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 Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:48 pm
the conjuror took a look around, and made a clap sound.
"good good! now we'll get to make your very first pet! oh goodie! I remember my first pet. he was made of stone and dirt and looked like a big carrion eater and I called him wiggles and he was so much fun. we would go and destroy all sorts of defective clockworks and shiny little copper things and..oh. sorry. what we need you to do now, is take that energy...mold it into the ground, and from that ground, raise up a pet! demand the earth give you a companion of rock and stone!"
the illusionist watched and nodded at his presented hands.
"Well done. now the illusionist of course, is a master of illusion. making the mind and body see, feel, smell, even believe, what isn't real. So I will start you on a simple illusion. it's called a simucra. it's a copy of your own self. a double, as it were."
"Now let the power flow free through you. close your eyes, and picture yourself looking in a mirror. then reach through it, and pull your mirrored self out."
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:50 am
Zykariel stared at his teacher for a moment unsure if what he was being told to do he could actually do. Wouldn't Daddy be upset if he played in teh dirt? And if he made a pet from the dirt, could he take him home? He didn't know for sure since a pet would most likely shed dirt and they were back to the same problem as before. Daddy hated dirt. Called it the bang of his existence or something to that effect.
But he slipped the ball of magic into his pocket and then dropped down to a crouch and began to gather the sand and dirt from the floor. Patting it into a really big pile he then stood back up and pulled the magic out of his pocket, shoving it into the middle of the pile of dirt and patting the dirt around it. He glanced up at his teacher a few times to make sure he was doing it correctly but the gnome wasn't saying.
"Shouldn't I ask nicely?" Demanding was rude after all. He stood and studied that pile of dirt for a few moments then blinked. How was he supposed to make a pet? THen he imagined Nym. He pictured in his mind Nym all covered in dirt and rocks. "Please give me a pet?" It felt kind of silly to be asking dirt to do something but that's what he had been told to do.
Suddenly the dirt began to shake and he blinked as the green light of his magic shone through. Then out of the bundle jumped a draithix made of dirt and rocks. Okay, so he'd really wanted a draithix. He didn't think anyone would mind.
"Yes, like yours is sex. Besides, you can't complain, you ate well last night and this morning and you and I both know you needed food after a night like that." She glanced at Isle and raised an eyebrow. "Well you weren't anywhere around at dinner nor did I see you at all when I went down later. Where did you spend last night Isle?"
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:02 pm
There see, he did it. And thus he grinned lightly at his own accomplishments, small as it may be. But his ears twitched as he listened to her, following any movement she made with his eyes. Though he did wrinkle his nose at the word at trying to comprehend it. Even for his little elven self it was an odd word for him to think about even saying. Though when she simplified it it all made sense.
Just think of all the things he could do with that nifty trick! Oh the possibilities. Especially if this illusion stuff worked like it was supposed to. So then, we’re closing our eyes again. Okie dokie. So then he closed his eyes and imagined what he had been told to imagine. Well that was easy enough. Though of course this whole magic flowing process was taking longer simple because he wasn’t pure Tier’dal…not that he cared, point was that he was doing it. And yes he made the motions of ‘pulling his mirrored’ self out’ because that helped. Opening his eyes…hey look! Two of him! Wow…that was odd. But a look back up at his teacher for approval.
"Sex isn't my only stress relief...just one of my stress reliefs. Though yes I suppose I do indulge a bit more when I am stressed. Not like Malik says no anyway." Another light shrug, still lounging back. "Yes, everyone is just thrilled over my eating in the last two days. And yes I did." Giving a giggle to follow that as he mind wandered a moment before coming back.
She shrugged casually, "With Galesen."
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:57 pm
Arthur was sitting near Sevilin and Malik, a book open on his lap as he glanced up from time to time to see how the kids were doing in their first lesson. The religion he was looking up on wasn't that bad but he didn't really think he would actually follow this one, but he paused slightly as he looked up and smiled lightly, little Z was able to bring forth a creature of his own while Malikhai was able to make an exact 'copy' of himself. "Well they are doing pretty good..." He said as he close the book he held in his hands, it seemed that the training going on held more interest with the elf.
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:06 pm
"Of course they are, they're elves. Not to mention they come from very good breeding."
Hey, Malik knew his family tree probably back seven generations.
the gnome looked at the draithix, and at Zykariel, and then back at teh draithix.
