Recap:She keeps checking, seeing if there could be any indication of whom owns such a pretty gem. "Now, who do you belong to, I wonder?" As she says this, she feels a small pulse of magic coming from the stone. Eyebrows rising, she says aloud, "Well. Your clearly magical in origin, that much is for certain now. But who-"
"I am an Intelligence Device, Master. My designation is Raising Heart" came from the stone as it interrupts her, flashing with light and pulsing with magic.Charlotte's eyes widen as she exclaims, "What the hell?!"
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Chapter 2 I'm a mage now?!
"What exactly are you?" Charlotte asks, Raising Heart?
"I am an Intelligence Device, Master." It? Repeats. "Intelligence Devices are tools that were developed by mages to help properly utilise magical energy. We do however have limited functionality if our Masters are unavailable or unconscious."
"What? Mages? Magic?", she questions. "But I thought that magic was only nature based? You make it sound as if there is a completely different type of magic people can use?" Looking at the device completely baffled.
Raising Heart flashes with approval, "That is correct, Master. Every living being has what is known as a 'Linker Core'. This is what holds a being's magic. The strength of a 'Linker Core' is different from being to being and can be ranked from F Class to SS Class. That is not to say that you cannot strengthen your Core but it is a difficult task to manage." Raising Heart then manages to flash with something that feels to her like anger and disappointment. "You, My Master however, seemed to radiate magic at a high B to low A before I linked with you. Currently it seems as if you may have had a block on your magic up until this point. As it is, your Linker Core is fluctuating between AA Class and SS, therefore, it seems likely that it will settle down once we have set up your Barrier Jacket and completed our first synchronisation." Lottie stares at Raising Heart with an open mouth as it finishes his explanation. She sighs and leans back onto her boulder, running her right hand through her golden locks.
"Okay, so obviously, I have a lot of questions but first, answer me this; can you tell me why there was a block on my Linker Core?", she asks, looking at Raising Heart expectantly. She also wonders why she is accepting everything that it is telling her so easily. Raising Heart blinks with light replying, "Of course Master. If you would like, I am able to preform a full body scan, and check for any inconsistencies in your biology."
She nods at it and says, "Yes please, Raising Heart."
#Scanning# #Scanning#
#Scan Complete#
Name: Charlotte Angel Forbes
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Species: Human (Werewolf Blood Dormant)
Family: Mother: Elizabeth Forbes (Blood) (Human)
Father: Richard Lockwood (Blood) (Human) (Werewolf Blood Dormant)
Father: Bill Forbes (Adopted - Unaware) (Human)
Half Sister: Caroline Forbes (Blood) (Human)
Status: Mage
Rank: AAA to SS- (Still fluctuating)
Blocks: Werewolf Abilities (Natural)
Magic Block (Placed By Esther Mikaelson)
Notes: To Activate Werewolf Blood, One Must Kill A Human, Directly Or Indirectly, It Does Not Matter
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Charlotte gapes, mind-blown at what she is seeing on the holographic results sheet. "Adopted? Richard Lockwood?! I'm a Werewolf?! What the fuck?!" She shouts, at everything and nothing, thinking, The fuck?! Mum had an affair? Could it be that I'm the reason that she and dad got divorced, not that just he was gay. I mean, if he knew that she had had an affair then maybe he started lloking elsewhere as well. Is that why he started looking at me with coldness compared to Caroline, is this it?! She takes a deep breath and speaks aloud, "I have to talk to Tyler about this, it's not right for him not to know."
"Is everything alright, Master?"Comes from Raising Heart, making her jump in the process, having forgotten about it.
"Uh, yeah, I'm fine Raising Heart, just a little shocked by some of the results." Nodding her head a little as she says it. "Anyway, what did you mean when you said that my Linker Core should stabilise when we did our first synchronisation? What is synchronisation? Also are you a he or a she?" Questions Lottie, trying to get all of her queries out of the way. Really wanting to just get home to her bed and think through all of this mess. "Synchronisation is a technique used with both Intelligence Devices and Unison Devices, although the latter is significantly rarer, to start up completely, and as the technique suggests syncronise with our mages. For a first time synchronisation, the mage creates a design that he or she would like for their Barrier Jacket as well as what form that they would prefer their Device to be in during a combat situation. Obviously, this does not mean that the Device's shapes cannot be changed, the same for the the Jacket but they are generally kept to the first design that the mage picks." Raising Heart Finishes.
Lottie blinks at yet another informational dump. "Okay, now I understand that, but I, and I think I might regret asking for another info dump, but what exactly is a Barrier Jacket? You've mentioned it before, in conjunction with my Linker Core stabilising." And she cringes directly after saying this, just know that it's going to another long explaination.
Raising Heart blinks back with light replying, "A Barrier Jacket or Protective Clothing is an extremely versatile and ubiquitous field-type defensive spell that summons a magical armor protecting a mage from external harm. Unlike other protective spells, it is usually auto-cast by the mage's Device upon its activation and only dispelled when it is critically damaged, destroyed, or deactivated by its master. The defensive capacities of Barrier Jackets are very high and allow mages to survive in life-threatening conditions, however, they cannot be completely relied upon for protection."
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Right, now I'm going home and going to bed. This is far too much at once. "Raising Heart, do we have to complete the synchronisation now or can I do it tomorrow? I would rather like to check if I can get someone here to help if there are any problems when we do this." I really hope I can, I do not want to do this on my own She thinks.
"Of course Master. There is no rush to settle you Core, it merely means that you are presently unable to preform high tier spells."
She sighs, getting up off of the ground and swiping the dust and dirt of her back. "That's good." Picking up her school bag and placing Raising Heart in her pocket, she turns in the direction of her house and takes a different route out of the forest to how she got in. About 10 minutes of walking, she reaches her house to see the lights are already on. Crap, what time is it?! Scrambling to check her phone, she turns on her screen to see '17:58' flash on. Cringing, she walks to her doom as calmly as she can. Opening the door to see no-one in the hall, she shuts the door as quietly as possible and creeps up the stairs. Getting about half way up the stairs, she hears "Charlotte Angel Forbes! Where have you been!" Turning to see her mother stood in the halls, she replies in a deadpan voice, "Does it really matter?" Continuing up the stairs and to her bedroom, she chooses to ignore her mother shouting at her.
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Dropping her bag on the floor and flopping onto her, now ironically wolf covered Queen-Sized bed, she sighs for the umpteenth time today. Making the decision to text Nik before she fall asleep like this, she gets her phone back out of her pocket and holds it above her face.
New Message Thread
18:03
Lottie: Hey Nikky, Are you available to come by Mystic tomorrow, about when I finish school? There's been a bit of a situation and some surprising developments too. I really need you. Answer soon, Little Lottie x
Clearly, he isn't that busy at the moment because I get a reply nearly immediately after.
Nik: Lottie love, What has happend? I'll be there tomorrow, are we meeting at Sanctuary? Nik x
Lottie: A lot happened today and not all of it positive. Can't speak over the phone, will meet you at Sanctuary tomorrow afternoon. Little Lottie x
Nik: I understand Lottie love, see you soon. Nik x
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And that was that. She did her usual routine of deleting thier messages from het phone, too dangerous to keep his contact details or any of their text messages, never knowing who could come to Mystic Falls, or who could end up with her phone.
Finishing that off, she gets up and changes into a black cami top and some navy blue shorts for pyjamas and crawls into bed. What a day. I cant believe that I'm a mage now.
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Author Note: For the most part, the information overload can be a credited to to the wiki fan page of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha on Linker Cores, Intelligence Devices and Barrier Jackets. Just to give credit where credit is due.