"Despite your mother and her pacifism… I asked her to train, because I was worried that if she didn't get stronger… I'd lose her. But… she was already three steps ahead of me in that regard. See, your mother is actually a fairly capable mage when she puts her mind to it…"
Nishiki blinked, staring at Kagami in silent wonder. His tail wagged absentmindedly and his head tilted to the side.
"You can use magic?"
She nodded, her face a perfect example of exasperation, and Nishiki wondered why he didn't know this information before. As if to add salt to his wounds – really, he didn't even notice his lover was attuned to magic? Really? – she gestured easily to the tome in her hands – where had she gotten that from because he definitely did not remember seeing it anywhere before.
"It's a wind tome, which is, embarrassingly enough, the only kind of magic I seem to be able to use. And before you ask, yes I still remember how to use it, honestly…"
"… Would you ease my mind by demonstrating that knowledge..?" he found himself mumbling, resisting the urge to fidget.
She did sigh, and sent him a rather deadpan look, but a few minutes later Kinu was settled down on his shoulder and his wife had utterly decimated the three straw dolls he'd used for practice only a day before.
"Wind is effective for… tearing things apart, really. Thunder can shock and paralyze, or even cause burns, and fire can obviously burn and melt… But wind… wind is also useful for airborne targets, and it can be used to divert projectiles. It is also… easy to use. Easy to direct, and it's therefore a lot more accurate… But it does lack the raw power of thunder magic, and if not focused enough it loses out to fire which can burn even after the spell is done, but… I like wind magic. So I'll use it, even if it's to hurt someone, because I have things I want to protect."
"Do you understand, Nishiki? From now on… I'll keep an eye on your back, okay?"
Her determination shone through and it was radiant.
He still let out a cheeky comment about how she'd been watching his rear for years now, but he understood.
Even if he'd prefer her to have no reason to fight at all.
Jay: I'm already working on one for Flannel actually! He's my favorite character in the entire game, and the first I plan to marry in May, so he was guaranteed to get one! C: If all goes well it'll be up sometime this month possibly!
So, after some deliberating, I made Kagami a mage! Because she is a pacifist first and foremost, I couldn't see her wielding weapons of any sort as her main means of fighting, so I went with magic. And yes, for the time being she's only adept at using wind tomes. I would imagine there's a difference when it comes to summoning different kinds of magic, and so Kagami simply isn't good at summoning others. COULD THERE BE A REASON FOR THIS?
Who knows~
So, while I'll be glancing over some of the plot when we get there, mainly to make this as low on spoilers as possible, I was curious what characters you'd like to see Kagami interact with! So really, feel free to name a character and either leave it up to me how it ends up or include a prompt or something! These character bonding (consider it support chapters or something?) drabbles will not be counted in the normal 100 chappies, so they'll be marked as extras, so don't worry about using up too many of my plot chapters or something! C:
~Iscanox
