originally posted in:The New Dojo
“Again I ask you, what am I? Why are my trowels copper and not iron?”
The Fey fellow smiles.
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[i]"Because of your birth, obviously. Though everyone learns how to do everything - A bird isn't born knowing how to fly, it learns." [/i]
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He opens his mouth to speak and is promptly interrupted by a pixie flying quickly out of a door, followed promptly by Angie wielding a flyswater. “Whatsthebigideaandhowsabrownie-OH!!!” The pixie says extremely quickly before it notices Verdantus. “Thisisyourhousethen,GreenGale?” It says nervously. “Puckenfragen, get out of my home.” “Rightsirsorry” The tiny Faerie zips out a window, which Angie promptly shuts before offering the two seated two cups of steaming warm tea.
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[i]Natalie was a coffee girl at heart, though she wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth and accepted the tea, which she sipped on lightly. [/i]
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It was quite good, warm in temperature and flavor, but soothes with a fading hint of pepermint. “Apologies for that. pixies do learn to fly from birth and they’re endlessly obnoxious for it.”
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[i]"Well, considering they must fly everywhere it's no surprise they learn so quickly." [/i]
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“Yes. And to answer your earlier question, I can use magic in the same way you can use water. It’s something you need to survive and you’re mostly made of it.”
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[i]"Right, never mind then." [/i]
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“What of yourself. I can tell you’ve got some magic in you, though wether your a mage like me, or have a more sorcerous bent like my robin, I can’t tell.”
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[i]"Well, I was born with magic in my genes. My DNA is apparently coded in a way that lets me have gravity magic, but I still don't know how it works. Over time I've learned to use it how I do now." [/i]
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“Sorcerer then, and quite a potent talent.”
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[i]"Yeah. Thing is, I only know gravity magic. Hence why I was inquiring about your magic." [/i]
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“Well, I’m Sihde, so I can command life to a certain extent, though my nature is wind, so that’s what I’m best at. I’ve spent a long time studying how to use other types of magic though, so I can do a bit of everything.”
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[i]"You control life? Like, you can create people?" [/i]
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“Not exactly. I can’t create it, but I can greatly enhance its rate of development, such as accelerating plant growth.”
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[i]"Interesting. Can you reverse the effects too?"[/i]
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“Things naturally turn back without my help, but no, I can’t de-age or kill things with it. That would be my cousin’s ability.”
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[i]"Who's your cousin?" [/i]
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“A fellow of autumn, the lord of winds that send red leaves tumbling downwards.”
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[i]"So he's, like, a nature magician too?" [/i]
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“Let’s call it that.”
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[i]"So what's he specialize in?" [/i]
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“The inevitable, death and taxes.”
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[i]"Taxes?" [/i]
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“He is the most vile and repugnant of creatures after artificial life made from iron, a politician.”
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[i]"Riiight..." [/i]