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Ganieda of Avalon (mystic_twin) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-11-08 21:32:00

Entry tags:

ganieda, merlin

Who: Merlin and Ganieda
What: Sibling talk and Magical training, perhaps?
Where: Avalon
When: Today?

Ganieda was sitting on a hill, awaiting her brother. It had been a couple of weeks since their last lessons, and it was time for more. There was no one else who was quite so successful at helping her reach her magic and control it as Merlin was, though Sonya came in a close second.

Her magic is much like her brother's, though, and that helps. It feels very important to her to learn more control and skill--the amount of fire she'd summoned on the night of the exorcism concerned and frightened her.

She's dressed much how she would have been dressed at home. Sometimes, she likes to be comfortable, and dressing in flowing garments with a mantle around her shoulders makes her feel even more open to learning and controlling her powers.

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	nilrem 2008-11-08 08:44 pm UTC (link)
	Merlin strolled up and smiled as he saw her. He wore long flowing robes, which shimmered in the light. Ganieda looked happy, and it made him very glad. She had made a very strong turnaround, and Merlin was happy that she had found happiness with Sam. "Greetings, dear sister." (Reply to this) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-11-08 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Greetings, brother mine," she said, and came over to hug him. "I am glad that you are here." He was such a handsome man, even more so in his robes of light. She smiled up at him. "Does Belle like it when you dress this way?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-11-08 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	He hugged her gently, smiling. "And glad am I to see you." He ruffled her hair softly, then nodded. "Sometimes. Sometimes we just settle in old jeans and t-shirts. I have found that having a chosen one is often a game of whatever is most right at the moment, all plans to the side." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mystic_twin
2008-11-08 08:57 pm UTC (link)

She grins, looking like nothing more than the teenager she is, and nods. "That does make sense. I shall have to remember that." Now that she has made her choice. Gani has a very steadfast heart.

"So...what will we be studying today?" She bounces on her toes a little.

Now that she has ceased to be afraid of her magic, she looks for reasons to use it, and learn more about it.

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	nilrem 2008-11-08 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	Merlin nodded. "See that you do." Then he grinned. "And how is good Sam?" He poked her gently. "I was thinking perhaps we would study cooking." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-11-08 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	"He is very well, thank you. And we are happy." She grins at him. She tilts her head at him and blinks. "Cooking? But...I know how to cook." And she's pretty good at it, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

nilrem
2008-11-08 09:23 pm UTC (link)

He snapped a finger and concentrated, and a small dressed chicken appeared in the air, followed by a table.

"But using your powers to cook is different. It requires attention, and detail, and a bent of mind to cover an entire object, inside and out."

He nodded at the chicken.

"Today, we cook using magic alone. And we have a lot of chickens so we can keep trying until we do it right."

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	mystic_twin 2008-11-08 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	Ganieda blinked. "Oh...wow, all right." She looked at the chicken. "How does one start?" It does seem like a large task, to cover everything. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-11-08 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	He grinned at her and nodded. "To start, think of how you cook a chicken. You heat it in an oven, putting heat all around it. You cook it, and you push that heat inside it to do so." He gestured and the chicken rotated. "You must create heat, whether from fire, or by itself, and heat the chicken, through and through." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mystic_twin
2008-11-08 10:00 pm UTC (link)

Ganieda nodded.

"Well, fire is easy for me, but might burn the chicken before it actually cooks. I tend to overdo it a bit." She frowned, thinking.

She held her hands up and murmured some words to focus, and tried to send heat, but not fire, to the chicken. It was...rather hard to maintain an even temperature and some bits came out...far more done than others.

"Oh, dear."

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nilrem
2008-11-08 10:12 pm UTC (link)

Merlin smiled and floated the chicken aside. Another appeared in it's place.

"Control, and slow application of the heat is important. Meat burns if heat comes too quickly. You must concentrate and apply the heat slowly."

He gently stroked her hair.

"Think of it as water in a pail and a garden. You must apply only so much water at a time or you flood the garden. The same is true here."

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mystic_twin
2008-11-08 10:15 pm UTC (link)

She smiled up at him as he stroked her hair. "I shall try again."

It was hard for her to control, and by the end her body shook with the effort of it. She tried to think of how her oven heated up, how the coils went from black to red gradually, of a sunrise, gradually warming up the day.

It took several times for the chicken to come out properly cooked.

"Oh...finally," she said, sighing in relief.

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	nilrem 2008-11-08 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	He hugged her gently as she failed, and cheered her on when she won. "Bravo! Well done, my dear." With a word, chairs sprang into being, and the chicken was sliced and plates appeared, as did cold beer, and salad, and other such things. "Sit and eat the fruits of your labor." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-11-08 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	Ganieda practically dives for the beer. She does love it so. "Thank you. Ah, now this is pleasant. Lesson, then lunch." She beams and sits down. "Now where were all these chickens before you summoned them here?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-11-08 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	Merlin laughed and did the same, drinking a long draught. He settled next to her. "In various slaughter house factories, scheduled to be turned to soup. With the application of a few herbs and some magic, they will feed some who have nothing." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-11-08 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	Ganieda smiled at that. "So you have found a way to make my lessons feed the hungry as well. You think of everything." She wanted to be the same way, when she was older and had decided what she really wanted to do. She wanted to be helpful and make a difference. She smiles sheepishly. "I'm sorry about all the hearts on your phone messages." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-11-08 11:09 pm UTC (link)
	"I have lived through darker days, my dear one. Tis not so hard to remember the poor and needy when you have been one." He gently kissed her temple. "It is quite all right. I have been in love, and am. I know what you feel. It is wonderful." he smirked. "And cute." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mystic_twin
2008-11-09 01:37 pm UTC (link)

"Have you? Would no one give you hospitality in this world?"

She can't imagine it, but then, the time that she lived in was not so very hospitable to those in need either.

Ganieda blushes. "Well...It has rather taken me by surprise."

Especially when the daydreaming gets out of hand. It took a moment or two to get the lights from pink back to the normal white color...

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	nilrem 2008-11-09 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Not here, but back home." He nodded to her. "It is quite all right, sister." he grinned at her, smirking softly. "I hope we can count on seeing a lot more of him." Then he chuckled. "And there are a few more spells I can show you..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-11-09 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	"But I would think you would be even more honored back home," she says. It makes little sense. She blushes. "Oh, you'll be seeing much more of him. I plan on showing him Avalon soon." After all, it is very much like home, and she wants to show him. "And what sorts of spells do you have in mind?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

nilrem
2008-11-10 12:25 pm UTC (link)

"People fear what they do not understand, and there have been times when the belief and understanding of magic was low and dark."

He smiled softly at her.

"Good. He is a good man."

He grinned at her, then.

"Oh, spells of sheathing, for protection, and a spell that allows one to share pleasure, and another that allows you to give pleasure without feeling it yourself..."

He waved a hand.

"Spells like that."

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	mystic_twin 2008-11-10 01:10 pm UTC (link)
	Ganieda sighs. "Ignorance seems to be the scourge of the earth, does it not?" She beams. "I am glad that you think so, as do I." And then she blushed brightly. "Those sound...interesting. Very much so." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-11-10 01:13 pm UTC (link)
	He grinned at her. "They are useful, and it is always nice to be able to do more, and share more, with a loved one." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mystic_twin 2008-11-10 01:20 pm UTC (link)
	She nodded, grinning and blushing. "It might be a nice surprise at some point in the future." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nilrem 2008-11-10 02:25 pm UTC (link)
	He grinned. "I thought it might be. Now we begin like this..." And he explained, and the practice would take some hours indeed... (Reply to this) (Parent)