InsaneJournal

Day 13: Research and a chance encounter
Who: Illyana and Elminster
What: trying to figure out exactly what is going on
Where: the library
When: Day 13, early afternoon
Rating: PG-13 for now, just to be safe
Status: complete



Illyana hadn't left her room much since her arrival in the middle of the hurricane two days previously. She'd really only ventured out for food. Clark had told her, when she'd arrived, that he'd tried changing his room into a way home, with little success. She'd thought perhaps with her magical abilities that she could have some better luck, and had spent any time she wasn't sleeping or eating involved in trying to attune her limited magical abilities with those of her room. Unfortunately, she'd had about as much luck as Clark had with her efforts. It was like anytime the Planet felt she might be even sort of onto something, it would change the nature of its energies, and she'd be back to square one.

Frustration led to her all but destroying the room several times and having to concentrate to make it return to a habitable state. The last time she'd lashed out and leveled her furniture, it had taken a good hour's meditation and concentration to make anything return to an undamaged state. It was like the Planet was punishing her for breaking her toys. It did not leave Illyana in any sort of good mood.

She decided to see if the library had any books on magic that might be able to help her. She'd exhausted her own, considerably hefty, knowledge and abilities, and was hoping that she'd find a new approach to try. She refused to believe that everyone was really trapped her permanently. If she could even open up a tiny speck of a gateway to Limbo, she'd be able to teleport off the Planet, and probably take others with her. And with the help of the Professor and the other telepaths at the school, she'd be able to use Limbo as a base point for taking the others back to their own dimensions. At least, that was what she hoped.

Illyana was pleased that the weather was much better than it had been on the day she arrived. Maybe if her research went well, she'd take advantage of it and go for a swim in the ocean. She wouldn't be able to stay out for long in the horrible heat, but being back near some kind of nature would probably do her mood a world of good. Maybe she'd venture out even if her research didn't go as well as she wanted. She entered the library and looked around. There were a few people here and there, sitting and reading or perusing the shelves. She wasn't sure she was quite ready to disturb anyone, though. She couldn't guarantee that everyone would be as understanding as Clark.

She headed for the shelves upon shelves of books, scanning the plaques on the sides of the bookcases for the topic of her choice. Finding the magic section, she headed down the aisle and began looking over the various titles for anything that might be helpful.