sparkofmagic (sparkofmagic) wrote,
@ 2011-11-05 15:09:00

It's a kind of magic
It had been two days since she had been caught. She should have known better than to accept a dinner invitation from a stranger. She thought she would be safe at a restaurant. In public.

In broad day light. They had used some kind of magic to get her to leave with them. Then they bound her in the magical array they had built in the basement of their leader's mansion. She didn't know what it did. Just that every time they worked their magic she was left screaming.

She hadn't even known magic was real!

She had to get out of here. She just had no idea how. She was so tired and they had left her alone in the basement while thy prepared for the next round of whatever it was they were really trying to do. Gotta stay awake she tells herself. Gotta get out of here somehow.

She just has no idea how.

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greatest_zatara
2011-11-05 06:22 pm UTC (link)

Zach shook off the detritus of the patchwork spells, then checked on the girl. "Be glad your captors have more money than brains. Their spellwork lights up like a beacon. You're going to be fine." He conjures a glass of water and gives her a slow drink. "Careful now."

He looks around the restraints. "The same sloppy and massively redundant work as the outer barriers, except we can't afford for her to be destabilized like the foundation wall. Your thoughts?" He looks to Victoria.

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	just_a_stranger 2011-11-05 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	She considered the bonds carefully. "I could probably dispel them... but with spellwork this sloppy, even my abilities would be sorely pressed not to set off something more disastrous." "No. This is something she will need to do for herself." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sparkofmagic
2011-11-05 08:30 pm UTC (link)

She is thankful that she has water now, Her throat had felt like it was made of sand after that last bout of magic being forced through her system.

"What?" She gives them both a look. They're crazy.

"But I can't do magic. They said something was blocking it off."

She doesn't realize that it had been rudely forced open. That they were going to do worse sooner or latter.

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	greatest_zatara 2011-11-05 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	Zach puts on his best Rod Serling voice. "Picture, if you will..." He resumes his normal speaking voice. "A glow around yourself. Whatever color you like best, but just picture it around you, just a tiny bit above your skin. Now imagine there's bits of rope and twine all wrapped around it. You want your light to start pushing out, making those bits unravel." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-11-05 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	Victoria fought the urge to roll her eyes. "Mina," she said (and just how did she know that? The name certainly hadn't been said out loud prior), "I know you have endured much. But you have the potential to free yourself. Reach down inside and let that power out." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sparkofmagic
2011-11-05 09:03 pm UTC (link)

Mina is taking so much of this on faith. She takes a deep breath and lets it out. Then she closes her eyes looking for that bit of power she needs.

Oh! Right there! She opens her eyes and starts looking. If Victoria and Zach are paying attention they'll notice her left eye has started to faintly glow gold as she looks and hen looks some more.

"This is really tangled up. But I think I've got this." She takes in a deep breath then with her magic gives a pull here and there.

And a fireball goes flying over their heads while Mina is busy. The cultists have come back.

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	greatest_zatara 2011-11-05 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Fire.." Zach mutters. "It's always the fireball they work so hard to learn first. Amateurs." Making sure his footing is dry enough, he steps forward and levels a palm towards the cultists. "Niahc gninthgil!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-11-06 12:53 am UTC (link)
	Victoria looked at the cultists with the look she generally reserved for when Billy got into the supply closet and ate some of the paste. Just as quickly, she brought up a hand and formed a shield around herself and Mina. "They're amateurs. They won't be able to penetrate my defenses." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sparkofmagic
2011-11-06 01:09 am UTC (link)

A few get hit. But someone with a measure of compitance pokes his head down from the top of the stair case and fires off several orbs that look like slime. They're aimed at Zach.

"I almost have it I think. It's... very tangled. And... Seriously. Some of this feels like it should cancel out." She frowns firmly because she is going off on instinct and not knowledge. With a pull though it all comes undone and Mina is able to get to her feet.

She's shaking though because right now she feels very weak. She hasn't eaten in two days and Zach is the first person to give her water. He has her gratitude already.

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	greatest_zatara 2011-11-07 02:04 am UTC (link)
	Zach is struck by one of the orbs, and it drives him back into a wall, splattering across it and gluing him in place. "Bastard! Do you know what my dry-cleaning is like already?!" Zach works to free himself, sending a wind spell back at the cultists to vent his displeasure. "Young lady, be a dear, and make them suffer terribly, won't you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-11-07 02:38 am UTC (link)
	Victoria dropped her shield, and focused the entirety of her Teacher Look upon the cultists. "Gentlemen, if you do not cease this right now, I will be forced to use harsh words with you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sparkofmagic
2011-11-08 07:03 pm UTC (link)

A few of them get knocked about by Zach. A few others sudden;y look and feel very guilty.

