Chapter Three- Conferences Can Become Very Interesting
Notes- Wow, I completely didn't expect any reviews, and here I have what, six now? Thank you all for reviewing. It's so cool to know I'm not crazy and that other people approve of these ideas... Anyway, please, keep letting me know what you think, OK? Here goes chapter three...
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Darian led the way to a clearing in the Vale, from time to time glancing back at the odd group that Keisha had brought in. Her information about them was very limited, only that she hadn't sensed anyone one moment, and the next she and Rondi were running right into these people!
Well, perhaps 'people' was the wrong term. Beings, maybe? For a couple of them were bursting with the Mage Gift, and he marveled at how they managed to keep from exploding from the power. Mostly, the power came from the redhead girl and the odd man with violet hair.
As he thought of the man- Xellos, was it?- the man in question looked up and winked at him, by way of opening one eye. Darian turned quickly away and frowned. He hadn't really realized it, but Xellos hadn't had his eyes open until that wink. Was he blind? But he seemed to be able to tell where he was going... perhaps that was because of his incredible Mage Gift?
But there was something that felt wrong about his Gift... almost as if it was tainted, or corrupted by an outside force.
Darian paused for an instant. If he had been even a little less sensitive about morals, he would have probed the man's thoughts to see what was really going on. He would have probed all of them, but... well, for one, he didn't dare. If they were foreigners from another country that might be good allies in times of war, then he daren't offend them. For another, he wasn't quite sure he'd want to. The girl and the man both glowed in Mage Sight as brightly as a node, or almost as brightly.
As for the others... the girl with black hair seemed to have some power. He guessed her to be somewhere between Journeyman status and Master. The last female, the 'dragon', was definitely Master. The man Gourry, the blonde, barely glowed at all. And the last one...
Darian couldn't help but glance back again, this time at the silent figure almost completely covered in clothing. He even wore a mask, but those eyes were always brooding, always seeming to challenge anyone who met those eyes.
And was it a trick of the light, or did Darian see a lock of violet hair from his head as well, underneath that hood? And BLUE skin?
Dragons. His head spun. A humanlike being with a tail. But now, if one looked at the girl, she didn't even seem to have a tail. Could she... change between forms, maybe? A daunting thought. What, then, would a 'dragon' look like?
He then heard his bondbird call from above, :I come.: Feeling slightly better that he would not be entirely alone in leading these folk for the remainder of the walk, he held up a hand to make the group pause.
"Please, wait a moment. My bondbird Kuari is coming in."
"Bondbird?" Lina asked, puzzled.
Darian smiled and held out an arm. :Come in, Kuari.:
The huge eagle-owl landed on his arm, and turned to face the others. :Strangers.:
:Strangers,: he agreed.
:No danger,: Kuari reflected thoughtfully. :Maybe if annoyed bees. None else.:
Darian blinked in surprise. :Are you sure?:
:Sure,: Kuari said, flapping his wings a little to stay balanced.
Well, this was new. Bondbirds, however intelligent, rarely understood things that well.
He decided to think about that later. "This is Kuari," he said slowly in Valdemaran. "He's an eagle-owl bondbird."
"Amazing, he's so huge," Filia said quietly.
The man Gourry frowned. "So he's a 'Kuari'?" he asked slowly.
"BAKA!" The girl Lina stated. "The bird's NAME is Kuari, Gourry."
"Oh." A long pause. "So what is his species?"
Darian sighed. He had never had to deal with someone who had such a low... intelligence before. "An eagle-owl."
"So he's both?"
"I... suppose you could say that."
"Why are they so large?"
A good question, actually. "We bred them long ago to be this big."
"What good is there in that?" Lina asked.
"They can still fly silently, and hunt as well as any other bird, but they are a much better ally in battle, for one thing," he pointed out.
"Ah."
They continued walking along, and finally came upon the clearing.
"Starfall!" he called in Tayledras. "Here come the strangers. They have been given Valdemaran, so they cannot understand Tayledras."
"Good reasoning, Dar'ian. We need a language to ourselves for a change," Starfall said with a faint smile.
"They will need a translator-"
"No need at all. We are only going to be those who can speak Valdemaran anyway, so have no fear. Firesong, Silverfox, Snowfire, Keisha, and myself will be here with you. We will speak with the others later about this."
"Good," Darian said with relief. He turned to the others and switched back to Valdemaran. "We usually speak our own language, Tayledras, but everyone here will be able to understand and speak Valdemaran," he explained.
