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Not Quite The Fire Magic She Intended - Pseudo OTA (See warnings)

Who: Xion and whomever.
What: Attempting to practice fire magic with... interesting results.
Where: A clear area a little way off of campus
When: midmorning
Warnings: Possible violence, angst and angst mentions. (Also as a warning, I'm doing Nano, so replies will be potentially super slow.)

Xion had promised she wouldn't stop using her magic, though she intended to keep an eye on Roxas to make sure he wasn't suffering because she was practicing. The best way to do this, of course, was to practice when he didn't know she was going to, so if he was feeling drained he wouldn't know to hide it. Yes she still worried, but she wasn't locking herself away because of it she was being... cautious. At least that was how she planned to explain it if she got caught watching him too closely. It wasn't bad to want to be sure, right?

So she had slipped off on her own to practice. She had her hood down, which still made her a little nervous, but no one was around so that should be okay. Right? She was trying to get her fire spells working, aiming at a target she had set up, made of a broken art easel she had found in a trash heap. Not that she quite knew what it was supposed to be, but it more or less stood and should burn, so it should be fine.

Except that the spell wasn't working. She kept aiming her Keyblade at it. Kept saying the spell name at it, and... nothing. She slashed her blade down in frustration after an hour of this. "I don't get it!" she complained to herself. "My other spell worked! I could do Thundaga just fine...." Of course...

Because of course....

Lightning flashed as she said the name of that spell, splitting the sky, splitting the target and setting the pieces, and a nearby bush... on fire.

Eyes wide she aimed her Keyblade at the flaming mess. She should have been prepared for success, but she hadn't really expected it. And this wasn't quite success, but... it was still fire. "Blizzaga!" she cried, trying to freeze the flames. Trying... and failing...

Maybe she should have been practicing more after all?

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Attention entirely focused on the fire, Tyzias directs her spell through the shrubbery again and again and again, picking up more of the flames each time. Something as relatively insubstantial as fire is hard to grab with Vector, but it's the only tool Tyzias has at her disposal for something like this. Gah, why was she so useless here? Can't even stop a stupid, lousy fire in one fell swoop, if it was any more serious people could've gotten hurt because she isn't good enough and-

At last, all of the blaze clings onto the invisible ribbon of mathemagical force. Coughing, Tyzias yanks it towards her, twists it into a small, intensely hot ball, and collapses to her knees in a wheezing fit.

They were apparently a matched pair at feeling useless. Seeing the other drop, Xion spun to aim her Keyblade at Tyzias. "Curaga!" Three guesses what spell also utterly fails.

"Nonononono. I'm fine, I'm good. Really," Tyzias hacks, hands shaking. Turns out that combining intense spellwork with physical exhaustion isn't a good idea. Who knew? Tyzias tries to get to her feet, staggers, falls back down, and grits her teeth. She might need a little help with this one.

Then the names of the spells Xion used click, and Tyzias startles. Another Vaikunthan? No, no. Can't be. Right? Plenty of other worlds use that spell structure. Adjusting her glasses (more out of habit than anything else, they don't even have lenses in them), Tyzias takes another look at Xion and blurts out the first thing that comes to mind. "Your problem is that you're using -aga suffixes. It's hard to cast those reliably until you," cough, cough, wheeze, "until you've got a lot of practice with -a suffixes, and before that you need even more practice with the base spells."

wow way to make a great first impression by trollsplaining how spells work to a little girl nevermind that somebody as new as you're pretending to be shouldn't have any idea of how this works great going tyzias

Edited 2019-11-08 04:48 (UTC)

"That is... what good looks like?" she asked, frowning a bit. She might not know much, but she was pretty sure that was not what someone who was good looked like. Or... had she thought it was an attack spell and she meant good as in... being a good person? Did that mean she thought Xion was one too? Well now she was confused.

And them the lesson about spells. Yeah, Xion was more than a little lost. "You mean Cura?" she asked, so confused. She did lower her Keyblade, though.

"Yeah, uh. I've had worse falls." Grimacing, Tyzias rolls her shoulders. Something clicks, and sighing, she fluidly gets to her feet and wipes the dirt off of her jeans. Is she really wearing socks with sandals? Yep, she. She definitely is. Another click, and Tyzias returns to her normal hunched posture.

