Suggestion 2012/04/01(Sun)00:49 No. 397532 ID: 431fa8
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>>397523
Maybe we can use magic directly to sharpen our perceptions- sense things we couldn't normally perceive that would let us figure out more about this.

Failing that, if we can get a decent sense of where it is, maybe we can try for some kind of clairvoyance?

>>397523
MAybe what you're feeling is something to detect magic. You haven't been shooting off lots of mana, just trying out small bits and getting a hang of what you can do, and this overlay or whatever it is, is trying to find you but because of the above, is having difficulty due to the small difference of your mana and the ambient mana.

You have the blue specialty, start enhancing your power draw and spell access, and getting ready to shoot down incoming magic spells. As blue your primary line of defense is keeping their spells from working for long enough that you can gather some finishing move together such as a big, flying summon or whatever.

try mind spring or treasure hunt.

Charm!!MuAmVlLGL0 2012/04/02(Mon)20:16 No. 398311 ID: af10de
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>use magic to try getting more info.

Whatever this magic feeling is, it isn't good for me. I need to figure out the whole "countermagic" thing, and the sooner the better.

Failing that, I try to eke out a little more mana to try and get a better bead on that sensation...it's bright. weak...but I can feel a bit of warmth. It's also...a mile away? mile and a half, maybe? It's in town, that much is for sure. That's both good and bad, but right now I'm just wondering what the hell I can do about it.

>[ ] Magic in my town? I need to stop it, even if it means pulling something out on the fly!
>[ ] Okay, yeah, let's stay as far the fuck away as humanly possible.
>[ ] Hmm...I better just ignore it. Maybe they'll go away.
>[ ] Other (Please Specify)

>>398311
>[x] Okay, yeah, let's stay as far the fuck away as humanly possible.
We have no need of another unknown sorcerer all up in our business. That said, they're still a good distance away so there's no need to leave our comfortable little creek here. Keep an eye- or a magical super-sense, or whatever- on it, and proceed with what we're doing. If it starts coming our way, try to use magic to cloak ourselves or travel away.

For now, let's see about pulling up that Alexi.

>[X] Magic in my town? I need to stop it, even if it means pulling something out on the fly!

>[X] Other (Please Specify)
>[X] Magic in my town? I need to INVESTIGATE IT FOR POTENTIAL ALLIES/ENEMIES!

>>398311
If it don't feel good, perhaps you need a creature to protect you. then you can investigte.

>[x]Other: Summon Creature
>Investigate

>"I try to eke out a little more mana"
If we plan on heading over, maybe we should wait a bit until our mana recharges/refills/untaps/whatever?

>>398334

>>398316
this for now. its probably been there for a while so leaving it for a bit longer probably won't matter, and we know almost nothing. at the very least we should have a basic understanding of how this shit works before we talk to something that might be on equal terms with us.

Charm!!MuAmVlLGL0 2012/04/04(Wed)21:01 No. 398775 ID: af10de
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>Investigate

I stretch a bit, having figured out a hell of a lot more than I had expected. Even as I leave the creek, I can feel the mana running through me, like I could call it up whenever I wanted. Of course, going alone might be risky, but having Claire or someone like that would be even more suspect. maybe summon something else...something less conspicuous?

>58

On my shoulder now sits a storm-battered owl. Despite the wear, it seems more than happy to be with me. I can sense a hidden potential inside the bird's soul, insofar as a bird I summoned from who knows where actually has a soul, anyway...

The walk isn't so bad. One hill is kind of a pain to climb, but I can tell I'm getting closer. The magic I can sense still doesn't seem too strong, if that's any good news...to one side of the street are a pair of churches, across the street is the local library, and one block over is the high school.

>Well, whatever magic is here has to be right on top of me, but my magic-sense isn't giving me any more help. Where should I look first?

Library. You could find something useful there, even if there's no magic there. Also, other mages would probably head to a library to research.

