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lostcarnival2017-12-07 08:22 am
kingsroads) wrote in lostcarnival2017-12-07 08:22 am
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[open] december will be magic again
Who: everyone!
When: the evening of D15
Where: A small meeting hall on the moon, close to the portal to the carnival
What: a whole bunch of show-offs meet up to show off their magic, people interested in magic come to learn about said magic, and other people show up to see if something inevitably gets set on fire. (aka mage club)
Warnings: none so far, will edit if needed.
The meeting hall is a large open space, with hardwood floors and a rustic decor. A few chairs and tables are scattered around, though there aren't enough for the amount of people who'll hopefully show up. Some food has been set out: mostly finger foods (tiny sandwiches, fruit, veggies & dip) though there are some savory options and plenty of home-baked cookies, courtesy of Rin. Drink wise, there's water, hot chocolate, hot tea, and a few bottles of wine because tipsy magic sounds like an awesome idea and this is what happens when the alcoholic makes the dinner menu. Aside from the food table and the few tables, there's not much of anything in the room: plenty of open space for showing off or getting out of the way of someone who wants to show off.
One of the doors of the meeting hall leads to the outside. There's a wider, 'backyard' sort of area with plenty of room for people to cast magic as large and impressive as they want. A fire pit stands outside also for warming your hands and other fire-based magic. Please don't set the building on fire.
This is all very informal. If pressed for details, Strange would have told anyone to just come whenever, stay as long as you like, and so on and so forth. The emphasis is on learning about each other's magic, displaying one's skills and talents, and helping anyone who wished to learn magic decide on a path for them to take.
Showing off is just a given.
( ooc: This is an open mingle log! Feel free to make your own top-levels & tag around! )
When: the evening of D15
Where: A small meeting hall on the moon, close to the portal to the carnival
What: a whole bunch of show-offs meet up to show off their magic, people interested in magic come to learn about said magic, and other people show up to see if something inevitably gets set on fire. (aka mage club)
Warnings: none so far, will edit if needed.
The meeting hall is a large open space, with hardwood floors and a rustic decor. A few chairs and tables are scattered around, though there aren't enough for the amount of people who'll hopefully show up. Some food has been set out: mostly finger foods (tiny sandwiches, fruit, veggies & dip) though there are some savory options and plenty of home-baked cookies, courtesy of Rin. Drink wise, there's water, hot chocolate, hot tea, and a few bottles of wine because tipsy magic sounds like an awesome idea and this is what happens when the alcoholic makes the dinner menu. Aside from the food table and the few tables, there's not much of anything in the room: plenty of open space for showing off or getting out of the way of someone who wants to show off.
One of the doors of the meeting hall leads to the outside. There's a wider, 'backyard' sort of area with plenty of room for people to cast magic as large and impressive as they want. A fire pit stands outside also for warming your hands and other fire-based magic. Please don't set the building on fire.
This is all very informal. If pressed for details, Strange would have told anyone to just come whenever, stay as long as you like, and so on and so forth. The emphasis is on learning about each other's magic, displaying one's skills and talents, and helping anyone who wished to learn magic decide on a path for them to take.
Showing off is just a given.
( ooc: This is an open mingle log! Feel free to make your own top-levels & tag around! )
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"What've you got?"
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"With a few relatively simple changes, I can expand the offensive uses of this spell. Take a look." She steps away, then conjures a flame in her hand, which takes the form of a bird. It circles around them once before flying straight toward the circle. "Let an enemy wander too close, and... zap!" In that instant, there's a crackle in the air as some kind of purplish electricity shoots out at the bird, disintegrating it on the spot.
Of course, the bird itself was just a construct made for this demonstration, and its flashy demise might have been influenced slightly by Rita's recent work in special effects... but she's made her point, and she looks plenty pleased with it.
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"Not bad," he allows, though he'll hold off on looking too impressed for now. Can't have Rita getting too much of an ego, after all; mages are already pretty egotistical as it is. It's a pretty impressive feat working on altering a spell she's never seen before now, but as always, the proof is in the execution.
"How do I actually cast it?"
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"Hmm... You said that using signs requires a gesture and will. What do you normally focus on when using the sign? The key might be in changing the way you think while casting."
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"I don't usually think while casting," he says, though he'll clarify. "Most of the time, I'm using these while I'm trying to stab something. So it's more muscle memory than thought."
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"Okay, try it like this..."
For the next while, she'll try coaching him with advice that comes in varying degrees of vague until it seems like they've touched on some way to use his sign's altered effects. It'll likely take considerable time and practice for him to bring those effects out deliberately and consistently, however.