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Author Topic: The Birth of Magic  (Read 2351 times)

ATHATH

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Re: The Birth of Magic
« Reply #15 on: March 07, 2016, 12:43:45 am »

Honestly, it's just really awkward for me, especially since we have nothing (I know that as soon as I say something non-vague, the ninja-quoters will steal it and put it in their signatures, forever tarnishing my name).
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AbstractTraitorHero

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Re: The Birth of Magic
« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2016, 12:45:04 am »

Ah I don't generally feel that kind of awkwardness due to my asexuality and generally lack of care towards nudity.
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Re: The Birth of Magic
« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2016, 03:55:55 am »

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Staring out at the forest you begin to realise something. You're... different from before. You seem to be missing a few things you had before, and having a few things you didn't. You're not entirely sure how you feel about this. On one hand, it's not as though you are an entirely different person. Your height and weight are the same, though you suppose you are a little tall for a girl now. Your face doesn't feel all that different, so you assume your still recognizably you, though you can't actualy see yourself to be sure. The most noticeable differences are... not all that big, so to speak. On the other hand though, what the fuck?
Your stomach voices it's discontent again and your soon to preoccupied to be worrying about the changes. Walking back into the cave the sight of the crystals glinting in the light spikes you curiosity. You decide to perform an experiment, What happens when a crystal structure is hit with a large rock. Searching around on the cavern floor you soon come up with a few tools to use in your experiment. You find one that fits rather nicely in your hand, and then select your target, A large multicolored crystal near the front of the cave.
You bring the rock down hard and the crystal explodes with a "bang!" sending you flying back a few feet into the dirt. ...That really hurt. You smashed off about the last third of the crystal and it lays in a variety of colored shards around your feet. Apparently, they broke cleanly along the color boundaries, so each fragment contains only one color. The remaining crystal is spitting sparks and oozing a dicey looking viscous substance over the stump. The sparks die down after a few seconds, and the liquid starts to congeal.
You head out to find a suitable stick for the next part of your plan, and thanks to your previous experience in foraging you manage to find a stick perfectly suited to your needs. (lucky roll, *grumble *grumble) It's perfectly sized to be a spear, just shorter than you are, and worn smooth. You found it under one of the squat, short trees outside, and so you cristen it "short wood". You head back in with your perfectly sized "short wood rod". Now, how to attach a crystal to the end. You try setting one of the shards down next to the rod, but it's not exactly attached. Hmm.. If only rope was as easy to come by as rocks and sticks.
It's getting later and you're still cold and hungry and naked as ever.

What do you do next?

Items gained.
1 "Short wood" rod
2 Large rocks
1 Small rock
4 Red shards
2 Blue shards
3 Green shards
3 Yellow shards

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ATHATH

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Re: The Birth of Magic
« Reply #18 on: March 07, 2016, 06:01:55 pm »

Take some of that liquid and put it around the connection point between the shard and the stick, then wait for it to harden (go out foraging or something).
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Re: The Birth of Magic
« Reply #19 on: March 07, 2016, 06:36:41 pm »

PTW
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Re: The Birth of Magic
« Reply #20 on: March 07, 2016, 06:45:31 pm »

This reminds me of The Roots of Sorcery. Pretty good in my opinion.
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Re: The Birth of Magic
« Reply #21 on: March 08, 2016, 01:18:45 am »

Yell out into the sky our voice matches our new body though we can still identify it to be ours.
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Re: The Birth of Magic
« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2016, 09:16:17 pm »

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A stroke of inspiration hits comes to you, and you realise that the still congealing crystal slime could be used as an adhesive. You take your stick over to the the stump and manage to cover the last couple of inches in a thick coat of the stuff. With the substance hardening quickly you grab the nearest shard and fix it to the tip, holding it there until the substance hardens to a glossy clear enamel. The stump of crystal has also hardened over, you can no longer acquire crystal goo from it. You now have a "Crystal Tipped Stick!" You run out to the mouth of your cave and scream your victory to the world, your voice echoing back across the landscape. It reminds you quite clearly that you are, in fact, a girl now. This might take some getting used to.

Going back into the cave you decide to gather up the remaining shards and put them in a pile, and in doing so you take note of some peculiar properties in each of the shards. The red shards are slightly warm to the touch, the green shards are unusually heavy for thier size, the blue shards are almost pliable and squishy, and the yellow shards weigh almost nothing. You find this odd as the large crystals they came from exhibit none of these properties, though now that it is getting darker you notice that they have a faint luminescence. Odd.

 You head back outside armed with your crystal stick, which you had attached a red crystal to in your haste. "What a brilliant thing" you think to yourself. "A weapon composed of two parts, the stability of wood and the sharpness of crystal, you truly are a genius" For a moment you almost wish you were back with your village so you could share this with them. This thought makes you sad.

Foraging among the underbrush you manage to find a bush with some large black berries on it. Recognising them as the  same kind you used to eat in the village, you wolf them down and strip the bush without a second thought. Mmm... Delicious. You've quieted your stomach for now, but you still feel hungry. You're beginning to get the feeling that you were out for quite a while. Rooting around you also manage to find the burrow of some sort of rodent. You try ramming your makeshift weapon down the hole, but to no avail. You make a mental note of its location for later.

You walk back to the entrance of your cave and sit, staring out over the landscape. Your cave is situated halfway up a hill, the only large hill in sight. No trees grow on this hill. In front of the hill is a large forest, composed of a variety of different trees. The forest does not have many hills hidden in it, but it is by no means flat. It's own gentle slopes and sudden gullies cut through the trees. Near the border of your hill and the forest, short and sturdy trees reminiscent of oak grow along with thick bushes and underbrush. Past this barrier the forest gives way to pines and other large gymnosperms. The underbrush thins out to large ferns, and the forest floor is well shaded. The soil is a thick, moist, loam. A few truly massive trees are scattered throughout the forest, larger than any tree you have ever seen before. These trees are about 7 or 8 times the size of those around them. Far away and to the right you can see a glint of water through the trees. The sun is setting over all of this, leaving brilliant orange and gold streaks in the sky. There is a cool breeze blowing, and you would hate to get caught in the cold tonight.

Sitting in this place as the sun sets you can feel a strange energy about it. Your mind is abuzz with it, like a background noise, yet you cannot place it into any of your traditional senses. None the less, you are sure it is there. A steady presence, you find it comforting, and you stifle a yawn.

What do you do now?

Items Gained
Crystal tipped stick (red)
Items lost
1 "Short wood" rod
1 Red shards

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« Last Edit: March 09, 2016, 11:31:33 pm by helmacon »
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Re: The Birth of Magic
« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2016, 11:25:35 pm »

Explore the water but first try and make some kind of fire and take some of it with me ((like a torch)) to keep warm.
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