[Log] Same Shit, Different World

[skyward_eyes]

Who: Nida, OTA
What: Explorations and Seeking Magic Out
Where: Around the city
When: July
Warnings: None planned, will update as needed



There's a lot to be said about how weird it was to be in a place like this and still be able to feel. Feel in a way he had lost so long ago, the world feeling warm and distant somewhere in himself that didn't... didn't fully make sense. Which of course only led to him wandering, his head spinning with a sense he had forgotten. With the curl of a voice caressing his mind, cradling him with warmth and promise, the touch of a seaside breeze caressing him with all the comfort he could offer.

Magic. He can taste it in the air, and as he wanders the city, Nida will sometimes stop, abruptly, to look at people near him, or some bauble on display. Sometimes his head snaps up quickly, and he moves quickly down an alley or behind a building, only to be visible walking the top of the structure moments later. All of it with an aura of someone watching. Seeking.

"Hyne," he curses as he moves through the Historium, trying to find just what was setting his senses off there.

Or he's there on the top of the Red housing building, his eyes flirting over the city as he draws a map of the place from the high vantage, mumbling under his breath in another language.

There's even a moment when he nearly trips over someone in the market, dancing quickly aside at the last moment because his eyes had been caught up toward the path leading down toward the Curio shop.

In the end, though, he settles down near the fountain, sitting in a meditative position, eyes closed. Until, though, someone started to get close. Then his eyes flashed open, a brief flash of bronze light in his eyes before it settled back down, leaving attentive dark eyes gazing at whoever has approached.

"You feel like magic."

[OOC: Nida is capable of sensing magic, and because of his own abilities, drawing magic from the people around him. That means everyone not-native to the Aterat pings on his senses some because of a natural spell welling up from them in his senses. He can draw a small amount of that power from them, but only with permission which he will seek in-character permission every time. Feel free to message me here or on churbooseanon to discuss.]

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[whereishe]

"I think so but we can make the best of it. Maybe if we help here, we'll be able to return home again." Yuna's hope was an amazing thing and despite her past, she was still eager to help people in need.

"Is there anything I can help you with now Nida? You seemed deep in thought when I had first approached and I don't know, maybe I can help."

[skyward_eyes]

"Not unless you have magic you can share," Nida decides after a long moment. He isn't even touching the idea of going home again. He's pretty sure he can't.

[whereishe]

Yuna shook her head. "My magic is from my world. I don't think I can teach it to someone else." Unless he wanted to use his soul to fuel healing spells. "I could try."

[skyward_eyes]

"Perhaps not. But in my world? Magic can, to some degree, be drawn from others. People are natural wellsprings of power, and people with the right training can tap into that."

And isn't more magic a good thing?

[whereishe]

"It is similar in Spira except that many need to be born with the talent to access the magic around and inside of us. Some are never able too." It helps that no one in Spira has a physical form and everyone was made up of magic to some degree.

"Do you think that would be similar?"

[skyward_eyes]

Born with a talent. Nida shudders at the thought. He'd rather not consider those individuals born with a talent for magic.

"I'm not certain. I met a man here from a very different world to mine, and from him I was able to draw forth water spells. Not many, but some."

So it was useful. But this place was so different that he wasn't always certain what he did and didn't need. What he would and wouldn't find.

[whereishe]

"Well. I can try and teach you how to heal. At least a simple cure spell. It's the easiest to learn." She placed her palms over her chest and smiled. "You just need to find the warmth within yourself and feel it moving out to your palms. That desire to give all of yourself to heal someone."

Magic in Yuna's world stemmed from Faith, not in Yevon but in the magic of the planet and of each individual.

[skyward_eyes]

Well no one in his world but Sorceresses can just cast from a feeling. Or so Nida believes. For not he just offers a smile and shakes his head, a hand up to indicate she doesn’t need to explain further.

“I have a stack of healing spells in my metaphorical pocket. No Edina’s, but healing I can do. A bit. I have to be frugal with it, I only have 32 charges.”

[whereishe]

"Esuna?" Her head tilted curiously to the side. "You can't cast that but you can heal? They're the same type of magic." Yuna really didn't understand what he was talking about.

Charges?

Magic wasn't a finite thing in Spira: it was life, it was everywhere, it was everything and it returned to the world but was reshaped when used. The Aeon's were no different. They were the power of a spirit, of life.

Sorry about the autocorrect

[skyward_eyes]

The woman knows what an Esuna is. And Nida's now staring at her with a good bit more intrigue than before.

"They might be in the same class of magic, being white magic spells, but that doesn't mean they are interchangeable. Hyne, I can't even do higher level curative spells."

you're good!

[whereishe]

"Is that so? I would like to hear more about your spells. That is--" Her head tilted curiously to the side. "The way they are taught in your world. I have access to different kinds of magic but if I have access to one type then I can learn any within that type of magic."

Hopefully that made sense.

[skyward_eyes]

"I don't learn magic. I draw it from nature," Nida says.

You can just LEARN magic? That's.. so impossible. He looks confused.

[whereishe]

"Yes. There are some that draw it from nature but you can also draw from within. If you have the power or talent to do so." She had the talent but many in Spira did not. It was one of the traits that helped decide those who could become summoners.

"What's in you is the same magic that's in nature. It comes from life."

[skyward_eyes]

"Not in my world. Only Sorceresses can exist on their own power in my world," Nida counters. "That's why I have Siren. She lets me access magic."

[whereishe]

"Is that so. That's odd." It wasn't something that she was familiar with and she'd have to think on what that would mean. "Maybe we can help each other learn. There is a lot about Spira's magic that I haven't thought about. It was a part of everything."

[skyward_eyes]

"Spira..."

Nida frowns at the world name. It's... almost familiar. Like something out of a dream. Had he heard it in the Iteration once? Maybe. But that was so long ago. It felt like a decade.

"Perhaps we can. But my magic isn't something I can teach. Hell, I'm limited on uses unless I can find people to draw from."

[whereishe]

"Oh." She paused. "Will you not draw on me?"

It wasn't that Yuna didn't want to share her abilities but she drew on her own life and she didn't want to accidentally draw too much. She didn't know what would happen... perhaps she'd fade away like those who faded with the magic of the forest.

There was so much that she still didn't know.

[skyward_eyes]

"I wouldn't do it without permission," Nida shrugs. "It's a weird experience, and you're sentient but not an enemy of mine. Drawing on you without permission would be rude."

And probably immoral. So he'd rather avoid it. Better not to violate something so simple as the concept of consent.

[whereishe]

"Thank you." She smiled. "Sorry if that was rude of me to assume. I don't really know how this world will affect my magic. I haven't had a chance to test it out."

Yuna didn't want to start destroying things.

[skyward_eyes]

"It's not rude of you to assume. I want to make sure my power doesn't harm others. So I don't do anything that is against their will."

And he will manage it. The best he can. So for now, he doesn't reach for the power in her.

[whereishe]

"That's how I feel too." She smiled. "Well, I should probably get going but it was nice to meet you. I hope I run into you again very soon."

[skyward_eyes]

He nods and offers a brief bow to her.

"Thank you for your company. I shall see you around."