>>398775
Well, it can't be the school if you sense it to be right on top of you. It's probably the pair of churches. One church ahould have some followers but two, that should ping on any mana radar.

>>398775
Feeling right on top can also mean it is below you. Look at the street. Can you see manhole covers? Maybe there is a sewer main below you.

You said that you felt this other magic was bright and warm... that tends to correspond to red type of magic, which typically involves hills, mountains, fires and volcanoes for its sources of energy.
Do you think you could go right to the mana source geology and trace the flow to the target?

>Check out the churches, the magic stuff you feel could be like, their belief energy or God performing miracles or something.

Other known mana types tend to come from swamps for black, plains for white and forests for green. You can make use of these other mana types to a limited degree for your blue type magic. If you think tracking down your fellow magic user is difficult we might establish a greater mana base to cast magic with instead and use this mana to prepare artifacts, enchantments and summons to aid us in investigation and self-defense.

Your main blue response magic costs two units of blue mana to use and is called counterspell. There are many other variants, but this is the standard and it is very useful in most situations.

Suggestion 2012/04/07(Sat)01:30 No. 399177 ID: 7d7f79
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Forcespike: Counterspell that sort of works for only one mana.

Suggestion 2012/04/07(Sat)01:31 No. 399178 ID: 7d7f79
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Counterspell: Need lots of this.

Suggestion 2012/04/07(Sat)01:33 No. 399179 ID: 7d7f79
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Counterspell that can be used to drain an opponent's mana, which is useful if you have more than they do.

Suggestion 2012/04/07(Sat)01:34 No. 399181 ID: 7d7f79
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Counterspell that's conditionally free if you have enough mana to use it.

Suggestion 2012/04/07(Sat)01:35 No. 399182 ID: 7d7f79
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These folks can counterspell for you.

Suggestion 2012/04/07(Sat)01:36 No. 399183 ID: 7d7f79
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Same as the student, except also possibly more useful for brawling.

Suggestion 2012/04/07(Sat)01:40 No. 399185 ID: 7d7f79
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Possibly out of our price range, but you want this.

Suggestion 2012/04/07(Sat)01:47 No. 399187 ID: 7d7f79
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Also possibly out of our price range, but a dispel that costs something other than mana.

Suggestion 2012/04/07(Sat)02:33 No. 399191 ID: 7d7f79
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I almost forgot this one, which is sometimes better than a normal dispel, particularly if you've got a couple Isochron Scepters imprinted with it.

Suggestion 2012/04/07(Sat)16:58 No. 399292 ID: 7d7f79
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If you get control of some forests, tropical islands or some other source of green mana as well then the mystic snake can be useful and annoying to use against enemy spells also.

Charm!!MuAmVlLGL0 2012/04/08(Sun)18:39 No. 399547 ID: af10de
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>so many counterspells...

I...okay, hang on a minute, being bombarded with this much information is kind of disorienting. owl brain can only filter so much of it out, just give me a second...all right.

Okay, I'm just gonna shelve all that "shutting off other people's magic" talk for a bit - I can probably figure out the basics on my own, anyway. The magic sense that's still lingering takes priority for now.

>You guys still have no ideas, I take it? School, library, church, or something else?

>Posting slews of cards at once is likely to have ill effects on little Erica's mind (as well as mine). keep suggestions to lists or maybe just one image at a time please.

Library

>>399547
Well, that was all one person posting that slew of cards. Please don't do that, whoever it was.

I suggest going to the library. It could have secluded spots where someone or something could be messing with magic without anyone mundane noticing.

>>399547
>You guys still have no ideas, I take it? School, library, church, or something else?
...no ideas? Several people posted preferences for what to investigate or ideas as to how. One person decided to spam a shitload of cards for some reason. What's the problem here?

Hitting the library for now is fine.

