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OTA Clinic Mingle!

Who: Anyone!
What: First aid/healing lessons, anyone who needs medical attention.
Where: The Clinic mostly, but potentially anywhere.
When: just after the move, open until the next mingle for anyone to stop by for lessons or treatment
Warnings: possibly injuries?

[ Shortly after the move, once Pell is certain the gods are no longer with them, he puts up another quick post. Text this time: ]

The Clinic has relocated but someone will be here at all times to provide medical attention to those who need it. Note the new indicator on the attached map, or call for help if you are injured and unable to get here.

Anyone who wanted lessons delayed by the involuntary memory transfers, I'll be holding first aid and healing lessons daily at noon, for approximately two hours. If you would prefer a private lesson that can also be arranged. We're still in need of volunteers for emergencies, especially as the gods appear to be missing and our burden may now be greater. Boil the water you gather if possible and stay warm. I don't think it's quite cold enough here to worry about this just yet, but if you believe someone is suffering from hypothermia: blankets and body heat are the best treatment, then warm fluids.

Thank you and be safe.

[ Please don't die, he'd be sad.

((OOC: Anyone can stop by/be brought in at any time to play out treatment, if you get hurt hunting or fall into the frozen lake when drawing water, and first aid lessons can be given by any Clinic staff! The list is here at

undersupplied.)) ]

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[ Pell's in the office, the door only closed about halfway but enough that he isn't visible through where it's ajar. When someone knocks and calls for him specifically, though, he reaches to open it the rest of the way.

It takes him a second, but he recognizes the man standing there and smiles. They've never actually been dead in front of each other like this and in person he's tiny, shorter than Harlan and slight, his long braid hanging over his shoulder. When he opens the door the rest of the way, the room feels a little warmer than the rest of the clinic. ]

Harlan. It's nice to meet you properly. How are you?

[Ah, yeah, Harlan's seen this guy around the clinic before. Cool. He nods at the question, but speeds past the pleasantries to get down to business, in typical Harlan fashion.]

Yeah, you too. Are you busy? I figured I could try to teach you Message.

[He does notice the slight change in temperature and is thoroughly intrigued... If Pell has space heater magic, that's certainly something Harlan wouldn't mind learning in return.]

Not right now, but I may already be able to use something like message.

[ Pell retreats into the office, and when Harlan follows him in he'll note a crystal hovering in midair, glowing just slightly. That's what's giving off the warmth. ]

I told you our magic is just a manifestation of will? I can use that for telepathy, though I haven't tested it on many humans. And only once on someone I didn't know the whereabouts of. You said message is short range too?

[Oh hey hold up, Harlan is immediately distracted by this crystal situation. He leans in to get a closer look, and then realizes it's warm, so he'll be standing next to it for the duration of this conversation.]

What is this?

[...]

Oh, uh, yeah, it's short range. I have a telepathy spell too, but that's not something I can teach. You have to be pretty good at magic before you can cast it.

[ Well if message won't be better than what he already knows, they can certainly find something else to work on -- and now Harlan seems interested in his little charm. Pell smiles slightly. ]

It's a small enchantment -- a warming crystal. I've planted several in the ground around my garden to try and keep it alive, and have been trying to save my magic but I'm cold even in here. I could try to show you how I make them, and maybe you could help me with something else.

[ He reaches for his cloak, hanging on the back of his chair, and offers it to Harlan. ]

This is enchanted against heat and cold and moisture. It was a gift, I was thinking if I could figure out how it was done I could place the same magic on other garments. Something that would last without recharging like my own enchantments, but I'm not sure.

Edited 2018-12-03 06:41 (UTC)

[There's an immediate alarm bell at the word "enchantment", even though it's pretty clear that that word doesn't mean what he expects it to. Hell, that was clear from the crystal setup. Enchantment magic by Harlan's standards doesn't work like this.

It's weird, knowing there are different types of magic. It's like there being different types of math. Two plus two should always equal four, shouldn't it? Or maybe it's more like languages. "Magic" in English versus... Whatever the word for "magic" is in some other language. Harlan is better at math than languages.

He takes the cloak when Pell offers it, looking it over.]

So, by "enchanted" you mean it's magical? Enchantment is mind control magic where I come from. This, I'm assuming, is not that.

[Unless Pell means the cloak just makes you feel immune to heat and cold and moisture, meanwhile you're actually sopping wet and on the verge of hypothermia. At least you'd be comfortable?]

I don't know much about magical items, sorry to say. My specialty's illusion and my brand of enchantment. I can do some transmutation too, but nothing like this. Sorry.

[He's still gonna check out this cloak, though. Something like this is pretty rare where he comes from.]

I can still try, I'm just not sure how much help I'll be.

