A little bit more to illustrate how I plan to handle magic at Catgirl Industries... *G*
#############
“But I spend so much time in school on normal things, I want to learn more about magic!” Mikaja complained. “I could learn so many interesting things from you that would help me.”
Lisa rolled her eyes. “Magic” she spat out.
“Yeah, magic!” Mikaja said with enthusiasm.
She carefully began to move her hands closely together and a tiny ball of electricity formed between them. With lots of concentration she kept the ball stable and finally hurled it against a large battlesteel plate.
“You really think that is magic?” Lisa asked with a grin, then she stretched out one hand and a finger-thick lightning bolt left her right hand and impacted on the plate, level a scorch mark on it.
Mikaja just stared at Lisa for a minute. Surely Lisa was an expert in electricity and lightning, but could she do real magic?
“What do you think” Lisa asked seriously, “is this magic for you?”
Mikaja just nodded.
“You see, that is the problem... ‘Magic’ often is a word for I do not understand.” Lisa started to explain. “For some Fen it is even the same as I do not NEED to understand. I once met a young Wizard who showed me his incredible telekinesis spell. When I asked why he did those twirl with his wand, he said that was just the spell movement... he didn’t know and he was happy with it.”
Lisa looked around in her lab.
“You want to come here to learn the Magic of Benjamin Franklin... the Magic of Michael Faraday and Nikola Tesla.” she said, “but you lack the basic knowledge to do this. I have asked for your test results and I think you are slacking off compared to some of your sisters.”
Mikaja looked to the ground, unwilling to say something. Maybe Lisa was right, but she had been distracted by some random magical accidents in the last year.
“I will make you a promise” Lisa continued, “you will stop fooling around at school and as soon as you have the necessary basics I will begin showing your the secrets of electricity... and I am sure there will be magic in a way you never even dreamed about.”
#####
(edit)
I also would like to delay the creation of "mage booster" items until AFTER the first generation of Mages grew up!
#############
“But I spend so much time in school on normal things, I want to learn more about magic!” Mikaja complained. “I could learn so many interesting things from you that would help me.”
Lisa rolled her eyes. “Magic” she spat out.
“Yeah, magic!” Mikaja said with enthusiasm.
She carefully began to move her hands closely together and a tiny ball of electricity formed between them. With lots of concentration she kept the ball stable and finally hurled it against a large battlesteel plate.
“You really think that is magic?” Lisa asked with a grin, then she stretched out one hand and a finger-thick lightning bolt left her right hand and impacted on the plate, level a scorch mark on it.
Mikaja just stared at Lisa for a minute. Surely Lisa was an expert in electricity and lightning, but could she do real magic?
“What do you think” Lisa asked seriously, “is this magic for you?”
Mikaja just nodded.
“You see, that is the problem... ‘Magic’ often is a word for I do not understand.” Lisa started to explain. “For some Fen it is even the same as I do not NEED to understand. I once met a young Wizard who showed me his incredible telekinesis spell. When I asked why he did those twirl with his wand, he said that was just the spell movement... he didn’t know and he was happy with it.”
Lisa looked around in her lab.
“You want to come here to learn the Magic of Benjamin Franklin... the Magic of Michael Faraday and Nikola Tesla.” she said, “but you lack the basic knowledge to do this. I have asked for your test results and I think you are slacking off compared to some of your sisters.”
Mikaja looked to the ground, unwilling to say something. Maybe Lisa was right, but she had been distracted by some random magical accidents in the last year.
“I will make you a promise” Lisa continued, “you will stop fooling around at school and as soon as you have the necessary basics I will begin showing your the secrets of electricity... and I am sure there will be magic in a way you never even dreamed about.”
#####
(edit)
I also would like to delay the creation of "mage booster" items until AFTER the first generation of Mages grew up!