Maybe there should be a Questdis thread for this sort of thing? (Though even there posting ten images in a row rather than links is a bit excessive.)

church

Charm!!MuAmVlLGL0 2012/04/09(Mon)20:51 No. 399939 ID: af10de
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>library

Alright, that's a decent place to check I guess. If nothing else I'm half as likely to run into some magical tome to study from.

Of course, it might help if the lights were working in here...I'm not so sure I like where this might be going...that scent is awfully familiar.

>[ ] Run the fuck away and hope whoever was there didn't notice you.

>[ ] Confront the source of the magic.

>[ ] Ignore magic and look for spellbooks

>[ ] Other (Please Specify)

...Kyubey? If so, run the fuck away.

If not, do you know what the scent is? Until you know, stay and look for books.

Also, if you're attacked, run to the church and hope that the whole "churches protect against witches" thing was based on other magic-users long ago and holy places really do nullify mana or something.

So you get to a place with MYSTERIOUS HAPPENINGS and the lights are not working for mysterious reasons. Continuing inwards to investigate seems like quite a risky idea at this point.

Fortunately, as a blue mage you might not have to.
I vote >Other [Leave the building and attempt to use magic to surreptitiously observe from outside.]

I'm a gambling man, I say we investigate the source of the magic.

If you guys ultimately decide to wimp out, we can try this.
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=130903

>>399946
>Other [Leave the building and attempt to use magic to surreptitiously observe from outside.]
Got to support this. We're pretty close here, and there is a huge variety of ways to try and get a better idea of what's going on in there with magic short of wandering around- telepathy and clairvoyance being the two most obvious. If we must confront potential enemies personally, it would be prudent to cloak ourselves in magic first, something to conceal or defend us from any attacks they might launch.

>>399939
Wait a minute, let's gather some facts relavant to the situation here.
You're in a library. It is dark. You can't see. What do you have? An owl. Owls are nocturnal cratures. They have good night vision.
Why not let your Tempest OWl guide you.

confront that bitch.

Charm!!MuAmVlLGL0 2012/04/10(Tue)20:25 No. 400243 ID: af10de
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>>399957
It's not so dark that I can't see...just the lights aren't working. There're enough windows and the sun to follow the scent. It smells like a mountain of pennies...coppery.

...blood. a trail of it, leading up the the body of one very dead, white rabbit thing of a furball.

I don't think I want to be here anymore. Time to high-tail it out of h-

"Fufufufu...Don't feel the need to rush off on my account, little girl. Why not stay a spell, hmm? It's not like we don't know what's at stake here..."

Okay, first off, that voice was creepy as hell - sounded like it came from a middle schooler on a sugar high. Second off, my gut tells me that trying to run away from something that could kill the furry bastard is a very bad idea.

>Even if I wanted to run, my body doesn't want to move! I have to say something, but what?

>>400243
Nothing for it but to act confident and casual. Never let 'em see you blink.

"Funny story, I blew my orientation guide to tiny chunky bits the first chance I got and missed the briefing. Just what is at stake?"

Be ready to chuck hopefully-disruptive magic at whatever gets thrown at you. And try to figure out where they are- either they're right here, possibly under some form of concealment, or they have some kind of remote presence magic. Either one is something that we should be able to sense and possibly disrupt. Knowledge is power; when we figure out what the fuck is going on we'll be able to stop and counter it.

Maybe we should have chosen Red if we are just going to go around walking straight in to obvious traps like that.

Say hello while getting ready to cast something with protection from black.

Well, you can go meek and surprise him by a surprise attack, or you can intimidate him into leaving you alone. I think you should go meek and hit him with a surprise attack. It looks to me like this guy is new too. First thing he does after getting his powers is killing the fluffball, just like you. If that's the situation, then you can outlast him. You've got some mana plus a mana tap to an untapped resource, and he has none.

ask who it is.

