[She can't set him on fire on her first day. That would be a terrible, terrible precedent, and one she can't afford to have, and yet... She can't help imagining it anyways. Sure, he wouldn't be on fire long, with the brooms hovering protectively nearby (they'd douse him before he was really done for). Maybe she could afford to on the second or third day. Maybe.]
The green one, please. [Holding out her hand expectantly, she resists the urge to sigh.] Come on, do you have to levitate all of them?
[Not that he can't handle a little fire being thrown his way, but he doesn't really want the collateral damage. Too many grimoires that would take too much effort to find another copy of, some of them he's written himself. The remaining grimoires slam right back into place as he picks up the green one and brings it over, all without magic this time just to make a point.]
No, but I can and don't see why I shouldn't. By the way: impressive restraint on your part.
[There's a reason those brooms are hanging back there after all.]
[She steps forward to take the grimoire, glancing through its pages quickly to make sure it's indeed the one she wants.] "Impressive?"
There's a time and a place for magic, and using it for every little thing isn't it. [Even if they're in the middle of a magic workshop, where they're encouraged to practice spells however they please.]
It's only the first day. I can't afford to get fired yet.
[She twitches as she realizes that he's hovering, but she can't exactly elbow him out of her way. Not unless she wants to use him as a living guinea pig for her own research on Cure spells.
Her notes in her own grimoire are scattered, mainly asking questions about techniques like Group Cure and spells such as 'Dispel' or 'Esuna' - while she has a dangerous tendency to set people ablaze, she's equally quick to cure them as well.] Hey, don't you have your own stuff to get back to...?
[Now she's kind of embarrassed. Bonnie had always known of Kol's talent, but actually working with him had been a different story.] Um, you mean like my necklace? I could just enchant it and it'll keep my health up, for example?
[Huh. Maybe working with him wouldn't be so bad after all.]
Yes, for instance. But it depends. It needs to be a material that can contain reasonably strong magic without degrading, or it might just blow up in your face while you're making it. But it could still be something small to be worn like jewelry.
[He's made his fair share of things like it. Enchantments aren't like spells, not as useful for immediate attack or defense, but very useful all the same.]
[Now there's an idea! Bonnie sets aside her stuff to look at him better - and also to see if there's anything in this workshop she could enchant.]
Okay, so how would I go about that? I'd use something like... [She trails off, rummaging in her bag for a necklace she can spare. After a few seconds, she pulls out a silver star-shaped amulet.] Like this?
I'm just making this up as I go along don't mind me
[He glances at the amulet. Well. He can't quite tell how much magic the material can stand from a look, but it's Bonnie's, so it should at least be sturdy in that regard.]
It should work. Now there's three ways to do this. [He holds up one finger.] One. Find out what magic materials have properties you want, track down enough of each, and transfer the combined properties over to your pendant. [Giving an exaggerated shrug,] Very straight-forward, but takes time and effort, or money, or both.
Two. [Goes with the gesture.] A series of circles and arrays drawn in something related to your spell or element, charged with magic. Mostly a lot to memorize. It's a hassle, but it's the first method created that I've found that doesn't rely on borrowing magic that already exists. Leaves you more freedom to make something entirely new.
Three. [Yup.] Is the easiest. No Materials, no arrays, but you need two mages to do it. One provides knowledge, both provide power. Of course... you'd have to trust me if we wanted to pull that off.
[As succinct as he could make it. But at least he's said more than two sentences without going out of his way to irritate her, which is probably a start.]
[Had she stepped into a parallel dimension? Bonnie hesitates, glancing at Kol, then at her necklace again. While the second option sounds far more appealing than blindly trusting a guy that's been irritating her most of the day, he didn't have to explain this to her. He didn't have to offer his assistance.
But he is, and he's not even trying to annoy her now, so that has to count for something. So she musters a smile, holding out her necklace to him.]
Alright. Option three it is. [A pause.] Thank you. But in exchange, I want to help with your research if I can.
[He takes the necklace, turning the pendant over in his hand. It should hold, he thinks. Of course there were plenty of less healthy enchantments he could work into it if he wanted, that she might not even notice until it's too late. But he's actually rather fond of Bonnie.]
I certainly won't stop you. But come along, now. We'll do this elsewhere just to be safe.
[He isn't quite sure of her power levels yet, nor does he really have a good read on if the chemistry will work between people who barely know one another. That, and she doesn't actually trust him yet, no matter what she's agreeing to. Kol keeps chatting as he waves her along toward a staircase half hidden by a bookshelf. It leads up. The attic ought to be empty enough.]
What I'm doing at the moment is researching how Light and Dark magic react to one another. If they could be woven together, that might make for exceptionally powerful magic.
