"I'm Alice." The girl says, as if it's obvious. she swings down from the branch and drops to the ground. It's not *that* bad a height, Shalin could probably pull that off if she wanted to.
"As for where you are, looks like a forest. Nothing that you need to worry about, you'll find your way out soon enough. As for why I'm here...well, I have a few ideas, but you can probably put it together based on what Julie would have told you." Among other thigns, the idea of having talked to anyone named Julie is foreign to you (one of the cheerleaders might be named that but you make it a habit to avoid them.)
"Still, I'm curious. How'd you manage to find the painting, and what happened to break it?" She seems relatively confident, although you're not sure why, and she's making a lot of assumptions that aren't necessarily true...are they?
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"Julie? Painting? What are you talking about? I went to sleep in my house, and when I woke up, I was here." Her look of confusion was quickly turning to one of frustration.
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Alice sighed. Apparently this was not something she was suspecting either.
"Okay...I guess I'm here to tell you about this.You're in a lucid dream. I know this because the same thign happened to me a while ago. I'm not entirely sure why, but there's a reason you're here." The girl looks up, almost as f she expects there to be a script written there.
"One thing: What I'm about to tell you will change literally everything you know. It could be the best thing you've ever heard, or the worst. So I need to know, straight up, right now.
You in or out?"
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"All right then...how should I put this?" Alice looks down before apparently getting an idea. With an overly dramatic flourish, she pulls out a playing card from what seems like nowhere. You idly note it's the queen of spades.
"See? I just made a card appear out of nowhere. That's magic." What she did then was very strange. Alice threw the card up into the air and let it land on the ground before snapping her fingers. Before you know what happened the card is gone and there's a rabbit where it was.
"And that...is magic." She put stress on that last word, in an attempt to differentiate the two. "The fact that you're here means you should be able to use the latter."
She's pretty prod of herself, but what does that mean for you?
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"Who do you think I am, Gena from Demon's Quest III?" She thought about the plants suddenly growing the day before as well as the cooperation of the power tools from when she was working in the yard. She was speechless after that.
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"No, of course not! That would be crazy...I'm talking more like Nino from Fire Emblem." Alice looked at you dead-straight, as if she knew that you were thinking about what had happened that day.
"I can't read minds but with the look on your face, I don't need to. Yes, whateer weird creepy thing that happened today happened because of you. And they will keep happening sporadically and randomly unless you learn to control your abilities. Now I'm sure you have a ton of questions, so let's get them all out of your system now."
"I'm listening..." The girl leans on a tree, relaxed as she lets that sink in.
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"It's definitely not as simple as selecting a spell and expending mana, from what I can tell," Shalin replied. "I'm sure it's a much more complex process. What kinds of things do you see me capable of, and how exactly would I will them?"
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"Well...since you're here, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say your abilities are tied to the earth and nature. So you should be able to do stuff like this..." Waving her hand, you see a wave of energy run from the girl's arm into the ground before a sapling pops out of the soil.
"there's no list of spells or anything, just focus on what you want to do. Think of your magic as a request, you will it to make somethign happen and if you have the power to do so, it will. Frankly without any way to channel your power, you'll be very limited in what you can do, but give it a try." Alice waits apprehensively; if you're gonna put what she said into practice, it's gonan require you to really want something.
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Shalin breathed a deep sigh, then dropped to her knees and closed her eyes. A runed, green circle surrounded her. Her hands glowed green as she drew the outline of a leaf with her hands. She then raised them skyward and stood up, crying out in a loud voice: "Blossom, seeds of the earth! Wild Growth!" Grass, then small shrubs, grew out of the dirt before them at a visible rate.
"How was that...for a first?" she panted, having to expend a lot of energy in her first spell despite such a small effect.
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"Better than I expected." Alice says, nodding with approval.
