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Merlin (nilrem) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-07-29 18:59:00

Entry tags:

ganieda, merlin

Who: Merlin and Ganieda
What: Talking amongst Siblings
Where: His home in New York, then Avalon
When: Eveningish
Warnings/Rating: PG

Merlin worried, as ever, about those he loved. His sister was one of those small few who qualified for that statement and he worried about her in this new world. Even if he had not known her before now, even if he had not ever had a sister in his world, the discovery of family led to a new joy and love, and a newfound protectiveness.

So he gave her a key of magic to say, his name, and opened his mind, preparing the spell that would bring her to him on her saying of it. He was in his rooms, in his study, prepared, this evening, to take her on a visit to a place where she could let herself relax, a new place she did not know, and yet, one he hoped she would love.

So he waited, eyes glowing, and smiling. The room was filled with a couch, a desk, and paperwork.

He had let Belle know he would be spending some time with his sister and taking her to Avalon to teach her of magic.

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	mystic_twin 2008-07-29 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	One moment, she is in her mother's apartment and the next, she is in her brother's home. She blinks and looks around, smiling as she sees him. "Thank you, brother, for bringing me here." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-07-29 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	He smiled softly and took her hand and hugged her, pulling her into a kinsman's embrace and just holding on for a moment. "YOu are welcome here, my dear sister, always." He let go and grinned, tapping her chin. "And how are you, here today?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-07-29 09:15 pm UTC (link)
	It felt nice to be with family, no matter how...distant. "I am well. Though anxious to learn something, and...worried about school. I understand that this is something that many young girls my age are worried about." She smiles up at him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-07-29 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	"How now does school bother thee?" Then he smiled a little. "We should adjourn to a better learning place. I think it is time, and more than time for you to see this world's Avalon." He held out a hand to her, eyes warm. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-07-29 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	"It is, as I am told, an all-girls Catholic school. They may not take kindly to a worshipper of Rhiannon or Skatha in their midst." She beams and her eyes widen. "You mean...there is one here? It exists?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-07-29 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	"I am afraid only the raw material of it existed here before I formed it, but it does now. It may be vastly different from what you knew, but I hope it will seem a good place to thee." He tapped her nose. "And some discretion and a lack of revelation would perhaps be a good thing, in this matter." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-07-29 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Aye, discretion." She sighed. "And thus I don the mask yet again," she said, grinning. "I shall be very good." She laughed a bit. "I am sure it will, if you formed it, brother." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-07-29 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Thus do we live in a world not our own, and make it our own, by slow teaching." He held out his hand again. "Then take my hand, and we shall away, to a castle there, where you can look upon it at thy pleasure." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-07-29 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	She took his hand. "Thank you brother. Your advice is wise, and I will do well to heed it." And she waited for him to transport her in his way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

nilrem
2008-07-29 09:39 pm UTC (link)

They flickered and the reality around the simply shifted sideways, and then the room fuzzed out and snapped back to clarity, just as fast, and they stood in a room richly appointed, with couch, chair, and bed, with a large bookcase, and a writing desk, with paper and pen and pencil set already, and with a closet filled with both ancient and modern dress.

"Welcome to Avalon, Dear Sister, and to your room here, whenever you wish it."

A large window, almost as large as Merlin himself, stood on one wall, showing outward the realm, hills and trees, faerie lights, and sky of purple, and a large hill nearby, and valleys all around. In the distance, a small town seemed to be springing up.

On the opposite wall, a door stood, open to a hallway.

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	mystic_twin 2008-07-29 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	Ganieda blinked and looked around. "Oh. It's beautiful," she breathed, and went to the window. It was...different. And yet... "It's home," she said in a small voice. "But..." She looked back at him. "It's lovely. So quiet." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

nilrem
2008-07-29 10:02 pm UTC (link)

He nodded.

"I live here, sometimes, when not in the world, with Belle. But no one else dwells in the castle."

He waved a hand out the window.

"Out in it, there are several small groups, but indeed, it is far quieter than the one I knew in my world. This world had little of magic in it when I came, and I had to gather it to form this place. Some elves, some faerie, dwell her now, as do peoples from times long ago, come here under my protection. As long as they abide by the laws of Avalon; peace, hope, and love, respect for all, they are welcome. It is safe to walk among them, for they will not harm you."

he chuckled.

"Even the dragon is not a threat, for she loves the peace of this realm as we do."

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	mystic_twin 2008-07-30 12:19 pm UTC (link)
	Ganieda smiled as she looked out. "It is incredible, truly. And beautiful." She turns to him. "I should have known that you would be able to do such things. You were always the first in our lessons--even before I grew to fear my magic." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-07-30 04:51 pm UTC (link)
	He smiled softly. "Over time, almost anything is possible." he blushed. "I hope to teach you not to fear it again." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-07-30 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	Ganieda came over to him and took his arm. "I think it is possible. Anything is possible in Avalon. Will you show me around a bit more?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-07-30 08:32 pm UTC (link)
	He led her out of the room, and through the halls, showing her the castle first, a roomy affair, with modernly acquainted rooms. And then out the front he led her, to where a large hill led slowly slopingly downward. "It is a beautiful place." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-07-30 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Aye, that it is." It was unfamiliar, and yet it felt like home. "When you came to the world, was it...very strange for you as well? Or did you know it already?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-07-31 06:25 pm UTC (link)
	"It was strange to me." They strolled down the hill, passing little faeries tending flowers, and others chasing a ball that was bouncing itself. All of them bowed or nodded to Merlin. "I had travelled worlds, but never experienced anything like this." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-07-31 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	Ganieda looked around in fascination. It was lovely to see the fae out in the world without fear. "I sometimes feel so lost still. Though when I am at home it is...rather nice." Not to have to look in any particular way, not to have to act a certain way... "There is so much more privacy in this world." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

nilrem
2008-07-31 09:56 pm UTC (link)

"I have often thought as much, and there is much more openness to change and difference."

