Demonstration [Semi-Open]

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Ildraniath might be arrogant, but she wasn't vain. She didn't enjoy showing off merely for the sake of showing off. A display to intimidate or awe an opponent, yes, but simply for the sake of satisfying her own vanity? Never. Still, she looked forward to being able to flex her muscles, as it were. She needed to use her skills from time-to-time, after all. Especially because her attempts at discerning anything outside of a few minutes in the future were ending in failure.

Now that was disconcerting.

She hadn't summoned up anything just yet - no battlefields or target ranges here. Not yet. For now it was just the blank, emptiness of an unused sensorium. Ildraniath stood near the doorway, one armored finger slowly brushing over the helmet she had tucked under one arm. This ought to be interesting. One way or another.

_{[[Semi-open! Mostly for Nanoha, but feel free to drop by and bug Ildy.]]}

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Nanoha dipped lower in the air to get a better look - and while she didn't quite cringe at the dispassionate, grisly way the Eldar dispatched of the foe, she couldn't quite hide the distasteful look on her face at the smell of roasted skin. They weren't real, of course, but to see something simulated die with blood streaming down its face never sat well with her.

Once Ildraniath was done, however, the wings on her heels lowered her down to only a few feet over the ground, so they could talk more easily. "It's very impressive," she said after a moment's consideration. "Your big lightning blast... is it targeted on an area, or on individuals? That doesn't seem like the sort of thing you'd want to cast on a melee group where you have allies, right?"

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Nanoha probably would've hated Ildraniath's home universe. In the grim darkness of the far future, there was only war. She chose not to comment on the distaste, though. The mon-keigh would learn, eventually.

"It's an area-of-effect. Useful for groups of enemies. Not something I would like to catch my allies in, however."

[starlightace]

Cargn thought that on a weekly basis, probably. It wouldn't have surprised Nanoha if Ildraniath were to do the same. Still, she nodded. "All right. The rules of everyone's magic are different, after all. It's good to know what we're dealing with."

She touched down with a light noise. "You've demonstrated your own magic, and I thank you. Do you have any questions about what I can do, too? It's only fair."

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"Well, what can you do? You're... not a psyker, are you?"

She didn't feel like one, anyway.

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"I'm an aerial mage of the Mid-Childan style," Nanoha explained. "I'd be happy to demonstrate what that entails."

She reached up to the jewel around her neck once more. "Raising Heart, Set Up." Given that she was already in the blue-white Barrier Jacket, it wasn't much of a change - but the jewel spoke again in its synthetic voice. "Raising Heart Excelion: Stand By, Ready."

The jewel shone brightly for a moment before metamorphosing into her weapon's staff/spear form, the red core at the spearhead the only indication that it had been the same object. The wings at her feet once more glittered, lifting her up to about the Eldar's face height. "I specialize in medium-to-long-range bombardment magic," Nanoha explained. "But I have a few tricks I can rely on for close-range fights, too."

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"Now that is an entirely different sort then what I am used to. Do you rely on a your staff there for your power? Or is it an innate part of you?"

Because knowing that might come in handy if she ever had to take her down.

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"It's a little bit of both," Nanoha explained. "For all mages like me, our power comes from our Linker Cores," she placed a hand on her chest, "Which is - think of it like a special magical organ that everyone has, even if they don't know it or can't detect it."

"But the spells that use that power are more like very complex computer programs and mathematical equations. It's possible to use magic on your own, but our Devices handle most of the execution for us. Think of it like a calculator; you could do the math on your own by hand, but this is much quicker."

She held Raising Heart out in front of her, pointing it at the sky. "Most mages will know a few spells they can quickly use on their own without Device assistance, but the most powerful ones will almost always be used through your Device."