"Oh no no no. that won't due...it's fine work, but not big enough. you have to think big! something that can protect you, defend you form the beasts that would eat you. Allow me to demonstrate."
the little gnome reached his hand out over the earth, and from it sprang forth, like a whale from a sea, a worm like creature. closing in at fifteen feet in length, and a foot and a half in thickness. it had no eyes or nostrils, just a large flat muzzle that opened into a mouth with two teeth on top and two on the bottom.
"Meet wiggles! it's he adorable!?"
the Illusionist nodded.
"Well done. now the purpose of this creation is to make people believe you are someplace you are not. sleeping in a bed, walking down a hallway, sitting at a table. They can speak in your voice, move like you do, act like you do. the more you practice, the better, more sophisticated it becomes."
Though an irritated look at the appearance of 'wiggles'.
"these are ment to be destroyed. they are primarily decoys, ment for you to be kept safe while someone wishing you harm goes after your simucra. do you understand?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:29 pm
Zykariel frowned and looked down at his little draithix, about to get uset. He had done it wrong. But what was wrong? Did the gnome not like draithixes? He bent down and covered up his rock critters ears so he wouldn't hear what the gnome was saying, then fell back on his bottom when the ground shook.
He stared at Wiggles for a minute, his mouth agape and then snapped it closed and stood up, slapping at his hands to get the dirt off of them and then rubbing them on his pants. He glanced at his father and Mr. Malik for a moment then looked over at Malikhai before looking down at his little pile of dirt sadly. There was no way he was going to be able to gather enough dirt to make something that big....but maybe he didn't have to. The green stuff might be able to gather the dirt for him...
He glanced at Wiggles then back at his Draithix then back at Wiggles and back at his draithix as if measuring in his mind. He patted the draithix on the head then waved his hand and he crumbled. Zykariel pulled some more green strings from the air to make a bigger ball in his hands and then imagined a giant Rawr that he could ride and play with. He imagined his magic leaving his hands and pouring into the earth to make his Rawr under the ground and then he yelled. "Rawr! Come play with Wiggles!" Giggling he watched in delighted surprise as the ground shook and Rawr popped out, well a dirt and rock version of Rawr. He was a little bit bigger than the child but Zykariel was thrilled.
Jumping up and down with excitement he ran over and stood next to his creation, patting the stone wings, beaming proudly, his head filled with visions of swooping down and picking Malikhai up for a ride. "Wiggles, this is Rawr. Rawr, this is Wiggles. You two gotta play nice." Then a glance at his teacher for confirmation that he had done well.
Zahara glanced up to see her son looking quite dejected and that newfound protectiveness sprang up. But he was handling it himself and Sevilin was there to step in if needed. She turned her attention back to the conversation and snorted. "A bit? That's a bit of a understatement I think." But then she glanced at Isle and her mouth dropped open. "You didn't?" She started to laugh. "You did! Wow.." Then she grinned. "So tell me, is he any good? I mean in your opinion of course."
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:43 pm
Sevilin gave a look back to Arthur from where he stood before looking to Malik as well. "No surprise really...Zahara and I are high level mages, Malik has his own high levels...and I suppose that bit of surface bred unqiuness in the mix makes things interesting." After all...he never saw Piper do too much magic but she never struck him as a mage type. Though being Fianna's offspring he didn't doubt that the potiential was there. Still talking to Arthur though. "Many elves start in their magics even younger than they are now and can be just as proficent. Almost frightening to think of it that way, but it happens."
Though his attention went back to his son, watching him work out his new little problem as he was being told to push his limits. A smile and a chuckle that turned into a cough of some sorts at the child's solution. Of course it would be Rawr...how appropriate.
Silvery eyes wandered away from his own teacher a moment at the apperance of wiggles...come on, someone had to look at something like that, though he only turned his eyes not his head, and they snapped right back to her at the sound of her voice again. Couldn't be caught not paying attention now could we? And another look back to...well himself...again before back to her. "I understand." Though his eyes shifted again Zykariel rose a rather big earthern Rawr. Wow.
Her attention wained to the arena a moment. Oh hell...was she teaching that child what she thought she was teaching? Why oh why did Piper think that she was going to be chasing two Malikhais now? That boy did have his moments where he was downright troublesome. But back to the girl's raising an eyebrow on Isle's answer. And she had to join in the chuckles as well, seeing as she could just see the steps that Isle would go through to get Arthur."I saw it coming...she had that look at him."
Isle blinked at the little round of laughter of the two and at thier surprise. Or at least Zahara's. Piper wasn't so. "Yeah, he's good. Though I don't think he was ready for a woman like me at first. Very very cuddly and touchy and kissy the morning after though. It was interesting if anything." Leaning back in her chair casually. "He has his own bag of tricks and such."