He smiled softly.

"You will be a bright one, dear sister."

Around a hillock they walked, and a minielephant trotted past, trumpetting at them, chased by gnomes.

Merlin shook his head.

"I am slowly finding and relocating what magic I can from this world, so Avalon will gain it's height.

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	mystic_twin 2008-07-31 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	Ganieda laughed at the small wee beasties. "Where ever do you find such magic, brother? Or does it seek you out?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-07-31 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	He smiled at her laugh, a joyous sound to him. "Mostly I find it. It calls to me. I learned some time ago, to attune myself to the weave of magic around me. It calls me, thusly, to things of magic. Most I ignore, after all, I am no lord of this world, nor a cop, but some I do attend to, and protect." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-08-01 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	"When I first came here, it did not seem as if there were very much magic here at all. But now...I feel it more, when I am home and just walking around." She looks out at the different peoples working and playing and living. "This is a good place," she says. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-08-02 12:06 am UTC (link)
	He smiled softly. "It can be. With good and evil, light and dark, it is as any other." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-08-02 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, you cannot have one without the other." She takes a deep breath, sighing as she exhales. "What will you teach me today, brother?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-08-02 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Humming." He grinned at her and hummed a trail of notes, concentrating, and a trill of light formed and faded. "Humming can summon directionless magic, and can not, in and of itself, harm anything, so it is safe to use. Concentration and will, with the music, allows us to touch the magic." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-08-02 09:20 pm UTC (link)
	She looked at him, a slight smile on her lips. "Humming. Now that is a technique I think the nine sisters missed when they were trying to cajole me into learning." But it was not illogical, where magic was concerned. She chewed on her lip nervously. "So...concentration. In the direction of finding magic or...just in general?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-08-02 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	He shook his head and gestured to a hillock next to them, sitting. "As long as it is something absent-minded, like, the beauty of the sky, the warmth of the sun, or the like, or a color. The trick is to just concentrate on the ideal, and hum, not try to do anything." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mystic_twin
2008-08-02 09:51 pm UTC (link)

Ganieda nodded and closed her eyes and thought and thought about the lovely things of her old life, like cooking on the hearth and quiet voices and the ladies' laughter, which came not often, but at odd times. The general feeling of hearth and home and the color brown.

And then she began to hum, almost without her knowing that she was. And she uncurled her hand from where it was tight against her and held it out. She opened her eyes in time to see a very slight gathering of light form upon her hand.

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	nilrem 2008-08-02 09:56 pm UTC (link)
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	nilrem 2008-08-02 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	He smiled softly as he saw her light. "Exactly. It is an exercise in just feeling the magic. Feel it and feel how is responds to you, how it affects your senses. Hold it as long as you like, and then let it go." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-08-02 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	Ganieda nodded, and tried to relax. It was soft in her hand, but powerful, like a kiss, intentional and present. Oh, so this is how it is, she thought, and began to relax. She opened her fingers and let the streams of light flow out from between them. She looked over at her brother. "It's just me, isn't it? It's in me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-08-03 02:01 am UTC (link)
	"Magic is everywhere, Gani. It is underlaying everything that exists, the subtle power that is a force in all." He smiled softly at her. "It is all our wills, made manifest." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mystic_twin
2008-08-03 07:51 pm UTC (link)

Ganieda listened and nodded.

"I was not always afraid," she said. "I was known to create sweet little things out of magic, things a small girl would create. But I made the mistake of doing such outside of Avalon in front of people. The reactions frightened me so that I didn't want to touch magic again." She sighed deeply. "My brother reacted to my fright in the opposite way, becoming even more powerful in my weakness. I simply faded and became a pawn to forge political alliances in whatever marriage they had intended for me."

She leaned her head on her brother's arm. But it was the way things were back then and she realized that she was grateful to not be back there now.

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	nilrem 2008-08-03 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	"You will find your way again, and find your magic and light again." He hugged her gently. "Life turns as it must, and what has been, is done, but the future will contain joy." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-08-04 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	She beamed at him. "I hope always to bring joy where ever I go." She did not wish to harm, only to help, and she hoped greatly that her magic would be something to aid others. If that meant defense as well, so be it. She relaxed visibly. "Do you think I can do this when I am not here as well?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-08-04 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	He gently stroked her hair and nodded. "You will, dear Gani. In time, you will." He smiled softly. "Yes. It will be harder and you will have to concentrate longer, and have more patience, but the practice, now that you have learned it, is important. Each step, each movement down the path of magic, is as important as the last." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-08-04 08:37 pm UTC (link)
	She nodded. "Then I will continue to walk this path, and find what good I can do with it." Ganieda closed her eyes. "I will be sure to practice daily." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-08-04 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Good. Now let me show you another thing." He led her deeper into the realm, and began to tell her about light... (Reply to this) (Parent)