"Good," Lina said.
They couldn't sit in the normal half circle facing one person, since there were six in the strangers' group. Instead, they had two lines of six facing each other- the six Tayledras and the six strangers.
Darian took a breath, waiting for the strangers to settle themselves. Lina was in the center with the hooded man. To the right of them sat Filia and Amelia, and the other sat Xellos and Gourry. When they were settled, he said, "Let's begin."
~*~ Lina ~*~
She glanced at Zelgadis before returning her gaze to the plainer man. "Do we get to ask questions too?" she asked.
"You may, but I cannot guarantee that we will answer," was the reply. "Now, Keisha has gotten a map of the world, and we wish you to show us where you come from. If you do not recognize a country, you do have leave to ask."
The girl Keisha unrolled a map and set it before the group. Lina frowned slightly. If she hadn't just learned Valdemaran, she wouldn't have been able to read it. Apparently reading the language came with speaking it. A good thing, as far as she was concerned. She didn't want to waste time learning to read the language.
Then her frown grew, from a different thing entirely. "I don't know ANYTHING on this map!" she exclaimed, and glanced at the others.
Everyone but Xellos agreed. He sat there looking like his usual smug self, except from time to time he'd glance around, as though taking note of placing.
"Nothing?" Darian asked, in surprise. "But, what about the shapes of the countries? Perhaps we use a different name-"
"There is nothing here any of us recognize," Lina said firmly.
"What of you?" Darian asked Xellos. "Do you recognize anything?"
"Of course he doesn't. He just likes to look mysterious," Filia said stiffly.
"Now, Filia! Is that any way to treat your friend?" Xellos protested, grinning.
"You are NOT my friend. You just STAY right there in your spot, namagomi."
"Namagomi? Pray tell, what that means?" Firesong asked.
Filia told him, and Firesong blinked. "Oh."
"It's her pet name for me," Xellos said.
The dragon pulled her Mace out of nowhere. "You just shut up!"
"Alright, alright," Silverfox soothed. "Please, let us continue the discussion, hmm? So there is nothing you recognize. That either implies that you are lying, that you are ignorant of the world, or that you are telling the truth, and as odd as it sounds, that means you are from another world."
"Well, someone cast a spell when we were out walking around," Lina said. "It was called 'Fleeing World.'" Then her eyes narrowed. "And we are NOT lying. Try using Telepathy if you wish."
"...Telepathy?"
She blinked. "Yeah, what you call Mindspeech. We call it Telepathy ourselves. Though it's amazing how we have to cast the spell, and we never saw you or anyone ever cast it."
"Mindspeech... is not a spell, Miss," Starfall said now.
"What do you mean? It's magic, isn't it?"
"..." The Tayledras glanced at each other. "It is mind-magic, but no, it is not REAL magic, the magic of illusions or such," Darian said.
"Mind-magic? Never heard of it, and I'm a full-fledged sorceress."
"And I am a sorceror as well," Zelgadis stated quietly, "yet I have not heard that term either."
"Nor I," Amelia said, looking subdued. "I mean, I only trained in defensive and healing spells, white magic to protect my kingdom, but Telepathy is hardly an offensive spell."
"Same here," Filia said firmly.
Xellos sat there, grinning.
Lina reached over and hit him. "Don't act like you know what's going on, you're as deep in this as the rest of us!" she said sharply in their own language.
Xellos shrugged. "Perhaps, perhaps not."
"What are you saying, Mazoku?" Zelgadis demanded.
"That, my friends," he said, switching back to Valdemaran, "is a secret."
Filia's fingers twitched over her Mace.
"I'm warning you, Xellos," Zelgadis said.
"Ah, just ignore him," Lina said. "He's never going to say anything if it makes him look less like a monster."
Gourry sat there looking dumbfounded, as usual. Lina didn't even try with him.
"I see." Darian blinked, and considered their answer. "Well, you invite us to use- ah, Telepathy- so we will take your word for granted. As hard as it is to believe, that only leaves the third option. That you are from another world."
"But the question is, why someone would cast a spell like that on us?" Lina mused.
"We WERE in Seyruun, one of the bigger kingdoms, but... there are other large kingdoms searching for more power," Zelgadis stated. "And as we were the only ones in Seyruun who would have used offensive spells..."
"Are you suggesting someone's trying to take over Seyruun, Mister Zelgadis?!" Amelia demanded.
