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[carmesi]

Who: wanda maximoff + others
When: september/october
Where: solvunn, horizon, nocwich
What: catch-all for the month! including quest, and general top-levels for solvunn. horizon threads based on request! additionally, she'll be in nocwich teaching high magic basics.
Warnings: blood??

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[sleepfan]

[Oh, they're skipping the small talk. Good. Linhardt isn't adept at it anyway, and, more importantly, he hates it. He gives Wanda a small smile and takes another drink of tea. Then he looks over at the bar and tilts his head. Is that honey on the counter? That sounds delightful.

With little fanfare, the honey container on the bar disappears and reappears over on the table in front of their couch. Linhardt spoons some honey into his tea and then returns the container in the same way he'd obtained it: through teleportation magic.]

I'm inherently magical. I've been training in faith and healing magic since I was a small child, and more recently - in the last five years - I've expanded my magical practice to include reason magic - physical magic. My primary interest at home is the impact of magical practice and experimentation on inheritance and on one's health.

[Linhardt turns to grab a small bag behind him and pulls out a notebook, which he offers to Wanda.]

These are my notes on how my world's magical system compares to Academic Magic in Abraxas. Seeing as Thorne has a disdain for High Magic, I have been unable to compare Fodlan's faith magic to High Magic.

[He clearly disapproves of Thorne's lack of magical curiosity.]

[carmesi]

[it really is interesting. and while others might take it as a sign of arrogance or wanting to show off, wanda takes the demonstration of magic as a must for her to have a general understanding of what she is dealing with here. she is not learned in magic like one agatha harkness or doctor stephen strange, and being here in abraxas has pushed her to be a little less limited than 'it's just a feeling for me' about her own magic prowess.

when linhardt presents her with a notebook, wanda sets her cup of tea back down on the table and reaches for it, gingerly opening it on the first page and hoping she doesn't look entirely too... unused to this.]

Thorne really is full of magical scholars.

[she says with a sense of amusement, but she scans through the pages, skims over his writings.]

—I'm not too familiar with a lot of these concepts. Magic comes ... from emotion, for me. A thought, a want. [a whim. she turns her head slightly toward him, fingers gentle on the pages that she holds.] Would you like to take notes about High Magic, then? To add to your notebook.

[sleepfan]

[Yes. Yes, he would like that very much. Linhardt's blue eyes light up with excitement and he pulls out another notebook and begins jotting down information - Wanda's magic comes from emotion? Magic is the distilled force of will, yes, but... his hand moves quickly as he scribbles questions in quick shorthand.]

Yes. I would.

[He pauses. They're here to talk about High Magic, but...]

How much control do you have over your magic? You created tea, which is a fairly complex physical object. I do have magic which seems to be associated somewhat with emotion, but I have no control over when my Crest activates despite my best efforts.

[carmesi]

Another?

[she mutters, amused, closing the notebook in her own hands so that she can focus on him and his questions. it seems that their conversation is spilling far from high magic and more towards her own personal experience with magic. wanda nods, to show that she is listening to him.]

It took some time, but I… think I have almost full control of it now. There are times based on my own emotions that I might be far too overwhelmed to really control it very well.

[like in those moments when she is overwhelmed with grief or pain that’s too much to bear.]

I can use it whenever I want. [‘crest’, though…] Are you from Fodlan, by the way?