[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.
[Oh, he touched a nerve for sure. He's tempted to poke it further, but he hasn't forgotten that Kiki just saw his own Very Personal disclosure and it occurs to Blitzø that maybe he shouldn't push her to go running to Malcolm or Eiffel with it.]
Fuck yeah I do! So long as it's not gonna hurt her or anything anyway.
[He reaches out and... pets her a little first before holding out his hand. The horse whinnies and then returns to her wooden staff form. Blitzø carefully lifts the staff and looks at Kikimora.]
So... you sure know a lot about this magic stuff. That part of the coven you mentioned?
I know about this magic stuff, as you call it, because all witches and demons have magic where I come from.
[She seems reluctant to share any part of herself, despite hearing Blitzø's own most heartfelt wish. In fact, Kiki changes the subject back to the previous topic, her tone closed off and brokering no side tangents]
We're going to practice a simple light spell first. You're going to concentrate on making a light appear at the end of the staff. And then you're going to use the staff's end to draw a small circle in the air.
And I mean small. The larger the circle, the more magic and powerful the spell. It's a muscle you'll have to exercise so doubtful you'll do anything except exhaust yourself and your palisman if it's too big.
[But for all that he complains and is generally a pain in the ass, Blitzø does pay attention to Kikimora's instructions without questioning her. She knows what she's doing better than he does, after all.
It isn't as easy as he'd hoped, and there's a few frustrating moments of stressed concentration and flickering light before he manages to have it glowing consistently enough to try a tiny circle.]
Christ on a stick, is all magic this fucking hard?
[The words "a failure" echo loud enough in his head that he almost thought she'd said them herself.]
SHUT THE FUCK UP!
[He's operating more on instinct then, several dozen memories overriding everything else, and it's all he can do to keep a grip on the staff as he runs out the door.]
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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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Date: 2024-03-23 11:05 am (UTC)Do you want to learn magic or not?
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Date: 2024-03-24 05:53 am (UTC)Fuck yeah I do! So long as it's not gonna hurt her or anything anyway.
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Date: 2024-03-24 02:18 pm (UTC)Of course it won't hurt her. It's what she was made for.
Hold out your hand and she'll transform herself back into her stick form.
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Date: 2024-03-25 06:07 am (UTC)[He reaches out and... pets her a little first before holding out his hand. The horse whinnies and then returns to her wooden staff form. Blitzø carefully lifts the staff and looks at Kikimora.]
So... you sure know a lot about this magic stuff. That part of the coven you mentioned?
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Date: 2024-03-27 02:05 pm (UTC)[She seems reluctant to share any part of herself, despite hearing Blitzø's own most heartfelt wish. In fact, Kiki changes the subject back to the previous topic, her tone closed off and brokering no side tangents]
We're going to practice a simple light spell first. You're going to concentrate on making a light appear at the end of the staff. And then you're going to use the staff's end to draw a small circle in the air.
And I mean small. The larger the circle, the more magic and powerful the spell. It's a muscle you'll have to exercise so doubtful you'll do anything except exhaust yourself and your palisman if it's too big.
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Date: 2024-03-28 12:23 pm (UTC)[But for all that he complains and is generally a pain in the ass, Blitzø does pay attention to Kikimora's instructions without questioning her. She knows what she's doing better than he does, after all.
It isn't as easy as he'd hoped, and there's a few frustrating moments of stressed concentration and flickering light before he manages to have it glowing consistently enough to try a tiny circle.]
Christ on a stick, is all magic this fucking hard?
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Date: 2024-03-28 01:02 pm (UTC)[She scowls, but commits herself to this, rolling her eye]
If it were easy, it would be luck, wouldn't it? Congratulations, you have to work hard at something to achieve it!
Idiot.
Complete the circle and light should appear in free-forming balls.
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Date: 2024-03-28 09:39 pm (UTC)[That messes up his concentration and the circle vanishes.]
I know how to work hard at shit. I didn't grow up with fucking magic to do everything for me.
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Date: 2024-03-28 10:50 pm (UTC)What do you suppose that makes you?
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Date: 2024-03-28 11:01 pm (UTC)SHUT THE FUCK UP!
[He's operating more on instinct then, several dozen memories overriding everything else, and it's all he can do to keep a grip on the staff as he runs out the door.]
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Date: 2024-03-28 11:03 pm (UTC)So much for making friends.
Her eyes narrow but she shuts the door and goes to pet Princess, her way of calming herself down from her own rage]