"Of course you wasted far too much on the verbal and somatic components, those really weren't necessary. Plus, it'll draw attention to you, and when you're using magic that's the last thing you want to happen. I had the same problem but you learn quickly in this game that silent casting is your best friend." Offering you a hand up, the girl takes a good look at you, giving you the chance to do likewise. She's about a head taller than you (but who isn't, really?) and has dirty brown hair that almost hits her shoulders. She seems like the kind of girl who, if she was interested, could get almost any guy she wanted, with that air of confidence around her.
"Hmm...I think I have plans for you...but one other thing. Right now, as I'm sure you noticed, you really don't have much in the way of power available to you. What you're gonna need is a way to amplify that to a level that will let you cast more than one little trick a day.
Is there anything you have, a trinket or something that you never go anywhere without?"
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"I could get the staff from last year's cosplay," Shalin smiled. Silence followed as Alice stared at her. "What? They're instruments meant to amplify magic, right?" More silence. "Well, there is a necklace that went with the costume. I wonder if that would work?"
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"Beads huh? That might work...the staff you have is just a plastic prop, it doesn't have any magic in it. it's not gonna help you at all; what you need is somethign that works...something like this." With a sharp flourish, Alice had a staff burst out of the ground and stand in front of you. The shaft of it looks like some dark hardwood, with several hazy brown crystals jutting out the end of it. It looks vaguely familiar, but since the girl plays RPGs and not TCGs she can't place exactly where it's from...
there's also the fact that there's something about the thing...an otherworldly pull, making it very hard to keep herself from up and taking the thing right as it stands.
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It was as though the object itself, not Alice, was attracting her. On one end, she had the potential to live her wildest druidic fantasies just as she imagined them. On the other hand, she couldn't shake off the feeling that living them would place her in mortal danger. Her mind felt torn in two, one side pulling for safety and the other for adventure. She stood there for quite some time, mulling over the decision as both sides pulled at her.
Finally, she grabbed the wooden staff with her right hand, then sat down, tired.
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As Shalin clutches the thing, she feels a soft warmth spread through her, like her body was being warmed from the inside out.
"Well then..." Alice says with a smirk. "I guess that you have everything you need. Just keep in mi..."
"..."
The girl's lips are moving, but you can't hear anything. it's as if the entire world just became muted. And then before you can register anything else, something disastrous happened.
Pain. She couldn't feel anything other than searing agony coursing through her body, as if electricity was flooding her senses; before unconsciousness mercifully took over.
Shalin comes to, her body still aching and her foot twitching every once in a while. She has no clue where she is, but there's no apparent source of light anywhere, a few objects' silohettes visible as her vision sharpens. she's on her stomach, her staff is gone, and there's that sensation of pure dread that has a firm grip on her emotions.
"Hello? If you can hear me, think something!" Alice's voice echoes, but it's not in your ears -- the echoing is all in your mind. the fact that she still has some connection is slightly reassuring, but you still appear to be powerless and not sure what to do.
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Finally gathering the strength to stand, the first thing Shalin did was try to call back out to Alice. "I can hear you! But I can't find my staff! Augh!" She surveyed her surroundings, barely able to make anything out in the darkness.
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"Hello? Shalin?" Alice's voice echoes through your mind, to some degree of comfort. the fact that you have her around has to alleviate some of the stress, but you're still stuck in a dark place and you can't see anything, plus your magic is all but tapped.
"I don't know what happened...all I remember is tyou took the staff, then your yes sorta glazed over before..." Apparently she doesn't want to discuss it much more.
"Anyway, your staff has to be close by...I need you to concentrate; imagine your arms feeling everything. Don't move your hands, but in your mind, imagine them moving. if there's anything magical near you, you'll feel it." The girl's voice seems confident, yet apprehensive. But given the circumstances what else can you do?
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Shalin carefully followed Alice's directions, closing her eyes and using her mind to "feel" around the darkness. Whether it was benevolent or malevolent, she didn't know. She had to be prepared for either.
