A small fish in a infinite sea (SI).
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Good God, man!Lord Sia said:
You´re up for a vlad tepes award with that one... damn...that´s one nasty combination
Prince Charon
Just zis guy, you know?
Damn effective, though, especially on green troops that haven't had many (or any) hangovers, yet.thales said:Good God, man!
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"Do you feel it?" I asked as I leaned my back against the tree. We were in our 'training clearing', a open area about fifty meters from our camp. It wasnt big, only about ten to twenty meters across depending on where you were. It was likely formed by a lightning strike clearing away the vegetation at some point.
Dawn nodded, biting her lower lip as her eyes slowly turned green.
Before I saw that I honestly didn't know our eyes did that when we pulled on our mana. It never really occurred to me to look in a mirror as I pulled on my magic.
"This is so... So much power." She said softly as she looked around. "I had no idea."
"Land is the strongest source of magic I have encountered. But do not think this make you invincible, you are still as squishy as anyone else." I told her. "Ready to learn your first spell?"
Her eyes turned back to their normal white and blue as she let the mana go. "I'm... Sorry I didn't listen to you before. It was stupid."
"When I say something is a stupid idea, it usually is. But you learned that lesson now, right?" I said with a raised eyebrow.
Dawn sighed and then nodded. "Yeah... Ok, so what do I learn first?"
"Puppy." I said with a smile, waving my hand and summoning a Direwolf with a small application of green mana. The wolf was massive, almost a meter and a half tall at the shoulders, the size of a small horse.
In theory she should be able to pick of essence from my summons because they are actually real, if consisting of magically created material.
Dawn almost fell over in surprise. "Holy crap!" as she stumbled back from the massive wolf. I am not blaming her for that one, it had canine teeth as large as my thumb. I smiled and mentally commanded the wolf to sit and behave.
As the large wolf sat down and let it's tongue hang out Dawn started to calm down.
"Wow... That thing is massive. I know you could summon those Varren things, but..." She trailed off as she started to slowly move closer, still keeping her distance though.
I grinned and rubbed it's ears. "I can do larger as well. But let's start with this, this is one of my better summons that require Green mana."
"So... I will learn how to summon that thing?" Dawn asked and I shook my head.
"Technically, it is not summoning or your sister would have ended up in Westeros. It is more like...copying the concept of the Direwolf and using it as a matrix to recreate it at any time you want using mana." I explained. "It is however just as real as the real deal as long as you allow it to use the mana used to summon it."
Dawn frowned. "So that is a actual Wolf... So what happen when you cancel the spell?"
I frowned and stroked a large ear "When you cancel the spell... The summon die. It dissolve into nothing, even it's soul are destroyed."
She turned from the wolf to stare at me and I nodded "Which is why I do not summon Sophonts." That is a word I had taught her in the past.
"But... You copied my sisters essence. You already said that you summoned slayers." Dawn slowly said with a frown, looking between me and the massive wolf.
"There is a loophole. I noticed at some point that a Varren I summoned was using less and less of my mana to stay in existence. It was eating, slowly replacing it's magical matter with the real deal. If it had time to finish, it would have been real. No more magic needed." I said with a sigh. While it was a good thing that that loophole existed, it was still a pain in the arse.
Dawn slowly nodded. "That was why you stayed in Westeros for so long," she said.
I nodded. "Yes. I summoned Sophonts. They fought for me, died for me. They were loyal... They deserved better than being thrown aside. You may create living, thinking beings... But that do not mean you can throw them away when you are done with them. You have a responsibility. I waited until they were able to survive without me there before I left."
She swallowed and then nodded, moving a bit closer and extending her hand to let the direwolf lean in to nose at it.
"So... What do I do?" Dawn asked, giving me a nervous look.
I grinned playfully. "What? Nervous for your first time?" I asked. Finally I got the opportunity to fire a return volley! Yes! She have sniped me so many times!
Dawn blushed and gave me a small glare.
"Well, just touch it and channel some of your green mana." I then explained with a smile. "You will feel it resonate with you. You will know what to do."
She swallowed and stepped up to stroke the fur of the wolf softly, her eyes taking on a green misty shine again and I stood back to simply watch.
I never seen it from this side before.
Dawn closed her eyes and took a slow breath before she lowered her hand and took a step back "I think...I think I did it."
I smiled and nodded "Show me."
