One Moon ℂ Video

[claimyourself]

[This is the first time Lena's made a post of her own, and she looks nervous. For any who haven't met her yet, she looks like your average teenage girl, albeit with one vivid green eye and one gold eye. Probably not too unusual around these parts, though.]

Hi. My name's Lena and--

[She hesitates, sighs, and looks away from the camera for a moment.]

And I was hoping I could get some help? I have this staff from the armory, and I'm not sure how to do stuff with it.

[So clear, this girl.]

I mean, I can do... lots of things. I have powers. I know that's not big news around here, but I was wondering how to use the staff with them, because back home I don't need anything to channel it. But this weapon's supposed to adapt to me? Or something. So I figured it might help.

[She gives the camera a self-deprecating smile.]

Sometimes my powers can be a little unpredictable. That's why I was wondering if anyone could help teach me how to use the staff? Please let me know.

[She's about to turn off the camera, but then she remembers something and the image shakes for a moment.]

Oh, and I don't mind using my powers to help out anybody who needs it. Back home I had to keep it hidden, so it's kind of nice to not have to do that here. Umm, I can control the elements, levitate stuff, create things... Just ask and I'll see if I can help.

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[bloodspeaker]

[An interesting list of powers. He deduces pretty quickly from her remarks that she's not a human of his world, which means that her magic could well be beyond his understanding.

He doubts it, though.]

I could certainly try, girl.

[As if to illustrate, he lightly taps the tall staff he's carrying against the sidewalk; a brief burst of light shines through the gnarls and cracks in the wood.]

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[claimyourself]

[She corrects him.]

Lena. And thank you. What's your name?

[bloodspeaker]

Yes, yes; I heard you. You can call me Adrasteius, or 'magister', or whatever else strikes your fancy.

Talk to me about your magic. Where does it come from? How do you usually perform it? And so on.

[claimyourself]

To be honest, I'm not as well versed about my magic as I could be. All I know is it's said my powers come from the Dark Fire, where all magic comes. There's Light and Dark magic, but I have both.

[She sounds a little awkward about that. It was an accident, really.]

Usually I just think stuff and it happens. Sometimes I don't even mean to. Other times, I have to concentrate and it takes a lot of effort. Some Casts require speaking it out loud, or needs a group to speak too.

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[celestial_wizard]

That sounds similar to the weapon I hav - although my weapon is a whip, not a staff, so I don't know how much help I can be. But I can try all the same- we can figure it out together.

If You don't mind my asking - why did you have to hide your powers?

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[claimyourself]

I'd like that.

Oh, well, it's... complicated. There are two factions of my people, and some want to hurt Mortals. But the rest of us don't. We just want them to live their lives and we'll live ours. If they knew about us, well, they'd freak out. Our worlds aren't meant to overlap.

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[celestial_wizard]

You're not a mortal?

[ Which she is totally fine with considering she has a lot of friends who were immortal. ]

Then what are you? -- OH! Sorry, I'm Lucy.

[solitaire]

Y'picked it, even though you didn't know what ta do with it?

[claimyourself]

In my defense, I was pretty overwhelmed with the whole "being kidnapped" thing. That woman was telling me to pick something, and I didn't know there were other people here with magic powers yet, so I didn't want to tell her I didn't need a weapon, so I just grabbed something.

But now I guess I'm supposed to have a connection to it, or something? I don't know. It wouldn't hurt to practice. It'd give me something to do.

[solitaire]

_{( He smiles, then nods. He has a feeling that even if any of them had been in a better state of mind, they'd still have ended up with weapons. The Initiative seemed set on them. )}

What kind of staff we talkin' bout, here? _{( Since he knows his way around a couple. The magic thing is beyond him, though. )}

[ofthegrey]

I know a couple of mages from my world who use staffs. I'd be willing to ask them if they're interested in working with someone.

As for how the weapon adapts to you, I can't tell you. I can only say that it does. I recently experienced this with my daggers. It was difficult to describe, and I imagine that such things will manifest differently with different people. The key is consistent use of the weapon.

[claimyourself]

Really? I'd appreciate that!

Oh. Maybe it'll just happen? I was worried I had to do something special, besides training consistently, I mean.

[ofthegrey]

Yes. [Perhaps Anders would be better than Fiona, now that he thinks about it. Fiona can be a bit...short.] My name is Duncan, by the way.

I think it will. I haven't been doing anything different with my weapons than I ever do. I've been here a little over two months now, and I only recently noticed something different.

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[applethief]

Have you tried hitting people with it
Or things
Either one would work, probably

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[claimyourself]

Not yet. No one's given me just cause to yet.

[applethief]

Well
That's your problem
How are we supposed to help you if you're not even trying
Hit someone with it and get back to me
Alternatively, I'll accept your thanks in advance

[draconic_historian]

Perhaps we should start with finding out what your "powers" actually ARE.

[Does he actually want to help, or is he just curious?]

[claimyourself]

[She's not sure if he means he wants her to elaborate, or he thinks her magic has a scientific explanation. She chooses Option 1.]

I know a lot of them, but I get new ones all the time, so I just have to expect the unexpected.

But, to start, weather control. That's my big one.

[draconic_historian]

Were you responsible for that flurry of snow a little bit ago, then?

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[futurarex]

What do you mean, your staff will adapt to you? Who told you this?

[IMMEDIATELY suspicious, thanks to all that magic talk... but if he went around not talking to everyone who claimed magic he'd never learn anything at all. so. fine. here he is, learning things.]

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[claimyourself]

The lady that met me when I got here and took me to the armory. Didn't you get the speech? I figured everyone did.

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[futurarex]

They did. But I'm not cursed with such powers as others here are.

[so they didn't mean that he would become more adept at the sword--a claim he'd dismissed outright, because he's already quite good as it is.]

Your-- magic is meant to work with your weapon?

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[grayatonement]

I may be able to help you with your powers.

What kind are they? Genetic, magic?

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[claimyourself]

Both, I guess. They're a part of my race.

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[grayatonement]

What race is that?