[She nods, following him up towards the attic - even though she's still distracted by the odds and ends surrounding them. For the first time in... well, her life, she's somewhere where magic is not only acceptable, it's used willy-nilly. No matter how much casual use may grate on her, she can't help staring in slight awe of it all.]
You mean... like making a new element? [It's a strange thought. Typically, those elements are incompatible with one another, so weaving them together - she thinks - would be like creating several, mini explosions.] Or just seeing how they might work together if cast a certain way?
[There are so many things. Dangerous objects and plain old herbs and ingredients. While there is an order to it, it's nearly impossible to tell what's what or what might be where without asking. Which suits Kol perfectly well, all things considered. He gives a laugh at her suggestion.]
One step at a time, love. A new element would be marvellous, but first I need a way for them to not cancel each other out completely. They do tend to clash instantly when cast as usual, after all.
[And then there's the attic. It's clean instead of dusty as one might expect, and empty. But there are marks here that speak of things having happened, scorchmarks and half-erased symbols, splatter stains of liquid. It's as clean as it's going to get, on the whole, and smelling slightly of soot and sage.
The windows, the walls, the beams of the roof, everything is magically reinforced - and Kol activates the runes with a snap of his fingers as he walks in. Thin lines of carved symbols glow pale green in response along the edges of every surface as they're activated.]
[Her cheeks flush. Right, of course he needs them to not cancel each other out - they can't exactly work "in tandem" if they're too busy fighting with one another to exist. She may openly abhor how easily Kol uses magic, and yet, she can't help staring in awe at the activated runes.
There's so much magic in here - in this earthy, green space - that she can't quite hide her own enthusiasm. Bonnie wishes she were more familiar with the ritual that Kol wanted them to perform, though she suspects it has quite a bit to do with the runes on every surface. Did they reinforce his (and her) magic?
Bonnie holds out her own hand hesitantly, silently asking if she needs to cast a spell now. The runes in the center of the room look stronger (mostly because they're cleaner, sharper lines), so if that's where they'll focus their magic... maybe that's where they have to go?]
[Kol wouldn't want to miss his magic for all the light in all the worlds. He loves the thrumming in the air and how it flows through him as much as blood and breath and life, so there's really no hope of him working magic with more care.
There's a few things being reinforced. The building, for instance - so as to withstand their combined power if something should go wrong. Still, there is visibly an array on the floor that has a center, the lines thicker and brighter than the others, feeling more alive than the rest. Where the other marks fade after a few moments, these continue to glow, several concentric circles and intricate patterns connecting them, lines of foreign languages between them, symbols from different worlds. Some of it is for effect, but more serves to make their mutual trust less of a prerequisite.
Kol steps into the center, and indicates for her to stand by him.]
[Logically, she knows she should accept his hand, and yet she can't stop staring at it as if it's a foreign object. Taking a breath, she then rests her hand on top of his (and dangit, his hand feels warm and kind of nice).
She's not supposed to think that, especially since she was about to lodge a fireball at his face a few minutes ago. Kol's a strange guy, she finally settles on thinking, as she focuses her attention on him and the amulet, rather than the array in the center. He knows what he's doing, and she knows she has to trust in that, even if she doesn't fully trust him yet.
[He shifts his hand so he's clasping her wrist, while with the other hand he holds out the pendant.]
Now hold on to this. You know the material better than I do, so I'll be relying on you for that.
And don't worry, I've reinforced the building so we won't blow the roof off the house if something goes wrong.
[Flippant as always. He does not, in fact, expect this to work perfectly on the first try. ... kind of doubts there'll be more after the first, but on the other hand, Bonnie has proven pretty persistent.]
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The green one, please. [Holding out her hand expectantly, she resists the urge to sigh.] Come on, do you have to levitate all of them?
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The remaining grimoires slam right back into place as he picks up the green one and brings it over, all without magic this time just to make a point.]
No, but I can and don't see why I shouldn't. By the way: impressive restraint on your part.
[There's a reason those brooms are hanging back there after all.]
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There's a time and a place for magic, and using it for every little thing isn't it. [Even if they're in the middle of a magic workshop, where they're encouraged to practice spells however they please.]
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[And he's just going to hover close by and see what it is she's looking up, because he's curious and too stuck on his research anyway.]
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[She twitches as she realizes that he's hovering, but she can't exactly elbow him out of her way. Not unless she wants to use him as a living guinea pig for her own research on Cure spells.
Her notes in her own grimoire are scattered, mainly asking questions about techniques like Group Cure and spells such as 'Dispel' or 'Esuna' - while she has a dangerous tendency to set people ablaze, she's equally quick to cure them as well.] Hey, don't you have your own stuff to get back to...?
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[If they're going to be working together, if she's here to learn, he might as well pick up in an area she's interested in.]
