[He's so excited that he doesn't even worry about things like small talk or checking if the time is suitable - he just thrusts a wooden staff at her on top of which is a carved wooden horse.]
She doesn't need to ask twice; Blitzø immediately hurries inside and closes (and locks) the door so that they won't be interrupted. Her room gets a quick look around but then he drops to sit on the floor and look up at her with wide-eyed focus, almost vibrating with excitement.]
[Kiki's room is of course, small like her. There's barely room for a bed and a desk; she hops up on the bed while Blitzø takes the circular rug on her floor. Under her bed, barely visible, is a box of her treasures; coffee mugs and presents given to her that she considers special. Beyond the bed is a window with a balcony: Princess, her dragon, sits out there sunning herself.
Titan, this is strange. She's never had the opportunity to explain palismen before to someone who has no background in magic]
So. A palisman is much more than a magical tool that can grant or enhance your abilities. It's a living, breathing creature - a pal-talisman. They can live for hundreds of years, eventually grow to have children of their own, and are exceptionally loyal to the witch who they belong to. They don't speak our language, but if you bond with yours, eventually you will have some kind of psychic understanding where you can understand what they want.
The first time you wake up your palisman will be the hardest. Primarily, palisman bond through emotion. They're there for the witch or demon who want to use their magic to do something, become something, or learn something. You have to be honest with yourself and explore what you truly, deeply want. The palisman will typically 'wake up' for the first time once you have proper conviction of what it is you wish to accomplish.
If not, it's only a pretty wooden animal on a stick.
[well it’s nice that he’s taking this seriously. Kikimora nods in response, pleased]
You can say it out loud. Something that usually begins with “I want” works best, and it doesn’t even have to be good things. Some witches want power, or vengeance, or to cause pain towards others and they all have palismen just fine.
But it has to be honest. Something you truly, deeply desire, that you need a magical creature to help you with.
Then the palisman won't wake up. It wants to emotionally connect with you. It won't do that if you try to lie to it.
[a pause, before she answers;]
I realize this may all seem like an elaborate set-up to make you reveal your innermost self to a not-quite-ally so that I can make fun of you. I assure you, sincerity is the only way to awaken a palisman.
I suppose if they never wake up for you, either they will stay as a piece of inanimate wood forever or wait for the 'right' person to come along and bear their heart to it. You see, palismen give you their magic, but you give them part of your spirit. This emotional connection is their literal spark of life.
So what you have to ask yourself is: who is Blitzø?
So it'll be trapped forever like this? [He hates that idea too. Even if it can't actually feel or be aware of it, it seems like a really, really shitty thing to go through.
This whole situation is starting to feel like a worse and worse idea the more he learns about it. It was supposed to be a cute wooden horse that would be his friend and he'd learn magic and now the reality was... kinda that but like the reality of friends. He didn't have any and he can think of so many ways that this can go horribly wrong.]
What if what I want isn't good enough? What if I'm not...
[Oh no she was not expecting this level of emotional turmoil. Damn you Barge for this terrible moment where she has to dig deep for empathy. Kikimora balls up her hands into angry little fists at the Admiral for laughing at her.
She hops off the bed and hits him. Which isn't very hard, because she's Kiki and the size and strength of a human toddler, but she hopes it'll shake him out of this]
Then wish for that! Idiot! If you're not strong enough, or powerful enough or whatever it is you're refusing to consider, wish for it.
Ow! Fuck! [It isn't hard even though he's got only slightly more muscle mass than a twig, but it does the job. Blitzø scrubs at his face with his sleeve because fuck you, he wasn't getting emotional at all, Kiki just needs to dust more.]
Christ on a fucking stick, fine! I'll say it! But you tell anyone about this and I'll fucking end you.
[He just glares at her because for once, this is serious and he can't just resort to hyperbole and being an ass to get by and he's nervous, his tail lashing against the floor twice before it curls around his arms in a clear self-soothing gesture.]
I want...
[Fuck this is hard, a legitimate struggle to get the words out at all as they feel like they cut to the core of everything he's kept long buried for decades.]
I just want to be loved for who I am...
[He avoids looking at Kiki because he's pretty sure he's just going to see either pity or distaste there, neither of which he wants to see.]
[Oh, well. That is a very powerful statement of emotional desire.
Kikimora barely has time to even process that before the top part of the staff erupts in a ball of glowing light. The wooden staff disappears; dropping down in its place into Blitzø's hands is a trotting, neighing mini-horse who immediately begins nuzzling his claws]
[He hadn't expected it to work and had pretty much expected that it would just end up with him looking dumb or getting told by Kiki that he needed to ask something better. Instead there's a little pink and black horse nuzzling his fingers and claws and seeming delighted to see him.]
[The horse neighs; Kikimora looks lost as to the answer, but the nuzzling against Blitzø's fingers and a weak but growing psychic connection indicate that she doesn't mind in the least]
Whatever her sort of animal eats in your world, I would imagine. Hay or grass or something.
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Date: 2024-03-12 10:37 pm (UTC)[He's so excited that he doesn't even worry about things like small talk or checking if the time is suitable - he just thrusts a wooden staff at her on top of which is a carved wooden horse.]
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Date: 2024-03-12 10:42 pm (UTC)You got one??
Have you activated it yet? What's its name??
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Date: 2024-03-12 10:46 pm (UTC)I don't know what the fuck to do with it.
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Date: 2024-03-12 10:50 pm (UTC)[She cracks her fingers. Magic school is in session!]