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As the girl let her magical energies flood the area, she heard something. Something almost ethereal, something...primal. A deep bass-level beating, slowly but surely, the girl could feel this foreign "pulse"
*thunp thump...thunp thump...*
As Shalin continued to concentrate, her body became increasingly sensitive to its surroundings. her legs were on pins and needles, sensing every single pebble and speck of dust between her skin and the floor. It would be horribly disorienting had she not put every iota of mental focus into searching out something that resonated with her mystic energies...
...There!...
It's as if there's a needle in your head, pointing straight in front of you. Your body follows the "trail", out of instinct, and when you open your eyes you see...
well, it looks like a string of beads. In this light you can't be sure though...
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"This is exactly the necklace that went with my cosplay...what is she up to?" Again letting instinct carry over, Shalin reaches out to touch and grab the item before her.
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"All right, that's good..." Alice's ethereal voice resonates again, she seems sort of releived. "When you're not using magic, your staff will take the form of that bead necklace. If you need to summon or dispel the staff, just concentrate on it and it'll take care of the rest." you're not entirely sure what "the rest" entails but it has to be of some use, right?
"Also, I don't know for sure but it seemed like you were in pain...if you're not feeling 100% I can walk you through healing; but keep in mind that it's a very different kind of magic."
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"Alright. you're gonna need the staff for this because it's not as easy as you may think..." Alice's voice chimes out. she waits for a minute to let you get your bearings, then continues.
"Again, focus is the key, but it's a different kind of focus. normally you can just use whatever emotion you're currently feeling and use that to shape things around you, with the effects of the magic having subtle changes basedon what emotion you used. Healing though is a different class entirely; it only reacts to a few calmer emotions. Empathy, compassion, love...things like that. you need to have the right mindset for it, or else it won't work." It's not easy to think of a way to summon a well of emotions, but you have to try, right?
"Just use your staff and try to think happy thoughts. Will your body to repair itself."
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After willing and watching her necklace transform, Shalin drifted into deep thought, then into heavy concentration. The grip on her staff would have told anyone that. "Be filled with Gaea's breath! Healing Leaves!" The extra verbal component at the end of the spell incantation seemed to aid her concentration--something she couldn't kick the habit of despite Alice saying it was more of a liability than an asset. For her sake, hopefully that extra help would be enough to relieve her of her aches.
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"As for where you are, looks like a forest. Nothing that you need to worry about, you'll find your way out soon enough. As for why I'm here...well, I have a few ideas, but you can probably put it together based on what Julie would have told you." Among other thigns, the idea of having talked to anyone named Julie is foreign to you (one of the cheerleaders might be named that but you make it a habit to avoid them.)
"Still, I'm curious. How'd you manage to find the painting, and what happened to break it?" She seems relatively confident, although you're not sure why, and she's making a lot of assumptions that aren't necessarily true...are they?
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"Okay...I guess I'm here to tell you about this.You're in a lucid dream. I know this because the same thign happened to me a while ago. I'm not entirely sure why, but there's a reason you're here." The girl looks up, almost as f she expects there to be a script written there.
"One thing: What I'm about to tell you will change literally everything you know. It could be the best thing you've ever heard, or the worst. So I need to know, straight up, right now.
You in or out?"
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"Count me in."
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"See? I just made a card appear out of nowhere. That's magic." What she did then was very strange. Alice threw the card up into the air and let it land on the ground before snapping her fingers. Before you know what happened the card is gone and there's a rabbit where it was.
"And that...is magic." She put stress on that last word, in an attempt to differentiate the two. "The fact that you're here means you should be able to use the latter."
She's pretty prod of herself, but what does that mean for you?
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"I can't read minds but with the look on your face, I don't need to. Yes, whateer weird creepy thing that happened today happened because of you. And they will keep happening sporadically and randomly unless you learn to control your abilities. Now I'm sure you have a ton of questions, so let's get them all out of your system now."
"I'm listening..." The girl leans on a tree, relaxed as she lets that sink in.
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"there's no list of spells or anything, just focus on what you want to do. Think of your magic as a request, you will it to make somethign happen and if you have the power to do so, it will. Frankly without any way to channel your power, you'll be very limited in what you can do, but give it a try." Alice waits apprehensively; if you're gonna put what she said into practice, it's gonan require you to really want something.
