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~ Last Chapter
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[ Mint leaves town and heads towards the forest. ]
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~Chapter 3~
-- Magic Lessons --
This is Princess Mint's Story
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Key
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3rd Person Omniscient P.O.V. {O}
Mint's 1st Person P.O.V. {M}
Speaking " Text "
Thoughts Text
Actions [ Text ] ( A/N- Except for when saying [relic] )
Interlude ( Text )
Sarcastic and/or Quote/s ' Text '
Sound Effects * Text *
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Begin Chapter
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( Point of small importance, assume Mint heard from the Innkeeper that Elena was missing. )
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{O}
Birds can be heard twittering in the distance, having just woken up in the early morning. A summer breeze flows through the air, rustling the native foilage, and kicking up the dirt. Little dustdevils being created on the traveled pathway, swirling and raising particles of dirst and dust up into the air, into the wayfarers face. The sun is shining brightly, raising up the heat of the day even more, increasing the attraction of the shade provided in the forests. Mint is on her way to the forests, following the long trail from the town.
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{M}
[ Mint is following the trail from town to the forest, walking at a brisk place. She is mentally preparing herself for any fighting she is about to encounter. ]
Man, It's been awhile since I've had to fight wild creatures, I just hope I remember my lessons on magical theory.
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{O}
In a small study room, in the East Haven Kingdom's palace, Mint is being taught on the workings of magic by Gramps. Mint is wearing the same clothes she always wears, and is as kawaii as ever. She looks the same yet noticeably younger, by about 5 years. Gramps age and looks are not discernably any different then they are now, he is holding a long thin cylindrical pointer stick, and is using it to point at various charts.
Mint is sitting in a high backed seat, with plush cushions and velvet lining. The chair, table and bookcases all have many intricate designs etched into them, with the occasional gem placement.
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{M}
[ Mint is slouching in a chair to all appearances paying absolutely no attention to the instructor standing in front of her speaking. The instructor is Gramps, and he is getting noticeably aggrivated with Mint's continued non attention.
" Princess Mint! Please, pay attention. You are the future ruler of East Haven Kingdom, you must have an understanding of our life's principles. "
Geez Gramps never stops trying to shape me into the ' proper princess '. I'm sick of it, I am not going to change myself, I'm who I am and they will just have to deal with it. Although this is actually one of his more interesting lectures, heh heh he can't even tell I really am paying attention.
" Chill out Gramps, I'm listening. Go ahead, you were saying something about life forces, and how the magically inclined can manipulate them, right? "
[ Gramps is so shocked she was actually listening, that he facefaults. He quickly regains his stature however, and continues the talk. ]
" Ye- Yes, *ahem* good I am glad you were listening. Now then, every creature, being, or monster, in short, everything that is alive, has it's own life force. It's life force is what determines whether or not it is alive, drain the being of all it's life force and it dies. To properly defend oneself a person must understand the intricacies involved in life force to mana conversion. "
In other words, everything with life has energy, and we use that energy as mana. Geez Gramps sure is being long winded today, I could teach this stuff better then he could, where does he think he is, in front of a large group of his scholarly associates.
" Beings with the ability to control the dormant powers within themselves, special objects and the sourounding areas, are classified as a magic user. All magic users have, since the dawning of time, had a natural.. almost instinctive ability to manipulate a life force's adjacent aethers to change it's properties into the magic users own mana. "
More technical garble, sheesh. Why doesn't the old man just say, if you use magic you're a magic user and it is natural to control mana forces. Well, I do suppose It is good in a way that he is strechting this out, at least that way he can't make me practice writing today, It's gonna be too late.
" Mana, is what we magic users refer to as our magical using capabilities source reserve. That is to say, that it requires some expulsion of our own reserves of our mana force for the casting of spells and use of magical abilities. As a magic user becomes more skilled in thier spell casting, thier natural mana reserve steadily increases. "
Mana uses mana reserves and they grow with use, yawn. Hehe I should blast him with some magic and tell him I was just demonstrating.
" How is the life force of one being, converted into the mana source of a magic user you may ask. There must be an active release of life force in the immediate vicinity of the magic user in order to properly manipulate. This is why a magic user is rarely taught only magical skills, but also the art of pyshical combat. A magic user must inflict damage upon the other being through physical contact in order to draw in and convert the life force. "
Beat up a monster to steal it's life and mana force, I am so great. Who needs to memorize Gramps boring lecture, I got all the important points down already. Heh heh, Maya would never last two seconds out on her own, she's such a weakling.
