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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.)
Matilda in Elcenia
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missnicegirl
In goes the lemon peel. In goes the pef tan. Now she has elixir base.
Matilda beams.
Matilda beams.
"Very nicely done! So you can learn to be a witch. We will have to go back and teach you all the ingredients and lab procedures, of course," says Raha. "But the magic clearly works just fine for you."
Raha laughs. "So we should schedule your lessons. I can rearrange things within my work day, which is first-and-naught to tenth-and-same, if that would make it more convenient."
Terali's time spell is still up. She reads it. "Right now it's sixth-and-four."
This being Raha's office, Raha finds her a graphite stick and some paper.
missnicegirl
Matilda begins writing things down!
It goes about like so: 11:00 AM August 6th - 1&12 day 2, and so on down the page. She didn't ask for the date because she expects the calendar to be more complicated than the time system, but as long as all days are the same length, her calculations should bear out. And she has sensible times for lessons that fall within Raha's work day once per day until the fifth of September.
"That should do for the next month," she says. "In September is when my regular school starts and then I'll have to recalculate everything. 'Day 2' is tomorrow. Does that look all right to you?"
It goes about like so: 11:00 AM August 6th - 1&12 day 2, and so on down the page. She didn't ask for the date because she expects the calendar to be more complicated than the time system, but as long as all days are the same length, her calculations should bear out. And she has sensible times for lessons that fall within Raha's work day once per day until the fifth of September.
"That should do for the next month," she says. "In September is when my regular school starts and then I'll have to recalculate everything. 'Day 2' is tomorrow. Does that look all right to you?"
Raha looks it over. "Yes, this looks fine."
missnicegirl
"Miss Honey?"
"Yes," says Miss Honey, "that looks fine to me too. Congratulations, Matilda." She pats Matilda on the head. Matilda beams.
"Yes," says Miss Honey, "that looks fine to me too. Congratulations, Matilda." She pats Matilda on the head. Matilda beams.
"So that's a schedule up until the end of Sutaahel. I'll get you an ingredients reference and a basic recipe book for next time," says Raha.
"You're welcome!"
"Do you want to go home now or do you have more questions?" asks Terali, holding out her hand for the schedule.
"Do you want to go home now or do you have more questions?" asks Terali, holding out her hand for the schedule.
missnicegirl
Matilda hands the schedule to Terali.
"I have lots more questions! Are you going to try to find someone to give me language lessons too? Are there any more kinds of magic in your world besides witchcraft and wizardry and sorcery?"
"I have lots more questions! Are you going to try to find someone to give me language lessons too? Are there any more kinds of magic in your world besides witchcraft and wizardry and sorcery?"
"Since nobody here speaks English," Terali says, "except for dragons, we'll have to find a dragon to handle the language lessons, and that might take a little longer. There aren't that many dragons."
"There are also lights and mages," says Raha. "And some that you have to be particular species to use."
"There are also lights and mages," says Raha. "And some that you have to be particular species to use."
missnicegirl
"What do lights and mages do? And what's a dragon? 'Dragon' in English is a word for an imaginary creature."
"The translation spell might be glitching," says Terali. "Dragons are real here. Winged firebreathing reptiles."
"Lights are healers and mages each can control one element," says Raha. "And dragons are a sort of person. They can shapeshift and speak any language and a few other things."
"Lights are healers and mages each can control one element," says Raha. "And dragons are a sort of person. They can shapeshift and speak any language and a few other things."
missnicegirl
"Well, the imaginary kind of dragon is also a winged firebreathing reptile, so I guess it makes sense why the translation spell would do that," says Matilda. "Dragons sound neat! I'd like to meet one if you can find one who wants to teach me your language!"
"That's the plan," says Terali. "It'll just be a little harder than finding a witch. Since we had a witch just down the hall."
Raha laughs.
Raha laughs.
Kerah comes back with a book. "I can check you for a channeling capacity, but you shouldn't expect me to find anything," she says.
Kerah casts.
The result is an empty box that appears in the air like the time spell does.
"Nothing. Sorry, Matilda."
The result is an empty box that appears in the air like the time spell does.
"Nothing. Sorry, Matilda."
missnicegirl
"That's okay," she says. "I'm going to have lots of fun learning witchcraft."