since I'm here, I guess fate says I need to show you the ropes of what you're getting yourself into." Raising a hand, Whitney lets a blue aura coat her arm as a simple chalice of ice appears, water appearing out of nothing to fill it.
"Here's some water, because I know you're gonna need it. Now what do you want to know?"
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Shirin had been here before, well not Shirin herself, but the characters in her tales. The stories she had written were intertwined with the ideas she had about magic, fed by the mysticism of Zoroastrianism and her wild fantasies made possible by her disorder.
Yet this, the knowledge that it was real, was almost enough to make her collapse. Not out of shock, but out of amazement, that it was truly possible.
Shirin stood though, trying to be strong, if Whitney told her they were both witches, she would believe her.
She trusted Whitney now, like she trusted her parents and some of her family members. It was a trust she had never felt for any person outside her personal life.
"I think you're the person I needed in my life, Whitney... and if you feel the same way, then please teach me... I can't fully grasp the whole concept yet, but there's nothing that I want to learn more than what you can teach me. I know this isn't a dream, it's the realization of one."
"Okay, first rule. Save the drama, it's gonna be a lot of crap that I don't want to deal with.
I'm also probably gonna need you to start tanking chem; just for a week or so. It'll give me an excuse to be at your place for tutoring." Writing some stuff down on a small notepad, the witch (because now you know she is one, as strange as it may seem) starts letting the pencil write on its own (probably dictating, you figure)
"You're gonna need a staff, or some other item to help channel your magic until you can get the hang of how things work. I'll look into that; but I have a shrewd feeling it'll be taken care of tonight." Grabbing your hand, Whitney glares at you.
"And most importantly, NO ONE can know about this. the LAST thing I need is to find out you blabbed about this. I won't have any qualms turning you into a turtle or something if I find out you talked. Are we clear?"
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"I figured that myself, Whitney, don't worry. I'm full of secrets and I like keeping them to myself. One thing though... how can I manage to skip chem? I've never done anything like that before."
The thought that this was real was still settling in her mind, it would take some time to completely grasp the whole happening. Still, she was able to improvise rather quickly, much to her amazement, she felt ready for whatever Whitney had in store for her.
Whitney lets go of your arm and readjusts herself. "You don't need to skip it, you just need to do bad. Forget a few homework assignments, Don't do the back half of the page on tomorrow's pop quiz, stuff like that. Don't worry about it, I'm sure you'll be able to make it up in a heartbeat. If not...well, there are ways around that."
Her normally flat smile turns into a miscevious grin at that, but she quickly continues.
"One more thing, and this also should be obvious, but you need to make sure you keep your emotions in check. If you go off on someone you may do something...impossible, and then you're up a creek. I suggest if someone's pissing you off, take it out on them with subtlety."
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"I don't think that's going to be much of a problem, I usually ignore people anyway. And sure, I could easily finish school without doing any homework, at least for a while." Shirin says, convinced those two things weren't going to bother her much.
One thing was on her mind though, so she asked "This is going a bit fast though... I'm all fine with the things you told, but I still have little idea who you are. Can't we like, talk about that first, after school or something?"
Whitney shook her head. "My story is a long, winding tale that if I had to explain, wouldn't make any sense. Frankly you'd get bored, and I don't even want to discuss it. Suffice to say that I got roped into this due to...a casulaty of coincedence. You just got born lucky." The girl then hands you a water bottle, filled with what you assume to be distilled water.
"Right now, without any kind of way to amplify your magic, the most you'll be able to do is change the temperature of water. It's more a cute little trick than actual magic, but you gotta start somewhere right?"
If you had to guess, she apparently wants to see you do something to the water inside the bottle. Of course you have no idea *how*, so you might as well just wing it.
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"It's...hard to explain. I guess...what you need is focus. You need to really want whatever you're trying to do...I know it sounds cliche but you need to want whatever you're trying to do. Put your heart into it, I guess." Taking the bottle, you see Whitney blink before the water suddenly turns red. Another short glance at it returns to normal.
"I've been stuck with this for a while; so for me I don't have to do anything more than just concentrate for a second or two. For you, you're gonna need to tune out everything out; put every bit of mental focus you got into it. Try it!"
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Shirin breathed in deeply, before looking Whitney in the eyes "Okay... I'll give it a try." She holds out a hand for Whitney to give the bottle to her.
"Concentrate on what you want it to do, and will it to happen. If I'm right about you, then you should be able to pull this off. If not...well then I can undo all this easily enough."
You're not sure you want to know how Whitney would "undo" everything that's happened today, and your gut says it would be better to not find out.