She turned and extended her hand, green mana whirling down her arm and there was a shimmer of light beside her in the form of a wolf before it formed completely.
It was just as large as mine but with darker grey fur.
"Good job Dawnie!" I said with a grin.
She lowered her hand, shooting me a small glare at that before turning to run her hand along the back of her massive wolf.
"Now, tell it to sit." I said with a smile, mentally commanding my own wolf to pad over to me and to sit down again.
Dawn bit her lower lip and glanced back at me before she nodded and turned back to her summon "Sit!"
The wolf tilted its head at her in confusion.
"Sit!"
I grinned in amusement and mentally commanded my wolf to head out and find us some dinner before I sat down and leaned my back against the closest tree. Wonder how long it would take her to figure out how you actually do it?
Four minutes later she was trying to push the rear end of the wolf down.
"Sit!!"
The direwolf just looked horribly confused. Only the threat of revenge kept me from rolling in the dirt at this point.
"Dawn?" I asked, trying not to laugh.
"What!?" She sighed as she turned to face me. "What am I doing wrong?"
"You are trying to tell it what to do. It is a untrained, wild animal. It doesn't understand you. It may be completely loyal and very willing to do anything, but it don't understand what you want it to do. You need to 'will' it to do what you want it to do." I explained while I tried not to sound to amused.
It was quite difficult not to.
She go a look of 'oh!' on her face before she turned and frowned at her wolf, a look of concentration on her face.
Seconds later the wolf was sitting.
"Good job, Dawn." I said as I crossed my arms, leaning back against the tree with a smile. "Now... For the last part of this lesson. One of the more important ones."
Dawn frowned and then nodded. "What is it?" she asked as she petted the ears of her wolf.
I sighed. "This is... More of a mental thing than anything. To make things easier for you. Don't name them. Seriously, don't."
She frowned. "I know you don't like Mr Fluffsy as a name, but..." She started before I cut her off.
"That's not it. The thing is, that summons are ultimately temporary. They will die defending you or when you leave the Plane. Unless you stay for the seven or so years it take for them to become completely 'real', they will be destroyed when you Walk the next time. It is much easier on you if you don't name them. Trust me on this." I explained with a sigh. "I speak from personal experience on this one.".
Poor Kira and Trya.
Dawn swallowed and looked back at the direwolf who was still sitting where she left it, looking at her "This summon thing is... It's not very nice, is it?" She said softly.
"No. It isn't. But is one of the strongest, most versatile abilities there is."
She sighed then nodded, waving her hand in the direction of the direwolf with a look of concentration on her face and it became blurry in the edges before dissolving into nothing in less than a second.
As it faded away she just looked sad.
Better that she found out like this than the way I did.
That does not change the fact that seeing her sad make me feel bad as well.
AN// Many thanks to Lord Sia for betaing this part.
Dawn nodded, biting her lower lip as her eyes slowly turned green.
Before I saw that I honestly didn't know our eyes did that when we pulled on our mana. It never really occurred to me to look in a mirror as I pulled on my magic.
"This is so... So much power." She said softly as she looked around. "I had no idea."
"Land is the strongest source of magic I have encountered. But do not think this make you invincible, you are still as squishy as anyone else." I told her. "Ready to learn your first spell?"
Her eyes turned back to their normal white and blue as she let the mana go. "I'm... Sorry I didn't listen to you before. It was stupid."
"When I say something is a stupid idea, it usually is. But you learned that lesson now, right?" I said with a raised eyebrow.
Dawn sighed and then nodded. "Yeah... Ok, so what do I learn first?"
"Puppy." I said with a smile, waving my hand and summoning a Direwolf with a small application of green mana. The wolf was massive, almost a meter and a half tall at the shoulders, the size of a small horse.
In theory she should be able to pick of essence from my summons because they are actually real, if consisting of magically created material.
Dawn almost fell over in surprise. "Holy crap!" as she stumbled back from the massive wolf. I am not blaming her for that one, it had canine teeth as large as my thumb. I smiled and mentally commanded the wolf to sit and behave.
As the large wolf sat down and let it's tongue hang out Dawn started to calm down.
"Wow... That thing is massive. I know you could summon those Varren things, but..." She trailed off as she started to slowly move closer, still keeping her distance though.
I grinned and rubbed it's ears. "I can do larger as well. But let's start with this, this is one of my better summons that require Green mana."
"So... I will learn how to summon that thing?" Dawn asked and I shook my head.
