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It's the Saturday before classes start. Ellie has been driving all day, but it's worth it for an entire three months out of the house. And she even drew a single in the dorm lottery, so there's that. It's tiny, but she doesn't have to share.
Suitcases on the bed, she starts unpacking into the dresser that lives underneath. Tops here, pants there, hanging things in the closet. Computer can go on the desk, and then notebooks into the drawers.
It's like the inverse of apples. One good choice makes up for the other bad ones.
The morning can be spent over a nice breakfast, then, and more kissing - and then perhaps some (non-kissing related) magic practice?
Magic!!!
Since Ruby mentioned it yesterday: messing with inanimate objects and your environment is today's lesson. Sometimes useful in a fight, but generally it's more utilitarian...
Ruby seems under the impression that carving 'Ellie is the cutest' into rocks is definitely the best way to demonstrate this power.
Like a lot of other magic, it runs pretty much in wanting stuff. You have to visualize exactly what you want, though, otherwise the details will be all fuzzy - but there's nothing except time stopping you from visualizing the fuzzy outline then going back and filling in the details.
Simple enough.
So large, discrete changes are easier than fiddly small stuff in general?
For Ruby - though it probably depends on what you're best at visualizing, in the general case?
That makes sense.
Ellie finds she is also quicker with macro-scale changes, by shaping figurines of Ruby and changing their sizes.
Heeee.
You can also change color, and other material properties like shininess, and hardness, and malleability...
Hmm hmm hmm.
Presently she has quite a varied collection of Ruby statues, ranging from realistic to abstract.
"Oh, of course. With such a high baseline, even the inevitable signal loss from the changing media doesn't detract too much from the final product."
Heeee.
She offers a few tips on focusing on fine details like fur texture without your brain zeroing out on the whole concept.
Fairly.
After lunch, does Ellie want to explore the world, some? She's fast enough, now, to make good time.
Ruby sketches a courtly bow, or as much of one as a tiger can do. "Your wish is my command," she says, teasingly, before leaping into the air.
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