justice_is_blond | Inbox for Fade Rift

[He's been recommended for something other than just healing. That's new, and nice.]

I'd be interested. Are you, do you feel like the changes are happening gradually, or they've all happened at once and you're adjusting?

Mmm. I would say it must have all changed the moment I entered this world. However, I have been discovering the differences as they come up. So the latter is more accurate.

All right. We'll...

[He trails off for a moment, considering the current state of the healing tent.]

I've no patients at the moment and I can work with herbs while we speak. Come by my healing tent?

I can do this! Give me a moment and I shall be there!

I'll get tea going.

[And he does, as well as clearing off a pair of stools so Iskandar can have a seat and Purrelden can alternate between stealing Anders' chair and the stool.]

Wonderful!

[He'll just set off so he can arrive there. After all he's most eager to have Anders' thoughts and opinions on this.]

[Sure enough, by the time Iskandar arrives, there are two cups of tea poured, and Purrelden is curled up on a stool, happily playing with a bell.]

Come on in. Don't mind the kitten.

[Who is really a cat, but details, details.]

I would never mind our dear lady. She is a treasure.

[He chuckle then goes to actually sit on the ground so that way Anders can have the chair. He's perfectly happy there too, no complaints at all.]

Ah, thank you for the tea!

[He has to shake his head at Iskandar sitting on the ground while Purrelden stretches.]

A treasure. That is one word for her.

[But his voice is warm as he takes his seat.]

So. Tell me about the changes you've noticed so far?

I suppose the first ones I noticed were that I now find I need to eat and sleep. These were always things I indulged in when I was in Japan but were not things my body required to recover energy. In fact, it seems I do not seem to require obtaining mana in my usual ways either.

[Anders nods, looking serious.]

What's your usual way of... obtaining mana?

[It seems to mean energy, going from the implications, but he'd rather have it confirmed than guessing.]

The mage I would be bound to would be able to provide some rather slowly through contract. However, the fastest ways usually involve blood or sexual fluids.

[He's not joking.]

[Anders blinks, waiting for the laugh, the "I'm just joking around" moment. It doesn't come, and he starts to consider the chance that it's not coming.]

So mages... sleep with spirits in your world to keep them... embodied?

[Imagining Justice having to get laid to stay in one form proves to be impossible.]

Certainly. Not always but it is common enough. We are not able to produce mana as other living beings can so we must have a mage to aid us in the effort. Otherwise matters could grow worse. We could fade away or we could grow mad and steal what we need from those around us.

[He waves his hand after that.] Ah but I find I would prefer to fade away myself. It is unnecessary to bring such harm to the innocent like that.

But now you can eat instead of fading away.

[Sex magic. For a moment Anders ponders what school that would fall under before dismissing the thought. It's not relevant.]

Would you mind if I sent Creation magic into you, and tried to see what I could sense from that?

I would not mind. Though I will tell you that I am somewhat resistant to magic. So if that will change how you use it then I feel you should be aware of the fact.

[His magic resistance isn't the strongest in the world but it can throw some off if they're not expecting it. He feels he should at least warn the mage first should he need to use more as a result of the fact.]

[Anders nods, leaning forward and sending careful threads of creation magic into Iskandar. What he finds... isn't what he was expecting, but at the same time he's not sure of what he was expecting. After a few moments he drops his hand down.]

You're not human. You may look it, but you're not...

[He pauses to try to find the right words.]

You feel alive and not at the same time. I've no idea how that's possible. Have you been injured at all while you've been here?

Well I am not human. I am a spirit. Specifically of a King who lived long ago then died. I was then summoned by a mage and now I am this.

[As for injury...]

I've not been injured once though. Perhaps I simply have not faced a situation that would lead to such things.

Yes, but...

[He shakes his head. Iskandar is not Mercy or Compassion or anything like that. Boisterousness, maybe, which isn't really a spirit.]

You're not the usual spirit, either. As far as I can tell. I've tended to a spirit in a corpse before, but that wasn't healing so much as it was reattaching and closing things. I'm trying to get a physical gauge of you so I've some sort of answer to what questions you might have, but I don't have any answers yet.

Mm. I see. Perhaps you would like to see a few of the things that I can do? You might be able to determine something that way. I could share what the ability typically does in my world as well.

[Maybe he should have started there. Anders sits back, looking a little amused.]

All right, yes. What can you do?

A number of things. In my world I could do things like summon a chariot pulled by bulls that could ride anywhere and could slam powerfully into others. I could also create a bubble of another reality where my army would wait to battle those I brought into that bubble. Of course I could also go into a spirit form where only the mage who summoned me would sense me and hear me. With that I could transport myself anywhere in the blink of an eye. Naturally these all seem to have altered here. I'm not certain about others like my immunity to things like disease and temperature.

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