Of Master And Drivers
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Of Masters and Drivers
Screams, screams everywhere. And laughter, laughter as she slaughtered them all, unhinged laughter of one enjoying this insanity. A lance of purple light shot out racking the ground, carving a gouge through the earth that then exploded scattering warriors to all sides, many did not stand back up.
He looked on, his face unreadable, the carnage being satisfactory. “Well it appears your boasts were not as idle as this lot Azami.”
“But of course.” Her left eye glowed purple as she sent another purple lance through the air towards where some of the warriors has taken cover. “Anything for you my dear.” One of the warriors below managed to snap off a spell, but a sphere of golden hexagons appeared and stopped the spell cold. Hefting her 'cannon', Azami sent a stream of purple energy at the offending warrior, they tried to snap up a shield. But it was of no use, the stream blew through their barrier and then them.
“Hmm.” Well, who knew that picking up that blue stone would lead to this. A worthwhile addition if he did say so himself. “Leave no survivors.”
“As you wish my dear.”
And with that Joseph of Gallia turned and headed back, this new development opened up... Opportunities.
................................
A joke.
Silence reined around the courtyard.
A cruel joke.
The green light of the ritual faded.
A final cruel joke at her expense.
The blue stone falling to the ground with a dull thud, landing in the center of the summoning circle.
A rock, she had summoned a rock.
Her final chance to prove herself, and all she had done was summon a rock. She almost felt like laughing, the first spell she had ever done that had gone right. And this was the result.
The silence was already starting to be replaced by sniggering and whispering as she collapsed to her knees. So this was the end.
“Silence!” The commandeering shout returned silence to the courtyard, the balding professor who it belonged to turned to her. “Louise finish the ritual.” She sat there for a moment. “The Ritual Louise.”
“Y..ye..ess.” She shakily got to her feet, and then began moving forwards towards the summoning circle one step at a time. Reciting the ritual one last time in her head she bent down and picked up the rock in one hand.
Taking a deep breath in and out she began to recite. “Pentagon of the five elemental Powers.” It was a little awkward holding the stone in one hand and her wand in the other. “Bless this humble being....” The stone felt heavy in her hand. “And make it my familiar.” And with that she kissed the stone....
“Hmmmm Interesting.”
Immeasurable power stood before her, remaking a world.
“No, you will not be taking that.”
Then it's gone, replaced by the crashing of waves.
“I wonder what you will do child.”
Water and light swirled in front of her before coalescing into a humanoid shape.
“We.” The shape resolved itself into a girl with a mousy face and blue eyes. “Are.” Blonde hair adorned with a pair of sapphire ringlets cascaded down and into a pair of drills, with a silver tiara upon her head. “Sheba.” Wearing a very revealing outfit, what looked like shaped blue plates covering her chest with a blue gem in the middle. A plate of a darker blue covering her midsection and lower body along with some white frills around her waist.
“Lover of beauty...” A blue tail adorned with a gold ring hung down from her waist swaying back and forth. “...wealth and banquets.” With a flourish of her hand she conjures a spear of sorts. What looks like white metal interlaced with blue lines forms the end of it while a pair of domes connected with a black bar from a what appears to be a handle. Though how one would get their hands around it eludes the mage.
She then went and planted the tip of the spear in the ground at an angle, then proceeded to use the handle part as a seat. She then looked straight at Louise. “Are you the one who awakened me?” The girl pulled a tea cup and saucer from, somewhere and began sipping.
“Yes, I am the one who summoned you.” Louise watched an eyebrow raise at the word summoned. So this was her familiar. “Sheba is your name?”
“Yes. It's impolite to leave oneself unintroducted, though.”
Oh right. “I am Louise Francoise Le Blanc de La Valliere.” She extended her hand to the other girl.
The girl put her tea cup and platter away, somewhere and took her hand. “Well Louise, how shall we spend our time.” The girl retracted her hand and resummoned the tea cup and platter.
“We should....” A cough from nearby drew her attention to where her bald bespectacled teacher was standing, and then to the crowd of students waiting on their turn. “...Get out of the way for the rest of the students.”
The girl's gaze looked to the remaining students. “Very well.” She then conjured a tub of sorts made of water and sat down on the rim of one end. Then offering a hand to Louise. “Come, Master.” Wait did the girl want her to ride in that! “Louise?”
“Yes....” Curiosity winning Louise took the hand and clambered into the water tub, which was surprisingly sturdy, if a bit damp. “Take us behind... the crowd.” She did her best to keep the nervousness from her voice, while standing in the tub in front of Sheba.