"I'm not an expert, but. Yes?" There. 'I'm not an expert.' Now Tyzias's cover is 100% bulletproof. "Like, hm. Shit, where's my-" Tyzias rifles around... somewhere... and retrieves her already dogeared copy of The Fundamental Principles of Wizarding. "There. Okay, so... most theories hold that you have to gradually acclimate your body to magic. Right? Right. You can't go firing off Ultimas and Flares off willy-nilly when you first start. So- wait."

Tyzias begins walking off into the woods, gesturing for Xion to follow. The ball of fire floats after her. "C'mon. We can walk and talk, I need to find something to put this out. Anyways, where was I? Yeah, okay. So if you try something too powerful at first, your body and soul just isn't prepared to channel all of that energy at once. With me so far?"

With you so far? Only physically. Xion was walking after the odd person, but was in no other way following. "I used to use these spells all the time before.." she cut herself off there. And no she was not going to explain before what.

"See, that's the thing. Whatever brings us to this world fucks up our insides," Tyzias explains, stumbling over a root and nearly falling flat on her face. "And brings us back to square one magicwise. No matter how powerful you were back home, you're on the same level as your average schlub when you first arrive here. We have a bit of an advantage because the Sundering pumps us full of magic in the process, but controlling it is another fucking matter entirely."

It feels good to be teaching again. If Alternia wasn't so horrible in literally every conceivable way, Tyzias probably would've ended up as some sort of teacher or professor. Actually, was there... nah, that timeline is too much of an offshoot if it exists at all. Oh well. "So, yeah. You gotta start from the start. Of course, another possibility is that you're treating Discovery spells like Thaumaturgy."

This person started out making sense. Somewhat. She didn't understand all the words used. But comprehension faded rapidly. Her head hurt, and a hand slid up as if that could somehow contain the pain...

"I... do not understand."

Tyzias, unfortunately, doesn't know that learning overload can cause actual headaches. Her thinkpan is simply too cavernous for that. So when Xion starts cradling her head like it's about to burst, Tyzias slows down and walks up to her, unaware that she's the problem. "Woah, woah, you good?"

"My head... hurts..." she said softly, stumbling a bit, other hand coming up as well. She was used to the headaches, but she didn't want to pass out. Not now. "Axel...." she gasped. Axel would know what to do. If she could get to him. Axel or... "Roxas..."

Screw the lecture (for now), this girl obviously needs some help. Cursing a blue streak, Tyzias leans down to support Xion, clicking her weights out of place once more.

Tyzias smoothly turns around with Xion and begins guiding her back towards the campus. "Shit. Fuck. Okay, what house are Axel and Roxas in? I'll get you to them, just... hold on, okay?"

She accepted the help, though the headache was slowly starting to fade. "Ka... Axel and I are in Ka. Roxas... Roxas is in... Valhudor..." The headache was very much fading, but if the other person was so upset. Was she upset? Now Xion couldn't tell. But seeing Roxas and Axel seemed like a good idea. And maybe they could explain the words she didn't know...?

"Ka it is, then." At the very least, the students in Ka could teleport Xion to the infirmary if things worsened. Tyzias glances at her charge and winces. Shit. Is she going into shock? People in shock need to be warm, right? Ugh, if only Tyzias still had her Paladin asterisk, then maybe...

No. She needs to focus on what she can do now. Not hesitating for a moment, Tyzias flexes her back muscles, her uniform rips, and draconic wings burst from her tunic. One wraps around Xion, trying to keep her warm as Tyzias continues to hustle to the magicademy.

She looked at the sound of ripping and then her eyes went wide staring at the wings. Well that was... new. She tried to remember if anyone she knew could do anything like that. She was really feeling much better now, but didn't know what was going on and that wing wrapping around her... was that an attack? She didn't seem to be trying to hurt her. Then why? What was going on?

The wing's embrace is soft, firm, but not constricting. Tyzias continues to pick up speed, going faster and faster and faster and faster as she just starts carrying Xion until everything around her is a blur. "YOU GOOD?" she shouts over the wind, taking another look at her charge. "STAY WITH ME NOW!"