Charm!!MuAmVlLGL0 2012/04/12(Thu)20:59 No. 400694 ID: af10de
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>Prep countermagic, confront

"Funny thing, I decided to not let that white bastard show me anything before getting rid of it. so pray tell, what exactly is at stake here?" On the inside I'm scared shitless, but if I show that then it can't end well.

"Power. The power to create, to do the impossible. And most importantly...the power to destroy you and your 'holier than thou' smartass friends!"

Before I can react, everything is black. It's like there's something in the blackness. Scuttling, moving in the infinite shadow, searching me for some reason to end me.

...that shit ain't gonna fly. Calm down Erica, just focus on what you know. don't give it anything to latch on to, and th-hey, where'd it go?

I'm back in the library, the lights are back on, and sitting in front of me is...well, a middle school girl who is probably way too hopped up on sugar.

"Huh. Guess you aren't one of them, so I guess you get a miss for now. Anyway...since you weren't sent to destroy me, the least we could do is introduce ourselves. I'm Nicole, and that..." The girl points to the bloody corpse of the rabbit-thing "is what happens to people who lie to me. Now then...who the hell are you, and why're you here?"

...this is...unexpected. I'm fine, and Mr. Owl is fine...so I guess I can give her a pass? maybe?

>What should I say to her?

>oh deathmark, you and your silly targeting restrictions...

>>400694
"Erica. I picked up on you from a couple miles off, decided to come check things out in person. Now what's all this about destroying smartasses?"

Keep on our toes. She's still a kid, and it sounds like she's the sort who got picked on in school and is inclined to be brutally nasty in hitting the world back because of it now that she has the chance. We need to get information without threatening or offending her if possible; if she's planning to slaughter a bunch of people in town here that's not really cool, but we can't let on that we'd try to stop her- she might decide to use something nastier than that first spell.

" my name is Erica, i sensed from a few miles off and decided to come see whats up, I was hoping that talking to someone else who has magic would help me figure out what is going on. I have no interest in any sort of deadly violence if I can at all avoid it. "

>>400714
This is the way you should go

Maybe you should tell her that you just got fired and what's worse, you were treated like shit during the whole thing. At the very least show some respect and not fire you so flippantly.
This may get you some symphathy from our young black mage here. At the very least , some common ground.

Girl needs perspective: Apparently the both of you are shrimp in an ocean of magic users that are mostly sharks or worse. You and Nicole need each other's backup in order to stand a good chance of not being chumped by the first one that decides to use their centuries of talent and practice to squash you like a fly.
"I'm Erica, pleased to meet you Nicole. Do we really have time for killing smartasses? What I've learned about this magic stuff so far says it's only a matter of time before someone with this kind of power who's been doing it for centuries shows up to squash us like flies. I think we'd be much better off getting to know each other and figuring out how to protect ourselves for when that happens. Want me to fill you in on that stuff?"

Charm!!MuAmVlLGL0 2012/04/15(Sun)15:50 No. 401547 ID: af10de
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>Talk her down

I introduce myself and explain just how shitty my day has been so far. After I've established that I'm not here to kill her or anything like that, she seems to calm down a little. Maybe now I can figure out what she meant by her little threat.

"It's that stupid church bitch. Apparently anyone who doesn't use her brand of faith is a demon worthy of being destroyed - our kind got enough torture 70 years ago, you'd think I'd at least get a pass for that."

...well that's a bit discouraging. Unfair as hell, but still discouraging. Trying to get that much more out of her doesn't get too far, either. At least we have a working truce in place. So now what?

>[ ] Try joining mana to summon something
>[ ] Try summoning on your own
>[ ] Ask Nicole about her kill-spell
>[ ] Go back home
>[ ] Other (Please Specify)

her kind? also, church bitch? explain.

>>401547
Get more information on this "church bitch" and "our kind" if we at all can. Affect that our concern is primarily that someone might come after us, and we need to know about it.

Give her a cell phone number if we've got one, and get hers. As long as we're sticking around in this world it would be silly not to use its conveniences.

