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In this room are two women, one gray and sixty years old, one just thirty and red-haired, both wearing elaborate outfits. The younger casts a spell.
In this room is now also a third person. (On whom the elder woman promptly also casts a spell, which she had at the ready.)
Matilda in Elcenia
"I haven't actually read the books but I don't think they mind," says Sarsia dubiously, but she shrugs.
missnicegirl
"Still. There's other stuff. I think I'd have to go home and reread some things to come up with magic from Earth book's that's both useful and nice..."
Terali contributes, "There's a kind of magic that only merfolk here can normally use that does nothing at all but change the colors of things."
missnicegirl
"I don't know how useful that is but it sounds neat and it's definitely nice enough," says Matilda. "Okay. I'll try changing the colours of some things."
She looks around for objects to recolour.
She looks around for objects to recolour.
This room contains paper, walls, a waterspout, books, various people's clothes, carpet, paperweights, and Terali's half-empty packet of seaweed snacks.
missnicegirl
Matilda points to the paper.
"Actually, I think I want to see what happens if one of you tries to teach ialdae something, instead of me," she says. "Try to colour the paper with it."
"Actually, I think I want to see what happens if one of you tries to teach ialdae something, instead of me," she says. "Try to colour the paper with it."
Terali writes. "I've noticed," she says, "that there are sometimes extra little effects - sparkles - when you do unrelated things. Do you have any idea why that might be?"
"Well, that would be nice to know, if you think of anything; I'll keep an eye on it too - and so should you two."
Sarsia and Annei nod.
Sarsia and Annei nod.
missnicegirl
"You know," she says, "now that I'm thinking about it, I haven't read any Elcenian fiction. Can somebody take me to a library sometime? I think that would be fun."
missnicegirl
"I wouldn't want to miss a magic lesson for it... how about tomorrow at, let's see, sixth-and-naught your time? Would that work?"
missnicegirl
"Okay! Then maybe I can help you practice moving things for the rest of this lesson," she suggests to Sarsia and Annei. "And I'll come back tomorrow for the library."
Sarsia and Annei both levitate nearby objects (Sarsia grabs the office waterspout, Annei takes off an earring and floats that).
missnicegirl
Matilda encourages them both to develop their fine control.
And the lesson ends, and she comes back the next day for the library.
And the lesson ends, and she comes back the next day for the library.