vatheon | Hiding out (backdated to April 2nd)

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Hiding out (backdated to April 2nd)

Who: Zelda, Duke, and anyone that actually manages to find them
Where: Duke's forest hermit home
When: April 2nd, after Zelda visits Shizuo
Style: Brackets, baby
Status: CLOSED AGAINST CHOSENS GO AWAY ZELOS

[After a long cry on Shizuo, Zelda has decided that the best course of action is to hide and gather her composure again until she's built up a wall big enough to keep her from breaking down over everything. She learned during the thought bubble curse that hiding from people is surprisingly difficult when you don't have a place to hide in. The forest seems like the best choice for a hiding place, but there's still the matter of where to hide exactly.

She finds herself wandering off in the direction that Duke went when they'd visited the forest together, half hoping to locate his residence. She can't imagine the mage being the prying sort, he's likely to let her sit in a corner and read quietly for a day or two. She hopes, at least. When she finally locates the hut, she calls out his name softly.]

Duke?

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[ Duke puts that difference in expression down to "what is bothering Zelda" but other than the faintest hint more of tilting his head... doesn't comment.

There might have been a bit of a... not quite worried, not quite troubled, but definitely a more "... oh no" expression when Zelda mentions emotions - he is quite aware that he.. fails miserably at them, but the mention of determination has that vanish. ]

.... You... [ Thinking about that for a moment. ] Take a ... chunk, of the mana, and... tell it to do things without really.. describing it clearly. Just.. Push and will for the result?

Essentially, yes. Understanding the way mana moves naturally and actually applying a little thought to the process gets far better results, but you can certainly manage without. I am not comfortable casting unless I am in control, myself. With this sort of thing, it is easier to feel than it is to listen to an explanation.

[She holds her hand out, palm up.]

Would you give me your hand?

[ Oh, he's fairly good at understanding and reading the way Aer flows - he's not sure if it will flow the same, after what Brave Vesperia had done, but Mana has, so far, reacted very similarly to Aer so-

Hand? There's another blink, and Duke studies the way her hand is and.. perhaps a bit hesitantly... puts his hand atop hers. Warm from tea-holding, at the very least, and he's not so much as resting his in hers as holding his hand so that there's contact, but... not very much of it. This is a little unsure, but he is still curious. ]

[She closes her eyes, calling on the divine magic within her. She doesn't actually do much with it, she simply wills it in and out of her hand, just barely brushing Duke's. It would be quite clear that there's no real rhyme or reason to it, no formula. She really is controlling it with her will and nothing more.]

[ Duke focuses, once again seeming to look at things that he can see and no one else, studying what Zelda is doing with some of his own held mana. Wait.

What was he doing when he searched this way. Was he using a formula? No, he never really.. grid searched, which is the first application he could think of right now, if he wanted to search this way, and a quick test proved that it could work, if he applied dimension modifiers to it so that it worked in 3d rather than 2d - which Zelda might feel if she's paying attention. ]

... Hmn. [ He's still not sure about this... holding power still like that. for no reason. He moves it to find things... ]

[She can feel him studying her with some sort of spell of his own. Now that she's a little more familiar with his usual method of casting, she can recognize that this isn't it.]

You already have the hang of it to some extent. You are searching, but you don't know what you're searching for... so it's imprecise, but it's the best sort of magic for this kind of situation.

[Zelda opens her eyes and holds her other hand out, slowly extending her magic towards one of the teacups. She adds physical actions to what she's doing to make it easier to follow. The cup is carefully lifted into the air and pulled back towards her, with the only thing controlling the mana being Zelda's thoughts and emotions. With Duke's hand on hers, she's able to show him that a little more clearly by including him in "her" mana.]

[ Oh. Watching that teacup move, his eyes fall a little more closed. He knows that one. Feeling what she was doing - that was a particularly odd sensation, if more because there were ... things directing the power that... didn't make any sense - it... was different, though. His was a loose formula, perhaps. He liked things he moved to remain stable - even if he.. didn't use that particular formula for much other than....