He shrugged. "It's just a possibility. You never know. Some idiot with powers he doesn't realize might have just found a magic book, too, and was just trying one of the spells out."
"No," Lina said. "You have to understand the spell to cast it."
"True, but he might not have known how much power it would have taken," Zelgadis pointed out.
"True," she admitted.
"I apologize for interrupting," Starfall said. "I seem to be doing that a lot lately, but we must speak of this magic. How powerful would you all say you were?" Then he said dryly, "Even though I'm not quite so sure about where you say you're from, let's just pretend we all believe it."
"Well, we were the ones to call upon the power of the gods, the Mazoku, and the five Weapons of Light," Lina said. "But that was a pretty close call."
Darian looked impressed. Firesong looked skeptical. Silverfox had a thoughtful look on his face, while Starfall remained impassive. Keisha frowned slightly, also in thought.
"Perhaps, we should have asked what CLASSES of magic you are in," Starfall said.
"Classes? Well, Zelgadis, Xellos and I all use black magic," Lina said. "Amelia and Filia use white, and obviously Gourry doesn't have any magic. He did have a magic sword once, the Sword of Light, but that's not really HIS magical power, you know?"
"No, no." Darian shook his head. "He means, Adept, Master, Journeyman, that sort of thing. A couple of you have the feel of powerful Adepts, and the rest of you Masters, or somewhere between Journeyman and Master."
"I'm guessing that Adept is the highest?" Lina asked. Darian nodded.
"Yes. We call a person an Adept if they can use nodes AND ley-lines."
Lina gave him a bewildered look. "What the heck's a node, and what's a ley-line?"
Darian blinked. "You don't know?!"
~*~ Darian ~*~
This was getting more confused by the moment. "You don't know what a ley-line is?" he asked. "OR a node?"
"No, and neither do I," Zelgadis said. "I'm assuming we should?"
"Yes, you definitely should," Darian said. "What with all the power you carry-" he caught himself and took a breath. "Alright. When you go into a trance, do you ever see everything covered with a kind of green glow?"
The mages in the group considered it, while Gourry continued to sit there and look bewildered at everything in general. Darian wondered if that was his usual expression, or if he was just wearing it because of his current situation. After all, here he was, the only non-mage or non-healer (like Keisha) in the group, in (possibly) an entirely different world. No wonder.
"Well, sometimes we can see a particularly powerful person glow, but not always with green," Lina finally said.
Darian glanced at the others. :Let's see if they at least know how to ground and center, that sort of thing.: "Well," he said aloud, "what kind of magic CAN you do?"
"Oh, a number of things," Lina said with a shrug. "Fireball, Flare Arrow, Balus Wall, Dam Brass, Levitation, Dragon Slave, Ragna Blade, Giga Slave..." She shrugged.
"Would you care to show us one of your spells, so that we may see how it works?" Darian requested.
Lina smiled faintly. "Why, of course I can," she said with a grin.
The others got very wary. Darian wondered what she was up to as she stood. Amelia tugged her pant leg. "Miss Lina, it's such a beautiful forest!" she exclaimed. "You're not going to do what I think you're going to do, are you?"
"A Dragon Slave in the forest is NOT a good idea, Lina," Zelgadis said firmly.
"C'mon, you guys sound like I don't know any better or something!" Lina said, turning to look at them. "No, I'm only going to do a Levitation one or something."
"Oh." The group visibly relaxed. Darian made a mental note to find out soon what a 'Dragon Slave' was.
"Here we go. Levitation!" Lina jumped up into the air-
-and continued to STAY in the air.
He bit of an exclamation as Firesong's eyes widened and Silverfox merely said, "Oh my." Starfall stared, his expression incredulous. Keisha blinked, then rubbed her eyes as though she thought her eyes were playing tricks on her.
Lina flew around a little, then frowned at their surprise. "What, never seen a Levitation spell before?" she asked.
Darian swallowed. "No human we've ever known had the ability to fly."
"What?! But it's one of the easiest spells!" Lina exclaimed incredulously. "What can YOU do?"
Darian quickly constructed an illusion of himself right next to him, looking like it was breathing and moving like he was.
"Wow! You can't tell them apart!" Amelia exclaimed. "How did you do that, Mister Darian?"
"I think," Darian said, "this is going to be a long meeting."
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OK, not much happened in here, but I hope you continue reading this anyway. Please review!
