[text] un: mantis!

[feelybug]

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Hello??

[mantis! is typing...]

[mantis! is typing...]

HI!!!

[ooc: some spoilers for Guardians Vol 2 within.]

Comments

[feelybug]

Thank you!! I am still getting lost very much. I have not yet encountered any danger though I have been warned to be careful not to go past the fence.

[scholiast]

I know what you mean, this place is huge. That, and I find that a lot of it looks the same. Aside from past the fence.

I haven't been out there yet, but I've been warned off it too. There are monsters out there, apparently.

[feelybug]

I wonder if they are very dangerous monsters..

We will have to be very careful.

Can I ask where you are from?

[scholiast]

I think they're quite dangerous, otherwise there wouldn't be so many warnings. But yes, that's why I've stayed inside of the city, for now. I'd like to go exploring some day, though.

Um, for now, I come from a ship. Yourself?

[feelybug]

I would also like to explore the outside but I do not think I should do that alone.

I was also on a ship before I came to be here. I was raised on the planet of Ego, before the ship. I was not on the ship for very long.

[scholiast]

I'd offer to go with you, but I don't think I'd be very useful if we ever got into any fights.

Oh... I was raised on a planet, but now I'm on a ship. Funny, huh? I don't think I've heard of Ego before, though.

[feelybug]

I am not sure I would be very useful either. I have not had much experience in fighting.

I do not think he is very well known.

I wonder if this is how we have come to be here?

[scholiast]

Neither have I. I know some magic, of course, but it's mainly defensive.

Perhaps. People are coming here from all sorts of places, though. I used to think we were at least all in the same planar system, but I don't think that's the case any more.

[feelybug]

I do not know magic! Magic is AMAZING from what I have seen.

[Granted, that's not actually all that much.]

It is interesting to think about what is incommon with us, as well as how we are different.

[scholiast]

It's pretty good. (It's common where she's from, so it's very normal for her.) What kind of magic have you seen?

I know what you mean. I've never seen so many different people all in one place before. It's exciting.

[feelybug]

I have only seen the magic of people here, since I have arrived. Magic that changes things, and magic which can make one thing look like another thing.

It seems to be very versatile and useful as well.

[scholiast]

Oh, so transmutation and illusion work? Interesting. The school of magic that I know is called abjuration.

I'd be happy to show you that too, if you were ever interested.

[feelybug]

I did not know there are schools that teach magic. I have never been to a school.

I am very interested in learning new things! I am learning there is so much I do not know.

[scholiast]

Oh, sorry. When I say 'school', I just mean the type of magic. Though I suppose literal schools also, um, exist.

Same here, actually. I'm enjoying the experience more than I thought I would.

[feelybug]

OOOH. I am sorry for the misunderstanding.

I am also very happy to be meeting new friends. I hope that you can show me abjuration. I want to learn more about MAGIC.

[scholiast]

That's okay! I can see how it would be confusing.

I'd love to show you some abjuration magic. I might even be able to teach you a little bit.

[feelybug]

I would like that very much!

Does it require equipment?

[Mantis, after looking up pictures for magic, discovered a lot of seems to involve pointed sticks.]

[scholiast]

You do need a sort of arcane focus, yes. A wand is what a lot of people think of first, but it could be a crystal or a glass orb or a staff... something along those lines.

(But yeah a pointed stick would do just fine!)

[feelybug]

Should I attempt to acquire one? Or do you have some for demonstration?

[scholiast]

I have a spare. It's more of a mental connection than actually having 'proper equipment' though, so if you have anything of significance with you it would probably work just fine as a conduit.

[feelybug]

I have a cactus, and a lamp with colors, and a pink stick with a star and ribbons.

They are the first items I have ever owned, but I do not know if they are significant.

[scholiast]

(s-she's so honest.)

If you have to question it, they probably aren't significant.

But that's okay, we can stick to using my spare.