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Two girls are moving their hands through the air and speaking together in perfect parallel.
Two girls are looking expectantly at a circle of red chalk on their floor.
Two girls have done something exceptionally stupid.
Isabella in Elcenia
kaolinandbone
A girl in richly embroidered clothes appears in a seated position in the air, a teacup in one hand, a faded paper parasol slung over one shoulder. She blinks- then gravity reasserts itself. The girl tosses the teacup away from her as she falls, her other hand awkwardly flailing the parasol to try and avoid crushing it beneath herself.
By a small miracle, the parasol remains intact and none of the scalding-hot tea gets on the blue-haired girl or her clothes. Her summoners might or might not be so lucky.
By a small miracle, the parasol remains intact and none of the scalding-hot tea gets on the blue-haired girl or her clothes. Her summoners might or might not be so lucky.
The teacup bounces off of nothing in midair and falls, tea with it, to the floor.
The two girls who were in this room a moment ago look at each other and start talking at the same time in an unfamiliar language. There is pointing involved. Maybe they're arguing about who has to clean up the tea.
The two girls who were in this room a moment ago look at each other and start talking at the same time in an unfamiliar language. There is pointing involved. Maybe they're arguing about who has to clean up the tea.
kaolinandbone
Isabella takes a moment to evaluate her position from the floor. Okay, only one of those two... Individuals... Is human. She's been teleported somehow. And the single red chalk line is some sort of ward. Overall, this does not look like a very good situation for her.
She stands. A firm push against the ward to help lever herself upright should see if main force will have any significant effect.
"Er... Hello?"
She stands. A firm push against the ward to help lever herself upright should see if main force will have any significant effect.
"Er... Hello?"
The blonde one speaks to her, and then goes and gets a book off a shelf and starts flipping through it.
The ward will not allow her hand past, but it's also got the friction of air and doesn't make a very good levering surface.
The ward will not allow her hand past, but it's also got the friction of air and doesn't make a very good levering surface.
kaolinandbone
Most people would fall over after attempting to push against air. Isabella, however, has wings, even if they're not physically present at the moment. With a small flick of her metaphysical wing-ness, she rights herself.
She frowns as the girl speaks to her: definitely not a language she's heard before. Well, at least whoever these people are, their body language isn't immediately hostile... Though then again, there's a tinge of being examined like some form of science exhibit.
She sits down on the opposite side of the circle from the spilt tea and waits. Those books look like the sort of thing that might contain magic: she should be ready.
She frowns as the girl speaks to her: definitely not a language she's heard before. Well, at least whoever these people are, their body language isn't immediately hostile... Though then again, there's a tinge of being examined like some form of science exhibit.
She sits down on the opposite side of the circle from the spilt tea and waits. Those books look like the sort of thing that might contain magic: she should be ready.
The blonde finds what she's looking for, and gestures precisely while uttering more gibberish.
"Can you understand us now?" asks the brown one, whose ears aren't so pointy.
"Can you understand us now?" asks the brown one, whose ears aren't so pointy.
kaolinandbone
Gesture-based magic is not entirely unfamiliar to Isabella, but the movements the girl is doing don't look anything like what she's seen before.
There is, however, a ward between her and the girl, so the question of stopping her is moot.
She feels the magic settle in next to her shard, and then suddenly words make sense.
"I can understand you now, at least. May I ask where I am and why I appear to be trapped in some form of ward?"
There is, however, a ward between her and the girl, so the question of stopping her is moot.
She feels the magic settle in next to her shard, and then suddenly words make sense.
"I can understand you now, at least. May I ask where I am and why I appear to be trapped in some form of ward?"
"We're just borrowing you for a few degrees to show Nemaar," says the blonde, "then we'll put you right back."
kaolinandbone
Isabella raises an eyebrow. "... You decided to grab me at random to demonstrate some form of new, involuntary summoning spell?"
"It's an old one actually," says the dark one. "And it's not like we're keeping you for long."
kaolinandbone
Isabella bites the inside of her cheek. Well, then. If these people are experimenting in magic, don't really care about their subjects' inconvenience, and speak a language she doesn't know, then all signs point towards her being somewhere in Eyesocket... Which would make Nemaar these two's section head, or possibly even one of the lords themselves.
"I was in the middle of a negotiation with the mayor of Mark when you two so rudely pulled me away across an entire ocean. I'd like to complain to this 'Nemaar' about their treatment of foreign nobility and their experimental practices, so please, fetch him as quickly as possible."