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"How was that...for a first?" she panted, having to expend a lot of energy in her first spell despite such a small effect.
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"Of course you wasted far too much on the verbal and somatic components, those really weren't necessary. Plus, it'll draw attention to you, and when you're using magic that's the last thing you want to happen. I had the same problem but you learn quickly in this game that silent casting is your best friend." Offering you a hand up, the girl takes a good look at you, giving you the chance to do likewise. She's about a head taller than you (but who isn't, really?) and has dirty brown hair that almost hits her shoulders. She seems like the kind of girl who, if she was interested, could get almost any guy she wanted, with that air of confidence around her.
"Hmm...I think I have plans for you...but one other thing. Right now, as I'm sure you noticed, you really don't have much in the way of power available to you. What you're gonna need is a way to amplify that to a level that will let you cast more than one little trick a day.
Is there anything you have, a trinket or something that you never go anywhere without?"
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there's also the fact that there's something about the thing...an otherworldly pull, making it very hard to keep herself from up and taking the thing right as it stands.
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Finally, she grabbed the wooden staff with her right hand, then sat down, tired.
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"Well then..." Alice says with a smirk. "I guess that you have everything you need. Just keep in mi..."
"..."
The girl's lips are moving, but you can't hear anything. it's as if the entire world just became muted. And then before you can register anything else, something disastrous happened.
Pain. She couldn't feel anything other than searing agony coursing through her body, as if electricity was flooding her senses; before unconsciousness mercifully took over.
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Shalin comes to, her body still aching and her foot twitching every once in a while. She has no clue where she is, but there's no apparent source of light anywhere, a few objects' silohettes visible as her vision sharpens. she's on her stomach, her staff is gone, and there's that sensation of pure dread that has a firm grip on her emotions.
"Hello? If you can hear me, think something!" Alice's voice echoes, but it's not in your ears -- the echoing is all in your mind. the fact that she still has some connection is slightly reassuring, but you still appear to be powerless and not sure what to do.
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"I don't know what happened...all I remember is tyou took the staff, then your yes sorta glazed over before..." Apparently she doesn't want to discuss it much more.
"Anyway, your staff has to be close by...I need you to concentrate; imagine your arms feeling everything. Don't move your hands, but in your mind, imagine them moving. if there's anything magical near you, you'll feel it." The girl's voice seems confident, yet apprehensive. But given the circumstances what else can you do?
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*thunp thump...thunp thump...*
As Shalin continued to concentrate, her body became increasingly sensitive to its surroundings. her legs were on pins and needles, sensing every single pebble and speck of dust between her skin and the floor. It would be horribly disorienting had she not put every iota of mental focus into searching out something that resonated with her mystic energies...
...There!...
It's as if there's a needle in your head, pointing straight in front of you. Your body follows the "trail", out of instinct, and when you open your eyes you see...
well, it looks like a string of beads. In this light you can't be sure though...
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"All right, that's good..." Alice's ethereal voice resonates again, she seems sort of releived. "When you're not using magic, your staff will take the form of that bead necklace. If you need to summon or dispel the staff, just concentrate on it and it'll take care of the rest." you're not entirely sure what "the rest" entails but it has to be of some use, right?
"Also, I don't know for sure but it seemed like you were in pain...if you're not feeling 100% I can walk you through healing; but keep in mind that it's a very different kind of magic."
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"Again, focus is the key, but it's a different kind of focus. normally you can just use whatever emotion you're currently feeling and use that to shape things around you, with the effects of the magic having subtle changes basedon what emotion you used. Healing though is a different class entirely; it only reacts to a few calmer emotions. Empathy, compassion, love...things like that. you need to have the right mindset for it, or else it won't work." It's not easy to think of a way to summon a well of emotions, but you have to try, right?
"Just use your staff and try to think happy thoughts. Will your body to repair itself."
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