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

[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.

[missnicegirl]

Matilda continues levitating everyone else.

[alicornucopia]

After about three degrees, Annei, still kneeling, rises slowly towards the ceiling.

[missnicegirl]

[alicornucopia]

Annei doesn't seem to have noticed. Terali watches her as she goes up and up and up.

[missnicegirl]

"Um, Annei," says Matilda. "Please try not to hit the ceiling."

[alicornucopia]

Annei opens her eyes, yelps, and falls.

[missnicegirl]

She only falls about a foot before Matilda catches her.

"Careful! Try it again paying more attention, maybe?"

[alicornucopia]

Annei nods. "Uh, can you put me down again to start?"

[missnicegirl]

"Sure!" Annei is gently lowered to the floor.

[alicornucopia]

And there she rearranges herself back into a comfortable kneeling position and starts over, eyes slightly open.

[missnicegirl]

Matilda waits.

[alicornucopia]

Annei goes up two feet, and stops there, and sloooowly opens her eyes the rest of the way without falling.

[missnicegirl]

"Yay!" says Matilda.

[alicornucopia]

Annei beams.

[missnicegirl]

Matilda beams back.

[alicornucopia]

"Is it the same for all of it? Concentrating on what you're trying to do?"

[missnicegirl]

"Pretty much! Sometimes, if I'm trying to do witchcraft in Elcenia, I have to concentrate on not doing it instead. But that part probably won't come up for you unless you're a witch."

[alicornucopia]

"I'm not a witch," confirms Annei. "I do some wizard spells, though, I can tell time and so on. Will it interfere with that?"

[missnicegirl]

"I don't think so. I can't do wizard magic at all so I don't have a good way to check. Try telling time and see what happens?"

[alicornucopia]

Annei casts the time-telling spell.

[missnicegirl]

It is perfectly ordinary and time-telling.

"I guess you'll probably be okay then," says Matilda.