"Technically, it is not summoning or your sister would have ended up in Westeros. It is more like...copying the concept of the Direwolf and using it as a matrix to recreate it at any time you want using mana." I explained. "It is however just as real as the real deal as long as you allow it to use the mana used to summon it."
Dawn frowned. "So that is a actual Wolf... So what happen when you cancel the spell?"
I frowned and stroked a large ear "When you cancel the spell... The summon die. It dissolve into nothing, even it's soul are destroyed."
She turned from the wolf to stare at me and I nodded "Which is why I do not summon Sophonts." That is a word I had taught her in the past.
"But... You copied my sisters essence. You already said that you summoned slayers." Dawn slowly said with a frown, looking between me and the massive wolf.
"There is a loophole. I noticed at some point that a Varren I summoned was using less and less of my mana to stay in existence. It was eating, slowly replacing it's magical matter with the real deal. If it had time to finish, it would have been real. No more magic needed." I said with a sigh. While it was a good thing that that loophole existed, it was still a pain in the arse.
Dawn slowly nodded. "That was why you stayed in Westeros for so long," she said.
I nodded. "Yes. I summoned Sophonts. They fought for me, died for me. They were loyal... They deserved better than being thrown aside. You may create living, thinking beings... But that do not mean you can throw them away when you are done with them. You have a responsibility. I waited until they were able to survive without me there before I left."
She swallowed and then nodded, moving a bit closer and extending her hand to let the direwolf lean in to nose at it.
"So... What do I do?" Dawn asked, giving me a nervous look.
I grinned playfully. "What? Nervous for your first time?" I asked. Finally I got the opportunity to fire a return volley! Yes! She have sniped me so many times!
Dawn blushed and gave me a small glare.
"Well, just touch it and channel some of your green mana." I then explained with a smile. "You will feel it resonate with you. You will know what to do."
She swallowed and stepped up to stroke the fur of the wolf softly, her eyes taking on a green misty shine again and I stood back to simply watch.
I never seen it from this side before.
Dawn closed her eyes and took a slow breath before she lowered her hand and took a step back "I think...I think I did it."
I smiled and nodded "Show me."
She turned and extended her hand, green mana whirling down her arm and there was a shimmer of light beside her in the form of a wolf before it formed completely.
It was just as large as mine but with darker grey fur.
"Good job Dawnie!" I said with a grin.
She lowered her hand, shooting me a small glare at that before turning to run her hand along the back of her massive wolf.
"Now, tell it to sit." I said with a smile, mentally commanding my own wolf to pad over to me and to sit down again.
Dawn bit her lower lip and glanced back at me before she nodded and turned back to her summon "Sit!"
The wolf tilted its head at her in confusion.
"Sit!"
I grinned in amusement and mentally commanded my wolf to head out and find us some dinner before I sat down and leaned my back against the closest tree. Wonder how long it would take her to figure out how you actually do it?
Four minutes later she was trying to push the rear end of the wolf down.
"Sit!!"
The direwolf just looked horribly confused. Only the threat of revenge kept me from rolling in the dirt at this point.
"Dawn?" I asked, trying not to laugh.
"What!?" She sighed as she turned to face me. "What am I doing wrong?"
"You are trying to tell it what to do. It is a untrained, wild animal. It doesn't understand you. It may be completely loyal and very willing to do anything, but it don't understand what you want it to do. You need to 'will' it to do what you want it to do." I explained while I tried not to sound to amused.
It was quite difficult not to.
She go a look of 'oh!' on her face before she turned and frowned at her wolf, a look of concentration on her face.
Seconds later the wolf was sitting.
"Good job, Dawn." I said as I crossed my arms, leaning back against the tree with a smile. "Now... For the last part of this lesson. One of the more important ones."
Dawn frowned and then nodded. "What is it?" she asked as she petted the ears of her wolf.
I sighed. "This is... More of a mental thing than anything. To make things easier for you. Don't name them. Seriously, don't."
She frowned. "I know you don't like Mr Fluffsy as a name, but..." She started before I cut her off.
"That's not it. The thing is, that summons are ultimately temporary. They will die defending you or when you leave the Plane. Unless you stay for the seven or so years it take for them to become completely 'real', they will be destroyed when you Walk the next time. It is much easier on you if you don't name them. Trust me on this." I explained with a sigh. "I speak from personal experience on this one.".
Poor Kira and Trya.