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[Now she's kind of embarrassed. Bonnie had always known of Kol's talent, but actually working with him had been a different story.] Um, you mean like my necklace? I could just enchant it and it'll keep my health up, for example?
[Huh. Maybe working with him wouldn't be so bad after all.]
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[He's made his fair share of things like it. Enchantments aren't like spells, not as useful for immediate attack or defense, but very useful all the same.]
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Okay, so how would I go about that? I'd use something like... [She trails off, rummaging in her bag for a necklace she can spare. After a few seconds, she pulls out a silver star-shaped amulet.] Like this?
I'm just making this up as I go along don't mind me
It should work. Now there's three ways to do this. [He holds up one finger.] One. Find out what magic materials have properties you want, track down enough of each, and transfer the combined properties over to your pendant. [Giving an exaggerated shrug,] Very straight-forward, but takes time and effort, or money, or both.
Two. [Goes with the gesture.] A series of circles and arrays drawn in something related to your spell or element, charged with magic. Mostly a lot to memorize. It's a hassle, but it's the first method created that I've found that doesn't rely on borrowing magic that already exists. Leaves you more freedom to make something entirely new.
Three. [Yup.] Is the easiest. No Materials, no arrays, but you need two mages to do it. One provides knowledge, both provide power. Of course... you'd have to trust me if we wanted to pull that off.
[As succinct as he could make it. But at least he's said more than two sentences without going out of his way to irritate her, which is probably a start.]
works for me! ❤
But he is, and he's not even trying to annoy her now, so that has to count for something. So she musters a smile, holding out her necklace to him.]
Alright. Option three it is. [A pause.] Thank you. But in exchange, I want to help with your research if I can.
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I certainly won't stop you. But come along, now. We'll do this elsewhere just to be safe.
[He isn't quite sure of her power levels yet, nor does he really have a good read on if the chemistry will work between people who barely know one another. That, and she doesn't actually trust him yet, no matter what she's agreeing to. Kol keeps chatting as he waves her along toward a staircase half hidden by a bookshelf. It leads up. The attic ought to be empty enough.]
What I'm doing at the moment is researching how Light and Dark magic react to one another. If they could be woven together, that might make for exceptionally powerful magic.
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You mean... like making a new element? [It's a strange thought. Typically, those elements are incompatible with one another, so weaving them together - she thinks - would be like creating several, mini explosions.] Or just seeing how they might work together if cast a certain way?
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One step at a time, love. A new element would be marvellous, but first I need a way for them to not cancel each other out completely. They do tend to clash instantly when cast as usual, after all.
[And then there's the attic. It's clean instead of dusty as one might expect, and empty. But there are marks here that speak of things having happened, scorchmarks and half-erased symbols, splatter stains of liquid. It's as clean as it's going to get, on the whole, and smelling slightly of soot and sage.
The windows, the walls, the beams of the roof, everything is magically reinforced - and Kol activates the runes with a snap of his fingers as he walks in. Thin lines of carved symbols glow pale green in response along the edges of every surface as they're activated.]
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There's so much magic in here - in this earthy, green space - that she can't quite hide her own enthusiasm. Bonnie wishes she were more familiar with the ritual that Kol wanted them to perform, though she suspects it has quite a bit to do with the runes on every surface. Did they reinforce his (and her) magic?
Bonnie holds out her own hand hesitantly, silently asking if she needs to cast a spell now. The runes in the center of the room look stronger (mostly because they're cleaner, sharper lines), so if that's where they'll focus their magic... maybe that's where they have to go?]
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There's a few things being reinforced. The building, for instance - so as to withstand their combined power if something should go wrong. Still, there is visibly an array on the floor that has a center, the lines thicker and brighter than the others, feeling more alive than the rest. Where the other marks fade after a few moments, these continue to glow, several concentric circles and intricate patterns connecting them, lines of foreign languages between them, symbols from different worlds. Some of it is for effect, but more serves to make their mutual trust less of a prerequisite.
Kol steps into the center, and indicates for her to stand by him.]
Come on, then.
[He offers his hand.]
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She's not supposed to think that, especially since she was about to lodge a fireball at his face a few minutes ago. Kol's a strange guy, she finally settles on thinking, as she focuses her attention on him and the amulet, rather than the array in the center. He knows what he's doing, and she knows she has to trust in that, even if she doesn't fully trust him yet.
(Is that possible? It has to be.)] Like this?
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Now hold on to this. You know the material better than I do, so I'll be relying on you for that.
And don't worry, I've reinforced the building so we won't blow the roof off the house if something goes wrong.
[Flippant as always. He does not, in fact, expect this to work perfectly on the first try. ... kind of doubts there'll be more after the first, but on the other hand, Bonnie has proven pretty persistent.]