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teenage mage-gifted jisa ends up in cosel
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Jisa, thirteen years old and newly mage-gifted which is the best thing in the entire world, is experimenting with Gates! 

She's doing it secretly, of course, because no one is supposed to know she's a mage. Also because Vanyel would probably yell at her for what she wants to try.

If she asks her Companion about it then Enara is going to yell at her, so she doesn't. 

She's trying to route a Gate through several of the other planes she's been studying lately, mostly because the idea occurred to her and then she had to see if it would work, and also because theoretically it should let her Gate a lot further from reserves, because she can cut the 'distance' she's searching over. Maybe.

She doesn't really know what's going to happen, but that's the best part, really. She does it the way she's been practicing, a 'blind' Gate, just aiming in a direction and then building a threshold on nothing at all, which she was pretty sure ought to be possible because why on earth would magic care about doorframes, that has to be a limitation in the mage's mind and not the magic itself, and it took a lot of practice to get it down but she turned out to be right. 

It takes her half a dozen tries, losing her sense of 'direction' as she pokes the spell through the Elemental Planes of Water and of Earth and Air (the plane of Fire is very overwhelming and she's avoiding it for now.) 

Eventually, though, she gets through, and a Gate comes up. Weirdly, she can't see across it, it's milky-opaque instead of clear. 

...Crossing a Gate to an unknown place is a pretty risky plan. But she can't not do it now. She's way too curious. 

:Enara I'm trying this experiment–: she sends, pushing across all the information very fast so that her Companion won't have time to stop her, and then she steps across. 

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If he lies here long enough, he will eventually be noticed, and that's... probably bad... probably another mage will make an amulet for him... yeah, that would be bad, he thinks.

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He's having preferences! The Mindhealing-student part of Jisa thinks that's very good. 

:I didn't manage to talk to the people at the farm: she tells him. :I think we're going to have to sleep rough tonight - well, I guess I don't need to sleep. And tomorrow I'll try something else: She can go back to the university again, or at least get in Thoughtsensing range of it, and try to talk to the Stone she failed to rescue. :Um, can you fly next to me, or should I pick you up again: 

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He supposes he could fly. He's not sure if following her is a good idea, though. Maybe he should fly very high and go to the ocean and sink to the bottom where humans can't go.

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:Um, you can do that if you want? I'm not keeping you prisoner. Just, you seem in - not great shape, and I have Mindhealing training so maybe I can help, and also once you're doing better I really need help from a local to rescue more elementals: 

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He doesn't know what Mindhealing is. Helping her with rescuing elementals sounds hard, like someone who can do things should probably have that job instead.

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:I don't need you to do anything hard: she promises him. :I just don't know any of the obvious common-sense things that everyone knows here, so I have a lot of questions: She starts walking, very slowly, hoping the elemental will follow. 

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He watches her, contemplating whether he should go with her, or go dive into the sea, or just lie here forever.

Eventually he gets up and follows her.

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Jisa watches her surroundings with all her Othersenses wide open, still very twitchy, and looks for a spot where they can camp and have some concealment and shelter from the elements. She knows how to do a weather-barrier, fortunately, but she's out of food again, and the wheat and lentils in the fields aren't very edible without cooking. 

She tries to put her questions in order. :Um. Do you know much about how humans here do politics - is there a king of Rixo?: 

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:No, they call him the Appointee:

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:Did he get appointed? How?: 

Any sign of a good campsite yet? 

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:I don't know. I can't vote:

There's an okay-looking spot sheltered from wind by some trees over there.

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Jisa spends a while making a nice cozy camp for them, with a weather-barrier and lots of wards, and then beds down on some soft-ish dead leaves. She's thirsty but she can cope until morning, and her feet are very tired and sore. Normally she has a Companion to ride and doesn't have to do so much walking. 

:What - did your owner do to you?: she asks the Glass. :I, er, you don't have to talk about it, if you don't want to, just, it sounds really horrible and I'm angry about it: 

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:Lots of things: he says. :Less if I behaved:

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:I'm sorry. That's really unfair: She hates this world a LOT. 

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Yeah. That doesn't seem to require a reply.

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Jisa can't think of anything else to say, so she works on testing Gate variants for a bit, and maybe makes a bit of progress but it's hard to tell. Also it's getting dark and she's very tired.

:I'm going to sleep: Jisa says eventually. :Wake me if you need anything, though. Are you comfortable?: 

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Not especially but like, it doesn't matter. :Sleep well:

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Jisa lies down, but she's not instantly sleepy. :Is there anything I can get you to be more comfortable, tomorrow? It seems important: 

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She sure asks a lot of questions.

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Shrug. Jisa goes to sleep, and manages to sleep pretty solidly this time unless the wards trigger an alarm and wake her. 

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Nobody bothers her.

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Jisa wakes up incredibly thirsty and ravenous and with a wad of dead leaves stuck to her face. She lies there miserably for a bit. :I don't suppose you can help me find a stream or something: she says sleepily to the Glass. 

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Yes all right whatever. Over there. She's reading his mind, right? It's that way.

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:I'll stop reading your mind if you tell me to but you seem to have a hard time with talking sometimes so it seems easier. Thank you. Do you need water: 

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Not especially no.

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