Dawn swallowed and looked back at the direwolf who was still sitting where she left it, looking at her "This summon thing is... It's not very nice, is it?" She said softly.
"No. It isn't. But is one of the strongest, most versatile abilities there is."
She sighed then nodded, waving her hand in the direction of the direwolf with a look of concentration on her face and it became blurry in the edges before dissolving into nothing in less than a second.
As it faded away she just looked sad.
Better that she found out like this than the way I did.
That does not change the fact that seeing her sad make me feel bad as well.
AN// Many thanks to Lord Sia for betaing this part.
Dimensionist
Grandmaster of Apologism, Keeper of the Faith
- Location
- Bangalore, India
Mistakes bolded. Not bothering with the rest of the snippet due to me being lazy, but they're probably there as well.Hiver said:
Prince Charon
Just zis guy, you know?
'makes you invincible'Hiver said:
Should probably be 'canines'.Hiver said:
The summon dies. It dissolves into nothing, even its soul is destroyed.Hiver said:
Otherwise good, I think.
The impression I get from the fact that the needed mana to sustain the critter tapers off is that only the fake matter that is still part of it is being maintained. Any waste material I assume would dissipate as it leaves the creature's body.Felius said:You know, a very fast growth species or a fast regenerating species might take far less time to become fully "real". That said, I wonder the implications of waste material that went back to the food cycle to suddenly cease to exist. Probably too spread out to actually matter, but it might harm some mushroom if it's concentrated enough.
Yay, a dog you don't have to clean up after! More seriously, summon a puppy and it will achieve that replacement after a couple years probably, instead of 7 years.
- Location
- Chile
Either that or use actual mater while creating a creature, fma style.Felius said:You know, a very fast growth species or a fast regenerating species might take far less time to become fully "real". That said, I wonder the implications of waste material that went back to the food cycle to suddenly cease to exist. Probably too spread out to actually matter, but it might harm some mushroom if it's concentrated enough.
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"Stormwind. The capital of the Alliance." I said as we slowly road towards the massive open gates.
"It's only a model." Dawn quipped with a grin.
I poked her waist "I didn't even know you had seen that movie." I said with a grin.
She shrugged with a smile "You are the one that showed it to me. Well, memory you anyway."
I shook my head as we followed the wagon in front of us in through the massive, but wide open wooden gates.
As soon as we entered between the two watchtowers on each side of the massive gate, we found ourselves on a stone bridge over a water filled chasm.
On the other side of the bridge there was another large gate, this one also open to show a stone wall where the path split.
The only cover on the bridge was a pair of large statues.
I looked around and swallowed slightly, trying to not tense up. You might call me paranoid, but this was the most effective killing ground I had ever seen.
Trying to assault this city on the ground...was suicide. It don't matter how many men you have. How the hell did this place fall once in the past? Troops from the air maybe? Or did they change the design when they rebuilt?
"This place is amazing." Dawn breathed as she looked around, urging the Kodo to continue following the wagon in front of us so we didn't stop the traffic.
"Yes. It is...even more than King's Landing." I answered as we slowly took the bend as we entered through the second gate into the city proper.
The city really was greater than King's Landing. The city itself, that is. More solidly built but a bit smaller, built between two mountains as it was. It was cleaner too.
A fortress city, not a sprawling walled city like King's Landing.
This castle had nothing on The Red Keep though, not in looks anyway. Too flat looking.
I smiled and looked around "So many people.". The place was buzzing, there were people everywhere, trading, carrying goods. Talking and walking.
Dawn nodded "Yeah...You know, before you showed up, the only other humans I saw was a pair of Ambassadors in Orgimmar when Master Cloudsong took me there. It was before he agreed to teach me..."
"Were they not surprised to see another human?" I asked as she skillfully brought the Kodo to the side to avoid trampling a group of kids that ran across the road.
She shrugged "I don't think they knew I was there. I only saw them at a distance while Master Cloudsong was off to talk with someone."
I frowned slightly "That's almost three years with no human contact. Did you miss it?"
Dawn frowned and then glanced back at me, shrugging a shoulder "Yes and no...I mean, I still had people, just not humans?"
"I get exactly what you mean." I answered with a smile "Now, where do you want to start?"
She shrugged "A stable place for Mr Fluffsy and then clothes?"
Oh boy...and so it began.
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I sat down on the steps down from the Bank of Stormwind and flipped my brand new book open.
