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Flora opens the door to her dorm room.
Her room is not there.
Instead, there is some sort of bar.
She eeps.
"What's going on?" she asks no-one in particular.
Well, since nothing bad is happening, she will just come in to investigate.
She's a Ravenclaw. She has a right to be curious.
She comes up to the Bar and says, "Anybody there?"
Flora sits down to read immediately.
Amy's stack is rather large. She puzzles over the problem and makes a Bag of Holding.
Amy's stack is rather large. She puzzles over the problem and makes a Bag of Holding.
You will, mentions Bar, run up a tab if you remove those books from the establishment without paying for them.
The door opens. It's some extremely pale girl with black hair and black eyes.
Like, extremely extremely pale.
The door opens. It's some extremely pale girl with black hair and black eyes.
Like, extremely extremely pale.
"Oh. Can I just conjure gems and pay in that?" asks Amy. She doesn't want to leave her books behind.
She spots the pale girl. "Hello there, this is a magic bar! It sometimes happens instead of doors. Like, there was a door and then it happened."
Flora looks up. "I don't suppose you're another kind of magic?"
She spots the pale girl. "Hello there, this is a magic bar! It sometimes happens instead of doors. Like, there was a door and then it happened."
Flora looks up. "I don't suppose you're another kind of magic?"
Yes, you can.
"I... did notice the part where I opened a door," says the pale girl. "Another? As opposed to...?"
"I... did notice the part where I opened a door," says the pale girl. "Another? As opposed to...?"
Amy makes a square and conjures gems.
"We swapped already, so we're both, but, I'm a witch, that is, I have a wand and can cast spells -" Flora levitates one of Bar's napkins, "- Amy's a mint, that is, a person who can make coins, like so, -" she demonstrates a triangle, "- and you have to hurt yourself to make them, but they grant wishes! Including making people into mints. So, do you have any magic?" Flora is smiling now. It's a tiny smile. Still.
"We swapped already, so we're both, but, I'm a witch, that is, I have a wand and can cast spells -" Flora levitates one of Bar's napkins, "- Amy's a mint, that is, a person who can make coins, like so, -" she demonstrates a triangle, "- and you have to hurt yourself to make them, but they grant wishes! Including making people into mints. So, do you have any magic?" Flora is smiling now. It's a tiny smile. Still.
"...Yeah, but it's nothing like that, any of it," says Pale Girl, stepping farther into the bar. "I'm a kama and a hearer and a wizard."
"What are those like?" asks Flora.
Amy says, "Oh, and Bar can talk in napkins and she'll give you any drink you want. And books too. And the first drink is free."
Amy says, "Oh, and Bar can talk in napkins and she'll give you any drink you want. And books too. And the first drink is free."
"I noticed the napkins," says Pale Girl. "I think I'll pass on the drink... Wizards cast spells with gestures and words, kyma do workings from lifeforce, hearers are a kind of vampire who can listen to inanimate objects speaking. ...My name's Leekath."
"Oh, so you're a vampire? Cool!!! My name's Amy." says Amy.
"My name is Flora.
Can I learn these things? I like studying magic." says Flora.
"We can make you or someone else a mint or a wix in exchange. Can you describe these in more detail? Are there any downsides to them? asks Amy.
Since Flora already wished for a pain superpower and high pain tolerance just like Amy's right after being minted, she makes some hexagons.
"My name is Flora.
Can I learn these things? I like studying magic." says Flora.
"We can make you or someone else a mint or a wix in exchange. Can you describe these in more detail? Are there any downsides to them? asks Amy.
Since Flora already wished for a pain superpower and high pain tolerance just like Amy's right after being minted, she makes some hexagons.
"Uh, people who aren't from my world don't have the thing they need to be wizards. Kamai is transferable but I don't know the procedure. Hearing's inborn."
"But we have coins!" exclaims Amy, as though it is the most obvious thing in the world.
"I'm just going to try and make myself a -- what was it, kama?" Flora says, and hexagons herself kamai. "It worked!" she exclaims, quietly.
