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]

"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?"

[missnicegirl]

"I have no idea. Try it and see!"

[alicornucopia]

Annei kneels on the floor and closes her eyes and breathes in a regular pattern.