Magic School

[Raleigh]

I see. That will be quite useful and good to hear you've gotten to that fast with your powers there, Ezekiel. Any other progress to report?

[AmbushCat]

Ellen: ...That should be everything.

[Raleigh]

Alright. Shall we do the usual then? *A second Raleigh appears nearby.*

[AmbushCat]

Ezekiel: Okay.

Ellen: *approaches the second Raleigh* ...Works for me.

[Raleigh]

Raleigh1: Alright. I am rather pleased that you have gotten your powers down to where they kick into effect on touch. Now the question is, where do you want to go from here? Improve their power, find new ways to apply them, or reach a point where touching is no longer necessary?

Raleigh2: I'm sure you've realized by now but your cutting power with your paper has reached the point that you are slicing through dimensions. About the only thing above that on cutting power is slicing through concepts/incarnates like Bliss or slicing apart reality itself. Would you like to work on using this ability to bypass a lot of tedious travel or would you like to work on improving your defensive abilities first?

[AmbushCat]

Ezekiel: New ways.

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Ellen: ...Let's focus on the defensive aspects.

[Raleigh]

Raleigh1: Alright, so we know how to heat and cool an object now. Want to learn how to use this to create electricity?
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Raleigh2: Very well then, please create the hardiest defense you can so I can see how you are maintaining it. That'll let me know where to start off with helping you.

[AmbushCat]

*Ezekiel looks thrilled, though that excitement is tempered with caution. She probably knows that she wouldn't be able to play with it around her mother like she could with heat and cold.*

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*Ellen nods and manipulates her deck, merging them together into a bracer that fits on her arm. With steadily increasing concentration and will, the bracer's stopping power increases to that of iron, then steel, then diamond; by using everything she has, she's able to push it a bit further to Q-carbon. She's visibly sweating by the time she gets to that last stage, though.*

[Raleigh]

Raleigh1: Okay, for this part we are going to need to set you up with some conductors first. As you get more proficient you'll be able to do it without such things. Want to use some sort of gauntlet/glove for it or would you rather have some sort of tools you can hold when you need them?
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Raleigh2: Don't see that kind of hardness very often. Okay, relax and rest for a moment. Now then I suppose we should work on making this easier for you so you can progress even further. Improve speed of doing it or shall we work on helping to build up your energy reserves so you don't tire out so much?

[AmbushCat]

Ezekiel: *thinks it over for a bit before beaming* Gloves!

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*Ellen nods, reducing the bracer's quality to something akin to run-of-the-mill cloth.*

Ellen: ...Let's focus on the speed. Building up my reserves I could probably accomplish on my own time, given proper instructions.

[Raleigh]

Raleigh1: Alright. *A pair of gloves that will adjust as needed appear in Raleigh's hands and he offers them to Zeke.* The little loops of metal on the back and the palms are there to help you learn to do this. Just as flowing a current through the right kind of metals can create temperatures one can create electricity in reverse. We are going to try that.
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Raleigh2: If you need it I think we have a room here than can help speed up your recovery so you can practice a bit more smoothly. Alright, when you are ready we will begin by doing some speed hardening drills where I'll call out a hardness at random and you try and adjust it to that level.

[AmbushCat]

*Ezekiel puts on the gloves, looking as thrilled as ever.*

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Ellen: ...I think I'd like to make use of that room first. Q-carbon was not an easy thing for me to work up to.

[Raleigh]

*Raleigh1 begins to explain to Zeke about how to channel temperature through the metal loops to the point it will start to cause an electric spark.* Raleigh1: This will be the first step.
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Raleigh2: Alright. Let's get you to the recovery room and charged back up. We might need to do most of this training in there so you don't overtire yourself. *Leads Ellen into one of the school buildings proper and down a hall to a room marked Recovery.*

[AmbushCat]

*Ezekiel pays close attention. The author of this post doesn't think she blinked throughout the entire first-step explanation.*

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Ellen: *follows after Raleigh* ...That would be wonderful.

[Raleigh]

Raleigh1: Okay, try to fluctuate the temperatures and let us see if we can't get a bit of a spark. It'll probably not be much better than a static shock at first until we get you used to doing this.
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Raleigh2: Okay, here we are. *Slides open the door and gestures Ellen to step inside. The room looks like one of the more typical magic practice labs with it being mostly open space so whoever uses it won't have to worry about destroying anything if a spell goes wrong. As soon as anyone enters they will feel any energy they are lacking begin to return to them whether it be psi, psynergy, mana, magicka, youki, ki/qi, chi, chakra, quintessence, and so on.*