"I'm just going to try and make myself a -- what was it, kama?" Flora says, and hexagons herself kamai. "It worked!" she exclaims, quietly.
"Can you go get someone and come back? Bar, can Leekath come back if she goes out?" asks Amy.
"I'm not going to do anything, I'm just sitting here not trying to do anything with it," Flora chants anxiously.
"I'm not going to do anything, I'm just sitting here not trying to do anything with it," Flora chants anxiously.
She can only retrieve people who she can call to her current door while holding it open.
"I mean, I don't want to overstate the risk, but it is kind of dangerous to use, to say nothing of if you accidentally made yourself a spontaneous kama."
"I mean, I don't want to overstate the risk, but it is kind of dangerous to use, to say nothing of if you accidentally made yourself a spontaneous kama."
Amy reads the napkin aloud.
"Are there any books you can name on the subject? Is there anyone in range of the door who is qualified to teach? We can trade, we can give out magic and superpowers," asks Flora.
Neither of them has realised they can use a pentagon yet.
"Are there any books you can name on the subject? Is there anyone in range of the door who is qualified to teach? We can trade, we can give out magic and superpowers," asks Flora.
Neither of them has realised they can use a pentagon yet.
"Huh. I didn't really think of that. I guess we should be more careful." says Flora.
"Oh man, I get enough of that from my teachers!" exclaims Amy, annoyed.
She thinks about it. "Ugh. You're right. Fine. With great power comes great responsibility, yadda yadda."
She does not like it but she acknowledges that people with coins are Very Powerful.
She stays grumpy for about two seconds, then makes a square and conjures a webbed red and blue suit with a spider in the middle over her clothes and giggles.
"Oh man, I get enough of that from my teachers!" exclaims Amy, annoyed.
She thinks about it. "Ugh. You're right. Fine. With great power comes great responsibility, yadda yadda."
She does not like it but she acknowledges that people with coins are Very Powerful.
She stays grumpy for about two seconds, then makes a square and conjures a webbed red and blue suit with a spider in the middle over her clothes and giggles.
"Like, you don't know anything about kamai, you don't know anything about me, and you were offering to give me more powers in exchange for kamai lessons when it takes years and years to actually learn, I don't think this was carefully thought through. Are these magics common where you're from?"
"No, in my case. But yeah, the only thing I think through is pranks."
says Amy.
"My magic is more common, we have a secret magical world, it's hidden from Muggles, that is, those with no magic, it has its own government and its own wars," she shudders at this last part.
Amy takes one look at Flora and hugs her. Flora weasels out of the hug but offers her head. Amy raises her eyebrows and then pets her. Flora smiles and says, "I have unusual preferences."
Amy asks, "Leekath, what is your world like, besides magical and vampire-containing?"
says Amy.
"My magic is more common, we have a secret magical world, it's hidden from Muggles, that is, those with no magic, it has its own government and its own wars," she shudders at this last part.
Amy takes one look at Flora and hugs her. Flora weasels out of the hug but offers her head. Amy raises her eyebrows and then pets her. Flora smiles and says, "I have unusual preferences."
Amy asks, "Leekath, what is your world like, besides magical and vampire-containing?"
"Um, it's square, it's got a lot of different species in it that other worlds don't all have not just vampires, I'm not sure where else to begin describing it."
"Square? Like, cubical maybe? Or literally square, or what? That is very different from our worlds. We have a ball-shaped planet which orbits the sun. Right, Flora?
Or were you hiding the fact that your world is triangular or something?"
"No, it's spherical like yours," says Flora bemusedly.
"So, list the species?"
Or were you hiding the fact that your world is triangular or something?"
"No, it's spherical like yours," says Flora bemusedly.
"So, list the species?"
"I don't have a list memorized - no, it's really square, I mean it's ten miles thick, but I'm familiar with ball planets, I've been to one in another world before. Um, there's vampires and elves and dragons and humans and leonines and halflings and dwarves and merfolk and skyfolk and... fairies and pixies and sprites... aaaand... wolfriders and I think that's it for Elcenia."