"I was in the middle of a negotiation with the mayor of Mark when you two so rudely pulled me away across an entire ocean. I'd like to complain to this 'Nemaar' about their treatment of foreign nobility and their experimental practices, so please, fetch him as quickly as possible."
"He's in class right now," says the blonde. "We'll get him soon. He didn't have a thing to do with summoning you though."
kaolinandbone
Isabella quickly revises her estimation of this pair's competence downwards. It sounds like this 'Nemaar' is an apprentice, just like these other two...
... Which would make the most plausible scenario that she was summoned here on a bet. A bunch of rank novices experimenting with teleportation magic they found in some battered scroll somewhere.
"... The more I hear, the less I want you two to be responsible for sending me back to where I came from. I'm frankly surprised that this building is still standing."
... Which would make the most plausible scenario that she was summoned here on a bet. A bunch of rank novices experimenting with teleportation magic they found in some battered scroll somewhere.
"... The more I hear, the less I want you two to be responsible for sending me back to where I came from. I'm frankly surprised that this building is still standing."
"Huh?" says the brown one.
"Tough," says the blonde, "nobody else can do it, we're the ones who cast the spell."
"Tough," says the blonde, "nobody else can do it, we're the ones who cast the spell."
kaolinandbone
Isabella sighs. "So I'll have to catch a zeppelin and endure a long aerial voyage at considerable expense. It's within my means." She shakes her head. "Really, you two are lucky that whatever old scroll you dug up was even halfway serviceable. I've never heard of a teleportation spell that wor-"
Her train of thought comes to a screeching, crashing halt.
"... I have, however, heard of conjuration spells. Are you two absolutely certain that I'm the only Lady Isabella running around right now?"
Her train of thought comes to a screeching, crashing halt.
"... I have, however, heard of conjuration spells. Are you two absolutely certain that I'm the only Lady Isabella running around right now?"
"Uh, I think you're confused," says the blonde.
"Why would we know that, you didn't tell us your name before," says her friend.
"Why would we know that, you didn't tell us your name before," says her friend.
kaolinandbone
Isabella pinches the bridge of her nose. "How are you certain that this spell of yours -which I do not trust to do what it said on the scroll- actually moved me here rather than duplicating me."
She eyes the blonde one over her fingers. "Also, confused? How?"
She eyes the blonde one over her fingers. "Also, confused? How?"
"It's a summoning spell," says the blonde. "It couldn't duplicate you, that would be really different. And we summoned you from another world, so you shouldn't be expecting wizardry to work like what you're used to."
kaolinandbone
Isabella's train of thought rudely details for the second time in as many minutes.
"So... Wait, I'm in a completely different universe? This is not Ulvenwald, you are not students of a Collegia Tower, and I am in an entirely different universe. Well, that would explain why none of your magic or language is familiar..."
She takes off her floppy hat, runs her fingers through her hair, and puts it back, then lets out a heavy breath.
"Do you have an encyclopedia or something similar that I could look at?"
"So... Wait, I'm in a completely different universe? This is not Ulvenwald, you are not students of a Collegia Tower, and I am in an entirely different universe. Well, that would explain why none of your magic or language is familiar..."
She takes off her floppy hat, runs her fingers through her hair, and puts it back, then lets out a heavy breath.
"Do you have an encyclopedia or something similar that I could look at?"
"We can't get anything into the ward with you without a lot of hassle that would take longer than just waiting for Nemaar and then reversing the -" The blonde stops midsentence.
"The spell," finishes the other.
"Oh no," says the blonde, "oh no -"
"The spell," finishes the other.
"Oh no," says the blonde, "oh no -"
kaolinandbone
Isabella makes a little 'get on with it' circle with one hand. "Yes, yes, you screwed up, why am I not surprised. How? Also, I can see outside of the circle, you would just need to turn a few pages for me."
The girls ignore her. "Oh no oh no -"
"What is it, Korulen -"
"You can't co-cast a reversal!"
The younger girl freezes. "But - oh - but - but -"
"What is it, Korulen -"
"You can't co-cast a reversal!"
The younger girl freezes. "But - oh - but - but -"
"We could send her," suggests the younger girl.
"She's not Elcenian, it wouldn't work. We don't know breaks, maybe someone can break it, but I have to tell my mom -"
"Don't, don't, I'll be expelled -"
"I have to!"
"She's not Elcenian, it wouldn't work. We don't know breaks, maybe someone can break it, but I have to tell my mom -"
"Don't, don't, I'll be expelled -"
"I have to!"
kaolinandbone
"Wait a second, you two. Can you bring specific people, or is it entirely random?"