The Ballad of Yuna the Kid

[drank_the_milk]

Who: Yuna Akashi and whoever
Where: Near the riverfront, away from the apartments and businesses
When: September 26th, afternoon to early evening
Summary: Gun mage shenanigans
Warnings: Action brackets because I'm lazy

[Well, Yuna's been here for a few months, and nothing has tried to kill her yet.  That's basically her only criterion for liking a town at this point, so she's feeling pretty good about the Saeng Seong experience.  And since she doesn't have to spend all her time looking over her shoulder and waiting for the other shoe to drop, today she's decided it's high time she did a little bit of practice with her two favorite M's - magic and marksmanship.  She can be found throughout the daylight hours down by the river, with a bunch of cheap cardboard targets set up along the water's edge for her practice.]

Prompt #1: Magic

[Sometimes, she's casting a fire spell at them - her wand out and at the ready as she speaks her incantation.]

Tytto tytto pycgadpymm!  Unum spiritus ignis... coèuntes, sagittent inimicum meam!  Sagitta Magica, convergentia ignis!

[On the last syllable, an arrow made entirely of fire streaks forth from Yuna's wand, striking one of the targets square in the center.  She grins, taking a few more shots - and a few times she even aims to miss on purpose before lifting her wand to point it at the projectile and flicking it to the side, causing it to change directions in midair and strike true.]

I'm getting pretty good at this!  I wonder if I'll be ready to start making multiple arrows pretty soon...

Prompt #2: Marksmanship

[Once she's finished with magic practice, it's time to pull out the big guns - quite literally, in this case.  Onlookers will see Yuna draw out a small stylized playing card, holding it in front of her as she speaks the activation word.]

Adeat!

[There's a brief flash of light, and when it recedes, she's wearing a long gunner's coat, thigh high boots, and carrying a pair of magical pistols in her hands.  Grinning, she holsters one gun and spins the other around in her hand before taking aim at the targets and opening fire.  Her speed and accuracy, while certainly not superhuman, are astonishingly good.]

Heheh... still got it!

Comments

[not_really_charlie]

[So she will. See Yuna later. To learn.]

[drank_the_milk]

(ooc: we can skip ahead to an action prompt if you like or just handwave the lesson since this post is pretty old to begin with)

[acro_bat_ic]

ooc: I wouldn't mind playing it out, but I can go either way??? We have a ton of threads, so. Either or. >.? )

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[drank_the_milk]

(ooc: Playing it works for me!)

[Later that evening, at the agreed time, Yuna is waiting down by the river for Charlie to arrive.]

Action

[not_really_charlie]

[She holds her cloak tight about herself, but she comes. Standing there by the river./]

Action

[drank_the_milk]

Hey there! Ready for your first lesson?

Re: Action

[not_really_charlie]

That's what I'm here fore... [Feeling all nervous.]

Action

[drank_the_milk]

Okay. First off, here.

[Yuna hands over a small hand-carved wooden wand.]

You'll need a wand for everything I'm gonna teach you. You can use mine this time, but you'll probably want to make your own eventually.

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[not_really_charlie]

It doesn't need pheonix feathers or anything, right? [Because Harry Potter replica wands are a Thign She Can Do. But the ctual magical items might be problematic.]

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[drank_the_milk]

I guess if you wanted to use them, you could. It probably wouldn't hurt. But you don't really need anything like that. A wand is just a focus.

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[not_really_charlie]

So... why would? [She wnats to know all the rules!]

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[drank_the_milk]

No special reason, I guess. I carved this one myself because I needed one in a pinch.

Action; ...self. That is not how you spell wood, self.

[not_really_charlie]

"So we could use... metal?" she asked, voice a little curious.

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[drank_the_milk]

I've never seen a metal wand before, but I don't see why not.

Re: Action

[not_really_charlie]

[The gears in her mind were turning fast, now.] So could it be... a sword?

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[drank_the_milk]

Let's just stick with wands for now until you've got the basics down.

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[not_really_charlie]

Right... No rewriting the rules of magic. [Yet.]

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[drank_the_milk]

Gotta learn what they are first. Plus, I'm really still a student myself.

Re: Action

[not_really_charlie]

Pretty sure that only works when you have a teacher. [You're the master now, Yuna.]

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[drank_the_milk]

Wow, this is a lot of responsibility.

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[not_really_charlie]

Tell me about it...


So what's next. Sensei?

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[drank_the_milk]

Well, let's try the beginner's incantation. Like I said, you'll invent your own spell key later, but this one is just for learning. Repeat after me!

Practe bigi nar!

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[not_really_charlie]

She has to mouth it a couple of times, before she says it, glancing at Yuna for confirmation.

Action

[drank_the_milk]

Right! Now try it again, except this time put the word Ardescat at the end and flick your wand out in front of you at the same time!

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[not_really_charlie]

"Like Harry Potter?" it soudned simple enough. She followed instructions.