Most high schools are more or less the same once you get beyond things like which mascot is on the wall and how strict they are with their rules.
Gossip is one of those near-constants. The current rumor spreading around is that there is a real ghost that wanders along a certain stretch of bike path in a state park, some evenings.
"My dad actually hired her once," one girl claims, "She used to be Terrana Hastings, that healer person. How creepy is that?"
...That works pretty well. The goblin lets out a fairly horrific screech and flails around, plenty of time for him to step back and stab once more, properly.
It crumbles into some kind of disgusting grime over about thirty seconds once it dies.
Creatures such as that will threaten you occasionally. They attack humans more consistently. If you join the ranks of those actively fighting against them, it would bring you higher status, but it is certainly not essential.
His magic feels warm and satisfied, like a muscle after a good workout. Or is that just the adrenaline talking?
Eh.
"I might do that anyway, if it'll give me more resources to leverage in the long run."
Status is a complicated and foreign concept to spirits, but it is certainly a resource, yes.
I will show you all the rivers I claim as my own within the next week. You must go announce that you are my agent to the organization of spirit bearers. You will research human environmental policy and summarize it to me. None of these things have a strict time requirement.
In dire emergencies I will ask another spirit to contact you. Most of the surrounding land, even cities, can be reached by at least one.
Or to any river or stream nearby. Since I was the one who empowered you, I will be able to sense you far better than average for a few decades.
You have strength. I will be thanking you for excellent work by the time your service has finished.
"As close to the city as you can manage, I wanna get the bureaucratic part over with."
Very well.
After about ten minutes, he can be washed up on a more central riverwalk park. He gets a couple of interested looks, the Raiment is attention-grabbing.
Yes.
It feels a bit like taking off a pair of glasses. There's no magic anymore, it's a step removed, muffled.
The Spirit Association office is decorated with a banner declaring Welcome Back Party - Terrana, Healer of New York.
At her desk, with a slice of The Cake.
A few Spirit Bearers are in the corner, chatting. He might recognize one from TV or other media by her rainbow armguard things.
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