Clothes here are not mass produced which meant that Dawn spent the entire day jumping between tailors.
Two hours in she had not even progressed past looking at fabrics, not even picking a design yet. I did try to get her to pick one of the half finished dresses all the tailors had, but nooo.
Well, I guess I cant blame her. She is female related to Buffy after all and she went without shopping for clothes for years.
Better to simply let her get it out of her system.
Still, at two hours I had enough and left to find somewhere I could find some magical literature and we had agreed to meet at the bank.
Dawn can handle herself, especially now when she can summon a pack of five direwolfs if she needs to. That should be able to handle anything that doesn't already have the power to level half the city.
I flipped the page and continued reading as I relaxed with my back against the pillar behind me, switching between reading and people watching.
Hundreds...no, thousands of people walking around and nobody looking at me. For somebody that spent ten years being stared at everytime he did something, that...is quite nice.
I repeat a previous statement, Glory is fucking nuts.
Frowning slightly I tilted my head back against the stone of the pillar. Wonder what did happen to that nutty deity?
Ben did want to become a doctor, but what would Glory do now when she only had equal power to him and a complete inability to get home?
Well, considering Buffy was still alive and didn't tell me anything about a crazy hellgodess running around, it did look like she might have behaved at least.
Shrugging I returned to my book. I'll try to remember to go find and check up on them next time I stop by Sunnydale.
Mana shield did seem like something I could already do so I flipped to the next page. Blink?
Now that's more like it.
Learning to bend space would however not be easy to translate into my magic system.
Sighing I shook my head before letting my attention get absorbed by the information in the book while trying to figure out where to start translating it into Mana spells.
Some will be easy enough like fireball which I already have a version of...but if I read this right, their version might be more mana effective, even after the change into mana.
Interesting...but not unexpected. They had generations of refinement, I just made mine up.
Ok, maybe not the fireball, I got that from my books back in Sunnydale but I still had to adapt it. But the rest of my spells could use a looking over.
Some, like the flame slash, one of my directed heavy damage fire spells was pretty much just a overpowered blast of fire and magical energies in a cutting configuration.
"Hey." a voice said and I looked up as I was pulled from my thoughts to reveal Dawn. She was wearing a nice looking white and blue dress. Knee length, showing some cleavage but not as much as her so called armor.
What really struck me was that her hair was no longer in a braid, instead it was hanging freely almost to her waist.
Wow.
She grinned "That good?" she said and did a spin.
I cleared my throat and then closed my book before I stood up and walked down to her "Beautiful." I said with a smile "I didn't think you would have anything ready today."
Dawn shrugged with a shoulder "Most things wont be done for a couple of days, I just picked one of those half finished dresses to get something else than my bloody armor to wear until then."
I gave her a amused look "I thought you liked that armor?"
She rolled her eyes "I do, but I have been wearing it for two years! Come on..."
Nodding I then had a thought "What did you do with it?"
"Oh, I got us a room at a inn. Don't worry, it was cheaper than in Goldshire, we can afford it." Dawn said with a smile "Come on, let's find something to eat, I'm starving."
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We arrived at the Inn she picked as it started to get dark, a place called The Gnomish Tankard. Despite the name, it was in the Old Town, not in the dwarven quarter.
The building was old, but the wooden structure looked well taken care of.
I pushed the door open and Dawn stepped past me before I followed her inside.
In the middle of the room there was a circular fireplace with a large table circling it. Around the main room there were another five smaller tables.
A old human with a small beard was tending to the bar. The place looked about half full, the air full of laughter and talking, smelling of smoke and mead.
Nice.
"Good pick, Dawn." I said with a smile "I do hope the room is at the far end of the building though..."
She nodded and glanced back at me, taking my hand "It is. This way..."
I chuckled and followed her to the other end of the main room and up the stairs, around a corner and down a short corridor.
"Here it is." She said as she fished a key from her bag to unlock the room at the end of the hallway. Here the sounds of the party downstairs could barely be heard.
"Good pick, indeed." I said as I walked into the room and looked around. Not the largest room, but looked comfortable enough.
Clean, a small table next to the bed and a window overseeing the alley behind the inn.
Not bad.
Then I noticed something.
"Uh...Dawn? There is only one bed." I asked and I turned to look back at her.
Dawn nodded "I know." she said before she then closed the door and turned to face me again, biting her lower lip nervously as she gave me a rather cute look while moving closer "Winter...we need to talk."