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The bottle in her hand, Shirin stares at it. Her eyes close, darkness takes her, and she pours her every will into one thing. A wish; for the water to turn warm. She knew she had to believe in it, and she believed, this was true. It had to work...
It takes what feels like forever, in reality it's likely not much more than a few seconds. And then, you feel something.
It's almost as if there's a thread of energy, worming its way through your body, being guided into your hands by your focused will, penetrating the very fabric of reality is you concentrate.
Warmth.
It takes a while for you to notice that the bottle is warm to the touch, the water inside has to be providing that heat. Whitney gives you a wry grin.
"Well played...I guess I was right about you after all. Of course, this is a very basic thing, soon you'll be able to do all kinds of stuff, but...thats' a good starting point. But it all works the same way: will it to happen and reality will comply if you have enough power."
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The last traces of fear, that this was not real, left Shirin's mind. She nodded at what Whitney said "It wasn't that hard, but I guess most things won't be this easy."
"You're right, it's not easy. Of course you don't have an unspeakable evil trying to murder you at every turn, so this should be fairly smooth for you." She notes your crazed look and waves a hand. "I was kidding...sorta." That response isn't very comforting, but it'll have to do.
"So...I guess there's just one more thing to do right now..." Tearing off a scrap of paper, the mage jots down a number.
"This is my cell phone number. Do NOT call me unless there's some sort of magical emergency. I don't want to gossip, I don't want to hang out at the mall, I DEFINITELY don't want to go bowling...hell, in two weeks I'll probably not even be here anymore. This is just if ☺☺☺☺ hits the fan and you need someone to provide some deus ex machina. Capiche?"
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"Sure, don't worry about it, I never phone anyone anyway, apart from family, even that rarely though." Shirin admits, she doesn't like to phone people. She is alerted by the strange things that Whitney tells, but the girl seems not to like tell the details "And Whitney, are you okay, you sound a bit stressed?"
Whitney blushes a bit. "I...well this whole thing is kinda embarassing; I really don't like how everything has played out. I know that there's nothing I can do here, but at the same time...I'm having some regrets about telling you about this. I just get the feeling this may be more trouble than it's worth." She sighs and looks up.
"So yeah, I'm stressed. Anythign else you wanna quiz me on while I'm here?"
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"Well... you said you didn't want to talk about the past, so I'm not gonna ask. And... I guess asking too many questions isn't going to do any good, so let's just leave everything as it is for now. Okay?"
"Oka-"
Before Whitney could say anything, the bell rang; lunch was over. The girl stood up and looked you dead in the eye.
"Remember what I've told you. Trust no one with this; not even your best friend. this will all work out okay as long as you stick to our plan. Okay?"
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"Easy, you're the closest thing I have to a friend anyway. So really, no worries." Shirin said with a slight smile on her face. "When and where do we meet again?" she asked, meanwhile trying to remember what class she had this time around.
"This may sound strange...but I need you to relax for me. I promise this won't hurt..."
Before you can even process the comment, she grabs a hold of your hand and closes her eyes, letting you lead her to wherever you're going. She's right, you can't feel anything, but there has to be something going on...otherwise why would hse even bother with the disclaimer?
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"Okay Shirin, I know this is gonna be tough, but trust me it's just as strange for you as it is for me. I don't care if you want to thank Ahura Mazda or curse him, either way you're stuck with this.
What I'm about to tell you will fundamentally change your entire world, and your entire life. If you want normalcy, here's your last chance at it. Say the word and This whole thing will be nothing more than a figment of your imagination."
How she knew your name, or your religion, or the supreme deity of said religion (it's not exaclty mainstream in the states) is beyond you. Obviously this girl has something special about her...
Like she said, if you want to let it all be, you have a chance. But what in the world could Whitney be hiding that would flip the world on end?
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She felt like she could tell Whitney anything right now, even though she was a perfect stranger... yes perfect... and odd. A bond between her and Whitney had already been formed, she just wasn't afraid of her anymore.
There was one question troubling her mind though "Why me, Whitney? Out of all the people in this school, you chose to talk to me, the one who dares not to speak to total strangers unless forced to?"
"Why you? really I don't have an answer, I wasn't given much a choice. That poking feeling you felt? that's one way that symptoms can manifest...how you can tell that another witch is nearby."
Whitney lets that sink in as she puts her hands on Shirin's wrists and furrows her brow, you can see a faint blue glow wrap itself around her hands as a strange energy worms its way in through your body. As she opens her eyes, they're alight again, but now you don't feel any poking or tickling like you did before. She almost seems more confident, more alluring; and in general more able to attract whoever she wanted.
