exploratory kidnapping

[alicornucopia]

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.)

Comments

[alicornucopia]

"You're welcome," says Purple Light.

"It would be very good if you could teach ialdae to heal," Terali says, "because lights don't work on themselves or each other, so if they get hurt or sick they're stuck with potions. Not that I'm knocking potions, but they're not as comprehensive or fast."

[missnicegirl]

"I definitely want to teach it to heal, then. I'm not sure if I have, yet. I'm not sure what's a good way to test it."

[alicornucopia]

"I have a headache, if seeing it in action would help," suggests somebody, and Robin's Egg Blue Light heals that person's headache.

[missnicegirl]

"Thank you, that might have helped too. But what should I test ialdae healing on? I already know I can make sparkly lights that don't do anything except sparkle."

[alicornucopia]

"Does anybody else have a headache?" Terali asks the assembled crowd.

"I have a scraped elbow?" someone volunteers.

[missnicegirl]

Matilda levitates herself higher than everyone else so she can see the scraped elbow person more clearly, and she concentrates slightly, and a pale blue sparkling light lands on the person's head and her elbow ceases to be scraped.

[alicornucopia]

She peers at her elbow.

"Fixed!" she reports.

"At range," marvels Annei, "ooh."

[missnicegirl]

"Oh, do lights not work at range? Well, I guess ialdae learned it differently. But it still works! Hooray!"

[alicornucopia]

"I could, I don't know, prick my finger," says Purple Light, "and we could check if it works on lights?"

[missnicegirl]

"Okay," says Matilda.

[alicornucopia]

Purple Light unpins a pin from her hat and pricks her finger.

[missnicegirl]

Matilda makes blue sparks over Purple Light's head. Purple Light's finger is unpricked.

[alicornucopia]

There is scattered and then more enthusiastic applause.

[missnicegirl]

Matilda giggles happily.

[alicornucopia]

"So I can learn to do that?" asks Annei.

[missnicegirl]

"I think so! I don't know exactly how to teach you, but I hope I can do it."

[alicornucopia]

Annei nods.

"We'll get back to you when we have a schedule worked out," Terali says to Annei. "We won't keep you up at night or anything, but don't make any commitments you can't break during daylight hours."

Annei nods.

[missnicegirl]

Matilda nods too.

"How long should I be levitating everyone for before we give up?"

[alicornucopia]

"I'm not sure. Is it hard? Do you need a break?" asks Terali. "How long did you fly Lavender before she could do it herself?"

[missnicegirl]

"It's not very hard at all. I only flew Lavender for a minute, not even as long as I was levitating everyone before Annei caught it."

[alicornucopia]

"Well, let's give it another ten degrees, how about."

[missnicegirl]

"Okay. I can try to teach Annei things in the meantime, I guess. And figure out a schedule."

[alicornucopia]

Terali has a copy of Matilda's current schedule in her pocket. And a graphite stick.

[missnicegirl]

Matilda consults with Annei to develop a new version that exchanges language lessons with Fena for ialdae lessons with Annei.

[alicornucopia]

Annei confirms times. "Do you think meditating would help with concentration to float or whatever?"