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[healeveryone]

[Action; at the greenhouse]

Get--out!

[Is throwing garden shears at a villain too violent, when Rosalia just wants him out of the greenhouse until somebody who's supposed to deal with this stuff gets here? One of the drawbacks of being confined at home from age eight is that the third-grade lessons on stranger danger tend to fade away even without the amnesia. Never mind, Rosalia's got a hose and she's not afraid to use it. The villain in question is dressed like a starfish and why on earth any starfish villain wants to break into a greenhouse is beyond her, but he should be able to take it.]

Just stop it already and go away! You're not even scary.

[And okay that's a lie, she is scared, but she's also angry.]

The ocean is that way. Okay?

[Text; a while later]

Hey Palom, can I ask you something?

And to everyone else, if you know how to fight or do anything else like that - why did you learn? It's something I've been thinking about for a little while now.

(4% spent on early life after adoption. Move on, nothing notable here.)

Comments

[healeveryone]

You were serious when you said you could teach me magic, right? That black magic you use?

[alittleblackmagic]

duuh!! ivhave nuthing lse to do

[healeveryone]

Then can you teach me?

[video]

[alittleblackmagic]

[After some fumbling and delay, even if Rosalia's not around to take the message, he'll activate the video.]

Yes!

You really wanna learn?! That's great! What made you change your mind?!

[video]

[healeveryone]

Um, well...I'm starting to think maybe it is important for me to learn stuff like that, after all.

[alittleblackmagic]

((Sorry for being so terribly late; I've been on hiatus. Feel free to drop the thread if you'd prefer.))

Of course it is! That's what I've been saying all along!

So when do you wanna start? Right now? Right now's good, right?

[healeveryone]

I guess so. I've closed up for the day, so I have time now.

[alittleblackmagic]

Hooray!

OK, the first thing you have to do is find a good staff! And get some mage robes. I think you're too tall for a cape, but if you can find a cape, a cape is good, too.

[healeveryone]

[Oh, Palom. It's hard to feel too exasperated when he's just agreed to teach her, though.]

I'm not sure about the robes, but I can probably get a staff. Does it have to be anything special?

[alittleblackmagic]

It has to be really cool. And maybe you can glue a stone or something. I don't know; I didn't pay much attention when they were telling us about magic staves.

[healeveryone]

Do you have one of them? Maybe I can base it off that, if you do.

[alittleblackmagic]

Of course! Mine shoots arrows when you swing it, so you're going to have to make one that does something just as neat.

[healeveryone]

Huh? How am I supposed to do that?

[alittleblackmagic]

Umm....

Wish really hard.

[healeveryone]

I don't think that's going to do it.

[alittleblackmagic]

...Well, it's still important to have a staff, anyway, even if it's just for looks.

[healeveryone]

Oh, well, I think I can do that. Can I see yours sometime?

[alittleblackmagic]

Sure! Here, you can see it now!

[The view of Palom is suddenly obstructed by a big brown blob.]

[healeveryone]

[Rosalia just laughs.]

Hey, pull it back! I can't see.

[alittleblackmagic]

[Palom reluctantly pulls it back an inch.]

It's made of oak! There are different kinds of magic rods and staves, but the best ones store a spell inside already.

[healeveryone]

Hang on, can you move it a little further? --And there aren't any of those with spells around here, are there?

[alittleblackmagic]

...We could cut down every branch in town and swing them to see if anything happens.

[healeveryone]

No, we can't do that. I'll just go with something normal instead.

[alittleblackmagic]

[siiiigh]

That's boring. ...Fine, I guess it's OK if you just get a walking stick or something. You can still hit people with it, right?

[healeveryone]

Yeah, I can do that. I'll look for one as soon as I can, then.