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 Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 8:39 am
Jabir reversed the stuffing's expansion, preventing King from causing any more destruction to the material
"Sure thing Rex. This will only take a second" he grabbed the stones and displayed them in a circle on the floor
"Done. Just step in the middle of the circle and concentrate. As soon as you reach your mental focus the stones will tell your alignment"
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Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:24 pm
Victory! King spit out the stuffing, scraping some stubborn ones off his tongue. He then glared down at the chair and huffed, before turning his attention elsewhere - hey, another tall guy and shiny stones on the floor!
Then, like always, the tyrannosaurus was jerked away from the sights a moment later.
Rex grinned and got up to follow Jabir. Once he was done arranging the stones on the floor, the mishap stepped into the circle, careful not to step on, nor throw them out of allignment. Once inside, the boy made sure his tail - and any part of King(his head especially) was not out of the boundary and closed his eyes. Questions from his twin entered his mind almost immediately, and it took the boy quite a lot of effort to explain, then quieten the tyrannosaur down.
Finally, with King calmed and satiated with explanations, Rex's mind finally cleared. King, curious, followed suit and struggled to empty his mind - a thing he had never done before. Surprisingly he succeeded, and it wasn't long before Rex and King stood motionless in the middle of the circle.
Silencer, meanwhile, turned around in her seat and watched the going ons. At the rare sight of an immobile King, she smiled.
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:59 am
As soon as they reached their focus all stones stoped glowing, except for 2. A third one still went on and off for a while, but soon it's light completely died down
"You can open your eyes now. Just pick up the glowings ones to know your alignment" Jabir said, pondering a bit before continuing "and that one too" he pointed to the one that had been flashing before
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:23 pm
Slowly, Rex opened his eyes as told by Jabir. He stood where he was for a while, blinking out the blurryness in his his eyes before making his way to the two glowing stones. A hand reached down and touched said stones lightly.
Obediently, the child approached the non-glowing stone Jabir had pointed out and touched it too.
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:39 pm
When Rex's fingers touched the stones surface, a carving appeared in each of them, including the not glowing one
"Earth and Time" Jabir translated the first 2 ones "And apparently you have a slight relation to Gravity" he pointed to the 3rd one
He went up to his desk to pick a round stone table with 10 holes and gave it to Rex "Put the stones in the holes and hold this firmly. It will tell you power level"
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:21 am
A light gasp escaped Silencer and Rex's lips almost at the same time, as Jabir revealed Time. As he pointed out Gravity, the woman let out an 'oooh', before 'un-turning' in her chair. Another 'oooh', and she turned around again, this time the other way round.
Rex's breathing was fast, giving away his excitement behind the calm exterior. He picked up the three stones and ran his thumb over each, admiring their mysterious and enchanting beauty.
Then in the three stones go into the 10-holed table. Large hands gripped it firmly, with care.
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:57 am
3 light columns apeared over the stones. Earth's was the tallest one, closely followed by Time but neither particularly high. Gravity's was barely visible
"Hmm... you're quite balanced. But as for the 3rd one" Jabir pointed to Gravity's collumn "I don't think you can do much with it. You'd have to work a lot on it to obtain real results, just as for the other elements you didn't get"
"But lets see your power level". As he spoke the 3 columns merged into a large single one, as large as the whole table. It's height wasn't very big though
"Normal. You probably are more of a resistant than an actual magic user"
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:55 am
"Resistant?" Rex asked, his eyes never once left the table and the columns.
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:42 pm
"It's how you call a person with the ability of resisting to magical effects. They're not very common but Earth elementals always had a bigger chance" Jabir took the table from Rex's hands and put all the stones in their box
"It's because of Earth's conductive power, the ability to drain or expel energy to the soil. Antaeus' myth is a good example" Maggie replyed to Jabir's unfinished sentence "Not all Earth elementals can do it, prefering to explore a more destructive approach"
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 2:26 am
Silencer smiled from her seat, and relaxed against it. Na-ice...
