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Zatanna Zatara (notbabymagic) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-08-19 11:29:00

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hei, saetan sadiablo, tieria erde, wally west, zatanna zatara

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[Today's adventure is less of a fiesta and more of a siesta.]

[Namely, one thoroughly-exhausted Zatanna can be found at the Library. Pouring over texts as if she were in danger of failing MarinaNova 101. The journals are old. The writing in them mostly by hand. She has a notebook of her own off to one side, filled with scribbles and diagrams and anything else she could think of. Most of them magic, though there were a few other symbols drawn in there as well. Such as distinctive "R"s, and lightning bolts and other insignias of her friends. Her and home.]

[If one is fortunate enough to catch her before noon, she might even still be conscious. Either mindlessly doodling or browsing one of the shelves. Otherwise...any passer-bys will find the fourteen year old passed out over the texts.]

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	notbabymagic 2013-08-23 02:28 pm UTC (link)
	There are any number of ways. I'm trying to figure out what it is they're doing, so we can maybe reverse it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-08-25 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	Well that's a goal I can certainly second. If I were doing it, I would cast a psychic shield around someones mind to dampen their psychic powers. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-25 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	That would take a lot of power, considering how many people are under the dome. Not to mention, the concentration to maintain it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thehighlord
2013-08-26 07:35 am UTC (link)

At my full power I could do it easily. [He's not bragging or showing off; his tone is quite matter of fact about it because there's no use in being modest with information like this.]

We use Craft where I'm from by channeling our power through Jewels. The darker a person's Jewels, the more power they have access to. I wear the Black, which is the darkest and therefore more powerful, and I've had a very long time to practice with them. It's mental concentration and strength of will that allows spells to be performed. As long as you have the intent, power and proper concentration you can do whatever you would like.

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	notbabymagic 2013-08-26 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	[She stopped to think about it.] ...are you using your power right now, by any chance? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-08-27 07:30 am UTC (link)
	Not at the moment, no. Would you like me to? [As if to emphasize a point, he removes his glasses and neatly vanishes them, tucking them away into that handy mental pocket.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-27 08:13 am UTC (link)
	[Her eyes follow the glasses, focusing harder than one might normally expect someone to for such a simple display of power.] [A frown appeared, but it wasn't directed at him.] No, I definitely felt that. [Speaking more to herself than him, which would account for the vagueness of the statement.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-08-27 08:24 am UTC (link)
	Good girl. [The encouragement is an easy habit. He's spent a long time now teaching Jaenelle.] How did you perceive that? In what way did you feel it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-27 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	[She lets the 'good girl' crack slide this time. Biting her tongue in the presence of a potential superior in the Art.] I don't know. It's just something I've always been able to do. Anytime there's some sort of mystic vibe in the general vicinity, I can just...know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-08-27 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	[He nods thoughtfully.] Would you mind performing a bit of magic for me? I must admit I'm rather excited to compare things from different worlds. Call it academic curiosity. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notbabymagic
2013-08-27 06:56 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, sure. Why not?

[Her magic was hardly a secret. She did it for other people all the time.]

[Sitting back in her chair, she waved a hand and casually called out egnarraer eht skoob. In response to her echo-like call, a gust of smokey wind surrounded the books, lifting them into the air and swirling around until they were all rearranged, carefully placing them back down on the table in a completely different order.]

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	thehighlord 2013-08-27 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	[Its clear he is utterly charmed by the effect, and smiles delightedly.] What a very lovely spell, my dear. Is it common where you are from to use words to help focus your power like that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-27 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks. It's not uncommon, but this style's specific to my family. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-08-28 07:29 am UTC (link)
	I suppose it must be similar in a sense to the Jewels we use where I am from; a point to focus that power on. Do you use different words for different spells? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-28 08:15 am UTC (link)
	Doesn't everybody? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-08-28 12:21 pm UTC (link)
	It's not something I've ever seen before. [He creates a small ball of witchlight by way of example. There are no movements or words on his part; the warm ball of light just pops into existence, floating between them as if he had hit a switch.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-08-30 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	Huh. How illuminating. [Sorry, Saetan. She has a bad habit of punning, and it gets worse when she's suffering from sleep exhaustion. Both the habit and the puns.] I've seen magic users do wordless spells before. The more powerful ones. But there's always some that still require incantations--are you saying you don't need any? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-09-03 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	[He gives the pun what his children have semi-affectionally dubbed That Patient Look.] No, I've never heard of anyone relying on words to perform magic before. It's simply a matter of knowing how to manipulate it through your Jewels. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notbabymagic 2013-09-03 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	[She knows that look. Quite well.] I really hope you mean literal Jewels. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thehighlord
2013-09-04 05:47 pm UTC (link)

Yes, real Jewels. The Darkness grants us Jewels as children that correspond to our strength. The colors are White, Yellow, Tiger Eye, Rose, Summer-Sky, Purple Dusk, Opal, Green, Sapphire, Red, Gray, Ebon-Gray and Black. The darker your Jewels the stronger, and Opal acts as the dividing line between light and dark. When you're older you make the Offering to Darkness, and can descend up to three Jewels if you're strong enough. So, for example, my birthright Red descended to Black. It's all a bit complicated without a bit of context, I suppose, but that's the essence of it. There are also various magical castes that bring additional powers and abilities with them.

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	notbabymagic 2013-09-04 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	So...this jewel...it's more like an external power source? What happens if you lose it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thehighlord
2013-09-05 08:12 am UTC (link)

More like a focus for internal power. That darkness is within all of us; it's what makes us Blood. Some have more, some less. The Jewels allow us to tap that power inside ourselves and funnel it into something useful.

Well they've taken mine from me here and my abilities are very limited as a result. It's possible to shatter a person's Jewels permanently as well and cut off their ability to access their power. You need to destroy their sense of self to do it. Rape is the most popular method. [Some sadness there, because that's a bit personal.] Can you loose access to your abilities?

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notbabymagic
2013-09-05 09:44 am UTC (link)

[She wasn't quite expecting the rape mention, and her eyes very visibly widened. But otherwise, Zatanna maintained her composure throughout the explanation.]

I--uh...well, yeah. I mean, sometimes. [Taking a moment to collect her thoughts, she inhales once before trying again.] Not...you know...the same way you were talking about.

Back where I'm from, there's this special kind of metal that's resistant to magic. But it's not common on my home planet; the only reason we even know about it is because there's a couple from the world it comes from lives there now.

Although, here, the Wardens also apparently have the ability to take away your power as punishment. You're familiar with those stupid collars, I assume?

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thehighlord
2013-09-05 03:15 pm UTC (link)

[He nods silently, not commenting on the reaction. It's not a pretty thing, and it's been tried on too many people he cares about lately.]

This metal, does it create some sort of aura to negate your magic entirely, or is it just limited to preventing craft from being used on anything made out of it?

I'm aware of them, yes. Utterly barbaric, as far as I'm concerned.

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	notbabymagic 2013-09-07 02:19 am UTC (link)
	As far as I know, the second one. But depending upon how it's used, it could at least partially negate entire spells. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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