Notes- Wow, I completely didn't expect any reviews, and here I have what, six now? Thank you all for reviewing. It's so cool to know I'm not crazy and that other people approve of these ideas... Anyway, please, keep letting me know what you think, OK? Here goes chapter three...
~*~
Darian led the way to a clearing in the Vale, from time to time glancing back at the odd group that Keisha had brought in. Her information about them was very limited, only that she hadn't sensed anyone one moment, and the next she and Rondi were running right into these people!
Well, perhaps 'people' was the wrong term. Beings, maybe? For a couple of them were bursting with the Mage Gift, and he marveled at how they managed to keep from exploding from the power. Mostly, the power came from the redhead girl and the odd man with violet hair.
As he thought of the man- Xellos, was it?- the man in question looked up and winked at him, by way of opening one eye. Darian turned quickly away and frowned. He hadn't really realized it, but Xellos hadn't had his eyes open until that wink. Was he blind? But he seemed to be able to tell where he was going... perhaps that was because of his incredible Mage Gift?
But there was something that felt wrong about his Gift... almost as if it was tainted, or corrupted by an outside force.
Darian paused for an instant. If he had been even a little less sensitive about morals, he would have probed the man's thoughts to see what was really going on. He would have probed all of them, but... well, for one, he didn't dare. If they were foreigners from another country that might be good allies in times of war, then he daren't offend them. For another, he wasn't quite sure he'd want to. The girl and the man both glowed in Mage Sight as brightly as a node, or almost as brightly.
As for the others... the girl with black hair seemed to have some power. He guessed her to be somewhere between Journeyman status and Master. The last female, the 'dragon', was definitely Master. The man Gourry, the blonde, barely glowed at all. And the last one...
Darian couldn't help but glance back again, this time at the silent figure almost completely covered in clothing. He even wore a mask, but those eyes were always brooding, always seeming to challenge anyone who met those eyes.
And was it a trick of the light, or did Darian see a lock of violet hair from his head as well, underneath that hood? And BLUE skin?
Dragons. His head spun. A humanlike being with a tail. But now, if one looked at the girl, she didn't even seem to have a tail. Could she... change between forms, maybe? A daunting thought. What, then, would a 'dragon' look like?
He then heard his bondbird call from above, :I come.: Feeling slightly better that he would not be entirely alone in leading these folk for the remainder of the walk, he held up a hand to make the group pause.
"Please, wait a moment. My bondbird Kuari is coming in."
"Bondbird?" Lina asked, puzzled.
Darian smiled and held out an arm. :Come in, Kuari.:
The huge eagle-owl landed on his arm, and turned to face the others. :Strangers.:
:Strangers,: he agreed.
:No danger,: Kuari reflected thoughtfully. :Maybe if annoyed bees. None else.:
Darian blinked in surprise. :Are you sure?:
:Sure,: Kuari said, flapping his wings a little to stay balanced.
Well, this was new. Bondbirds, however intelligent, rarely understood things that well.
He decided to think about that later. "This is Kuari," he said slowly in Valdemaran. "He's an eagle-owl bondbird."
"Amazing, he's so huge," Filia said quietly.
The man Gourry frowned. "So he's a 'Kuari'?" he asked slowly.
"BAKA!" The girl Lina stated. "The bird's NAME is Kuari, Gourry."
"Oh." A long pause. "So what is his species?"
Darian sighed. He had never had to deal with someone who had such a low... intelligence before. "An eagle-owl."
"So he's both?"
"I... suppose you could say that."
"Why are they so large?"
A good question, actually. "We bred them long ago to be this big."
"What good is there in that?" Lina asked.
"They can still fly silently, and hunt as well as any other bird, but they are a much better ally in battle, for one thing," he pointed out.
"Ah."
They continued walking along, and finally came upon the clearing.
"Starfall!" he called in Tayledras. "Here come the strangers. They have been given Valdemaran, so they cannot understand Tayledras."
"Good reasoning, Dar'ian. We need a language to ourselves for a change," Starfall said with a faint smile.
"They will need a translator-"
"No need at all. We are only going to be those who can speak Valdemaran anyway, so have no fear. Firesong, Silverfox, Snowfire, Keisha, and myself will be here with you. We will speak with the others later about this."
"Good," Darian said with relief. He turned to the others and switched back to Valdemaran. "We usually speak our own language, Tayledras, but everyone here will be able to understand and speak Valdemaran," he explained.
