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Does anyone want cake? I feel like making some tomorrow, but I can't eat a whole one by myself.

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[Out by the side of the Ermis Suites? Then you might see Rosalia there, armed with a walking stick and a large pitcher of water, staring intently at a singed handkerchief lying in a patch of dirt.]

Hm, maybe I can make it a little bigger this time...

(2% spent on Rosalia's birthday and some headcanon-y childhood stuff.)

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[Rosalia's just. Staring.]

...Did you make that fire, Palom?

No! I would never. ........Maybe I helped a little.

Come on! I appreciate the help, but I need to be able to do this on my own, too. I know I'm not very good yet, but...

[Palom resists the urge to whine 'but it's so eaaaaasy'.]

Y-Yeah, but! I was just giving you a little encouragement! Black magic is all about being confident in yourself!

So I'm not being confident enough?

Well... It's about being smart, too.

[This is kind of insulting, coming from Palom.]

See, magic is already hard to learn by itself, but black magic is all about using your mind! To use your knowledge to change the world itself! You have to be confident and intelligent.

Confident and intelligent...

[She turns her attention to the (remnants of the) handkerchief again and tries to concentrate.]

Fire!

[Well, the results are slightly more successful this time - the handkerchief sets aflame again, the fire roughly a third of size of the handkerchief itself, before Rosalia hurriedly puts it out again.]

I...think that helped a little bit.

Great!

Don't worry about making it too big. Fire's kind of a really weak spell. You'll have to wait for Fira and Firaga and Flare if you want something really powerful.

That's a lot of fire spells...how powerful is it supposed to get?

Um...

Flare is supposed to be like the power of the sun, I think.

What?

[She's. She's pretty sure physics doesn't work that way? Even magical physics. Magic has physics, right?]

There were a lot of complicated words behind it, but it's got something to do with energy.

I don't know! I'm pretty sure I haven't learned Flare! But I will, soon.

I'm not sure you should be using it, if you do.

[Seriously. The sun?]

((Sorry for the wait! My computer decided to go kaput. If you'd rather not continue, feel free to drop the thread.))

See, that's why you need a teacher like me. You can't be a good black mage if you're so cautious!

[For a few seconds Rosalia debates the merits of argument, but it's hard to think of a way to clearly say "we'll all die if that's true."]

...Right. Sorry!

[Palom looks mollified.]

OK! So... try it again! And you hafta think big!

Okay. Um, just a sec - Fire!

[It is bigger this time, covering the parts of the handkerchief that are still dry and working at the parts that are wet.]