Timmean and Opal - water training

[Gerogie]

(Thursday early morning 07/24/424 9:00AM)

Opal walks up to Timmean in his fields. The weather is clear, "Not the best day for water training - compared to all of the rain we have been having. But are you free to train me in water magic? I leave for my cousins in a few days and would like to be powerful enough to test spells there."

[Timmean]

Timmean glanced up and smiled. "Certainly! You're intending to strengthen your spells, correct? Let's see..." He pauses for a moment, thinking; "I've never trained someone in water magic before, and my own experience with learning it was somewhat... unconventional. Still, I think we can make this work." He walks out of the field, leaving his tools against the edge of the bed, then walks out to the edge of the cover. "This should be a good place to start."

[Gerogie]

Opal follows enthusiastically, "now?"

[Timmean]

Timmean thought for a moment; "I'm not entirely sure; this is quite new to me as well. Still, the power of water has a unique familiarity." He slowly sat down, cross-legged, at the very edge of the ocean. Leaning forward, he dipped his left hand into the water in front of him, and motioned with his free hand for Opal to join him.

"Like the earth and the air, this water is a vast body; at a glance, it looks uniform, but the truth is exactly the opposite. Water can be fresh or salty; warm or cold; calm or enraged. Being in tune with the water, understanding it, is the best way I know to embrace that power." Timmean continues to sit calmly, his eyes slowly opening and closing, while the waves brush over his extended hand.

[Gerogie]

Opal sits next to Timmean, mirroring his movements and contemplating water and all of its ways.

[Timmean]

Timmean continues to sit quietly, then slowly reaches into his pouch and pulls out a water mana. He extends his hand slightly in Opal's direction, holding it with the mana sitting in his open palm. "Tell me, when you use a water spell, what do you draw on? What trait of water do you most easily connect with?"

[Gerogie]

"Blood. It flows through us all, it is life from the puniest of insects to the grandest of dragons"

[Timmean]

Timmean's eyes snap open and he blinks, surprised. "Um, alright, interesting... not a detail I usually think about, but still true. Well, let's see... try to connect that to the larger body of water in the world as a whole. The depths of the ocean; the blood in other creatures; even the moisture in the air. Pull from those sources, and see what power you can find."

[Gerogie]

Opal meditates for a while, her smile slowly turning into a frown. She lets out a puff and starts to wade into the water. Sitting down while still in the shallows.

[Timmean]

Timmean watches, nodding softly. After a few minutes, he speaks up; "Try a spell; see how strong you can make it now."

(OOG: I think we're pretty good here; we can keep going if you like, but if you just wanted another tier, I think we've done well)

[Gerogie]

Opal looks to the beach at her book. She reads the spell that summons lightning pointing it at the grass, "It is stronger but is it strong enough to cure poison?"

(OOG: I was at tier 2 and need tier 4)

[Timmean]

Timmean chuckles and nods; "It should be. I don't throw lightning very often, but that looked about as strong as my bolts, and I've used water magic to cure poison many times."

(OOG: I only have tier 3, so I can't train you above that. The untaint spell is tier 3, so you can learn that; if you want a tier 4 spell, I'm afraid you'll need another teacher)

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