"And no, you're not dreaing; this is all happening right now. And no, there's nothing to you aside from hitting the genetic lottory. But since I'm here, I guess fate says I need to show you the ropes of what you're getting yourself into." Raising a hand, Whitney lets a blue aura coat her arm as a simple chalice of ice appears, water appearing out of nothing to fill it.
"Here's some water, because I know you're gonna need it. Now what do you want to know?"
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Yet this, the knowledge that it was real, was almost enough to make her collapse. Not out of shock, but out of amazement, that it was truly possible.
Shirin stood though, trying to be strong, if Whitney told her they were both witches, she would believe her.
She trusted Whitney now, like she trusted her parents and some of her family members. It was a trust she had never felt for any person outside her personal life.
"I think you're the person I needed in my life, Whitney... and if you feel the same way, then please teach me... I can't fully grasp the whole concept yet, but there's nothing that I want to learn more than what you can teach me. I know this isn't a dream, it's the realization of one."
"Okay, first rule. Save the drama, it's gonna be a lot of crap that I don't want to deal with.
I'm also probably gonna need you to start tanking chem; just for a week or so. It'll give me an excuse to be at your place for tutoring." Writing some stuff down on a small notepad, the witch (because now you know she is one, as strange as it may seem) starts letting the pencil write on its own (probably dictating, you figure)
"You're gonna need a staff, or some other item to help channel your magic until you can get the hang of how things work. I'll look into that; but I have a shrewd feeling it'll be taken care of tonight." Grabbing your hand, Whitney glares at you.
"And most importantly, NO ONE can know about this. the LAST thing I need is to find out you blabbed about this. I won't have any qualms turning you into a turtle or something if I find out you talked. Are we clear?"
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The thought that this was real was still settling in her mind, it would take some time to completely grasp the whole happening. Still, she was able to improvise rather quickly, much to her amazement, she felt ready for whatever Whitney had in store for her.
Her normally flat smile turns into a miscevious grin at that, but she quickly continues.
"One more thing, and this also should be obvious, but you need to make sure you keep your emotions in check. If you go off on someone you may do something...impossible, and then you're up a creek. I suggest if someone's pissing you off, take it out on them with subtlety."
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One thing was on her mind though, so she asked "This is going a bit fast though... I'm all fine with the things you told, but I still have little idea who you are. Can't we like, talk about that first, after school or something?"
"Right now, without any kind of way to amplify your magic, the most you'll be able to do is change the temperature of water. It's more a cute little trick than actual magic, but you gotta start somewhere right?"
If you had to guess, she apparently wants to see you do something to the water inside the bottle. Of course you have no idea *how*, so you might as well just wing it.
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"It's...hard to explain. I guess...what you need is focus. You need to really want whatever you're trying to do...I know it sounds cliche but you need to want whatever you're trying to do. Put your heart into it, I guess." Taking the bottle, you see Whitney blink before the water suddenly turns red. Another short glance at it returns to normal.
"I've been stuck with this for a while; so for me I don't have to do anything more than just concentrate for a second or two. For you, you're gonna need to tune out everything out; put every bit of mental focus you got into it. Try it!"
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You're not sure you want to know how Whitney would "undo" everything that's happened today, and your gut says it would be better to not find out.
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It's almost as if there's a thread of energy, worming its way through your body, being guided into your hands by your focused will, penetrating the very fabric of reality is you concentrate.
Warmth.
It takes a while for you to notice that the bottle is warm to the touch, the water inside has to be providing that heat. Whitney gives you a wry grin.
"Well played...I guess I was right about you after all. Of course, this is a very basic thing, soon you'll be able to do all kinds of stuff, but...thats' a good starting point. But it all works the same way: will it to happen and reality will comply if you have enough power."
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"You're right, it's not easy. Of course you don't have an unspeakable evil trying to murder you at every turn, so this should be fairly smooth for you." She notes your crazed look and waves a hand. "I was kidding...sorta." That response isn't very comforting, but it'll have to do.
"So...I guess there's just one more thing to do right now..." Tearing off a scrap of paper, the mage jots down a number.
"This is my cell phone number. Do NOT call me unless there's some sort of magical emergency. I don't want to gossip, I don't want to hang out at the mall, I DEFINITELY don't want to go bowling...hell, in two weeks I'll probably not even be here anymore. This is just if ☺☺☺☺ hits the fan and you need someone to provide some deus ex machina. Capiche?"
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"So yeah, I'm stressed. Anythign else you wanna quiz me on while I'm here?"
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Before Whitney could say anything, the bell rang; lunch was over. The girl stood up and looked you dead in the eye.
"Remember what I've told you. Trust no one with this; not even your best friend. this will all work out okay as long as you stick to our plan. Okay?"
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