I'm going to be honest here. My first reaction? Panic.
AN// Many thanks to Zuzak for betaing this part.
"It's only a model." Dawn quipped with a grin.
I poked her waist "I didn't even know you had seen that movie." I said with a grin.
She shrugged with a smile "You are the one that showed it to me. Well, memory you anyway."
I shook my head as we followed the wagon in front of us in through the massive, but wide open wooden gates.
As soon as we entered between the two watchtowers on each side of the massive gate, we found ourselves on a stone bridge over a water filled chasm.
On the other side of the bridge there was another large gate, this one also open to show a stone wall where the path split.
The only cover on the bridge was a pair of large statues.
I looked around and swallowed slightly, trying to not tense up. You might call me paranoid, but this was the most effective killing ground I had ever seen.
Trying to assault this city on the ground...was suicide. It don't matter how many men you have. How the hell did this place fall once in the past? Troops from the air maybe? Or did they change the design when they rebuilt?
"This place is amazing." Dawn breathed as she looked around, urging the Kodo to continue following the wagon in front of us so we didn't stop the traffic.
"Yes. It is...even more than King's Landing." I answered as we slowly took the bend as we entered through the second gate into the city proper.
The city really was greater than King's Landing. The city itself, that is. More solidly built but a bit smaller, built between two mountains as it was. It was cleaner too.
A fortress city, not a sprawling walled city like King's Landing.
This castle had nothing on The Red Keep though, not in looks anyway. Too flat looking.
I smiled and looked around "So many people.". The place was buzzing, there were people everywhere, trading, carrying goods. Talking and walking.
Dawn nodded "Yeah...You know, before you showed up, the only other humans I saw was a pair of Ambassadors in Orgimmar when Master Cloudsong took me there. It was before he agreed to teach me..."
"Were they not surprised to see another human?" I asked as she skillfully brought the Kodo to the side to avoid trampling a group of kids that ran across the road.
She shrugged "I don't think they knew I was there. I only saw them at a distance while Master Cloudsong was off to talk with someone."
I frowned slightly "That's almost three years with no human contact. Did you miss it?"
Dawn frowned and then glanced back at me, shrugging a shoulder "Yes and no...I mean, I still had people, just not humans?"
"I get exactly what you mean." I answered with a smile "Now, where do you want to start?"
She shrugged "A stable place for Mr Fluffsy and then clothes?"
Oh boy...and so it began.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
I sat down on the steps down from the Bank of Stormwind and flipped my brand new book open.
Clothes here are not mass produced which meant that Dawn spent the entire day jumping between tailors.
Two hours in she had not even progressed past looking at fabrics, not even picking a design yet. I did try to get her to pick one of the half finished dresses all the tailors had, but nooo.
Well, I guess I cant blame her. She is female related to Buffy after all and she went without shopping for clothes for years.
Better to simply let her get it out of her system.
Still, at two hours I had enough and left to find somewhere I could find some magical literature and we had agreed to meet at the bank.
Dawn can handle herself, especially now when she can summon a pack of five direwolfs if she needs to. That should be able to handle anything that doesn't already have the power to level half the city.
I flipped the page and continued reading as I relaxed with my back against the pillar behind me, switching between reading and people watching.
Hundreds...no, thousands of people walking around and nobody looking at me. For somebody that spent ten years being stared at everytime he did something, that...is quite nice.
I repeat a previous statement, Glory is fucking nuts.
Frowning slightly I tilted my head back against the stone of the pillar. Wonder what did happen to that nutty deity?
Ben did want to become a doctor, but what would Glory do now when she only had equal power to him and a complete inability to get home?
Well, considering Buffy was still alive and didn't tell me anything about a crazy hellgodess running around, it did look like she might have behaved at least.
Shrugging I returned to my book. I'll try to remember to go find and check up on them next time I stop by Sunnydale.
Mana shield did seem like something I could already do so I flipped to the next page. Blink?
Now that's more like it.
Learning to bend space would however not be easy to translate into my magic system.
Sighing I shook my head before letting my attention get absorbed by the information in the book while trying to figure out where to start translating it into Mana spells.
Some will be easy enough like fireball which I already have a version of...but if I read this right, their version might be more mana effective, even after the change into mana.
Interesting...but not unexpected. They had generations of refinement, I just made mine up.
