[Video]

[shy_mage]

I-I learned how to do something new!

[He was already excited when he popped up on the video. The area was woodsy, right in front of a pond. A nice place to play around with water magic.

With relative ease he summoned up a glob of water, letting it float in front of him. That, of course, was easy peasy. No trick to that.

Then, concentrating, he lifted up his staff and carefully cut through the water with it, creating an outline. He didn't have the ability to do two different things with the water using his mind, so he physically reached out to push the excess water away from his drawing when he was done, until all that was left was the floating outline of of bunny.]

A-All you have to do is summon water, th-then draw a bunny, and move away all the non... non-bunny parts.

[He was so happy. He was studying hard, he promised, Trahearne.]

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[Video]

[cadbane]

You're a Jedi?

[Video]

[shy_mage]

I-I'm a mage.

[At least that came to him quickly.]

What's a 'Jedi'?

[Video]

[cadbane]

They can do something like you just did.

[Video]

[shy_mage]

S-So they're like mages?

[He smiled softly. Maybe that's just what mages were called on another world.]

Maybe... Do... Do they use the o-others elements, too?

[Video]

[cadbane]

I'm not an expert.

What do you know about the Force?

[video]

[treesus]

[Trahearne was so proud, look at him learning! He'd always been confident that Bracken would improve, no question there. It was nice to see him able to do something more, still... even if it was just making bunnies. He was smiling, pleased, when he appeared on the video.]

Impressive, Bracken, I take it you've been working hard on practicing your water magic?

[video]

[shy_mage]

[Ah, there was a familiar face that he loved. He nodded enthusiastically.]

I-I've been trying... I'm... I'm still not sure how to make it m-make people better, but I'm really good at m-moving it around.

I never needed to, to do that at home.

[So he'd never really tried much.]

[treesus]

Every bit of practice helps, I would imagine. Healing often takes precision, getting it to obey you more precisely will be useful. I would hope so, anyway.

[He wouldn't know. Most elementalist healing he was used to involved getting rained on. Or breathed on by a very cold mist.]

Can you make it move and retain that shape?

[shy_mage]

[He always believed 100% what Trahearne said, whether the other man was confident or not. So, he was glad to hear that this was good practice. If he kept trying and got better, maybe he'd be healing soon.

Trahearne's suggestion was a more difficult one. Moving the water wasn't a problem. Moving it and maintaining a certain shape... well, one could imagine how difficult water could be to work with like that.

Concentrating on it, he pushed it to the side. It moved in a way that was much like shoving water across the table, with not all of the bits wanting to go along with it. Maintaining the shape somewhat, he physically interfered and pushed bits of water along and nudged pieces back in place.]

W-Water likes to move around.

[treesus]

Ha, yes, it doesn't like to go where you wish it to. It's quite a willful element then?

[Again... he wouldn't know. Necromancy was pretty far from Bracken's mage talents.]

Have you learned anything less lately? I'm glad you've been working hard on this.

[video]

[telsen]

Another elementalist? [Telsen looked excited, he'd been too nervous to see what all kind of magic people knew here.]

Wait! Let me try!

[Telsen set the phone down and backed up enough so it could capture his hands too. A faint mist lingered around him. He cupped his hands in front of him and a small globe of water formed in the air. He stared down at it, concentrating hard. He moved his hands around it, trying to get it to go like he wanted.]

This is hard- Ah! There!

[He put his hands into a heart shape and the water reluctantly changed to a lumpy version of the intended shape. He tried.]

[video]

[shy_mage]

[Good enough! He watched intently, very interested in what Telsen was doing. He was even leaning forward as if that would help him see the screen better.

Perhaps it was lumpy, but he wasn't exactly the most judgmental person. No, he was more excited to have someone else to draw cute water pictures with, so he was practically beaming.]

Th-That's really good! You're a mage, t-too?

['Elementalist'... Not exactly what he called it, but mages did use the elements.]

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[telsen]

Um, yeah, clo-close enough. [Mage was a general term, yeah?]

I prefer air magic but, um, yeah, water is good too. What all can you do? [The "heart" wobbled and he froze it to keep it steady, grabbing it before it fell. He held it up with a nervous smile.]

I haven't really, uh tried this much though, shaping it.

[video]

[shy_mage]

I-I like fire, but you have to be careful n-not to set everything on fire here.

I... I mostly use wind, water, f-fire, earth and lightning.

[There were some other small things he could do, but those didn't represent the bulk of his spells. Nor were they generally 'powerful'.]

I-I just tried to draw r... re... recently. Because I playing with the water when I was b-bored.

[telsen]

Fire's a pain like that. Good for keepin' warm yeah? [Who needed a sweater when you could just attune to fire and be good? Okay sylvari didn't need sweaters but that wasn't the point.]

So drawing with water? What about... Hrm, if you're not going to set the whole place on fire, y'could do wood burning drawings. I've seen art done like that!

[Video]

[black_black_heart]

Oh, that's a pretty neat trick.

[Video]

[shy_mage]

[Ah, he had artwork to give to Tannusen. But he wanted to do that in person sometime. He'd have to stop by the bar and show him his pictures... of the bar.

And of Tannusen.

He grinned with some barely contained glee.]

Th-Thanks! Have you ever tried i-it?

[black_black_heart]

I haven't. My magic doesn't work like that.

[Thus, even if this trick is pretty minor, he thinks it's neat because it's so different!]

[Video]

[shy_mage]

R-Really?

[He was briefly surprised. Somehow he just sort of thought Tannusen could do anything. And this all seemed simple enough to him.]

Maybe... Maybe I could show you how! I-It's not hard.

[imperishableprincess]

Impressive.

[It's unclear whether Kaguya is actually impressed or just teasing. Possibly a mix of both. Either way, it's clear that she has a fondness for bunnies, if the one she's holding is any indication.]

A new magician, I assume?

[Video]

[shy_mage]

Th-Thanks.

[Here was a face he didn't really know. It made him slightly more reserved, quieter than how he spoke to some of the others, out of anxiety. He didn't want to leave a bad impression or say something wrong.

He gave a small shake of his head.]

I-I've always been a mage. As... As long as I can remember.

[Video]

[imperishableprincess]

[Kaguya doesn't mind, although she does pick up on it.]

Inexperienced, then? It seems a simple trick for one who can use magic.

[It seems that way to her, anyway. She's no magician though.]

[Video]

[shy_mage]

[He pouted. He thought it was neat, he didn't think it was child's play.]

I-It's not that hard but... but... I never... I didn't have a reason t-to try before...

[02crusnikabel]

Oh? A bunny!

[Abel smiled into the video. In the background, there are shelves at the library, but then again he is the local librarian in the main city.]

That's a good trick Bracken. You must have studied hard.

[Video]

[shy_mage]

[He scraped the end of his staff along the ground. He liked compliments, but at the same time he wasn't that good with lies, and really he'd been sort of goofing off.]

I-I've been trying to learn to heal. U-Using water magic!

[His gaze drifted over to the pond.]

...B-But I was playing a bit.