Fun with Magic | Monday, 2nd period

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Class had been handwavily asked to meet on the lawn again today, and Bob was there rubbing his hands gleefully. "Well, I understand this was an eventful weekend. So now, we all get to have a bit of fun."

All of you, just Bob...details.

"As it's rather a hot day out," not that Bob cared, "and I'm given to understand water is a preferred coping mechanism, here is your magic for today." He waved at a box nearby, which held…

"Magic wands. More or less. These have only one spell in them - they create globes of water. The globes will travel at a speed and direction dictated by the wand when they are created." He conjured up an illusory wand and demonstrated 'flinging' a water globe.

"Think of it as a learned skill. I suggest you learn it before you make yourself wetter than your opponents."

Welcome to magical water balloon lacrosse!

...try not to injure yourselves.

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Fight! Fight!

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Norman Babcock

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Yang Xiao Long

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Jason Lee Scott

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Prince Sidon

Listen to the lecture!

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Eye the wands. Wonder what you're in for.

Fight!

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Have fun! Bob is.

Talk to Bob!

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He's around being not-wet.

Talk to the TA!

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Once he pings in.

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Norman was at least reasonably certain he wasn't capable of conjuring water. He was still casting sidelong glances at Bob just to be sure, though.

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Conjuring it, no. But Bob was still strolling ever-so-nonchalantly over.

"Remember the streams and flows of magic?" he prompted, nodding toward one of the bubbles of water as it flew off.

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"You want me to..." Norman looked uncertainly toward the bubble. "... Steer it?"

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"Precisely." Bob beamed. "It's created by magic. Move the magic around it, and you'll move the water."

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"Like guiding a current of water," Norman murmured, using the wand to create a globe of water, as well. "I guess the fact that it's water we're working with today at least makes it easy to picture that."

He reached a hand out and gingerly ran his fingers over the surface of the liquid sphere, smiing faintly. And then he pulled back and reached for something else, for the flow of magic around the sphere, getting a feel for the way it flowed in order to keep it aloft. In his mind's eye, he painted a picture of what it was he could feel, of the currents that he couldn't feel with his hands so much as his being.

He always worked better with a visual touchstone, after all.

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Of course the water made it easier; that was part of the point.

Bob watched him, nodding. Norman seemed to have a good handle on the visualization part of magic, from what he could tell. "Now push it," he encouraged.

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"Push it,' Norman echoed, and he gave the water a little shove.

It floated away from him, a little!

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"Come on," Bob said, "you can do better than that."

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Norman balked for a moment, glancing up at Bob sheepishly.

And then he reached out again, pulling the water pack to himself, and concentrating for a moment on just passing it back and forth, from one hand to the other.

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Considering the water was designed to break apart upon impact, that was a feat in itself, but Bob decided not to tell Norman that, since he was keeping it together quite well without knowing how difficult it was.

Instead he smiled and nodded. "There you go. Now all you have to do is move it fast in one direction, then let go."

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"Okay, fast in one direction, and then..."

And away the water went, much more impressively, this time.

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Bob kept himself from cheering, cleared his throat, and grinned instead.

"There you go."

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Norman looked over at Bob, smiling faintly.

"That was okay?"

Yeah, kinda.

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"That was very good," Bob said. "Now, do it fast enough to fight like that."

Hey, he believed in setting high bars.

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"To... fight like that?" Norman looked maybe the faintest bit bewildered. "... Okay, I can try. I'm not really much of a fighter, though."

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Bob gave him an exasperated look. "These are magical water balloons, not bullets. Not to mention, at least one of your classmates is aquatic to begin with. Go on!"

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Norman blinked at that reminder, feeling faintly silly about actually needing it. He'd gotten so wrapped up in the lesson that he'd forgotten the whole point of today's actual class. And so, with a sheepish smile and a little nod, he used the wand to conjure up another ball of water.

"Right," he replied. "Okay!"

And then he was looking for a classmate to single out, and running off to play.

OOC!

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I wanna do this. Instead I'm at work.

Today is my 11-year anniversary here.