[ Pell himself would compare it to languages -- the word means something different, the way they use the words does, the way they mold their power to their will to do things with magic. He doesn't even really like calling it magic, still, because it comes from him but. It is what it is.

In Harlan's world, magic is everywhere and can be independent of ability. It's a bit different for Pell, who also blinks in surprise at Harlan's clarification. ]

Ah-- no, none of this is mind control. I guess you could just call it a magical item, then. I know how to impose my will to do things, but only for as long as I'm intentionally making it happen. The effect won't linger, not like this.

[ Harlan can fuss the cloak all he likes, Pell thinks it's pretty cool too. He sits back down and reaches for a mug on his desk, trying not to focus on the fact that the man in front of him just said his magical specialty was mind control. ]

So if enchantment is different and transmutation is... I would guess making things from existing materials..? Then what's illusion?

Good to know.

[He super does not need more iterations of enchantment magic in Hadriel, that's for sure. It's dangerous stuff.]

So you have to concentrate to keep the crystal generating warmth? What about the cloak?

[He hands the cloak back because, as expected, in his hands it's just... a really cool cloak. Man, he needs to see about learning Identify. People keep asking him to identify things.]

Yeah. Illusion is, uh, making shit look like other shit, you could say. It's a middle ground between conjuration and enchantment. You're conjuring shit, but that shit isn't real. I could conjure an illusory chair, for example, but you'll fall on your ass if you try to sit on it.

That would be the case for light or fire I was holding in my hand, but using crystals is slightly different because they can hold energy. Like a charge? I can leave the room and it'll keep going unless I draw my energy back out of it, I'm not focusing on it right now. But the cloak just always works, I've had it for years. I don't think it's quite the same but I can't tell how it's different, either. Also it doesn't give off heat or cold, specifically, it just keeps you comfortable in spite of those things. I've worn it in every climate.

[ He takes the cloak back and drapes it over his chair -- the conversation is fascinating, really, he doesn't get to discuss his magic all that often. Learning about Harlan's has his full attention. ]

Hmm. Sound potentially useful, and for more than a chair prank. Diversions, maybe?

[He nods.]

That makes sense. My friend's got a ring that works a bit like that.

[He thinks? He doesn't know the specifics on how Kyna's ring works.]

That sounds useful, especially these days. Does it keep all of you protected, or just the parts covered by the cloak?

[Harlan's mind immediately goes to shit like, what if you put the cloak over your face and dove into the lake. Would it let you breathe? How can he cheat the system with it???]

Yeah, I use it for diversions. I know a spell that conjures a giant illusory snake, and I'll sic that on people to keep them occupied if my team's getting overwhelmed. A spell like that is strong enough to do damage if I want it to, too. If the snake attacks, it'll trigger one of those, uh... Psychosomatic? The illusion can't hurt them since it's not real, but it'll look real enough to trick their brains into thinking they're hurt.

The parts covered, I think? But if I pull up the hood that's basically all of me.

[ Pell has never tried it underwater, as he's afraid of the water, but no it would not help him breathe. ]

That's... quite a powerful spell, yes, to trick the mind in such a way. It's physical as well, then? I'd imagine if someone tried to hit it and their weapon went through, the illusion would be shattered,

Actually, no. As long as the spell's active, the illusion bends to whatever the person does.

[Which is what makes illusion spells really fucking cool and also really fucking scary, depending on who you ask. For Harlan, it's a little of both.]

There are ways to break the illusion, but it's more about mental fortitude than lucksacking into it.

Bends... like without you having to exert your will any further? It just does it on its own?

[ That's amazing, he sounds and looks completely amazed by this concept. ]

I wonder if you could teach me that. It'd be useful for a lot of things.

Mostly, yeah. You have to concentrate to keep the spell active, but it's not... You don't have to stay focused on just the one spell. You can do other shit, including casting other spells, but you have to keep the illusion spell in the back of your mind to keep it running. It'll tailor itself to whoever you're using it against without you needing to do anything though, yeah.

[He's not doing a good job of explaining this, but it's a weird concept to have to explain. And as for the teaching...]

That spell? Probably not. I don't teach illusion and enchantment magic for a few reasons. It doesn't do much good against the Null, and fucking with someone else's head is dangerous.

[Plus, his students would need someone to practice on. He's willing to offer himself up as a guinea pig for most things, but not for that. He's not about to ask anyone else to do it, either.]

That said, it'll take some time before you're ready for that level of spell. You might get there quicker than others would given that you can already use magic, but you'd still need a focus. If you come up with a reason why you'd need the spell down the road, we can revisit the idea.

[In other words, it's not a flat no, but your social link needs to be higher to unlock this spell, buddy.]

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