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seasiren ([info]seasiren) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-07-01 15:37:00


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Entry tags:ash curry, zachary zatara

Under the moon and over the sand (Zach and Ash)
It is late at night. Like any modern day city time does not stop in Cairo just because the sun has gone down. The moon is out and the streets are still busy. But as it is quickly approaching two in the morning things die down.

A spell is cast by an unknown person and across the world it wakes two others up. Somehow across an ocean they feel it. One of them feels an urgency in her blood to go to where the magic is. She dresses quickly in the dark and starts to cast a spell.

She doesn't think to bring back up. The magic tells her she has to act quickly. And so she goes and finds herself an ocean away from her friends in front of the Egyptian Antiquities museum. She can feel the pulse of dark magic and shivers in the warm night air.

This is dangerous. But she casts another spell to fool the security system and goes inside. Magic is buzzing in her mind and she continues to search for where this dark tainted pulse is coming from.

She is going to stop it.



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[info]greatest_zatara
2011-07-10 09:30 pm UTC (link)
One of the monsters lunges forward as it works some slack into the chain. Zach counters by looping one end of the chain through its jaws.

"Just keep sweet-talking them, kid. I've got this.." Zach smiles, but more sweat is visible on his forehead as he amplifies the spell.

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[info]seasiren
2011-07-10 09:34 pm UTC (link)
And then there are cracks in the air. There is a sudden sucking sound like a toilet getting flushed. It fills the area and Ash starts to shout the words loudly.

There is a high pitched wail and then the creatures and chains are gone. Ash can feel her body sway and she is on the ground gasping.

"I'm okay. Really. Just.... Wow. Holy sea foam."

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[info]greatest_zatara
2011-07-10 10:14 pm UTC (link)
The severed bits of the chain clatter to the ground and Zach lets out a heavy breath, mopping his brow with a handkerchief.

"Nice work kid. Surf and turf is on me."

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[info]seasiren
2011-07-10 10:17 pm UTC (link)
"Thanks." She blinks up At him. "I'm a vegetarian, by the way."

So surf and turf wasn't something she could do. Not unless she wanted to feel guilty forever for eating fish.

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[info]greatest_zatara
2011-07-10 10:38 pm UTC (link)
Zach blinks. "Hm." He conjures up two bottled waters, passing her one. "Do you mind if I eat meat in front of you? I know a sushi place with some awesome veggie rolls and a seaweed salad if you prefer."

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[info]seasiren
2011-07-10 10:48 pm UTC (link)
"That doesn't bother me," Ash informed him. "I just don't want to eat meat myself. It's a thing."

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[info]greatest_zatara
2011-07-11 12:10 am UTC (link)
"Wonderful. Now, first, we need to clean you up... your size... yes, that should about do it." Zach removes his hat and taps the brim of it while murmuring a few words. He places it gently on Ash's head, giving her the benefit of not only a new outfit, but also a shower and fixing up of her hair again.

"That spell was worth every hour of it's composing." Zach states, before casting the same one on himself.

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[info]seasiren
2011-07-11 12:35 am UTC (link)
"Huh. That's handy. Do you need the hat for it or what?" The outfit was a clean and dressier version of what she had been in earlier that day. How nice.

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[info]greatest_zatara
2011-07-11 12:55 am UTC (link)
"Yes. It's a focal point, as an object I've had for years, and it has a psychological association with cleanliness. A good suit, namely." Zach smiles. Nobody ever asks him enough about his original spells.

"And for my next trick." He taps his foot three times, making a triangle, and opening a portal to Tokyo. Always go to the source for specialty cuisine, if it's available.

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[info]seasiren
2011-07-11 08:58 pm UTC (link)
"Ah. I don't really have anything l=-like that. I'm still bonding to things here," Ash muttered.

She normally did a teleportation spell that felt like one was sinking into a whirlpool. His was more showy looking than hers. "--I've never actually been here."

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[info]greatest_zatara
2011-07-11 09:03 pm UTC (link)
"It doesn't always have to be a possession." Zach escorts her through the portal like a gentleman.

