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"Imagine all the stories you could tell with the moonlight and your shadows.... Kind of like shadow puppets, but you could shape anything you wanted." She smiled to herself.
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"Couldn't you do that with the sunlight?" Laila asked. "You could use the light to make figures on the wall too."
"Yeah, but... well I mean I have a hard time controlling light like the others. And besides, our light is usually stronger than the shadows, so instead of a person on the wall it's just a... I don't know, blob of light."
"What about shading? You know, light effects. Highlight one spot to make it look like it's protruding and you have a 3D shape." Laila tilted her head. "That's what I do."
"I just said that I can't control light!" She said frustratedly. "Plus, I don't think any of us have ever made a 3D shape other than a sphere!"
Laila blinked. "What abilities do you have, then, if you can't control light? Are you a healer?"
"Yes, and I'm quite good at it." Her mood seemed to lighten up a bit.
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"So just because you can't manipulate light doesn't mean you're powerless. Healing is honestly a lot cooler," Laila shrugged.
"So just because you can't manipulate light doesn't mean you're powerless. Healing is honestly a lot cooler," Laila shrugged.
"It is.... but I still feel left out when I'm not able to have light sphere bounce around the cabin." She twiddled her fingers."Oh hey, the croissants are probably done!" Her amber eye's lit up as she darted over to the microwave. She puled out the croissants and set them down on her bed.
((Hey, you wanna maybe have the two of them go on a quest sometime in the future?))
(yeah, sure!)
"You don't need to have flashy magic to be powerful," Laila said. "My powers are all about subtlety, and they're still fairly strong."
"You don't need to have flashy magic to be powerful," Laila said. "My powers are all about subtlety, and they're still fairly strong."
"Yeah but flashy magic is cool," she muffled through the croissant she had stuffed in her mouth.
Laila took a bite of croissant. "So's healing magic," she said. "It's a lot more helpful than summoning lights. You can save lives with your powers."
"Yeah, that's cool even though I've never really needed to save anyone's life, but imagine how late I could stay up reading if I was able to make my own light! Or what if I was trapped in a cave and couldn't see where I was going, or just stuck in a dark place? Healing magic wouldn't help me much there." She took another bite of her croissant.
"Just because you can't summon magical light doesn't mean you can't power normal light," Laila said, thinking, "Maybe you could power a flashlight or something with your powers. You wouldn't need to summon light, just use your powers to boost a different source."
"Yeah... I suppose that might work." She paused for a second."Why not try it now I guess," She shrugged. Alina searched through one of her bags until she fished out a flashlight.
She closed her eyes and focused on the image of the flashlight turning on. A minute or two she opened her eyes to find that the flashlight still hadn't turned on.
"Darn it...." She muttered.
"Try pushing your power into the bulb. You have magic, try putting the essence of it into the flashlight." Laila knew a little bit about magic - she had some minimal Mist powers, and besides, her half-sister was Hecate. In a way.
Alina stared skeptically at the flashlight before sighing and closing her eyes once more.She imagined the inside of the flashlight, the light bulb specifically. She imagined one of the small balls of light forming and pushing against the glass. The flashlight had started to flicker on and off.
She focused harder on the light until it magically appeared inside the bulb, causing the flashlight to turn on.
Alina opened one eye to look at the flashlight.
"IT WORKED!" She yelled in excitement, her eyes filled with sparks of gold. "How did you know it would work!?" She asked curiously.
"I guessed," Laila shrugged, smiling wryly. "I have a bit of Mist ability, so I understand the concepts of magic, and my mom is Nyx, so my godly half-sister would be Hecate. I figured since you couldn't form light the way your siblings do, and since your healing magic is more of a generating source rather than a manipulation, you would need something that could shape or carry the energy for you."
Alina stared quietly at Laila. "Wow, that's a really smart guess.... I can't believe you figured it out instead of anyone else here at camp, even before one of my siblings..." She smiled.
Laila frowned. "Maybe they know you too well. It helps to get other peoples' opinions because they can take different guesses."
"Yeah.... soo what should we do now...?" Alina lied down on her bed and looked up at the top bunk's support board.
"I don't know," Laila said, sitting down on the edge of her bed. "What do you want to do?"
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"We could practice my newfound light powers outside on the lanterns as pranks!!!" She gasped, excited to prank someone again and to test out her new ability.
"You can," Laila said after some hesitation. "I'm not one for...pranks."
"Oh come on Laila! It's just turning lights on and off, besides, what else are gonna do? Sleep?" She sat up and smiled. "GASP! I KNOW! You can hide under my bunk and watch the light spheres float around! Or maybe I could bring on to you cabin!"
"Lights to the Nyx cabin?" Laila asked wryly. "Okay..."
"Just one or two of them, we can take them out at any time." She promised.
"Okay," Laila shrugged. "It's just kind of ironic." She had an idea. "Maybe I could make a Mist ball? Like a lantern, but Mist instead."
"Oooh, another experiment to try!? Let's go outside!" Alina grabbed Laila's wrist and dragged her out of the cabin just as a few of the other Apollo kids tried entering the cabin.
Laila flinched a bit, she didn't like being touched and was honestly wondering how someone her age could be so lively and excited.
Aurora came in, put the small figure of a cat by her bed and walked to the beach, smiling
She came back in, freshened up, changed and was sitting on her bed, relaxed.
About ten minutes later Rowan arrived on the Apollo Cabin's doorstep. He paused before pushing open the door and looking inside.((Idk how to describe it so ima skip the describing part))
His eyes locked on Aurora who was sitting on her bed calmly.
'Oh.. she's fine... Great. I should probably just go then...' Rowan sighed in relief and hesitantly started to close the door.
" So you finally figured out that I would be here. " She smiled
"Huh-" Rowan looked back over at Aurora."No! No- I was going to ask your brother if you were here...... Where did you go?!"
" Shortcut " she shrugged. Her straight, blonde hair hadn't been tied up and she smiled a bit more " And my brother would have waited for ten minutes before coming to find me "
"Well I'm not your brother." He shrugged, ignoring the glances coming from Aurora's half-siblings.
" Yeah which is why I'm pretty sure you were worried he would kill you "
"I was worried the Harpies got you!"
She raised an eyebrow. " If I can sneak up on some of my brothers and sisters without them noticing then I can definitely avoid harpies "
Rowan turned to stare at the other Apollo kids. Some of them nodded, while others just ignored him."Well I didn't know that." He crossed his arms.
" Your loss " she smiled. She walked out of the cabin.
Rowan stood awkwardly in the doorway before closing the door and following after Aurora.
(( where to ? ))
((Idk, maybe the forest or strawberry fields? idrc))
