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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A few days latter

sparkofmagic
2011-11-10 04:29 pm UTC (link)

It's been four days. Mina has been trying to get back to her normal routine but it's hard. The magic is there just at the surface of everything and she has no idea what to do.

She also has no idea what to do about that. She could ignore it but that seems unwise. Still the young college student has a feeling that something's going to change soon. It might be good or it might be bad. Either way she's done with her last class for the day and is making her way across campus while checking the time. She hasn't had lunch and she's starving.

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	Re: A few days latter greatest_zatara 2011-11-10 04:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey you." A voice comes from a nearby bench, and she'll turn to find Zachary Zatara, in casual garb, eating a sandwich. "How's it going?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter sparkofmagic 2011-11-10 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	She nearly tripped because wasn't that surreal. She had to raise one eyebrow then stare because wasn't that weird. "Um. Hi there." She considers his question and shrugs. "I'm okay." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: A few days latter

greatest_zatara
2011-11-10 05:38 pm UTC (link)

"Come on, sit." Zach pats a spot on the bench next to him, then smirks. He scoots over a little bit, and produces a red and white checkered handkerchief from his sleeve. He shakes it out, then lets it fall flat. He snaps his fingers over it once, then pulls the handkerchief up.

A plate with french fries, a pulled pork sandwich, and a can of soda, are revealed. "Do you need ketchup?"

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	Re: A few days latter sparkofmagic 2011-11-10 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	The smell of food lures her into sitting. Magic seems damn useful and while she knows what to look for she doesn't want to. Instead she starts to much on a french fry. "No this is great. Um thanks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter greatest_zatara 2011-11-10 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	"Thank you. You saved me a load on drycleaning with that spell of yours on the fly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A few days latter sparkofmagic 2011-11-10 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	"What?" She blinks then shakes her head. "I'm not sure what I did. I just saw how to cancel it out and.... tugged. Like pulling a thread." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: A few days latter

greatest_zatara
2011-11-10 07:20 pm UTC (link)

Zach raises an eyebrow. "That simple, huh?" He eats some more of his sandwich. "Hm."

He chews thoughtfully. An innate talent instead of a caster, perhaps? No, if that were the case she'd have been tripping over spells she'd pulled apart unknowingly all her life.

"Do you think you could do it again?" He holds out his palm, a coin in the center of it, then renders it invisible with a few quiet words. "Make it reappear."

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Re: A few days latter

sparkofmagic
2011-11-10 07:34 pm UTC (link)

"Well it was like looking at balancing a chemistry formula," she says with a shrug. "So while doable not like a snap. I had to consciously look and do it."

She looks at it. She can see how it fits and tries to reach out. She can't quite grasp it though like it's trying to slip away. "I can tell where it is. I just.... It's slipping away? I'm not even sure how I'm doing this."

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Re: A few days latter

greatest_zatara
2011-11-10 07:39 pm UTC (link)

Zach turns his palm and flicks his thumb upwards, a chime emitting as he flips the coin high over his head.

"You can hear it, can't you? You've got senses besides your eyes. You just need to learn to use one more." He extends his hand again and the coin lands flat in his palm with a satisfying slap.

"Abjuration, more than most schools of magic, relies on will. The same way that people 'know' things are impossible or can't happen, you have to 'know' that something being undone not only will happen, but should happen.

Think, don't focus."

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Re: A few days latter

sparkofmagic
2011-11-10 07:57 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah but up until the other day I didn't 'believe' in magic. It's like there was some kind of mental block having me willfully ignoring anything to do with it."

And every time she really 'looked' inwards she could feel the tiny fragments left over from that. It had been done to her. Something to make her ignore and not be able to do anything.

Now she wasn't thinking about that. She thought about the coin and the magic. And the fact that she wanted them top separate.

And Zach should feel the spell get tugged away and peeled of. There's the coin laying there in his hand again.

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	Re: A few days latter greatest_zatara 2011-11-10 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	Zach smiles and nods. "Good work. Why don't you hold onto this for later?" He reaches over, and makes it disappear behind her ear, then goes about finishing his sandwich. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	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)