Ok, maybe not the fireball, I got that from my books back in Sunnydale but I still had to adapt it. But the rest of my spells could use a looking over.
Some, like the flame slash, one of my directed heavy damage fire spells was pretty much just a overpowered blast of fire and magical energies in a cutting configuration.
"Hey." a voice said and I looked up as I was pulled from my thoughts to reveal Dawn. She was wearing a nice looking white and blue dress. Knee length, showing some cleavage but not as much as her so called armor.
What really struck me was that her hair was no longer in a braid, instead it was hanging freely almost to her waist.
Wow.
She grinned "That good?" she said and did a spin.
I cleared my throat and then closed my book before I stood up and walked down to her "Beautiful." I said with a smile "I didn't think you would have anything ready today."
Dawn shrugged with a shoulder "Most things wont be done for a couple of days, I just picked one of those half finished dresses to get something else than my bloody armor to wear until then."
I gave her a amused look "I thought you liked that armor?"
She rolled her eyes "I do, but I have been wearing it for two years! Come on..."
Nodding I then had a thought "What did you do with it?"
"Oh, I got us a room at a inn. Don't worry, it was cheaper than in Goldshire, we can afford it." Dawn said with a smile "Come on, let's find something to eat, I'm starving."
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We arrived at the Inn she picked as it started to get dark, a place called The Gnomish Tankard. Despite the name, it was in the Old Town, not in the dwarven quarter.
The building was old, but the wooden structure looked well taken care of.
I pushed the door open and Dawn stepped past me before I followed her inside.
In the middle of the room there was a circular fireplace with a large table circling it. Around the main room there were another five smaller tables.
A old human with a small beard was tending to the bar. The place looked about half full, the air full of laughter and talking, smelling of smoke and mead.
Nice.
"Good pick, Dawn." I said with a smile "I do hope the room is at the far end of the building though..."
She nodded and glanced back at me, taking my hand "It is. This way..."
I chuckled and followed her to the other end of the main room and up the stairs, around a corner and down a short corridor.
"Here it is." She said as she fished a key from her bag to unlock the room at the end of the hallway. Here the sounds of the party downstairs could barely be heard.
"Good pick, indeed." I said as I walked into the room and looked around. Not the largest room, but looked comfortable enough.
Clean, a small table next to the bed and a window overseeing the alley behind the inn.
Not bad.
Then I noticed something.
"Uh...Dawn? There is only one bed." I asked and I turned to look back at her.
Dawn nodded "I know." she said before she then closed the door and turned to face me again, biting her lower lip nervously as she gave me a rather cute look while moving closer "Winter...we need to talk."
I'm going to be honest here. My first reaction? Panic.
AN// Many thanks to Zuzak for betaing this part.
- Location
- Little Rock, AR
I don't think Winter would be tempted o do that. I mean he's thrity years old and practically the god king of a nation.Blackraptor said:
What all happened with her for that?DeAnno said:
Hormones on overdrive or maybe his imagination....nainale said:A 19 young beatiful woman with no human male around for 3 years, and with the recent infusion of green primal and high instinctive mana ... man, you should had seeing it.
Heh, may be it would have been better if she started with white mana. Or not
update.
Hiver..CH_39a - Capital; Stormwind, Castle, ClothingShopping, Winter, Dawn, Inn, OneBed
frozenchicken
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And here I thought it was white that was all about token generation.
Banichi
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Not quite.frozenchicken said:
White has Soldiers, Pegasi and Angels (Entreat the Angels, Storm Herd, Darien, King of Kjeldor)
Green has Saproling and Fungus tokens (Mycoloth, a tremendous hate generator)
Blue has Followed Footsteps
Red has Goblins (Krenko, Mob Boss)
Black has Zombies (Army of the Damned, Endless Ranks of the Dead)
White/Red has Assemble the Legion
White/Blue has Geist of Saint Traft and to a lesser degree Mirror-Sigil Sergeant (tons of fun with Paradox Haze)
White/Green gets Emmara Tandris, Rhys the Redeemed, and Voice of Resurgence
White/Black gets Deathpact Angel, and Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts (Bitterblossom and Soul Warden don't hurt)
White does get some nice token generators, but so do most of the other colors.
frozenchicken
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...My statement was rhetorical.
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...sure buddy, you keep thinking that.edukated said:
Malbutorius
C'est le bien qui fait mal
Fixed for youedukated said:
frozenchicken
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Sure.