Twilight Sparkle (
friendyousohard) wrote2013-05-27 09:09 pm
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20th Spell [Video/Action for Cianwood]
Tower- Tower no!
[An enormous roar accompanies the sudden rush of sand by the lens of the Pokegear as an enormous Tyranitar begins stomping around, roaring at something that can't be seen through the sandstorm. Twilight backs up a few steps, holding her arm in front of her face as the sand threatens to blind her.]
Gah, it's everywhere... Tower, stop! It's just a-
[With another roar, the hulking monstrosity sends the object of its rage hurling over its shoulder past Twilight.]
... Tentacool.
[The hapless jellyfish is forgotten already, though, as Tower seems to have taken the opportunity to just start stomping around wildly, roaring challenges at what appears to be the world at large.]
Oh by Celestia's mane... When I get the sand out of my eyes you are going in your ball for a week!
[An enormous roar accompanies the sudden rush of sand by the lens of the Pokegear as an enormous Tyranitar begins stomping around, roaring at something that can't be seen through the sandstorm. Twilight backs up a few steps, holding her arm in front of her face as the sand threatens to blind her.]
Gah, it's everywhere... Tower, stop! It's just a-
[With another roar, the hulking monstrosity sends the object of its rage hurling over its shoulder past Twilight.]
... Tentacool.
[The hapless jellyfish is forgotten already, though, as Tower seems to have taken the opportunity to just start stomping around wildly, roaring challenges at what appears to be the world at large.]
Oh by Celestia's mane... When I get the sand out of my eyes you are going in your ball for a week!
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well he should at least try some advice, even if this isn't a Pokemon he has experience with...]
...You wouldn't happen to have a Pokemon with Rain Dance, would you...?
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Actually I do. Several of them, in fact. If I can just pull out the right ball...
[Her hand fumbles at her side and she plucks off one of her balls, tossing it out to reveal...
Her Snorlax.
She blinks a couple of times, then rubs the sand from her eyes.]
Well, that wasn't what I was going for, but at least she'll keep me sheltered.
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A-ha! [She plucks out a ball with a little inscription of a stag beetle's horn on it.]
Here we go. Megasoma, bring her down!
[She hurls the ball past Sapphire's massive bulk while Tower keeps thrashing around, and with a burst, her Heracross pops out and charges. Tower turns her eyes to the comparatively small bug, she opens her mouth...
And with a sudden series of blows to the torso and stomach, Megasoma stops her in mid-roar and her eyes bug out. She lets out a strangled gasping noise, then doubles over.
Then drops.
OHKO.]
Phew. Thank goodness for that quadruple fighting weakness.
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Ah. Well, that certainly took care of the problem more easily than I was expecting it to.
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[Megasoma is now posing and preening in front of the unconscious Tyranitar.]
... Not that it doesn't get overbearing at times.
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Well, I suppose if you've earned it... even so, I can certainly understand how it could get somewhat annoying, but it's not quite as bad as other things you can be saddled with.
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[She looks down at herself and groans.]
I need a shower. Or five.
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...and... yes, probably. Most of the hazards you run into while training are one thing, but sand is another thing altogether...
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[She frowns at that thought, considering the problems she's gone through recently.]
Maybe I have to be harsher...
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Have things been going well for you otherwise?
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But yes, all in all I'd say I've been having a pleasant time of it recently. A few more of my friends have arrived, along with my assistant and my big sister-in-law. It's a bit of trouble keeping us all organized, but I'm up to the challenge and I consider it worth it.
... That reminds me. I've never asked about your family.
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Well, I'm glad to hear that. It's nice to see someone having good luck with new arrivals.
[...that was a bit bitter but]
Ah... well, we're old aristocracy, so it's... rather large and complicated, I suppose. We have quite the history as a family of mages-I could give you a brief summary, if you like?
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I would like that! Since family history is so important in magical ability where you come from, I think knowing a bit about yours might help me understand your world a bit more. Besides, I've always been fascinated by the complex family trees of nobles. I've traced genealogies back hundreds of years before.
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Well... to begin with, how much do you know about the geography and history of Earth? It's a world that seems to have more equivalents than most I've seen, but I'd rather not throw a great deal of words that don't really mean anything to you without explaining them first. Have you heard of England, for example?
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So, I know of England, I know where England is in your world, but my knowledge of the history and people of the country isn't exactly stellar.
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Initially, England was populated by Anglo-Saxon tribes, but towards the end of the 11th century it was overtaken by the Normans, descendants of vikings that had settled in the north of France. My ancestors were among then, and they appear to have had a cursory knowledge of magic at that point... though, the actual family crest would not come into being until the 16th century, during the period of time known as the Renaissance. Well, our Renaissance, anyway-it was something that had spread out across Europe over time.
Are you following me so far...?
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Also, not all Normans had magical knowledge, but my ancestors certainly did, and I'd say that magical knowledge was more widespread and powerful than it is today. But yes, that would certainly be correct-it's recorded that Ursula Archibald was the first to look into the theory and create the Archibald crest, which was passed on to her son, Baldwin Archibald.
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First off, it's believed that there's a limited amount of magic in the world to begin with. Mages have generally been a fairly small percentage of the population, but even a small percentage of over six billion human beings is going to be an extremely large number, so it's spread more thinly nowadays than it was when, say, there were only a few million humans in existence. An individual human soul has less "weight" to it now than it would have five thousand years ago.
Second, the gods stopped being a factor in everyday life, which caused a transition from the Age of the Gods to the Age of Man. This had its own impact on the amount of magic and knowledge in the world, as well as allowing life to become far safer for humans. This, of course, lead to the problem addressed in my first point.
Finally, the population increase caused humans to spread out over the entire globe, which lead to the decay of the Unified Language of ancient Babylonia. This language was spoken by every being that existed back then, and it is thought to be intimately connected to the root of all knowledge, Akasha.
I'll admit that was a lot of information and it was all a bit complicated, so if you don't understand any of it, I'll be happy to explain further.
[don't blame him for this wall of absurd magibabble. blame yourself... or Nasu.]
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