You poke it, and you feel a... Something. It's not a memory, but it some sort of, ability? Like flailing your arm around, or casting a kinetic bolt, but you're not sure what it is.


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You don't remember the pattern at all. It was fairly large and complex, not something you can just remember off the top of your head. You don't think you got a very good look at it, either.

Running water, you must learn from it. Heading upstairs, you find yourself in a hall with several doors, and locate which one the sound is coming from.

What do you do?


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You break through the mental barrier and cast it on the ground a distance away.

Nothing happens.

It also feels like there are quite a lot of, uh, variables to the thing. Like how moving your arm has variables for which muscles to use and how much force they exert, this ability or whatever has a bunch as well.


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Byrnolf: "Alright. Need help? I can work on the eye part while you go get it or give you a hand, whichever."

You leave the shop and head North, exiting Mead and travelling on the road back to Vranhal.

It's a long walk, but you're back in the city's walls again.



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You use Levitate for what you imagine is where a spell or whatever goes into, and try to specify the size of rocks to affect.

Casting the spell, you feel a massive amount of resistance. Through the little node that you're casting, it feels like it's affecting thousands of targets, with your magic strength spread out so thin it barely has an effect on any of them.


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Tabi: "Hopefully."

You leave the vault, retracing your steps and descending the tower. No guards are in sight and you can't hear any sounds of activity, but you stay sharp.

Reaching the bottom of the tower and exiting, you see the other four armored witches are standing there, waiting.

K Areku really wants me to go in there, I'm gonna roll an actual d6 for how dumb Vandolf is and take the first result. 1 or 2 and he's dumb enough to investigate further.

5

> OH SHE MUST BE TAKING A SHOWER. IT WOULD BE IMPOLITE TO INTRUDE. GO DOWNSTAIRS AND MEDITATE ABOUT PUNCHING.

Adele: "Did you find something?"

You change the parameters for the spell's targeting and cast again. This time, a measly 3 rocks burrow their way out of the ground and float an arbitrary distance above the ground.

Adele: "Are you using your Captivate for that?"


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YOU GO BACK DOWNSTAIRS AND MEDITATE ABOUT PUNCHING

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN PUNCHING, AND MOST FIGHTING, IS FOOTWORK

POSITIONING YOUR BODY AT THE CORRECT ANGLE AND DISTANCE TO YOUR TARGET, AND GIVING YOURSELF A FIRM BASE TO LAUNCH YOUR PUNCH

FOOTWORK IS KEY