Magical Theory 101 [Open]

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

The scene was set in a tropical paradise as Negi finished his lecture on magic. There was a small area dedicated to the teaching with a chalkboard displaying Jack Rakan's Ridiculous Chart O'Power present as well.

"As such, magic power is channeled through the user and created into fire, darkness, ice, etc. Those who are beginning can take up a practice wand and use the chant Practi biginaru Ardescat as the first focus. When you learn to generate flames on a consistent basis, come talk to me for your next lesson."

Negi pushed his glasses up a little. "Those who need to test artifacts, or conversely create one please follow me to the fighting area. We'll continue the lesson. And as always, if you want to test a few spells, be my guest. Just keep the targets to the designated areas."

(ooc: mingle and learn with people, it's all good! You can make a thread or ask Negi directly about a spell or something.)

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[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"So there's a definite difference in magic between you two, its still impressive. I'm actually still trying to get the incantation thing down: where I'm from, Latin is not something they really teach unless you go to a high class school. School in general would be sorta awkward: only been therein pre-school. I had other things I had to do."

Rocks to slag? Jeez, was Negi that powerful? She looked a Negi questionably to verify this.

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

Negi rubbed his head. "Yeah, rocks to slag. Here, let me get a little room..."

In response, a huge floating rock appaeared in the sky above them and he pointed at the massive shape. "That was the rock I demonstrated on when I was still perfecting the technique. Let's see..."

Spreading his arms, he intoned, "Rastel Raskil Magister!"

Raising his hands in a classic over the head incanaters style, he began to chant, but in Ancient Greek.

To sumbolaion diakoneto moi, basileu Ouranionion. Epigenetheto, aithalous keravne hos Titenas phetheirein. Ekatontakis kai khilias astrapsato!

Lightning poured into a ball in his hand as it crackled as Negi aimed for the rock. But he wasn't done yet as glyphs appeared, encircling the whole of the 100 foot rock.

Jactum extendentes circuli exsistant. Captent objecta a primum ad decimum. Area constet. Intus se premant spiritus ad pressuram criticalem. Tribus… duobus… modo. Capturam disjungens omnes spiritus fulgurales fortissime emittam!

The amount of force he was putting out was enormous, and he his aim was true as he launched the bolt forward. Κιλιπλ Αστραπη!

There was silence for a split second, and then the world erupted outwards from the sheer force of the attack, slamming into the rock. A tremendous magical discharge in the form of lightning erupted, contained within the focusing glyphs.

When it settled, more than three-fourths of the rock was simply gone, melted into slag.

"... that's more than I destroyed last time," remarked Negi, a little dazed as the spirals on his arms faded.

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Ok, that actually was right up the list of Hit Girl's coolest things I've ever seen. It was also incredibly hot, and she couldn't too many girls disagreeing with her.

"No words man," she said, shaking her head and smiling. "I don't think the strongest fighter in my world could do shit like that. Speaking Greek though, that's a lot harder than Latin: I was actually pretty surprised I didn't fudge it up on my first try."

The "fudge" was purely Hit Girl trying to be modest even though "shit" had already flown out her mouth. That was something Negi: unless she was acting as Mindy, Hit Girl didn't clean up her act for anyone.

"How long did it take you to learn that?"

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

"Within thirty days, stretched from a time compression between three actual days," replied Negi modestly, rubbing his head as the spiral markings began to fade from his arms.

"I wish we had a time-compressed diorama here so I could teach more but I haven't been able to find one," added Negi. "that's how I get a lot of my students to higher levels quicker."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that would definitely be helpful. It's not like I have a billion things to do, other than training with Ruffnut and the Overlord anyway. I could definitely use some decent training."

And private training with her teacher? Yeah, no one in their right mind would have turned that down.

"How would you find it anyway? It's not like they'd leave something like that just lying around, right?"

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

"I'd have to search around in the items that are unclaimed," replied Negi. "But the chances of finding a fully active Diorama is tricky at best, and kind of frustrating to build unless one was a skilled mage in the vein of magical compression."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Aren't you one of those though?" Hit Girl asked, then turned to Pro-Remus Lupin. "Do you know what he's talking about? I'll admit I'm a little confused."

She had to remember not to call him Professor, that would make him wonder.

[myboggartismoon.livejournal.com]

"I do not," Lupin said, "but I can guess. You rely on a certain sort of artifact, which slows the passage of time?"

It sounded much in the line of Time-Turners, after all.

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

"Back home we did, to cram more hours into a day. One day in Master's resort was one hour in the real world," said Negi, rubbing his head. "My students really learned a lot there."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Really? That would have definitely come in handy in my world. Dad and I would have probably been able to cram whole weeks of learning in a few days. Likely it would have given me more of a social life too, I guess."

Not that something that was needed, but with all of the people on the ship, it tended to make things awkward.

"And there's no way to make something like that here?"

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

"I'd have to do a lot of research into it, and I'm not entirely sure how to perform the ritual spells in order to create the enclosed space, sooo..." Negi rubbed his head. "We may as well rely on the sensoriums for now. This whole scene is the interior of the master's main diorama."

[myboggartismoon.livejournal.com]

"The manipulation of time is a rare skill, belonging to the Unspeakables who work in the Department of Mysteries," Lupin said in agreement. "I have a fair hand at Charms, but none of the knowledge I'd need to make such a thing."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah: she should have remembered that. That was in, what, third book where that Hermione chick had that time turning thing, right? But that was a little different in Negi's world, she guessed. At the very least, even if they couldn't do that, she could at least train here.

"So Negs, about that Pactio-what does the ermine say?"