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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?"
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"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.
"Um, I'm not a qualified kamai teacher and you can get yourself killed doing it wrong."
"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.
"How old are you?" asks Leekath.
"I'm fifteen," volunteers Flora.
"I'm seventeen, why do you ask?" asks Amy.
"I'm seventeen, why do you ask?" asks Amy.
"This just seems really irresponsible."
"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."
"Dragons are mostly animals in my world. You get smart ones once in a while but mostly they're dangerous. We also have dwarves, merfolk, and vampires and we have house elves, they're kind of used as slaves but they don't mind. I have no idea what those other things were." says Flora.
"Cool. My world doesn't have any of those." says Amy. "What other kinds of magic are there?"
"Cool. My world doesn't have any of those." says Amy. "What other kinds of magic are there?"
"House elves are slaves but they don't mind?" blinks Leekath.
"Yes. No one knows how that happened, but they are very happy to serve their masters, with only one known exception. Some think a Dark Lord did it on purpose. It's terrible."
"That's horrifying," agrees Leekath.
"Yes, very." Flora is silent for a moment, then speaks, "So do you know any books on kamai, because my curiosity will kill me if I don't find out about this, figuratively or even literally."
Leekath sighs. "You can also hurt other people really badly with kamai, and it's not easily learned only out of books. Can't you wish it away?"
They look at each other. "Oooh!" they chorus, and they burst out laughing.
A hexagon and two pentagons later, they are both masters of kamai.
"Thank you!" says Amy. And floats.
Then, Flora realises this is applicable to wixen magic and pentagons it for both of them. The last two years of Hogwarts are going to be trivial.
Amy remembers the other two types of magic Leekath mentioned. She is a wizard and a hearer- "Aaah, so many voices! Stop, stop!" She undoes her wish, then stares at Leekath, "How can you focus on anything like that?"
A hexagon and two pentagons later, they are both masters of kamai.
"Thank you!" says Amy. And floats.
Then, Flora realises this is applicable to wixen magic and pentagons it for both of them. The last two years of Hogwarts are going to be trivial.
Amy remembers the other two types of magic Leekath mentioned. She is a wizard and a hearer- "Aaah, so many voices! Stop, stop!" She undoes her wish, then stares at Leekath, "How can you focus on anything like that?"