"Good," Lina said.
They couldn't sit in the normal half circle facing one person, since there were six in the strangers' group. Instead, they had two lines of six facing each other- the six Tayledras and the six strangers.
Darian took a breath, waiting for the strangers to settle themselves. Lina was in the center with the hooded man. To the right of them sat Filia and Amelia, and the other sat Xellos and Gourry. When they were settled, he said, "Let's begin."
~*~ Lina ~*~
She glanced at Zelgadis before returning her gaze to the plainer man. "Do we get to ask questions too?" she asked.
"You may, but I cannot guarantee that we will answer," was the reply. "Now, Keisha has gotten a map of the world, and we wish you to show us where you come from. If you do not recognize a country, you do have leave to ask."
The girl Keisha unrolled a map and set it before the group. Lina frowned slightly. If she hadn't just learned Valdemaran, she wouldn't have been able to read it. Apparently reading the language came with speaking it. A good thing, as far as she was concerned. She didn't want to waste time learning to read the language.
Then her frown grew, from a different thing entirely. "I don't know ANYTHING on this map!" she exclaimed, and glanced at the others.
Everyone but Xellos agreed. He sat there looking like his usual smug self, except from time to time he'd glance around, as though taking note of placing.
"Nothing?" Darian asked, in surprise. "But, what about the shapes of the countries? Perhaps we use a different name-"
"There is nothing here any of us recognize," Lina said firmly.
"What of you?" Darian asked Xellos. "Do you recognize anything?"
"Of course he doesn't. He just likes to look mysterious," Filia said stiffly.
"Now, Filia! Is that any way to treat your friend?" Xellos protested, grinning.
"You are NOT my friend. You just STAY right there in your spot, namagomi."
"Namagomi? Pray tell, what that means?" Firesong asked.
Filia told him, and Firesong blinked. "Oh."
"It's her pet name for me," Xellos said.
The dragon pulled her Mace out of nowhere. "You just shut up!"
"Alright, alright," Silverfox soothed. "Please, let us continue the discussion, hmm? So there is nothing you recognize. That either implies that you are lying, that you are ignorant of the world, or that you are telling the truth, and as odd as it sounds, that means you are from another world."
"Well, someone cast a spell when we were out walking around," Lina said. "It was called 'Fleeing World.'" Then her eyes narrowed. "And we are NOT lying. Try using Telepathy if you wish."
"...Telepathy?"
She blinked. "Yeah, what you call Mindspeech. We call it Telepathy ourselves. Though it's amazing how we have to cast the spell, and we never saw you or anyone ever cast it."
"Mindspeech... is not a spell, Miss," Starfall said now.
"What do you mean? It's magic, isn't it?"
"..." The Tayledras glanced at each other. "It is mind-magic, but no, it is not REAL magic, the magic of illusions or such," Darian said.
"Mind-magic? Never heard of it, and I'm a full-fledged sorceress."
"And I am a sorceror as well," Zelgadis stated quietly, "yet I have not heard that term either."
"Nor I," Amelia said, looking subdued. "I mean, I only trained in defensive and healing spells, white magic to protect my kingdom, but Telepathy is hardly an offensive spell."
"Same here," Filia said firmly.
Xellos sat there, grinning.
Lina reached over and hit him. "Don't act like you know what's going on, you're as deep in this as the rest of us!" she said sharply in their own language.
Xellos shrugged. "Perhaps, perhaps not."
"What are you saying, Mazoku?" Zelgadis demanded.
"That, my friends," he said, switching back to Valdemaran, "is a secret."
Filia's fingers twitched over her Mace.
"I'm warning you, Xellos," Zelgadis said.
"Ah, just ignore him," Lina said. "He's never going to say anything if it makes him look less like a monster."
Gourry sat there looking dumbfounded, as usual. Lina didn't even try with him.
"I see." Darian blinked, and considered their answer. "Well, you invite us to use- ah, Telepathy- so we will take your word for granted. As hard as it is to believe, that only leaves the third option. That you are from another world."
"But the question is, why someone would cast a spell like that on us?" Lina mused.
"We WERE in Seyruun, one of the bigger kingdoms, but... there are other large kingdoms searching for more power," Zelgadis stated. "And as we were the only ones in Seyruun who would have used offensive spells..."
"Are you suggesting someone's trying to take over Seyruun, Mister Zelgadis?!" Amelia demanded.