Please ask her to kindly explain what the hell she is talking about. Remind her you just got magic powers today. Some history and the current state of affairs in the local magical community would be nice.

>>401547
I got a feeling that Nicole is Jewish, what with the "torture 70 years ago" remark.

Ask her about the church caster. What's up with her anyways?

Try joining mana to summon the ARCHITECTS OF WILL

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=220517&type=card

and then see if she feels like being more cooperative about talking to us.

Ask what this 'church bitch has' to do with the rabbit thing.

>>401589
Summoning mind manipulators is risky to begin with, and summoning mind manipulators with the help of the person you plan on manipulating is just silly.

Charm!!MuAmVlLGL0 2012/04/15(Sun)20:55 No. 401637 ID: af10de
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>>401581
>>401583
>>401584

Right. We both have cell phones, and while I'm not sure if other worlds have mastered cellular technology, at least this one has - I'll gladly take advantage.

"Now then, this 'church bitch', as you so eloquently referred to her...anything more you can tell me? If nothing else, I don't want to make any enemies I don't have to." I'm trying to help my case, but the other girl doesn't look at all happy about talking about this.

"In that case, stay away from the churches. Holocaust-denying self-righteous assholes, every single one of them. Was bad enough before one of them decided to show her magic off to me - and by 'show off', I mean 'try to erase me from existence'. If you ever come across a blonde girl named Sarah, make yourself scarce."

>>401584
"Well, I've only had access to this...magic...and I still can't believe it; for only an hour or so. Mind filling me in on the local magic news?"
Nicole only laughs at that. "Erica, I'm gonna shoot straight with you, because you seem to get it: I've had this for all of 20 minutes. I'm the last person you want to ask for gossip...or much of anything related to this."

>>401588
Good guess - turns out her whole family is Jewish. Not terribly devout, but I'm hardly one to judge. She can do her thing, I'll do mine.
Life's simpler that way.

Sure, she's got sorcery that can drain the life out of a person's soul and casts it without batting an eye, but Nicole is still just a kid. I may not be *that* much better...but I really think I ought to keep her close. What should I say?

>[ ] "Hey, wanna go and teach that snobby churchrat a thing or two?"
>[ ] "Hey, wanna come back and crash at my apartment?"
>[ ] "Any ideas on someone who could help us with this and not want us dead afterwards?"
>[ ] "What do you want to do?"
>[ ] Other (Please Specify)

>>401637
Well, you might want to teach Nicole about summoning and mana bonds, since well, its the only things you know about. Mana bonds first, then go to someplace quiet to see what Nicole will summon

well, since both of you have enemies, you two could just ally up and collaborate, y'know, compare notes or something, somewhere secluded where you won't be interrupted. say, are there any swamps around here?

>>401656
Well, if there's no swamps, I think a slightly more disgusting black mana souce would be the sewers.

>>401637
Hrm. We only sensed Nicole here- if there's someone named Sarah running around, shouldn't we be able to sense her, too? Try to extend our senses and get a bead on any other magic-users in the area. If that doesn't produce results, try more divination-type spells, as before- telepathy, clairvoyance, whatever.

Let Nicole know what we're doing so she doesn't grow suspicious, of course.

Suggest that you work together to learn more about magic, as it would be best to find out more before the church girl or worse shows up.

>>401663
this

>>401657
Or graveyards

we should keep in mind that Nicole tried to kill us as soon as we met. granted she thought we might have been there to kill her but we should explain to her the importance of fire discipline, there are a variety of reason both moral and practical that you don't want to accidentally kill some random bystander.

>>401669
Seconded. Seriously, we need a lot more clue and power than we've got to start going Ghengis Khan here.

Charm!!MuAmVlLGL0 2012/04/17(Tue)14:46 No. 402031 ID: af10de
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>>401641
>>401657
>>401668
You're right, that could certainly help, and there's a cemetery a bit down the road - just down the hill and back up again. I bring it up to her, and she seems intrigued.
"I like it, but I doubt that'll be something we can do when the sun's still shining. call me tonight, we'll get something done." Given the mischievous smirk on her face, I bet she can barely wait.