“As you wish.” She almost fell over as the tub sped off, angling between those who had finished and those who had yet to have their turn. She could feel eyes on her and Sheba as the girl manoeuvred them behind the crowd. As they came to a stop the tub lost it's shape and splashed onto the ground, she glanced around at the others as they turned away to whisper amongst themselves. Sheba meanwhile had taken again to using her staff as a seat, and began sipping from her teacup again.
Louise took the time to look her familiar over now that she had the time. It had worked, but she had some questions. For one, where was the familiar brand. And what was up with the rock she had originally summoned.
But first, that tail. “Sheba, what are you?”
“Hmm.” Sheba stopped her tea drinking for a moment. “Your weapon.”
“Weapon!” Sheba raised an eyebrow.
“Yes, yours. After all you were the one who awakened me, so that makes you my master.”
“Awakened. So I didn't summon you..... Wait what about the rock.” Had she dropped it when Sheba appeared.... Or....
She looked over at Sheba. “Was this rock blue, and fit in your hand by any chance?”
“Yes it was, and when went to bind it you appeared....”
“So you summoned my core then. Still you were worthy enough to be my master and awaken me.” Sheba placed a hand on a gem on her chest. So the familiar brand was somewhere on that gem then.... Maybe.
Shaking her head to clear those thoughts. Sheba might not have been the familiar she had been wishing for, but Sheba was hers, and undeniable proof that she was a mage after all.
..............
It was late at night when she returned.
“Agnes, I take it you were successful.”
“Yes Princess, though I could not ordain the why.” Agnes produced a pair pale blue stones from within her robes. “Nothing we obtained indicated why they wanted these so badly. Or for who they worked.”
“Reconquista?”
“Perhaps. But I cannot say for certain, sadly we didn't manage to take any prisoners.”
“Unfortunate.” She took one of the stones and looked it over, it was definitely crafted in some fashion, no natural stone would be so uniform in shape. “Did we at least ascertain as to what they were so desperately after.”
“No. It's likely that they were merely told to retrieve these and not as to why.”
As she suspected, but little she could do about. “See what you can do about the who, and..” She returned the one she had taken back to Agnes. “Put these somewhere safe. If nothing else they will be denied their prize.”
“As you wish princess.” Agnes closed her hands around the stones....
And they started to glow. Starting off slowly but quickly getting bright enough that she had to shield her eyes.
“KOSMOS Obey Strategical Multiple Operation Systems.”
“My Name Is Herald.”
Screams, screams everywhere. And laughter, laughter as she slaughtered them all, unhinged laughter of one enjoying this insanity. A lance of purple light shot out racking the ground, carving a gouge through the earth that then exploded scattering warriors to all sides, many did not stand back up.
He looked on, his face unreadable, the carnage being satisfactory. “Well it appears your boasts were not as idle as this lot Azami.”
“But of course.” Her left eye glowed purple as she sent another purple lance through the air towards where some of the warriors has taken cover. “Anything for you my dear.” One of the warriors below managed to snap off a spell, but a sphere of golden hexagons appeared and stopped the spell cold. Hefting her 'cannon', Azami sent a stream of purple energy at the offending warrior, they tried to snap up a shield. But it was of no use, the stream blew through their barrier and then them.
“Hmm.” Well, who knew that picking up that blue stone would lead to this. A worthwhile addition if he did say so himself. “Leave no survivors.”
“As you wish my dear.”
And with that Joseph of Gallia turned and headed back, this new development opened up... Opportunities.
................................
A joke.
Silence reined around the courtyard.
A cruel joke.
The green light of the ritual faded.
A final cruel joke at her expense.
The blue stone falling to the ground with a dull thud, landing in the center of the summoning circle.
A rock, she had summoned a rock.
Her final chance to prove herself, and all she had done was summon a rock. She almost felt like laughing, the first spell she had ever done that had gone right. And this was the result.
The silence was already starting to be replaced by sniggering and whispering as she collapsed to her knees. So this was the end.
“Silence!” The commandeering shout returned silence to the courtyard, the balding professor who it belonged to turned to her. “Louise finish the ritual.” She sat there for a moment. “The Ritual Louise.”
“Y..ye..ess.” She shakily got to her feet, and then began moving forwards towards the summoning circle one step at a time. Reciting the ritual one last time in her head she bent down and picked up the rock in one hand.
Taking a deep breath in and out she began to recite. “Pentagon of the five elemental Powers.” It was a little awkward holding the stone in one hand and her wand in the other. “Bless this humble being....” The stone felt heavy in her hand. “And make it my familiar.” And with that she kissed the stone....
“Hmmmm Interesting.”
Immeasurable power stood before her, remaking a world.
“No, you will not be taking that.”
Then it's gone, replaced by the crashing of waves.
