Topic: Lessons Learned and Taught

Kitty Helston

Date: 2008-02-26 19:45 EST
Chryrie dropped a number of notebooks and moredhel writings onto the table she was sharing with her sister on the bottom level of the library.

"Ok, here's all the notes I could find from our lessons as children. I also have some of Traeline's beginner lessons in here. What has Tass taught you so far?"

Kitty stared at the books, carefully taking up the old moredhel tome in a clawed hand as the memories flashed about inside her head. "Uh... I can turn a barstool into a recliner..."

Chryrie paused and stared at her sister. Judging from the look on the fae's face, Kitty surmised it wasn't part of the normal status quo for magical lessons.

"Well, considering the odd nature of your newly gained ability, and the questionable sanity of both you and him, I shouldn't be surprised."

Chryrie's tone sounded wry, but she then shrugged it off and then gestured to the books. "Anyway, here they are. I'd say let me know if you have questions, but we both know you'd sooner choke on a hairball."

Kitty just grinned after her sister as she left. Chryrie knew her so well. She looked down at the moredhel writing and gnawed on a claw. The memories were all too clear of how the tribal shamans were so intent on making her their pet weapon when her mental abilities had formed, but were still too wild to control. How many times did they have her do some of these simple spells, only for her to wake up hours later to find the building around her demolished?

Her serpent yellow eyes shut as she turned her face from the book. A clawed hand slammed the tome shut and flung it back onto the table. Now was not the time to stir up those memories.

Instead she picked up one of Traeline's starter lesson booklets. Her voice low as she read aloud...

"First get a taper candle and light it. Make sure you have an adult present for this exercise..."

An adult present?! Oh yeah, this was going to be fun.

"Hey Tass sweetie? Wanna be my adult supervision?" She snickered out over her shoulder.

Tasslehofl

Date: 2008-02-27 17:57 EST
"Hey Tass sweetie? Wanna be my adult supervision?" She snickered out over her shoulder.

There was a blink at the question, and a smirk at the possible implications. He knew that her and her sister were downstairs, and Chry had brought in more books in hopes of shaping Kitty's magical abilities by using their own kinds basics. But he didn't think those basics would work. Most times, basics were too... delicate. Kitty's way was blunt force.

"Uhh.. sure. Give me a moment and I'll set us a place where we can.. blow things up."

He set the pen aside, after making the final marks in the ledger, and sent the book back to the lab in the manor on the Isles. He had been spending more time in town than on the Isles, but the business on the Isles couldn't be put aside just because of such, and there wasn't a dire need that the Elder take over the day to day there, not that he would to begin with.

There was, however, the new tree's that needed a continual delicate hand, and that was something that he wouldn't let any other touch. So, daily he would take a few hours to step back and tend to the things that were needed, make altercations, and then come back to make his notes in that ledger. Things were progressing smoothly.

The garden that he had set aside for Kitty was almost ready for her. He had set the entirty of it on the Isles, isolated from even the worst of disasters (for he wouldn't have a possible recurrance of the war touch it, nor her), but what was in the works now was finishing off the bubble that would allow those in the buildings that were now attached to the library to see the garden, but never touch it, even if they were to jump from the windows. That part of the enchantment was simple, but if they *were* to jump from the window, he had to make sure they didn't fall forever into nothing, and he couldn't have them hurting themselves on something hard like the ground. So, what he had decided was to have each exit move to a door that touched that garden, so that when they went out one, they were going within another... even the windows.

That, however, could wait. Right now, Kitty wanted to blow him up.

So he stood from the desk and moved out of the office, making his way down the circular stairway and to where she waited for him, a smile on his lips.

"So, adult supervision, huh?"

Kitty Helston

Date: 2008-04-07 18:46 EST
She hadn't thought he would actually come down from his work, so she continued on after she yelled as if she had said nothing at all. She murmured a bit more as she followed the initial instructions laid out in the book.

She found a candle and set it up on the table, lighting it with a flick of her lighter. A bit more reading. Apparently the exercise was to have her control the flame. Do such and such to make it rise, then lower, then wriggle...

Easy enough, right?

She mumbled a bit more as she tried to figure out what it was telling her, then she focused on the flame. Alright... one.. two.. three..

BLAM!

Suddenly everything on the table was sent flying. The candle was reduced to nothing. Her hair was smoking, and soot was all over her face.

About that time Tass came down.

"I don't think I'm cut out for this, sho dalath."