>>401669
"You know, it's generally not a good idea to try and use soul-robbing magic against just anyone...I think we should avoid using magic against anyone until the anyone uses magic against us first. Okay?"

She frowns but agrees. It's for the best...

>>401656
>>401663
I ask her if she has any ideas on someone who could help us learn more about this shit - she doesn't. I could try calling that Alexi woman...though I'm not sure how Nicole would take it.

>[ ] "I may know someone who can help. Want me to call her up?"
>[ ] "Wanna try summoning something who can help?"
>[ ] "I've got nothing, I'll see you tonight."
>[ ] Other

Say you'll meet up with her tonight, part ways, and then try out Alexi

Suggest it as a short term goal to find out more about this Alexi and if it checks out to go visit. Suggest as a short term goal that you both get the hang of how to use magic and back each other up so that if Alexi turns out to be as dangerous and loony as the other planeswalkers that you might be able to deal.

We should mention the possibility to her, but we should wait for that until after she has done the mana connection, so you have more total power at your disposal if something goes wrong. (Also she will probably feel more secure about it after she has a mana bond.)

>>402031
Well, time to cut this short. The both of you can discuss business at the graveyard. Also, don't unsummon you owl. Having him around would be nice to have as security for anything that could happen.

Charm!!MuAmVlLGL0 2012/04/19(Thu)16:16 No. 402382 ID: af10de
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"Alright, call me when you're on your way. I'll meet you there." Nicole nods and goes back to reading her book. It's not too much longer before I'm back at my apartment.

Let's see...a google search for "Alexi" and "Mercadia" doesn't give me anything I can use. Maybe I need to be a bit more...proactive in my info gathering.

>[ ] Try Summoning Alexi
>[ ] Don't summon, conserve your magic for tonight.
>[ ] Other (Please Specify)

Other: Google Magic: The Gathering.

as far as we can tell mana regenerate on its own, so there is no reason to conserve it overnight. lets try calling up Alexi. also while this magic system does seem to have allot of similarities to magic the gathering its possible that Ericas world doesn't have that particular game.

>>402382
Knowledge is power, and we can always convey things we learn from Alexi to Nicole should we wish to. But if we summon Alexi together with Nicole, we won't have the chance to censor information. We may not have to, but it is an option.

There is also the slim chance that Alexi may have issues with Black mana users, so this is a chance to get a feel for her disposition.

I'd rather have the extra mana in case Nicole tries to screw us over, but I'm fine with summoning Alexi for a chat.

Also, prepare for going out at night in a pretty deserted area. You gonna want your hiking shoes and pepper spray just in case.

>>402449
Now that you mention it, we should look into getting a gun. Nobody expects a mage to pull out a non-magical weapon and shoot them.

Now that you mention it, we should look into getting a gun. Nobody expects a mage to pull out a non-magical weapon and shoot them.

Try to find a forest or a plain and try to link to those? Fully empowered planeswalkers can use all the colours but we don't know your limits yet.

>>402638
Er... doublepost or what?

Anyways, yeah, guns. If Voldemort had just shot Harry, he'd have won.

Alexi may disapprove of Nicole. don't summon her until after the meeting.

focus on gathering fucktons of mana. and summoning a tough bodyguard dude in case Nicole tries something funny.

>>402762
Me being derp.

>>402822
Welcome to TGchan! fun facts: you can delete your posts by clicking the little box next to them, scrolling down to the bottom, and hitting "delete". I am also guessing you were trying to
>greentext
with that? all you gotta do is put that greater than sign at the beginning.

Charm!!MuAmVlLGL0 2012/04/21(Sat)15:13 No. 403008 ID: af10de
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>>402638
>>402762
A...a gun?

