fandomhighdorms | Magical Reserve - Preserve Next to The Cabins, Wednesday

With tea and biscuits--oh hush, he was a proper ~~Irish~~ English boy--ready for members and guests, Merlin was cheerfully waiting for everyone to arrive.

"Hello! Today, Karla and I have a bit of a new exercise for us all to try today," He informed everyone with a sort of manic cheer that came from hoping to god this ended well.

Karla stepped forward with the blithe carelessness that came from having no clue that anything could possibly go wrong with her plan. "Kiss kiss everyone. So, more than anything else, there needs to be trust between us as a group. Without it, we'll be disorganized, inefficient, and the other members of the Reserves won't trust us, either. Which, in a crisis, could lead to disaster. So, I thought today we could focus on building that trust together. And for that we have--" she paused for a moment to let the anticipation build "--magical trustfalls!" She beamed at them, certain they'd be as enthusiatic as she was about the idea.

"Yay!" Merlin offered with a strangled little cheer. "Karla and I will demonstrate."

Or something.

"Karla?"

"That's right!" Karla said, giving Merlin a reassuring smile. One that had a lot of teeth in it. She practically skipped around behind him. "In case you're not sure what a trustfall is, Merlin is going to close his eyes and fall backwards, expecting me to catch him before he hits the ground. I'm going to do so, but only with magic." She clasped her arms behind her back. "Ready Merlin?" she chirped. "You trust me, right?"

It wasn't reassuring at all! But he nodded dutifully and closed his eyes. "Of course."

Really.

Taking a breath, he fell backwards.

Karla took the easiest path. Using Craft, she solidified the air behind him, the same way she would if she were airwalking. Merlin hadn't tipped back more than a few inches before the air caught him. "Now, there are a ton of different things I could have done. I could have called in a big pile of soft things for him to land on, or put a shield behind him, or just floated something over to catch him."

Merlin blinked a few times and looked around at the nothing holding him up. "Whatever it is you believe might work best. And if you don't think you can use magic, your hands are perfectly fine."

"Or if you think your magic isn't suitable, you can always brainstorm with a partner about ways you could possibly make it suitable," Karla added. "I've found that a lot of working with magic involves improvising." She looked over and gave Merlin her best unsure-but-game grin. "My turn now?"

Merlin nodded and waved toward the rest of the group. "Pair off and get started then!"

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"Certainly," Raven said, tilting her head curiously. "What do you wish to do?"

He looked to the ground for a moment.

"I'd like to see if you can see me when I do something like that. Also, if you could touch me like that. I'd never even thought of such a thing."

"I do not know," Raven said, intrigued. "But I am willing to try."

He didn't say anything else before sitting on the ground and leaning against a convenient tree. Slipping out of himself was the easiest thing in the world, after all; more often than not he had to remember to keep himself where he should be. So it was simple enough to float out of himself glancing around and finally towards Raven.

His perception tried to shift into the past, but he had enough control now to keep it to the recent past, and so her appearance remained the same.

He wondered what he looked like. Probably just himself, considering. He had little else that felt permanent; at least his physical form was familiar and certain.

"I see you," Raven said, stepping toward him. Learning the ways of astral projection had been part of her studies in Azarath. She reached out her hand to see if she could touch him. Her own form she could make solid, but she did not know if Liir could.

This was... very odd. He reached out for her and it felt--

Ha. He couldn't touch her, but it wasn't as if he wasn't there. It was as if her hand had just passed him. Or hadn't passed him yet.

He turned and reached to touch the tree, his hand pressing against resistance this time. Then he slipped down into his body.

"Huh."

"You can touch the tree?" Raven said. "Perhaps because it is not sentient?"

He shook it off after a moment and looked up to Raven.

"No, because it's been here."

He pushed off from that very tree and stood once again, dusting himself off.

"My... magic, I suppose, seems very tied to all things in the past, memory, what was. You've only been in this clearing for a few moments. That tree has been here for ages."

"I have never heard of such a magic before," Raven said. "Are your abilities unique?"

"I wouldn't know. The only person who could tell me is gone."

Whether he was talking about Fiyero or Elphaba was anyone's guess.

"Perhaps this group will be able to help you learn more," Raven said. "I am willing to aid you in any way I can."

The smile he gave her was soft, warm, and surprised.

"Thank you. I appreciate that."

Then he gave a brief chuckle and ran a hand through his hair.

"And to think, I believe I was supposed to help you, according to the school."

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