Okay, she was really confused now. Usually only Axel carried her if anyone, and that was generally in his arms. Not in a wing. And why was the person screaming at her? Or was she just being loud? Was she angry? Stay with her? She was carrying her, how could she do anything else? How was she supposed to know if she was good, she was still trying to figure out that descent thing...

And when in doubt, having no clue what to say, Xion... said nothing.

The temptation to pull her hood up and hide in it was strong. Very strong.

Xion might be fine for now, but some ~~status conditions~~ afflictions only start showing their teeth a while after initial infection. So there's no way Tyzias is just going to "chill out" about this, just in case. Finally, at great speeds, she skids to a stop in the Ka dormitory and busts in. "HEY, IS THERE AN AXEL IN HERE?" she bellows.

"That depends on who's asking," came a voice from the stairwell that led up from the common room to the sleeping quarters. "And knock off the yelling, would ya? You'll upset the ghosts, and then we'll have to deal with them all ni-"

It was about then that Lea emerged into the common room and took in the situation, with Xion being carried in the arms of an unusual looking character who seemed pretty frantic about something. "Wait, Xion?" he said as he approached, frowning a bit in confusion and concern. "What's going on?"

Edited 2019-11-14 07:56 (UTC)

Well, in the wing of the odd student, anyway.

"I'm don't know" she admitted, confused. But glad he was there. Axel would figure this out, he always did. The headache was gone, thje confusion was still going strong, however.

Tyzias gingerly hands Xion over to Axel. "I found her trying to use some -aga spells in the forest," she explain, retracting her wings back underneath her tunic. It felt good to stretch them out after so long, at least. "She accidentally started a brushfire with a Thundaga, but I took care of it. I was lecturing her about the proper fucking way to use and learn nonsuffix, -a, -aga, and -ja/za spells instead of just trying to skip straight to -agas like a complete idiot, but then she started looking real pale and like she was about to faint. She told me to take her to you or somebody called Roxas, and since you two share a dorm..." Tyzias shrugs, clicking her weights back into place. "She got better partway through the run here, but I figured safe than sorry."

Then Tyzias sways from side to side, as if exhausted, then collapses against the wall, breathing heavily. "I admit, I may have. Overexerted myself bringing her here." Okay, that's a blatant lie, but she's gotta keep up the nerd act somehow. Right?

So Axel could see for himself at least some of to confusion on her face. But then when the other student collapsed against the wall she moved back away from Axel to try and catch her. If her Cure spells worked she could help... right?

Lea put aside his surprise that there was someone else in the school who knew about his world's spell tiers for the moment as he moved to support Xion in the other student's place. "Trust me, under normal circumstances, Xion's more than qualified to use third tier spells," he said. "But she does tend to get... overwhelmed pretty easily sometimes when someone tries to give her a lot of information in one go. She'll be alright, but thanks for helping her out, both with the fire and bringing her here."

When the other student slumped against the wall, Lea moved right along with Xion, hoping to steady her. He smiled a bit wryly. "Maybe just a bit," he said. "C'mon; let's get you over to the couch so you can sit down, and I'll get you a glass of water, alright?" If Xion wanted to try her spell too, she was welcome, but Lea clearly thought that magical intervention wouldn't be required.

"Should... Should I try Curaga?" she asked Axel softly. "I don't know if it would work..."

"Nah, I don't think any magic is required for this one," Lea said. "Just a bit of rest and a glass of water should be enough."

"Oh. Should we carry her inside?"

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Not Quite The Fire Magic She Intended - Pseudo OTA (See warnings)

does xion still have the face thing here, you know what i'm talking about

Her face is visible and hers. She still isn't sure that is the case, though.

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And a warning for getting into spoiler territory that I suspect from your question you already know.

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yeah, 1 year old Kingdom hearts baby is, at the least,not going to understand the swear words.

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Should I see of the Axel player wants in?

go ahead!

Left a message. This snowballed like whoa.

Re: Left a message. This snowballed like whoa.

Lea to the rescue!

We want a tag order, or whatever makes sense as we go?

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