The leader is almost made to feel the same but then snarls and draws a blade across his hand to draw blood to fuel a spell. It's crude and even Mina can see that. But she can also see the beginnings of the lightning about to try and fill the room.

She yelps then looks for a place to dive behind.

"I.... I have no idea what I'm doing," she yelps. But then sees how Zach is glued in place and scrambles over and gives the 'thread' of the spell a tug undoing it and the goop falls away.

"Except for that. It's like seeing balls up yarn."

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greatest_zatara
2011-11-08 07:14 pm UTC (link)

And Zach will fall away from the wall, blinking at the suddenness, as the goo on the floor is dissipating into nothingness. "...nice work.

As for you..." He turns on the cultists, flicking his fingers and having a steel ball bearing show up between each pair of fingers. The motion is smooth, practiced, and brings a devious and grim smile across his features.

"Moob, tohsdaeh." The pieces of steel fly forth, catching the man in the temple, throat, and solar plexus as surely as if they'd been launched from a high-tension slingshot.

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	just_a_stranger 2011-11-08 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Don't worry," Victoria said, not unkindly. "We shan't let them harm you further." She brought up her hands and released bolts of mystical energy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sparkofmagic 2011-11-08 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	The leader goes down with a gasping thud. The others get knocked down by Victoria. All Mina wants to do is get out of here. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greatest_zatara 2011-11-08 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	Zach flicks off a last bit of slime, then pulls out his phone to call the authorities. Sending them an automated message, he attends to Mina, getting her another glass of water and conjuring a blanket to drape around her shoulders. "Well then... that was very good work, young lady." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-11-08 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	Victoria allowed herself a small smile. "Most impressive, young miss," she agreed. "I won't ask anything so foolish as "are you all right," but how do you feel?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sparkofmagic 2011-11-08 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm really tired," she croaks after taking another sip of her water. "Do we have to wait? I mean..." She winces slightly. "I know my Mom is gonna find out. She'll freak. I'm from Kansas and she's a small town cop so.... oh hell." Her Mom is going to flip out. Mina being held like this will have her Mom half way order her to come home. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greatest_zatara 2011-11-08 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Shush. Rest now. We'll sort everything out. Did you miss the part about me being the World's Greatest Magician? And Vicky here is very persuasive with neurotic parents." He gestures to his sidekick. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-11-08 11:57 pm UTC (link)
	If Victoria had known about the sidekick consideration, well, let's say there'd be hell to pay. "Braggart though he may be, Zachary is correct. We will make things right and deal with whatever arises." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sparkofmagic
2011-11-09 12:29 am UTC (link)

She just nods and burrows into the blanket. She would be happy once this was over with.

The cops do arrive eventually. The big and thickly built detective in charge of this looks at everything and chew on the tooth pick hanging from his lips. "Lordy this ain't good.... What in the Blue Blazes were they doing?"

He looks at Zach and Victoria then to Mina and shakes his head. Then turns to start asking questions.

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	greatest_zatara 2011-11-09 12:33 am UTC (link)
	Zach just flashes a Justice League reservist card and tells them to take it up with his cousin, as what transpired there that night was not for mortal man to know. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

just_a_stranger
2011-11-09 12:50 am UTC (link)

Truthfully, a striking woman with white hair and a presence like Victoria's would most likely be something someone would remember.

And yet when the police would think about it later, the details would be rather fuzzy.

It was a useful state of being to be able to go in and out of.

"I am sure my young friend here would be happy to give you a statement. But she has been through a rather trying experience and needs to rest. We would like to take her back to her family, if you would allow it."

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	sparkofmagic 2011-11-09 02:51 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you," she mumbles in a tired tone. The police decide to just let them leave. She manages to get her purse back on the way out of the basement when they're allowed to go. "You don't have to take me to my parents.... I live here in the city. They're out in Kansas." She just wants to go home and forget all about tonight. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greatest_zatara 2011-11-09 02:59 am UTC (link)
	Zach takes off his hat and stretches it until it's approximately large enough to drive a compact car into. "And? That's no trouble." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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