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:14 pm
"that's more like it!"
A pleased clapping again, and a raise of one finger though as in that lecture method.
"Wiggles and Rawr will play nice as long as we want them too. A Conjuror's pet is his shield, and our first line of defense. they can be told to defend us, attack opponents..attack only those that try to harm us. different types of pets,are for different situations."
"Earthen pets are powerful physical protectors. pets of Fire are wizard types, using fire magic. physically though they are week. pets of Air as steathly assassin types. they can take a hit or two, but they deal a lot of damage."
The Illusionist knew that was going to happen when he pulled that stunt. that damned gnome. but she got a wicked little smile.
"allow me to demonstrate another power of ours. like the earth pet of the conjuror, this is our primary defense as an illusionist. we have the ability to charm creature of less intellectual power than ourselves for periods of time, making them our pet. they'll fight for us to the death...or until our power on them wanes."
Reaching out her hand, with a look of concentration, and a gleaming of red magic to her eyes, before Wiggles bolted upright, and then slithered obedaintly to the Illusionist.
"Hey! you give me back my wiggles you blue skined---"
before noting children present.
"--witch!"
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:19 pm
He nodded lightly as he kept on watching the boys though he looked at Malik and Sevilin and nodded. "Yeah I understand that...I just so surprised at how well they are able to do this they are both going to really do good in magic." A small smile at little Z when he made a draithix, now that was cute but when his teacher pulled out 'Mr. Wiggles' he couldn't help but laugh a little. "Ha Mr. Wiggles..." He shook his head lightly before the little drow then pulled out a very large verison of his stuffed animal Rawr and he grinned, well it seemed that Zykariel will have a knack for this after all; though he looked at Malik's boy and smiled lightly, just what will he come up with next? Though he felt sorry for Piper because now that he knows that trick he'll use it as much as he can whenever he thinks of something evil to do.
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:08 pm
Zykariel grinned happily as he was praised and then listened intently. Different situations call for different magics. That was easy enough to understand and the rest of it made sense too. "Can you do an air pet?" He wanted to see this. He imagines something like a ghost, that was see through and could float around and through things.
But then Wiggles was snatched by the other teacher and Zykariel shook his head. That wasn't very nice. He glanced at his teacher and could tell that he was quite upset about it so he calmly walked over and tugged on the other teacher's robes. "Umm...could I have Wiggles back?" He thought about it for a moment then grinned. "You could play with Rawr instead? I think Mr. Wiggles needs to stay with my teacher," He lowered his voice. "He really loves him but I have a Rawr already." Tilting his head he glanced at Malikhai, "Or I could make you a draithix? Would that be good?"
"Well you're far more perceptive than I am." She glanced at the arena for a moment and nodded. "That was odd for me as well. Sevilin's not really a warm and cuddly kind of guy although he does every once in a while." She ran her fingers through her hair then raised an eyebrow as her son left his teacher's side. What was that boy doing? "Planning on indulging again or was one time plenty?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:18 pm
He detected a certain tone in the voices of these teachers. Mommy and daddy often got it with each other. It was that tone of voice that said someone was trying to do something over the other, but in a relatively harmless challenge way. Hey she just stole Wiggles! A look over to her though and that inquisitive look. "How do we know if the thing isn't as...intellecutal...yeah." Hey he learned a new word today, or at least the application of one.
"Not necessarily, magic is more likely to wain with growth if it's not tended to." Though wasn't what was happening down there rather interesting? "Though I admit this is a tad entertaining to watch. Seems like your little schoolers, Malik, are competitve even when the need lacks."
Isle shrugged. "Whatever mood strikes me." Waving a hand in dismissive fashion. And a look down to the arena. "He seems more like the quiet kind that concentrates a lot on things." Though a raise of an eyebrow to the drow. "You slept with him too?"
Hm, was this odd for her? After all, Piper couldn't very well contribute much to the conversation now could she? Nope. Though wasn't it interesting that she was openly talking about sleeping with Sevilin. "I'm amazed you can get that man into bed as it is Zahara." Shrugging lightly before watching the arena some.
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:35 pm
the illusionist looked down at Zykariel.
"I'll send him back. I'm teaching a lesson to my student in the arts of illusion and charm."
Casually dismissing the spell and letting Wiggles go back to it's actually owner, before turning back to Malikhai.
"that indeed, is the question. Most animals are not as intelligent as we, and many other peoples as well. everyone has a natural ability to resist mental attack or domination. it's a matter of who's will is stronger. though in some cases...there are creatures highly resistant, or even immune, to this power."
the conjuror pet Wiggles, an dlooked him over for any damage, before turning to his student's question on the Air pet.