He shrugged. "It's just a possibility. You never know. Some idiot with powers he doesn't realize might have just found a magic book, too, and was just trying one of the spells out."
"No," Lina said. "You have to understand the spell to cast it."
"True, but he might not have known how much power it would have taken," Zelgadis pointed out.
"True," she admitted.
"I apologize for interrupting," Starfall said. "I seem to be doing that a lot lately, but we must speak of this magic. How powerful would you all say you were?" Then he said dryly, "Even though I'm not quite so sure about where you say you're from, let's just pretend we all believe it."
"Well, we were the ones to call upon the power of the gods, the Mazoku, and the five Weapons of Light," Lina said. "But that was a pretty close call."
Darian looked impressed. Firesong looked skeptical. Silverfox had a thoughtful look on his face, while Starfall remained impassive. Keisha frowned slightly, also in thought.
"Perhaps, we should have asked what CLASSES of magic you are in," Starfall said.
"Classes? Well, Zelgadis, Xellos and I all use black magic," Lina said. "Amelia and Filia use white, and obviously Gourry doesn't have any magic. He did have a magic sword once, the Sword of Light, but that's not really HIS magical power, you know?"
"No, no." Darian shook his head. "He means, Adept, Master, Journeyman, that sort of thing. A couple of you have the feel of powerful Adepts, and the rest of you Masters, or somewhere between Journeyman and Master."
"I'm guessing that Adept is the highest?" Lina asked. Darian nodded.
"Yes. We call a person an Adept if they can use nodes AND ley-lines."
Lina gave him a bewildered look. "What the heck's a node, and what's a ley-line?"
Darian blinked. "You don't know?!"
~*~ Darian ~*~
This was getting more confused by the moment. "You don't know what a ley-line is?" he asked. "OR a node?"
"No, and neither do I," Zelgadis said. "I'm assuming we should?"
"Yes, you definitely should," Darian said. "What with all the power you carry-" he caught himself and took a breath. "Alright. When you go into a trance, do you ever see everything covered with a kind of green glow?"
The mages in the group considered it, while Gourry continued to sit there and look bewildered at everything in general. Darian wondered if that was his usual expression, or if he was just wearing it because of his current situation. After all, here he was, the only non-mage or non-healer (like Keisha) in the group, in (possibly) an entirely different world. No wonder.
"Well, sometimes we can see a particularly powerful person glow, but not always with green," Lina finally said.
Darian glanced at the others. :Let's see if they at least know how to ground and center, that sort of thing.: "Well," he said aloud, "what kind of magic CAN you do?"
"Oh, a number of things," Lina said with a shrug. "Fireball, Flare Arrow, Balus Wall, Dam Brass, Levitation, Dragon Slave, Ragna Blade, Giga Slave..." She shrugged.
"Would you care to show us one of your spells, so that we may see how it works?" Darian requested.
Lina smiled faintly. "Why, of course I can," she said with a grin.
The others got very wary. Darian wondered what she was up to as she stood. Amelia tugged her pant leg. "Miss Lina, it's such a beautiful forest!" she exclaimed. "You're not going to do what I think you're going to do, are you?"
"A Dragon Slave in the forest is NOT a good idea, Lina," Zelgadis said firmly.
"C'mon, you guys sound like I don't know any better or something!" Lina said, turning to look at them. "No, I'm only going to do a Levitation one or something."
"Oh." The group visibly relaxed. Darian made a mental note to find out soon what a 'Dragon Slave' was.
"Here we go. Levitation!" Lina jumped up into the air-
-and continued to STAY in the air.
He bit of an exclamation as Firesong's eyes widened and Silverfox merely said, "Oh my." Starfall stared, his expression incredulous. Keisha blinked, then rubbed her eyes as though she thought her eyes were playing tricks on her.
Lina flew around a little, then frowned at their surprise. "What, never seen a Levitation spell before?" she asked.
Darian swallowed. "No human we've ever known had the ability to fly."
"What?! But it's one of the easiest spells!" Lina exclaimed incredulously. "What can YOU do?"
Darian quickly constructed an illusion of himself right next to him, looking like it was breathing and moving like he was.
"Wow! You can't tell them apart!" Amelia exclaimed. "How did you do that, Mister Darian?"
"I think," Darian said, "this is going to be a long meeting."
~*~
OK, not much happened in here, but I hope you continue reading this anyway. Please review!