“We’re doing alright, I suppose,” Charlie said, answering Azrael’s question. “At least, some of us.” As Joel’s moaning and crying started up again.
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"Thats good!" Vozrea said.
"Hey Lucien," Azrael asked, "can we stay the night?"
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"At your place?" Vozrea said.
"Yes, of course," he told her. "Though I don't have much room, so hopefully you'll be alright on the floor."
"I have some room, if you need it." Lana decided to pip up. She turned to the crying child and the new group. "The baby is very cute." It was a bit embarrassing to say so, seeing as they were strangers.
“Oh, thank you,” Victoria said. She went back to rubbing and patting Joel’s back.
Arabelle seemed to materialize beside them, her face grim. “I decided to go back to the woods to look for something. When I went in, nothing looked familiar. The trees and soil were different. I couldn’t find much sign of any towns nearby either. I’ve roamed those woods all my life. This can’t just be me…”
“Arabelle, what do you mean?” Victoria stared at her.
“It’s like the towns and the woods we came from never existed.”
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"Thats weird, even by my standards!"
Arabelle locked those intense eyes on Lucien. “Hey Lucien- that’s your name right? Where exactly are we?”
Lucien frowned. "Sieland, Edyre. On Iokisia. You… you don't know?" His frown deepened and he ran his hands through his light brown hair. "I didn't even know there was another town that way."
Lana shrugged. She didn't either.
Arabelle cursed. Victoria stared silently, while Joel continued to cry. Charlie began, “What? No, we’re not! We’re near-“ but Victoria cut her off.
“Charlie, I don’t even think we’re in America anymore.”
Lucien cursed quietly and Lana grew worried. "I'm so sorry… that's weird…" He sighed. "And it's quite interesting. I can't think of why you could just arrive here like this. Anyway, I'm sure you could stay with Lana until we figure out how to get you all back home."
Lana nodded. "It's like something brought them all here," she commented. It wasn't a bad theory, but Lucien wasn't sure.
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And so they went to Lana's house. It was quite nice.
"Teddy!" Lana yelled as they entered the house. "I've got guests."
Teddy came running down the stairs, taking the steps two at a time. "Hi," he said sheepishly to the new group. "Who are you guys?"
"They all ended up here somehow. It's like the portals have gone wack or something. Oh, Vozrea and Azrael are friends of Lucien's."
"Where is Lucien?"
"Work."
"Oh. Y'know, I did something weird today. With magic. Something's off."
“Magic?” Arabelle moved closer to Teddy. “Do you mind of I take a look?”
Despite the fact they ended up in a completely different reality, she was still on researching streak. The possibility that these people were witches only kept her there.
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"Hmmm… Nice place," Azrael said after looking around.
Teddy nodded to Arabelle. "Yeah, alright."
"Thanks," said Lana with a grin. "We moved here not too long ago. Fixed it up a bit and made it home."
(Wait no! Arabelle needs to see what Teddy did)
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"I can usually do little things, you know? Like blow out a candle or make my bed. But today, I tried to make a fire… I can usually do it, I swear." Teddy stared at the fireplace. The stones around it were blackened, and the kindling reduced to ashes. "It got out of control…"
“Oh…” Arabelle tried not to wince. “Don’t worry about it too much. I mean, the only thing I can do is blow stuff up. Well, among other things.”
She leaned closer to get a better look. “But it is interesting. You say you can usually do it? What did you use?”
She wasn’t sure if she should go by her research, but it was a start.
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"Cool fireplace," Azrael noticed as she created a flame of black fire in her hand and threw it into the fireplace. Everyone was impressed, especially Lana and Teddy. Lana wanted to learn how to do it like Azrael just did and she asked Azrael.
Teddy brushed some escaped ashes back near the fireplace. His fingers turned black. "I just say an incantation, something I found a the library one day, and it just happens. The flames appear, I mean." He raised an eyebrow as he watched Azrael create the flame. "Wait, you two can do magic as well?"
At the same time, Lana asked, "How did you do that?"
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"It comes to me naturally. It also helps that I'm the Angel of Death."
"Yeah, we can!" Vozrea added.
“An incantation? Interesting… you mean you didn’t use your own blood? Actually, considering the fact…” Arabelle got lost in her own thoughts. Then she registered Teddy’s question. “Um, yeah I guess. I’m a witch. I hope I can say that here.”
She had watched Azrael create the flame with curiosity. Nothing she knew about magic could be observed here. Was Teddy a witch? That fact that they were in the presence of the Angel of Death was certainly surprising.
Teddy crossed his arms. He had so many questions. "Blood? We don't use blood… at least I don't. And witches? Where do you guys come from?"
"The woods, apparently," Lana answered. But Teddy shot her a look that told her to be quiet.
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"Imma take a nap, this is tiring for me." and with that, Azrael fell asleep.
"I come from Paradox Vortex, universe A-11."
“We don’t come from Iokisia… I think that’s what you said?” Victoria said, growing interested in their discussion.
“Apparently, we don’t come from anywhere.” Arabelle glanced at Lana, a smile playing on her face. “Victoria and I are witches. From what I’ve gathered, a witch’s blood contains what we call magic in it. That’s why we sometimes use it for spells, rituals, whatever you want to call them. We have innate abilities as well. Anyway, although the way you use magic is different, I think we can figure it out using the same theories. But I’m gonna have to ask you a bunch of questions. Do you have paper and pencil?”
Lana hurriedly left the room and came back with the supplies. "Ask away," she said, pulling some chairs over.
"Wait," Teddy interrupted. "What kind of theories?"
"Oh, shut up," Lana shot with an eyeroll. "We'll figure it out. Again, ask away."
“Thanks,” Arabelle obliged, taking the supplies and sitting down. Victoria found a chair and sat; Joel was calming down. Charlie leaned against a wall, knowing from experience not to interrupt.
Arabelle began, “Well, we’re going to have to start with theories anyway. I experiment with magic, see. It’s more of a pseudoscience, but I’ve gotten pretty consistent results. Anyway, from what I’ve seen concerning blood rituals, if the blood is tainted, or the magic container has unneeded materials, the ritual won’t work. Kind of like cooking. Now, I haven’t seen a ritual gone out of control, per se. But I assume the fundamentals are still there.”
She took a breath, focusing herself.
“Okay. So maybe…” Her eyes drifted. “Is it possible you said the incantation wrong?”
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"Wait, you always have to say an incantation?" Vozrea asked, shocked.
"It's possible," Teddy suggested. "But I guess I would've expected to just not work. And yeah, as far as I know you have to say an incantation. But maybe a sorcerer could do it without, I dunno."
"Which he's not," Lana confirmed. "A sorcerer, or a witch or wizard or whatever."
"All the magic I know are simple spells from books." He would sometimes go to their small local library, but books on magic were scarce; there wasn't much need for them in his small town. "I'm not really the best person to talk to about this."