“I wonder what you will do child.”
Water and light swirled in front of her before coalescing into a humanoid shape.
“We.” The shape resolved itself into a girl with a mousy face and blue eyes. “Are.” Blonde hair adorned with a pair of sapphire ringlets cascaded down and into a pair of drills, with a silver tiara upon her head. “Sheba.” Wearing a very revealing outfit, what looked like shaped blue plates covering her chest with a blue gem in the middle. A plate of a darker blue covering her midsection and lower body along with some white frills around her waist.
“Lover of beauty...” A blue tail adorned with a gold ring hung down from her waist swaying back and forth. “...wealth and banquets.” With a flourish of her hand she conjures a spear of sorts. What looks like white metal interlaced with blue lines forms the end of it while a pair of domes connected with a black bar from a what appears to be a handle. Though how one would get their hands around it eludes the mage.
She then went and planted the tip of the spear in the ground at an angle, then proceeded to use the handle part as a seat. She then looked straight at Louise. “Are you the one who awakened me?” The girl pulled a tea cup and saucer from, somewhere and began sipping.
“Yes, I am the one who summoned you.” Louise watched an eyebrow raise at the word summoned. So this was her familiar. “Sheba is your name?”
“Yes. It's impolite to leave oneself unintroducted, though.”
Oh right. “I am Louise Francoise Le Blanc de La Valliere.” She extended her hand to the other girl.
The girl put her tea cup and platter away, somewhere and took her hand. “Well Louise, how shall we spend our time.” The girl retracted her hand and resummoned the tea cup and platter.
“We should....” A cough from nearby drew her attention to where her bald bespectacled teacher was standing, and then to the crowd of students waiting on their turn. “...Get out of the way for the rest of the students.”
The girl's gaze looked to the remaining students. “Very well.” She then conjured a tub of sorts made of water and sat down on the rim of one end. Then offering a hand to Louise. “Come, Master.” Wait did the girl want her to ride in that! “Louise?”
“Yes....” Curiosity winning Louise took the hand and clambered into the water tub, which was surprisingly sturdy, if a bit damp. “Take us behind... the crowd.” She did her best to keep the nervousness from her voice, while standing in the tub in front of Sheba.
“As you wish.” She almost fell over as the tub sped off, angling between those who had finished and those who had yet to have their turn. She could feel eyes on her and Sheba as the girl manoeuvred them behind the crowd. As they came to a stop the tub lost it's shape and splashed onto the ground, she glanced around at the others as they turned away to whisper amongst themselves. Sheba meanwhile had taken again to using her staff as a seat, and began sipping from her teacup again.
Louise took the time to look her familiar over now that she had the time. It had worked, but she had some questions. For one, where was the familiar brand. And what was up with the rock she had originally summoned.
But first, that tail. “Sheba, what are you?”
“Hmm.” Sheba stopped her tea drinking for a moment. “Your weapon.”
“Weapon!” Sheba raised an eyebrow.
“Yes, yours. After all you were the one who awakened me, so that makes you my master.”
“Awakened. So I didn't summon you..... Wait what about the rock.” Had she dropped it when Sheba appeared.... Or....
She looked over at Sheba. “Was this rock blue, and fit in your hand by any chance?”
“Yes it was, and when went to bind it you appeared....”
“So you summoned my core then. Still you were worthy enough to be my master and awaken me.” Sheba placed a hand on a gem on her chest. So the familiar brand was somewhere on that gem then.... Maybe.
Shaking her head to clear those thoughts. Sheba might not have been the familiar she had been wishing for, but Sheba was hers, and undeniable proof that she was a mage after all.
..............
It was late at night when she returned.
“Agnes, I take it you were successful.”
“Yes Princess, though I could not ordain the why.” Agnes produced a pair pale blue stones from within her robes. “Nothing we obtained indicated why they wanted these so badly. Or for who they worked.”
“Reconquista?”
“Perhaps. But I cannot say for certain, sadly we didn't manage to take any prisoners.”
“Unfortunate.” She took one of the stones and looked it over, it was definitely crafted in some fashion, no natural stone would be so uniform in shape. “Did we at least ascertain as to what they were so desperately after.”
“No. It's likely that they were merely told to retrieve these and not as to why.”
As she suspected, but little she could do about. “See what you can do about the who, and..” She returned the one she had taken back to Agnes. “Put these somewhere safe. If nothing else they will be denied their prize.”
“As you wish princess.” Agnes closed her hands around the stones....
And they started to glow. Starting off slowly but quickly getting bright enough that she had to shield her eyes.
“KOSMOS Obey Strategical Multiple Operation Systems.”
“My Name Is Herald.”
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