I have to admit, the thought never occurred to me. I can look up how much it would run me - remember, I don't live in some big metropolis where I could sidle up to some gangster on a street corner - I'd have to do everything aboveboard, and that takes cash I really don't have a lot of.

>>402405
>>402431
>>402449

Alright. I should be able to do this. Closing my eyes and taking a few deep breaths, I let my magic go to work. I try and picture the same sort of place that Claire came from...the swirling breezes...and now add some mana to this and...

>88

...it's cold. like winter decided to show up either four months late, or eight months early. Opening my eyes, there's a woman kneeling before me that could only be the Zephyr Mage I was told about.

...It dawns on me that I really don't know what to say to her...so I'll just have to wing it.

"Thank you for granting me with your audience. I...I guess I want to ask you about magic, if it's not too much of a hassle..."

The woman takes in the tiny place that is my apartment before sitting on one of the chairs. "Well, since you asked so nicely...to be honest, I don't terribly mind the change of scenery. And you look like you could really use my help. So out with it, what do you need?"

>I...hmm. that's a good question. What do I need from her?

Explain how you recently received magic from some rabbit thing, and it appears that a number of other have as well. At least some of these others seem mentally unstable, so it is likely you will need to learn how to fight and/or evade other mages as soon as possible.

>>403008
"I only know a few things like how to form mana bonds and summoning. The rest? I'm not sure. The politics? I don't know. Also, a black mage has asked me to help teach her, when I don't know anything about this."

Also, Alexi's a guest in your home. Give her somerhing to drink.

>>403008
Ask her about the summoning. Why does she specifically answer the summons? What does she, or others she may know, get out of this arrangement? Do they get some of the mana used for the summons?

Has she or anyone she has spoken to been summoned here, this world, before? Give her any details she may need if it's unclear

" I know that how to do basic summoning, and some of how mana works, that's about it. as far as i can tell i have allot of raw power, and no idea how anything works. I have yet to see any situation were that is a good position to be in. "

resist the temptation to ask her how you'd apply magic during the sex act and tell her about your encounter with the rabbit, and the mage who recommended her. and maybe Nicole, but just maybe.

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>>403019
>>403024
>>403050
"Well...I guess I'm looking for a teacher. some furry thing came up to me this afternoon and told me I can do magic, and it's just been stumbling about from there. I know a little about summoning and mana connections, but I'm highly doubting that'd be enough to survive in a place where people know about this stuff..."

Alexi nods, I hope she understands just how over my head this is. "Why you needed a furball to tell you that you had magic is something I know to not ask, but you're right - you'll need a lot more know how if you were planning a trip to Mercadia anytime soon. I certainly can school you on some of the finer points, but you can conjure things and you know how to gather mana. I'd say that puts you several steps above your average budding magician - especially if this is your first day."

I...well, damn. I didn't expect that kind of praise. And if I learned that sort of thing this quickly, then I ought to be well on my way.

>>403042
"Do you mind if I ask a personal question? Why did you decide to show up when I called for you?"

Alexi shoots me a look before speaking back up. "You know how dumb it sounds to ask if you can ask a question, then ask it anyway before I can say anything? Try not to do that."

After I'm done stammering some bullshit apology, she continues. "To be honest, most of the time I don't - when you summoners want me to fight in your duels, what you usually get is just a spiritual copy. All the special abilities at your disposal, but none of the risk of me actually dying to stray fire.
Of course, you seemed like an interesting case - and I could tell you weren't locked in mortal combat - so I figured it'd be worth it to pop my head in. I take it magical duels is something you'll want to know about, yes?"

I nod again. This is going to be an interesting conversation already, I can tell...

>[ ]"So, I have a friend who uses a different kind of magic than me...is that bad?"
>[ ]"So, I understand you can manipulate air... How does that work?"
>[ ]"My knowledge of how summoning works is kinda limited. Any tricks to maker it easier?"
>[ ]"I'm not really up to date on what spells I should be studying - any ideas?"
>[ ] Other (Please Specify)

"Roughly the same thing happened to another girl in this world, and she ended up becoming a black magician from it. I've promised her I'd try to look out for her, and vice versa. How risky is that?"