" The truly skilled and competent magic user can transmogrify a being by forcing its own life force upon itself upon death, transforming it into a spiritual crystal of pure mana or life energy. The deeper of a natural reserves that being had, the more pure the energy crystal. Through this advanced battle tactic, a magic user can survive by themselves against large numbers of opponents, by constantly replenishing thier own life and mana reserves. As this is a highly advanced skill, I don't expect you to be able to master it anytime soon, as even the most powerful magi can not always complete this feat. "
Only the truly supreme magically gifted, such as myself, can get energy crystals from defeated foes. He doesn't think I can master it hmph, I'll show him. I'm sneaking out to the closest monster infested area as soon as this is over, that'll teach 'em.
[ Mint appears to have fallen asleep and is snoring ]
*ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz........*
" PRINCESS! WAKE UP! Ohh where have I gone wrong? "
[ Gramps trying whacking Mint with the stick, but it yields no reaction ]
Heh heh, Gramps always good for a laugh, he always falls for this. Got to hand it to him this time though, he finally gave a lecture that was interesting, much better then telling me which spoon is used for the soup, which fork for the salad, which.... ugh It's no wonder I zone out for half of these 'talks'. And thank GOD, that for once I have got through a lesson without hearing about the endless butt-kissing of 'perfect, precious lil-Maya', it just makes me sick.
[ Gramps is shaking his head in despair and wailing about his failure to raise Mint right ]
" Ohhh, what could I have done wrong? Why can't Mint be more like Maya, now there is a model student and perfect princess. "
[ Mint starts twitching ]
Oh no, oh no no no, he did NOT just start the Maya rant... AGAIN.
" Always so attentive, perfectly polite, flawless manners, such a delightful young lady. "
AHHHHHH, somebody...make...him...SHUT UP! I swear, when I'm Queen I'm gonna make it a law that you can't praise a sister to her other sister, this is inhumane! I've had IT!
[ Mint jumps up off the chair and starts yelling at Gramps ]
" ENOUGH ALREADY! NO more about 'Maya the magnificent'! I heard you, lessons over, everything is okay now, let's go! "
[ Mint tries to run out of the room before she gets an answer ]
[ Gramps magics the doors to stay closed ]
" Not yet princess, please sit back down. You still have not gone over your elemental chart. Please follow as I explain the variant magic elements. "
[ Mint stomps the ground in frustration, threatens to beat up Gramps in desperation, but finally sullenly sits back down in her seat in resignation. ]
I can't believe I have to still sit here and listen to all this. Why, why why does he have to drone on about so many boring things. I'm going to take over the world after I take over the thrown, what use could I possibly have for knowing my elementals.
[ Mint is staring, or rather glaring at Gramps, who remains remarkably unaffected. ]
" *Ahem* Now, that you know the basics in magic, it is time to discuss the magical classes of elements. Any magi can create thier own spells, and have any number of things happen. Only when needing powerful raw magic is elementals used, through focus many have learnt how to control them. "
[ Gramp points to a chart listing each elemental with its corresponding color. ]
" There are the elementals of water, mental, fire, wind, void, lightning and holy. For simplifying sake they are almost always refered to in the colors blue, white, red, green, black, yellow and gold, respectively. Mastery of the colors can be gained through extensive practice, aeonic transfer, and through the possesion of colored focusing stones. "
" Various alterations in the effect created by use of the diferent colors depend upon which mental incantation is used. For example, you can cast a red spell, but which effect ultimately it causes could be anything from a low flame to shield of fire. "
" There we go, Mint, any questions? "
[ Mint is sitting there with a glazed over look on her face, and a single strand of drool is slowly oozing its way out of her half open mouth. Gramps thwaps the stick hard on the chair right next to her, snapping out of her zombie like state. ]
" .... Huh? Yea yea got it, got it. Elements, colors, types, effects, got it. Let's go! The food is gonna get cold, if we get there and only the pumpkins are left, AGAIN, you are going to be in so much trouble. "
[ Mint's patience has reached it's end. With a swift well placed jump kick to the door, she opens it up and runs off to the dining hall with unparalleled haste. ]
[ Gramps just shakes his head ]
" Oh, Princess Mint. Whatever shall we do with you? "
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{O}
Mint's short trek to the woods has reached its climax. She is now standing before the tall brown behemoths, taking but a moment to take in the site, before pushing on into the wilderness with a renewed effort. With thoughts of treasure, power, glory and a miserable Maya, she continues on into the forests and onward to her dreams.
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End Of Chapter
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I want to continue this well into completion, but it looses a sense of worthyness when I can't tell others are reading it.
Saria - Thx for reviewing again, it's funny you found that part funny. I almost didn't put it in, I thought maybe it wasn't good.
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Few Last Minute Announcements.....
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My digific isn't worthy of reviews yet.
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