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Cedric Diggory ([personal profile] theboywhodied) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-10-23 03:55 pm

On your broomsticks! [OPEN]

Following the instructions given to him by crew members here and there, Cedric stepped through a green archway tucked on a corner of the fifth floor and entered a grey void. He closed his eyes, concentrating on the sort of place that would be perfect for a day of flying. He imagined a bright grassy plain, a large lake, and a forest off to the side. Vague memories turned into vivid images surrounding him, so thoroughly convincing that he really believed he'd been taken from the ship and placed on a field back on Earth. It was quite a convincing illusion
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All it needed now was the key piece: a group of brooms. He thought for a moment on which brooms to provide them with. Firebolts were the world standard, but he'd never known one well enough to be able to picture it accurately. The school brooms, Shooting Stars, were nice and safe for new riders but not quite reliable. In the end, he knew his own broom best: a sleek Nimbus 2001, gifted by his father. As long as he instructed the fliers to go slowly, they should be safe on those brooms.

Visitors would find Cedric side-mounted on a broom in his black and yellow Quidditch robes, gliding just slightly over the grass. As soon as he spotted them, he'd greet them enthusiastically and move to touch down. "Hi!"

((ooc: wide open for everyone to join in! We'll be doing some group exercises too, so thread around! Fly as a group when you're ready!))
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[personal profile] fireforger 2011-10-27 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Daja nodded, accepting the explanation of supervisors. Her own teachers had done that for her, and her siblings - not foolproof, of course, but the guidance of someone with experience and wisdom counted for plenty.

"Yes, I believe so," Daja said, imitating Cedric movements, holding the broom between her legs. "This is very strange," she said, feeling like she must make a bizarre sight. But looking at the way Cedric flew...well, if she could manage that, then it was worth looking a little silly.

Taking a deep breath, she kicked off from the ground. Her ascent wasn't anywhere as near as impressive or co-ordinated as Cedric's, but she was nonetheless now shakily hovering a metre above the ground. "Oh!" she cried, looking down at her feet dangling in the air.
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[personal profile] fireforger 2011-10-28 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
Daja called on all of her experience in mediation to calm her mind, and focus on following Cedric's instructions. She looked forward, just hovering in the air.

The experience was strange - she couldn't feel anything beneath her feet! This must have been what it was like to stand on Tris's wind platform. She wondered what her grumpy sister would think of these brooms, and the thought made her smile.

"How do I maneuver it?" she asked, trying to not sound too eager to progress. "I don't imagine one could guide it like a horse."
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[personal profile] fireforger 2011-10-30 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, I imagine brooms wouldn't have the personality of horses. I should hope that they never decide that they don't like you and don't follow your instructions," Daja said wryly.

"So I need to guide the handle," Daja said, focusing back on the practicalities. With that she concentrated, and as the broom rose higher she gently pointed the handle to the left, turning in a slow, steady circle.
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[personal profile] fireforger 2011-11-01 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
"I would say that I was confident in your enchanting abilities, but seeing as these brooms are not real that wouldn't be particularly relevant," Daja said, wearing an amused smile.

"And does everyone learn this, in your world?" she asked, as she started to experiment a little, leaning up to try and rise higher.
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[personal profile] fireforger 2011-11-03 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
"I see - then the original craftsman is responsible. If their work is substandard, their reputation would suffer," Daja said, nodding. They might not have much in the way of regulatory boards and the like back home, but as a Trader she knew that a bad reputation could cripple a merchant, or craftsman.

"You travel through fireplaces?!" Daja gaped. "How do you not get burned? Do you need a special, magical fire, or are your kind immune to the effects of the flame?" Daja was herself, but she knew that the ability was by no means common.
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[personal profile] fireforger 2011-11-04 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Burned by muggles?!" Daja repeated, stopping in her tracks and staring at Cedric with a horrified expression. She wasn't really that familiar with the term 'muggles' - had Ron mentioned that before? - but it was clear that whoever they were, they had been actively attempting to kill witches.
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[personal profile] fireforger 2011-11-08 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
"That's awful," Daja said. She wasn't sure what was worse - mages deliberately using their magic to terrorise those who had none, or that those without magic had decided to hunt down those that did.

"My home is very different - there's no separation between mages and non-mages. Magic is a part of everyone's life, and any mage who abused their magic would have to face the law, just like any other criminal." Daja was silent for a moment, thinking of what Emelan would be like if mages and non-mages were divided. "It had never occured to me that things might be any other way," she said, solemn.
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[personal profile] fireforger 2011-11-14 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"How do you hide?" Daja said, trying to imagine a world where magic was kept secret. She couldn't really picture it. "Surely it would be very difficult to keep every mage hidden. Where would you all live?"
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[personal profile] fireforger 2011-11-14 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't you worry about people without magic finding your villages?" Daja asked. Some places were hard to find, certainly, but even the most secret of locations could still be stumbled upon...

"You alter people's memories?!" Daja said, horrified. "But that's..." Barbaric, cut she stopped before she could stay that word. This was Cedric's culture - he would not appreciate her criticism.
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[personal profile] fireforger 2011-11-17 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
"How do the spells know who does and doesn't have magic?" Daja asked, curious despite her. Most magic that she knew worked on everyone, mage and non-mage alike - although mages certainly had a better chance of dispelling it.

Daja was silent for a moment. She travelled through many lands, and one thing she had learned was that rulers were not always the just and compassionate ruler that the Duke was. "Perhaps one day, they will learn of a better way," she said softly. "In the meantime...at least here you do not need to concern yourself with those laws. Certainly this place has many amazing non-magical things - if I were not able to see magic, I would scarcely be able to believe what people can do without it myself."

Steadying her broom, she looked around at the surrounding scenery. "Like this place," she said quietly. "None of it is real, and yet there is no magic."
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[personal profile] fireforger 2011-11-18 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
"But it must be extraordinarily difficult to create spells that can react to a lack of magic," Daja said. "And it is illegal for those under seventeen to use magic?! But what if there is an emergency? Or they have not learned to control their power?"

She thought of Tris, and the way that her power could get violently out of control when she was young...Tris would have broken that kind of law a thousand times over, without even meaning to.

"Yes - it looks to me like a sliver of silver light, usually out of the corner of my eye. But if something has a lot of magic, I will see it when I look at it directly. I don't have the skill to see the nature of the magic though. I can only see it's presence."
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[personal profile] fireforger 2011-11-18 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Isn't revealing magic to non-magical people already illegal? It seems rather unnecessary to add in another law," Daja said, thinking that Cedric's world seemed to have very odd laws indeed.

"Magic is magic, regardless of whether it's being invoked," Daja said simply. "But magic that is active is easier to see, yes."

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