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Edarial is nine, and he's avoiding his mother again.
Exploring the palace gets old after a while, but the library's even worse, and he suspects that if he spent any more time in his room, he'd scream. So, exploring the palace it is. Berathyme's with him, anyway, so the palace won't be so boring. She tends to make observations he didn't notice himself, and that's always interesting, if not always useful. Corridor, corridor, guest rooms, oh yes that is the closet with all of the uncomfortably looking coats, he'd forgotten about that one. Berathyme observes that they've been used relatively recently, some poor souls must have suffered - and then he opens a door and there's something he doesn't recognize.
He stares at the bar in confusion, consults briefly with Berathyme, and then wanders in.
What exactly is going on here?
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she_sells_seashells
"I don't think so, but just because I haven't thought of things people could help me with besides magic - or technology maybe - and money doesn't mean there's definitely nothing."
royal_obligation
"... I think that if I were older I would be much more helpful for you," he observes. "I would have useful spells and probably know some hexes, and I could make new spells for the situation."
"Adapt, child," says Berathyme with amusement.
"Right. Mmm. Okay, what are spells that would be useful for the situation? I can write those down and work on learning them later and hope I get a door."
"Keep in mind," adds the snake, "that spellbinders get six spells per day. Or one hex."
"... Oh, right. Thank you, Berathyme."
"You're welcome."
"Adapt, child," says Berathyme with amusement.
"Right. Mmm. Okay, what are spells that would be useful for the situation? I can write those down and work on learning them later and hope I get a door."
"Keep in mind," adds the snake, "that spellbinders get six spells per day. Or one hex."
"... Oh, right. Thank you, Berathyme."
"You're welcome."
she_sells_seashells
"I don't know, I'd have to learn more about how your magic works," says Shell Bell reasonably. "To know what you can do that would be good."
royal_obligation
"Spellbinders write up spell charts, which are sort of - 'if this happens in this condition, then do this,' for every possible condition. And then you sit down with the chart and get all of it to stick in your head for about half a second, and when you do, you can cast the spell, and it will do exactly what you said it would in the spell chart. But spells take time to charge, and they might not last as long as you think they should, it varies a bit, you don't know until you cast it for the first time. ... And you get only six per day. Or one hex, which - I don't know how to do at all."
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Edarial goes very quiet.
"... What kinds of books? All of them, ever, or is there a selection?"
royal_obligation
"All of them? Even the ones that were lost or - can she do books of spell charts?"
royal_obligation
"Then c'mon!" he declares, and he goes up to the bar with quite a bit more speed than necessary.
"... Hi?" says Edarial, suddenly shy. "Is someone there? With books?"
"... Hi?" says Edarial, suddenly shy. "Is someone there? With books?"
she_sells_seashells
"The bar is a lady," explains Shell Bell. "You just ask her nicely and if she talks to you she does it with napkins. Hi Bar!"
Hello, appears a napkin. What books can I interest you in?
Hello, appears a napkin. What books can I interest you in?
royal_obligation
"It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance," says Edarial politely, because he is a prince. "Spell charts, do you have books of lost spell charts? Or - non lost spell charts that I don't have access to?"
royal_obligation
"Maybe later, thank you, though."
There are, as it turns out, quite a lot of books of spell charts. Including lost ones. Shell Bell is welcome to read through them with Edarial.
There are, as it turns out, quite a lot of books of spell charts. Including lost ones. Shell Bell is welcome to read through them with Edarial.
she_sells_seashells
She peeks, but mostly she mops (and then wipes down tables and polishes Bar), since she can't do the magic.
royal_obligation
That is entirely fine.
"Hey," says Edarial, after a while of reading and one glass of a substance Edarial doesn't recognize but likes immediately, "um - miss? Girl? I'm sorry, I don't know your name - does this hex look like it would be helpful?"
He points at the one he is at in the book he's on. It is, in summary, a small easily carry-able item that dispenses food.
"Hey," says Edarial, after a while of reading and one glass of a substance Edarial doesn't recognize but likes immediately, "um - miss? Girl? I'm sorry, I don't know your name - does this hex look like it would be helpful?"
He points at the one he is at in the book he's on. It is, in summary, a small easily carry-able item that dispenses food.
she_sells_seashells
"My name's Bell. Or Shell Bell, people call me that -" She looks. "Yes."
royal_obligation
"I'm Edarial. Hi. I'll work on memorizing it, then, I just - can't cast it right now. I've used two spells today."
Another thing he looks annoyed about.
Another thing he looks annoyed about.
she_sells_seashells
"That's okay, I have enough shells to eat for another few days if I'm careful."
royal_obligation
He nods. "Okay, good. I - hope my spells will recharge properly, so I can cast it for you. But I need to memorize it first."
So he gets to doing that.
"I think I did it," he tells her, after a very long time of doing that. "But I won't know until I try the hex."
So he gets to doing that.
"I think I did it," he tells her, after a very long time of doing that. "But I won't know until I try the hex."
royal_obligation
"... Probably, it'll take a while for them to recharge. But I can sleep through a lot of it, I think, that'll help."
she_sells_seashells
"Okay. You can stay in my room if you don't want to sleep by the fireplace."