"Ah. indeed I can. we'll let Wiggles go back to sleep in the deep earth."
A wave of the conjuror's hand and wiggles collapsed into a pile of dirt and rocks that smoothed itself back out. then the conjuror held his hand out, as if to signal 'stop' and a fog formed, then it took shape, a cloudy one of a humanoid form, and a set of raiper's at it's hips, formed of ice.
"this is a pet of Air. the condensed air is cold, thus his weapons are icy. though you can use hot or warm air, and either give him weapons or let the heat from his hands be his weapons."
"Elves are inherently powerful in magic. we are creatures of mind primarily, which lends itself to such pursuits. though we are powerful physically, if well trained."
A glance at Sevilin.
"Piper's power is weak, through lack of use..but I find that she has a considerable amount left inside. she's just never wanted to use it. archery is her love. soon as I figure out how to harness her power and archery without her having a fit about it, she'll be training in magic probably as well."
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:51 pm
He blinked and opened his mouth to repeat his request since she could teach Malikhai a lesson with his draithix or Rawr. "Okay." He looked around for a moment. "I can make you one just in case." He felt for the green threads but noticed that he didn't have a whole lot left. Taking them anyway, he followed the same procedure and made a little draithix pop up out of the ground. "There, now Malikhai can practice on him and Wiggles won't be sad."
Making his way back over to his own teacher, he sat on the ground and watched as he conjured a pet of the Air. "Wow, that's cool." He giggled at his little joke and then lifted his eyes to it. Those rapiers looked like they would hurt but he was concerned about his teacher's feelings regarding this one. "Would she be able to steal him too? The way she could Wiggles?" Then he had a thought. "Can you teach Wiggles to protect himself when someone tries to steal them? Make him go back in the earth or throw rocks at them or something?"
"Yes I did. For quite a while actually. It was a new experience for both of us I suppose you could say." She got that faraway look as though she was remembering things and then shrugged. "Sevilin is like any other man. You push the right buttons and he's putty in your hands. After all, I say the same thing about Malik yet it's clear you can get him into bed anytime you or he wants to."
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:52 pm
The elf blinked a few times as he looked at both drow then nodded lightly. "Alright then..." He said before turning back towards the small kids down in the arena. Well it seemed that Zykariel's teacher got Mr. Wiggles back but has now summoned an air creature. "Now that's pretty cool..." He said with a small smile before chuckling. "Well let's see what your son can do Sevilin..." He said as he watched little Z with interest, after all if he could make a big Rawr then what else could he make? Though he smiled lightly when the kid made a small draithix, now that was cute, but can he make an air creature?
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:14 pm
Hey he asked a good question! It was always nice to know that he asked a good question rather than one someone got annoyed with and thought stupid...even if grandpa said there were no stupid question and people who thought there were, were just jealous. Thus a smile at himself again and listening once more. "So that means I just gotta have a stronger will, right?" Yup that sounded right...almost like a staring contest. "I can do that, carefully." The carefully part added in for the ability that some may be resistant and the like. He frowned slightly over to his friends. "Throwing rocks is mean."
He gave somewhat of a chuckle. "Back in Andal, it is not unheard of the wood elves to indeed combine the two school of learning." A little distasteful look at that. "Makes for quite the challenge to get near them." He would know, his job was to kill things for a while after all. "Good luck with that...she is stubborn."
A look back to Arthur. "Someone seems horribly interested. And you should remember well, that air is perhaps the most difficult thing to bend to one's will." Sure, Sevilin wanted his son to do well and such but he also knew these kinds of things too.
And here Isle just thought that was a joke that Malik had been playing up. Apparently not. Oh well...long as Galesen hadn't slept with her like...in the last month or three. "Indeed...didn't think you were the type to go for the pale, dark haired and bright eyed kind." Drow had thier preferences after all. But a shrug. "Galesen learned I pull hair. He bites among other things."
"I suppose you're right. Men are men, and well...they all do have those buttons." But her own little shrug. "Well...Malik does have a tendency to you know...show off and such in public to make a statement about it. I don't see Sevilin going around any woman making obvious signals, or recieving them for that matter." Her tone wasn't mean, just factual. "And he spoils me...and I turn him into a scratching post, it works."
"And you're loud...." Giving a chuckle and a roll of her eyes, looking over to Zahara. "Okay, fess up. I pull hair, she screams and scratches, what do you do?" Wasn't girl talk fun?
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