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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	Re: A few days latter just_a_stranger 2011-11-11 12:08 am UTC (link)
	"I thought we had agreed we would visit her together, Zachary," came a voice from Zach's other side. Surely she hadn't been there before, had she? But then, how could anyone have missed her arrival? "How are you doing, Mina?" she asked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter sparkofmagic 2011-11-11 12:15 am UTC (link)
	"Um." She blinks between the two. "Are you married or something?" They act like it. "I'm okay. Things are weird but.... Suddenly some things are starting to add together." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: A few days latter

greatest_zatara
2011-11-11 12:18 am UTC (link)

Zach was about to reply, when Mina's question catches him off-guard, and he bursts out laughing. When he recovers, he wipes away a tear, shaking his head. "Ah-ha-hah... no. No. Victoria and I are just... well, it's complicated." He smiles, looking between the two of them, before he pulls another trick with the handkerchief.

"Provolone and corned beef." He holds the sandwich plate out to Victoria, resuming the conversation with Mina.

"Would you like to start learning what you can really do with that talent?"

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Re: A few days latter

just_a_stranger
2011-11-11 12:31 am UTC (link)

Complicated. As good a word as any to describe her relationship with Zachary. One which had started with meeting in a strip club and only gone downhill from there.

She nodded politely. "Thank-you, Zachary."

"You've quite the gift," she added. "It would be a shame to waste it. And more importantly... once you've dipped a toe into this world, well, it is difficult to get it to leave you alone."

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Re: A few days latter

sparkofmagic
2011-11-11 12:45 am UTC (link)

"Well like..." She frowns not sure how to say this.

"I think it's always been there. Whatever those men did broke some kind of seal." She weakly smiles. "I wish I could tell my parents but.... They wouldn't know where it came from. I'm adopted. My real Mother was murdered and they had no idea who my father might be."

She decides to work on a few french fries while she thinks. "It'd be dangerous for me to just ignore this... wouldn't it?"

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	Re: A few days latter greatest_zatara 2011-11-11 12:50 am UTC (link)
	"Oh boy... unknown background, right on cue." Zach looks to Victoria, shaking his head, before going back to Mina. "Would you be willing to submit to a minor, non-invasive, test to make sure you're fully human?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter just_a_stranger 2011-11-11 01:00 am UTC (link)
	"Quite dangerous, I'm afraid," Victoria said. "Even under the most controlled circumstances, magic is... a little bit alive, I suppose." It was a good illustrative metaphor, while being entirely wrong in nearly every way. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter sparkofmagic 2011-11-11 01:08 am UTC (link)
	"Well you'd notice I was adopted if you met my parents. Mom isn't white. And Dad is like corn bread normal.... despite being a high school chemistry teacher." She looks at them both then nods. "There's no reason not to. I'd like to know regardless. I've always been curious." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter greatest_zatara 2011-11-11 02:02 am UTC (link)
	"Magic is just like math or engineering, except occasionally a wrong equation can try to eat your face." Zach tries to put it into simple terms. "I can put together the ritual this evening, if you're not occupied." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter just_a_stranger 2011-11-11 02:17 am UTC (link)
	"Technically accurate, but rather vulgar, Zachary," Victor said, giving him a momentary glare. "I will be happy to observe as well," she added. She could not, technically, help in the conjuration. She was not a spellcaster, so much as a magical being... Of a sort. Neither entirely mortal nor entirely outside mortality. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter sparkofmagic 2011-11-11 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm free," she admits. She's in between jobs at the moment. School is her biggest thing but she has no classes tonight either. "And please do. I'd... I don't know. I guess I'm nervous," she confesses to Victoria. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter greatest_zatara 2011-11-11 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	"Wonderful, then!" Zach claps his hands together, disposing of the garbage from his light dinner. "Should we go tell your parents about your talent, or would you prefer we figure out what you are while somewhere else?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter just_a_stranger 2011-11-11 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Answers first, revelations, if needed, second, I should think," Victoria said, "but ultimately your choice, Willamina." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter sparkofmagic 2011-11-11 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	"I'd rather wait before I tell my parents," Mina decides. "Mom doesn't like half answers to anything, she'll want to know it all..... then give me an earful for not calling earlier." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter greatest_zatara 2011-11-12 01:17 am UTC (link)
	"Alright then..." Zach speaks under his breath for a few moments, then snaps his fingers, transporting the three of them to a mountaintop with a stream nearby. "I'll need you to take off your shoes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter just_a_stranger 2011-11-12 01:57 am UTC (link)
	Zachary and his silly little ring. Effective, if a bit showy. Like Zachary himself, truthfully. "You have prepared for this, Zachary? You're not just going to... shoot from the hip?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter sparkofmagic 2011-11-12 03:31 pm UTC (link)
	And that is when Mina pauses in the middle of getting her heels off. "'Shooting from the hip'? Please tell me there'll be no shooting from the hip." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: A few days latter

greatest_zatara
2011-11-12 03:36 pm UTC (link)

"Victoria, please, you're scaring the young lady. We can discuss your interest in my hips at some other junction." Zach waves a hand and smirks.

"This is like a basic identification spell, only on a larger scale, affecting something living. The same way I'd figure out where an enchantment or physical component of, say... a magic sword, is from, I'm going to figure out what you are. Nifty, huh?" He has her sit down on a stone with her feet in the water.

"The key to running a spell like this smoothly is balance. You need something to connect you to each physical element." He looks her over carefully. "Hmmm.... earth, stone, water, wind... I'll take care of fire... Mina, do you have any piercings not readily visible? We're a little shy on metal."

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	Re: A few days latter just_a_stranger 2011-11-12 04:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Zachary, if you are unable to parse a simple metaphor..." Victoria scowled. She removed the clasp from her cloak, folding the cloak itself neatly and sitting it down. "This should suffice." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter sparkofmagic 2011-11-12 04:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Thanks," she says softly as she takes it up. Then glances back at Zach. Her feet are in the water and she's trying so very hard to not move around too terribly much. Seems like a bad plan somehow. "Do I need to wear it or something?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter greatest_zatara 2011-11-13 01:20 am UTC (link)
	"Holding it between you palms should suffice. Just keep it secure." Zach explains, marking out some magical markings around her, gesturing for Victoria to stay back from the perimeter. "Stnemele morf lla semoc htrof, laever eht sterces fo eht eno uoy dnuorrus!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter just_a_stranger 2011-11-13 01:43 am UTC (link)
	As if she didn't know that, Zachary. While Zachary was doing his own magics, Victoria was relaxing slightly, allowing her own perceptions to take effect. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: A few days latter

sparkofmagic
2011-11-13 02:19 am UTC (link)

She does that clasping the metal tightly between her hands. She's looking downwards slightly as the spell is cast.

And she' human. Just a little bit more like Zach. There's not a trace of 'otherness' to her blood line. But whoever her parents were they both came from Old bloodlines of magic and power.

Her mother had used a powerful spell to protect her from being found and from being able to use her magic. But it had been cracking. Her magic had wanted to get out for a very long time.

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	Re: A few days latter greatest_zatara 2011-11-13 02:27 am UTC (link)
	Insights come to Zach as the spell comes to fullness. He'd neither shocked nor disappointed by her being mostly human, but her particular flavor of magic is... something exceptional. "Well... that's unusual." He comments, as the spell fizzles out slowly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter just_a_stranger 2011-11-13 02:55 am UTC (link)
	Victoria is not an easy person to surprise, and when she is, she is frequently annoyed by it. Fortunately, this is one of the times where she is, if not exactly pleased, at least intrigued instead. "Someone, Willamina, has gone to great lengths to hide your nature." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)