... combat.

.... He shouldn't be holding Zelda's hand. touching her hand. Not.. after what he'd tried, on Tarqaron. If Zelda has any read on the muted things that serve as Duke's emotions from this contact, she likely finds a spike of something... self directed and negative, and Duke takes his hand back. ]

... Somewhat... aware of that one. Not.. a still form, however... [ He tugs at the air with one hand, a slight twitch and gather of nothing with his fingers, and his cup sails to him. ]

[He sounds a little uncomfortable. Zelda plucks her cup from the air, peering up at Duke worriedly. She knows that it's strange to share a link with someone like that, but he seems like someone who is practical enough to be able to handle it. Perhaps she'd been wrong. She takes a sip to compose herself.]

That's good. It seems that you're more familiar with this method than you thought.

["Are you alright?" is on the tip of her tongue, but she doesn't say it. Duke's being kind enough to not ask what's bothering her, she should give him the same favor in return. But still...]

Does the uncontrolled aspect bother you?

[ His pause becomes rather musing, his focus turning in as he catches his cup and holds it for a bit. ]

... Not... exactly... [ He. Doesn't really want to explain it. Or really, explain it all. Perhaps...

Duke silently reaches over to tap a pen. As he draws his hand back, the pen follows. Short arm and hand movements direct the pen to zip through the air, small scale controlled little motions... that look like they'd be fairly useful in combat - sweeping arcs to keep things - people? - at bay. ]

... Most... recent time employed this sort, attempting to end someone... [ Several someones, but he's going to focus on his tea while saying that, and let the pen drop to the ground between them. ]

[She seems completely unbothered by him saying that he was trying to kill someone. Zelda has attempted it as well, after all. Sometimes it simply has to be done, and she won't begrudge someone the right to defend themselves.]

I see. Magic is a tool just like anything else. That seems like an effective way to keep enemies at bay. We can move on to other applications if you would like, though. Healing is especially effective with this sort of magic.

... It is? [ He'll. Latch onto that.

A bit puzzled though. ]

Does it hold the same accuracy? Healing what does not need to be healed is poor for the health of the person you heal.

As long as you keep a cool head, yes. It allows for using your instincts. With a process like healing, that can be very useful.

[Zelda shifts her weight to move one of her legs out from underneath her. She has to roll up her bloomers a bit, but eventually she reveals a somewhat nasty looking bruise on her shin. She's not going to reveal how she got it, okay?

~~She ran into something while watching Link too closely to notice where she was walking.~~

She holds her hand out for Duke's again before beginning the process of healing.]

[ Duke's trying to understand the puffy leggings as well as the long skirts - but since he wears knee boots over pants under a coat that reaches his shins, he's not really wan to talk.

There's a tiny bit of hesitation, but learning is overpowering his "no touching thanks". Zelda gets his hand back. ]

[She moves his hand to cover the bruise, then places her hand over his and starts the healing spell, essentially sending the energy through Duke before it ever touches her. For the most part the spell seems to completely disregard his healthy hand, focusing on Zelda's (rather minor) injury. It really is surprisingly efficient, and far easier to be precise with if one happens to be mid-battle and doesn't have time to work out the formula for "heal my target's left arm".]

[ Well, that's interesting. Duke leans the faintest fraction closer to get a better look at what she was doing and

shuts his eyes because is it supposed to seem that close and/or bright? Leaning back time is a go, his free hand moving to cover them what?

- free-form healing, seeks anything that is damaged, he hadn't corrected- ]

[Startled, she lifts her hand from his. She hadn't intended to heal Duke too, he seemed uninjured - and yet she'd felt the energy being pulled from her and towards... towards where? She can only guess his eyes, since he's covering them. That makes sense, after all. With his lack of pigmentation, it's likely that he's completely albino.]

Ah, I apologize! It, ah, seeks anywhere that is damaged... it's very useful if you don't have time to target properly...