Bring it inside and close the door. I'll explain.
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Date: 2024-03-12 11:04 pm (UTC)She doesn't need to ask twice; Blitzø immediately hurries inside and closes (and locks) the door so that they won't be interrupted. Her room gets a quick look around but then he drops to sit on the floor and look up at her with wide-eyed focus, almost vibrating with excitement.]
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Date: 2024-03-12 11:15 pm (UTC)Titan, this is strange. She's never had the opportunity to explain palismen before to someone who has no background in magic]
So. A palisman is much more than a magical tool that can grant or enhance your abilities. It's a living, breathing creature - a pal-talisman. They can live for hundreds of years, eventually grow to have children of their own, and are exceptionally loyal to the witch who they belong to. They don't speak our language, but if you bond with yours, eventually you will have some kind of psychic understanding where you can understand what they want.
The first time you wake up your palisman will be the hardest. Primarily, palisman bond through emotion. They're there for the witch or demon who want to use their magic to do something, become something, or learn something. You have to be honest with yourself and explore what you truly, deeply want. The palisman will typically 'wake up' for the first time once you have proper conviction of what it is you wish to accomplish.
If not, it's only a pretty wooden animal on a stick.
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Date: 2024-03-13 12:24 am (UTC)Wait, they grow up? So this is like... a baby?
[His eyes grow wider.]
I'm a dad?!
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Date: 2024-03-13 12:45 am (UTC)[It's a little too close to the purse-sized imps some demons carry around for his liking.]
Ok... so this shit is pretty serious then. [He holds the staff to stare at the little horse on the end, currently still but full of potential.]
So what, I just... think about what I want really hard? This isn't gonna be some kind of self-reflection shit, is it?
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Date: 2024-03-13 12:49 am (UTC)You can say it out loud. Something that usually begins with “I want” works best, and it doesn’t even have to be good things. Some witches want power, or vengeance, or to cause pain towards others and they all have palismen just fine.
But it has to be honest. Something you truly, deeply desire, that you need a magical creature to help you with.
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Date: 2024-03-13 01:02 am (UTC)What if it's... not possible? Or you lie?
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Date: 2024-03-13 01:06 am (UTC)[a pause, before she answers;]
I realize this may all seem like an elaborate set-up to make you reveal your innermost self to a not-quite-ally so that I can make fun of you. I assure you, sincerity is the only way to awaken a palisman.
I suppose if they never wake up for you, either they will stay as a piece of inanimate wood forever or wait for the 'right' person to come along and bear their heart to it. You see, palismen give you their magic, but you give them part of your spirit. This emotional connection is their literal spark of life.
So what you have to ask yourself is: who is Blitzø?
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Date: 2024-03-13 01:21 am (UTC)This whole situation is starting to feel like a worse and worse idea the more he learns about it. It was supposed to be a cute wooden horse that would be his friend and he'd learn magic and now the reality was... kinda that but like the reality of friends. He didn't have any and he can think of so many ways that this can go horribly wrong.]
What if what I want isn't good enough? What if I'm not...
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Date: 2024-03-13 01:28 am (UTC)She hops off the bed and hits him. Which isn't very hard, because she's Kiki and the size and strength of a human toddler, but she hopes it'll shake him out of this]
Then wish for that! Idiot! If you're not strong enough, or powerful enough or whatever it is you're refusing to consider, wish for it.
You emotionally constipated toenail.
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Date: 2024-03-13 01:38 am (UTC)Christ on a fucking stick, fine! I'll say it! But you tell anyone about this and I'll fucking end you.
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Date: 2024-03-13 01:39 am (UTC)[but she sits down opposite Blitzø on the floor, crossing her arms and narrowing her eyes to watch]
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Date: 2024-03-13 02:08 am (UTC)I want...
[Fuck this is hard, a legitimate struggle to get the words out at all as they feel like they cut to the core of everything he's kept long buried for decades.]
I just want to be loved for who I am...
[He avoids looking at Kiki because he's pretty sure he's just going to see either pity or distaste there, neither of which he wants to see.]
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Date: 2024-03-13 02:19 am (UTC)Kikimora barely has time to even process that before the top part of the staff erupts in a ball of glowing light. The wooden staff disappears; dropping down in its place into Blitzø's hands is a trotting, neighing mini-horse who immediately begins nuzzling his claws]
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Date: 2024-03-13 03:49 am (UTC)[He hadn't expected it to work and had pretty much expected that it would just end up with him looking dumb or getting told by Kiki that he needed to ask something better. Instead there's a little pink and black horse nuzzling his fingers and claws and seeming delighted to see him.]
She's beautiful.
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Date: 2024-03-22 01:16 am (UTC)She will assist you in casting all manner of spells. Even if you don't have natural magic, you may use hers.
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Date: 2024-03-23 12:34 am (UTC)[He immediately looks down at the little horse again.]
You don't mind, do you?
[More questions occur to him, and the whole magic part of this is rapidly becoming a distant secondary concern.]
What does she eat?
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Date: 2024-03-23 01:54 am (UTC)Whatever her sort of animal eats in your world, I would imagine. Hay or grass or something.
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Date: 2024-03-23 10:16 am (UTC)Sitting back, he looks back up at Kikimora.]
So where's your one?
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Date: 2024-03-23 10:58 am (UTC)Those in the Emperor's coven do not have palismen.
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Date: 2024-03-23 11:01 am (UTC)But you're not in that coven here.
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