"I met this one guy, real pulp adventure hero formerly spoiled rich kid type guy, who used his own fist as a spell focus. Fell in with some mystic stuff in the far east; because as we all know, white people make the superior ninjas." He rolls his eyes and chuckles as they emerge on the streets of Tokyo.

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[info]seasiren
2011-07-11 09:12 pm UTC (link)
"I use my hands for some of the things I need to do. Carrying something around unless it's a spear just doesn't make sense for me," Ash admitted.

"Plus I try to follow the Atlantean traditions for magic as much as I an."

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[info]greatest_zatara
2011-07-12 12:46 am UTC (link)
Zach leads her down the street to a nice little storefront eatery.

"I haven't done as much study of Atlantean magic as I'd like to say. Although, as one of the homo magi, my casting ability has it's deep deep roots in Atlantis."

He's surprisingly relaxed for just having helped battle eldritch horrors.

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[info]seasiren
2011-07-12 12:51 am UTC (link)
"Have you ever considered asking to speak with our mages? We'r...we're not exactly s-s-scary, you know."

The stutter was back but it didn't sound so terrible. Ash sniffed at the air and a few things really had her attention. "Th-This looks good."

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[info]greatest_zatara
2011-07-12 12:55 am UTC (link)
"It's not that I'm intimidated." Zach laughs at that, ordering himself a sampler and a kappa roll to start Ash off with, in fluent Japanese.

"I'm a career man. I'm just busy."

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[info]seasiren
2011-07-14 07:33 pm UTC (link)
She rolled her eyes. "And th-th-the life of a Princess i-isn't?"

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[info]greatest_zatara
2011-07-14 07:36 pm UTC (link)
Zach laughs. "Touche." He takes his time chewing a piece of high grade tuna, seeming blissful.

"You in school?"

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[info]seasiren
2011-07-14 07:42 pm UTC (link)
"Not surface world school. I do stuff the 'traditional' way," she said making air quotes.

"We do apprenticeships or sign up for the military. L-Lots of stuff is done because it's what our parents did. Of-Of course if you have the mage gift.... then that's different. Y-you.... You get more options. Like if you want it or not. I've been asked t-time and t-t-time again i-if it's what I really want."

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[info]greatest_zatara
2011-07-14 07:44 pm UTC (link)
"And?" Zach tilts his head.

"Are you happy? Any passions in your life that you're pursuing? Pop culture loves those mages driven by a tortured past and empowered by rage, but I find that magic is most productive when the caster is genuinely happy about their life."

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[info]seasiren
2011-07-14 07:49 pm UTC (link)
She shrugged lightly.

"W-Well I'm no-not unhappy. I -m-m-miss my h-home di-dimension. I k-know I'... I'll never g-get t--to s-see it again." She takes a breath and sips at some tea she found pushed her way by the chef as he was busily working. "B-But? I ... wasn't really happy there. I didn't h-h-have f-friends because I was a Princess. I-I had t-to keep the world at arm-arms length. And I-I'm learn-learning to b-be happy. That life isn't j-just ab-about duty."

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[info]greatest_zatara
2011-07-16 12:47 am UTC (link)
"What makes you so sure you'll never see it? Does it still exist?"

Damn Crises.

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[info]seasiren
2011-07-16 12:57 am UTC (link)
"I had the Mages of Atlantis look into it." She shook her head. "It's not gone but... It's sealed in a way that can't be found. They tried everything they could. Nothing worked."

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[info]greatest_zatara
2011-07-16 01:16 am UTC (link)
More sushi is placed in front of each of them.

"I see.... well, maybe I could help you work on that at some point. I have access to resources that Atlantis doesn't."

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[info]seasiren
2011-07-16 03:47 am UTC (link)
"Perhaps," she agreed. "We could look into it. It would be nice to know if I truly had the option to return."

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[info]greatest_zatara
2011-07-17 01:01 pm UTC (link)
"Sure thing." He passes her a business card. "This is my magic number, it should put you straight to me no matter what. If I don't answer, it most likely means I'm in mortal peril and could use assistance."

He munches away at some edamame the chef had given them on the house. "I think I remember something like your banishing spell in an old treatise on Atlantean dimensional principles... might be able to help you cut down the invoking time. Nice work, by the way."

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