Could... imagine. [ Blinking from behind his fingers. ]

Somewhat... disorienting. [ Partially because he usually closes his eyes when he corrects his vision, partially because the glow of the power was not something he should have stared at - but was - while it was fixing his vision and the give and take of heal yet sting was... ]

... uncomfortable.

[She flushes faintly. It felt like she couldn't do anything right today, not even simple levitation and healing spells! Such is to be expected, though. She did just find out that the person she loves more than life itself... had died. But she won't think about it, she can't.]

Truly, I'm sorry. If you close your eyes I can make sure I didn't damage them further. Or you can handle it yourself if you are more comfortable with that...

[ It's a long moment of thought. Yes, he would be more comfortable checking his own eyes. However...

there was a chance she'd do something new in healing his eyes. Something new, particularly with magic, is always interesting. He studies her from behind his hand for a moment, then slowly drops his hands to his side, closes his eyes and twitches his head the tiniest fraction up - whether Zelda notices that his collar seems a little more open at that angle, for a small handful of seconds, is up to her.

He's the tiniest bit tense still. uncomfortable. ]

[Healing is a strong point of the princess's, and though she's still a little unsure since she's been fumbling, she recognizes him agreeing to the healing for what it is. Hesitantly she reaches out, though her hand stops before touching his face. This time the push of her power into him is intentional. It's warm and tender, not unlike the goddess she's descended from. She keeps her power in check, making sure that it's focused on only healing anything damaged.]

How is that? You can open your eyes, but do it slowly.

[ He's... not used to describing the feel of magic - healing or otherwise - as warm or tender. Obviously, a fire spell would be warm if he was marked as a friend, painfully hot if he was not, but... tender? perhaps it was 'gentle' that he places it under, and....

Mental rambling. He carefully opens one eye, slowly, then the other aaannnd

then he's distracted. By the way he focuses on just about everything in a somewhat erratic way - like whatever next caught his attention gained the whole of it - it.. might be clear to Zelda, along with how much healing his eyes needed... that he hasn't seen clearly in some time.

Sorry, he's a kitten with a shiny reflective spot on the floor, completely distracted by all the things. He does still avoid looking at bright things for very long, adding to her theory that he was completely albino. ]

[His behavior gets something of a smile out of her. It was really quite cute, the way his eyes were darting around like a cat's. Remembering when he was a sphinx, she almost reaches out to pet him... but wisely decides against it.]

You should protect your eyes. There are glasses here that transition from clear in low light to darker shades when it's brighter, so you wouldn't need more than one pair.

[She only offers the suggestion once, not wanting to mother him too much. It's difficult, though. Zelda mothers everyone a bit.]

Birds like to carry them off. [ Like. Crows. And magpies.

And he'd probably forget they're on his face and sleep on them.

... they were doing something before he got so very distracted, weren't they. Distracted, healing, ah! Magic. ]

.... if you simply indicate you wish healing to happen, how do you prevent it from being drawn into those other than the target? Do you direct to target, then will healing?

That's correct. It healed you by accident since I was sending the power through you so that you could feel it. Usually it would not be directed to pass through a second person before beginning the healing process. If you've marked friends and foes, you can also just let the power loose in an area to heal all "friends". Of course, it is easy to get carried away with it, so I would not recommend that.

[Zelda... may or may not have tried to heal an entire city before on accident. If she didn't bear the Triforce of Wisdom, it's likely that the effort would have killed her. Whoops!]

... Ah. [ Now he's thinking - even if the formulaic spells take longer and are more specific, they usually take a set amount and do a set amount of healing. ]

...What if one takes... a cup or bowl 'amount' of magic, and directs that to do the healing for an area. instead of throwing all one can? Is it an even effect, like a rainshower across those who need healing, or would it seek those most in need of it to do what it could?

Yaaay tortall! <3

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t-that icon... o///o

/cackles like an evil person

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