driftfleet | 1 - Mayoccia Plains

Who: Duke
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Action: For Marsiva
When: Until shuffle-

The thing that bothers Duke most about waking up in a new place is that he woke up... cold. Space? Sure, but more important why can't he shake this chill with rubbing his arms a little.

So he stands and pulls his gloves more snugly up, and looks about. Sure. Space. First time he's seen it. He gives a small jump in place, and upon landing on the floor as normal - a click of metal heels, nods once and sits back on the bed.

So long as the gravity stays in play, he'll like this trip to space much better. Even if something has him fairly sure that 'trip to space' isn't right...

However, that is less important than the stupid cold. He did this to cups before, he can surely do it to a blanket.

The video clicks on as Duke pulled one of the blankets over, smoothing out the edge. He fishes in his pocket, frowns when he only comes up with a dark red spindle of thread, and sighs. Fine then.

Hopefully no one is too alarmed by the scent of singed cloth, because he sure is scorching some sort of angular pattern into the edge of the blanket, one red glowing symbol at a time.

"Well, this is working. That's a good mark for this place...."

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[Jennifer gives a confused look.]

... What are you doing?

[ Doesn't even look up, he's focused on his blanket project. ]

Applying a formula to the cloth. I would have attempted embroidery, but my repair kit seems to be lacking its needles.

[ ... The most unhelpful explanation, isn't it? ]

Burning it seems to be the opposite of repairing. I mean, if you'll excuse me pointing out the obvious.

The ..embroidery was the intent of that sentence. A repair kit for clothing would have a needle, which I could use for it...

[ He knows he can be confusing, but that was a bit of a stretch. He thinks he recognizes her voice now, but she doesn't seem to be recognizing him. Oh well. ]

I want the symbols in the cloth.

[Headtilt. Good thing she doesn't know he recognizes her voice, as she'd be a little weirded out by that.]

Well, that makes a little more sense. Are... are you using magic? I've never seen anything like that before.

Yes. This is a new function so I wouldn't be that surprised. [ ... Yes he is purposefully misunderstanding that. ]

No, I mean... I've never seen magic at all.

[ Ah, then she definitely isn't the one he met. He is very sure he used magic around her.

... It's not like he knew her terribly well, so onward as if he doesn't know her. ]

That seems to be what happens - magic is stuff of myth, slight of hand - although, perhaps obviously, I am from a land where magic is commonly used.

I see... so this is probably nothing to you. What sorts of other things can you do?

A new application of something second nature.

[ That is a loaded question. He remembers how a conversation with someone else went once, s o . . ]

Healing, usually. I may not be particularly skilled at it, but usually I can hold someone stable until someone who is actually a doctor, of a magical sort or otherwise, can patch them better. Some barriers, fire. [ He indicates the red symbols at fire. Color coded for your convenience. ]

[Jennifer nods, fascinated.]

I'd love to have some sort of healing magic at my disposal, myself. I could do things it takes a whole team to do back home...

Debatable. Most of what I can do is.. speed along healing. Bruises fade, bones mend, cuts fade to scar. I never learned to do things like.. purge poisons, or cure illness.

So you have limits... everything and everyone does, though. I still think it would be nice to be able to speed things up, but nobody can do everything.

Obviously. Those who choose to study healing magic above all else are far better at it, although often end up with a lack of skill in things like defending themselves.

I'm in a similar boat, myself. I only started learning how to spar and use weapons within the past few months... and I'll never really be good at it. I prefer fixing things, not making them worse.

If it helps, you can think of it as "preventing a need to fix those you're protecting", or even "enabling yourself to continue fixing others."

[ Which is honestly why he would generally try to knock out a healer first thing. ]

I never really thought of it that way. Most of my friends are soldiers, though- they usually end up protecting me, not vice versa. I have needed to protect an innocent before, though.

If circumstances arise where you don't have protectors, the thought may help. Or yes, if you are protecting those who can fight back even less than you.

Which has happened before- it's why I learned how to fight in the first place. It's generally accepted where I come from that it's over the line to attack any medics, but not everyone feels that way.

[ ... Yep, not everyone feels that way. ]

A difference, I suppose. Or at least, one of circumstances. If a healer-mage is on the field, they usually draw the most attention. Why a great deal put a little focus into offensive spells as well. Usually Light-based, so that attention is more visibly drawn, perhaps...

[Jennifer nodded.]

It's a sensible strategy, even if it does make my skin crawl- take out the healer, and your enemy can't recover from whatever damage your side can dish out. I'm glad it's something I've not had to worry about too much, but then, my world doesn't have magic, only weaponry. Both sides would be hurting if their medical help was shot dead right off the bat.

Hmm. Those who don't pick up offense do tend to stick as far away as possible - and they would be captured rather than attacked.

I'm firmly on the "far away as possible" side myself. I have some very tough friends, but I prefer to let them do the combat and stay behind to be there when they come back with injuries.

[ Duke just gives an absent hum. This topic was getting a little less than interesting, and he doesn't really want to direct it onto how he would deal with these situations, so!

Picking up the edge of that blanket and appling magic some more. ]

[Jennifer takes the cue and decides to end the conversation there.]

Well- I'll leave you to do your magic, then. Welcome to the Drift Fleet.

1 - Mayoccia Plains

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