"Knowing about that, what's your advice on what I should do now? I'm interested in learning more but what little I've heard about duels seems alarming. I'm pretty sure I need to know more about what other planeswalkers do and how to avoid getting into bad situations with them, but if there's a way to learn more about that from this world that doesn't involve summoning people who willingly tell me it's not so obvious."

Magical duels is probably something you need to know, and tell her about Nicole and her enmity with Sarah, because lets face it, Sarah sounds pretty tough and aggresive.

Is there a way to specifically summon a copy, in case you want to do something like disarming a trap the fast way?

all of the above.

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>>403351
>>403425
"So...I ran into someone who is apparently in the same boat as me, but uses black magic instead of blue like I do. Is there any reason why I shouldn't try to be friends with her or anything?" I really hope there isn't a reason, because she seems like a nice kid...

"Well...I'm personally not a fan of black mages. Course, if the two of you are on good terms with each other and haven't been ordered to take each other out, I'd keep her around. Between your counter magic and her ability to snuff out summons, the two of ye'll not have too many opponents that can do all that much."

...That's actually pretty cool, that the two of us should be able to stop almost anything. It makes me think that I actually have some potential in this whole magic business.

"Oh yeah...magical duels. Admittedly, I don't know anything about them. How much of it do you know?" She just shrugs, but anything she can give me is more than I have right now.

"It's gonna take some time to explain exactly how things work. I figure this will cover most of it, but you're gonna have to figure this out firsthand eventually. I can only give you a primer."
The next hour and a half is dedicated to how combat works - apparently mages have all but ritualized it into some elaborate game. Personally I think it'd be easier to shoot something at them while they're casting, but who am I to argue with that kind of tradition?

>See next post

Duels using magic are conducted,by in large, in the manner of a game of Magic. There are, of course, a few changes that need to be noted and remembered for Erica to do well.

A beginning mage starts with 10 life. Upon connecting with mana links or reaching certain benchmarks, (read: levels, though I didn't want to call them that) A mage will gain more resilience. If reduced to 0 life, a mage is not automatically dead, but is significantly injured and death is a possibility.
Currently, Erica has 9 life out of a maximum of 11, due to that psionic blast. She'll regain those 2 life points after a good night's sleep.

In a duel, Erica will be limited to the spells that she has committed to a pool - to start with, her "deck" will have 20 spells available: four castings apiece of five different spells, plus any number of basic islands. A mage can have an absolute maximum of 48 spell castings available in their pool - and Erica is likely to reach that cap sooner than you'd think. As mentioned before, Erica can currently have up to 10 islands under her control without putting undue strain on her mana link. Gaining levels will raise this cap.

The last big rules change is that, due to her inexperience, Erica can only cast three spells per turn cycle. (one turn cycle being from the start of her turn to the start of her next turn) Copied spells (twincast, replicate, storm, etc.) do not count toward this cap.
Spells that only draw cards do not count towards the cap, and allow for an additional spell to be cast that turn cycle for each card drawn. (if Erica casts Divination as her first spell of the turn cycle, which draws 2 cards, she'll be able to play 5 more spells this cycle).
Spells that do something and then draw a card DO count towards the spells per turn cycle cap, but also allow one more spell for that cycle per card drawn. (If Erica casts Merchant of Secrets [>>396212] as her first spell of the turn cycle, she will be able to cast 3 more spells.)
As with her land cap, this limit on spells cast per cycle will increase with experience.

I'm pretty sure that's everything. Refer to the discussion thread (http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questdis/res/361540.html) for the building of Erica's starting deck, as well as any questions about the system.

Turn 2 will start once Erica's decklist has been agreed upon.