Rex nodded, watching the stones and table as they were being kept away. Looking up to Maggie and Jabir, he asked, "Sounds cool. So how do I do that? How can I resist and..." A pause. Then in a suddenly serious and intent voice very much unlike Rex, "Drain magic."
It wasn't destructive and the offensive sort, but the whole thing sounded powerful just like that. He liked it.
Silencer shuddered just then, feeling slightly uneasy at her charge's tone.
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 8:17 am
"Practice and lots of determination" Maggie replied "You should start with simple things like a pebble hitting your hand"
She paused before daring to continue. She needed to be careful on what she was about to tell him "But absorving magic is something you shouldn't try doing, not until you're older and fully able to deal with other types of energy"
Jabir carried on with the explanation, seeing Maggie was having difficulty to find the right words "Absorving too much energy into your body can be harmful and one can easily lose control if he's not careful" his tone was calm but serious. Dealing with a sudden blast of energy was something he didn't want to do
"The best way to prevent that is to free the energy once you're close to your limit. But you have to be careful while doing that too or you can end up fainting... or worse"
"In other words, you have to be extra careful while absorving or you will end up hurting yourself and others around you"
"And it gets even worse if you try to drain someone instead of just absorving a blast. While you're doing that you don't have a chance to free the energy you're absorving and it's hard to stop the process. As a result most end up dead!" he added. Actually there was a way to contradict that but it would be unwise to tell Rex right now
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:59 pm
Rex started a little at the explanation - looks like this magic stuff would be harder than he thought. Suddenly pebble throwings sounded much, much safer, and the boy contemplated on other things which would not end him up dead.
"No, no draining magic. Nor absorbing 'em." At least not now.
Half asleep all this while, it was King who decided they had enough of this much too formal and buildingy place. The t-rex suddenly let out an ear-splitting roar, followed but short and low, rumbling barks. He would not stop, no sir, until he was out of the office. That should get him out of the place.
Silencer almost jumped out of her skin at the sudden noise. She shot to her feet, her hands covering her ears. There we go again. The guardian cast a silencing spell on the tyrannosaur, before turning to Jabir and Maggie. "Sorry about that. King... I think he wants to go now."
Throwing a swift glance at the now-thrashing reptile, Silencer continued, "Are there anything else Rex and I should take note of?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 6:20 pm
Both Jabir and Maggie had to cover they ears until Silencer finished casting the spell. "Thank you Silencer" Maggie said
Jabir, who was making faces while he tried to recover his hearing, didn't replied. He was annoyed when he realized Maggie was trying not to laught at him, so he turned his back at them
"Don't mind him, he's always a bit sensitive when it comes to his hears... in more than one way" Maggie could help to giggle a bit at the situation
"Only about Rex's education. We don't have enough kids around to hire a teacher, so a good part will have to be taught by you. Writting, reading and composition... and math if possible. As for the magic he can come to me for help if he needs to, since I'm part Earth elemental as well"
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:00 pm
"Welcome."
Silencer bit her lips together, trying hard not to laugh herself. She had caught sight of Jabir's faces, and.. well, let's say you don't get to see such expressions everyday.
"Not at all," the guardian replied, holding back the laughter. I shouldn't think they'd be any problem, education-wise. I know certain someone who would make a great teacher." Silencer nodded, smiling.
"Pssh, I can read and write fine!" Rex spoke up suddenly(which was untrue, of course), turning away a little. No way would he waste time on these kind of stuff, when he could go play b-ball with the others and work on his magic. "But yeah, I'd love to come to Maggie for help with magic. Anytime."
"So, I guess that's everything then?" Silencer took Maggie's hand and shook it warmly. "Thank you, Maggie. Jabir. For your time." Taking a step back the woman gave a slight bow, before making her way towards the door. Come, Rex!"
"Coming! Thank you Maggie Sis, Jabir sir. See you sometime!" The boy bowed too, and trotted in his mother's direction.
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:14 pm
"That's all. If there's any changes we'll tell you" she turned to Rex "I hope to see you again once you manage to absorve pebble impact then"
Jabir was still with his back turned, still trying to recover his hearing
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