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🧙 WHO: alisaie leveilleur & YOU fine folks
⚔️️ WHAT: arriving, getting used to her new magic, quests etc!
🕒 WHEN: february catchall
🗺️ WHERE: everywhere, more than likely
⚠️ WARNINGS: probably some violence, will update as needed!


i; arrival: the red spring

[ you know, it would be really nice if she could go like.. five minutes without encountering some life-altering fiasco. she only just returned home.

but the fates are cruel. but what else is she to do but roll with the punches? she's here, hydaelyn is in great danger yet again, and apparently, plenty of other worlds besides. it's a lot to swallow - or it would be, had she not been through such similar songs and dances before. you can only face the threat of your home and countries and worlds so many times before you begin to grow a thick skin. by no means does that mean she is not taking this gravely seriously, but it at least does not come as a disarming, mind-shattering shock.

she'll get through this. she'll manage. she always does.

not that it means that any of this is at all easy. by the time they reach the red springs alisaie is beginning to decompress, to breathe for a moment, and think. with her boots off, alisaie sits at the edge of the springs with her bare feet in the water up to the knee, leaning back on her hands. her familiar hovers near her shoulder, and alisaie sighs, tossing the phoenix a sidelong stare. ]

What have we gotten ourselves into, hm?

ii; training - new magic is new

[ at the very least, alisaie is quite thankful for a good place to train. she can find ways to keep busy and exercise, but it feels much better to use a real, proper training ground that is built for this purpose. most especially considering she's got to learn a whole new method of channeling magic..

thankfully, this is not so new to her. in fact, alisaie has been weaving aether and flinging spells practically since the moment she was born, so while the fabric of this world's magic might feel a little different - satin rather than silk - she has all the building blocks for spellweaving under her belt already. and, not to toot her own horn, but she thinks she's always been rather good at it, most especially when crafting more destructive magicks, like the elemental school seems to afford. fire, lightning, earth, wind - these elements come to her call and swim beneath her fingertips with all the ease of breathing in and out.

of course, that does not make it entirely easy. like a crafter picking up a new tool, there is a definite learning curve. she does not yet grasp all the properties of this magic, she is not familiar with its versatility, its volatility, its personality. several fire spells nearly go off in her face, much to her clear chagrin (and singed cuffs), but after a solid few tireless hours she has it. pulling the essence of fire from within herself, alisaie channels it through her crystal focus, and - ]

Oh, I've got you now -

[ fierce and destructive, the fire springs from her hands in a tight ball, careening for her target training dummy and catching its target with a nice, satisfying little blast. with a hoot of triumph, she hops and thrusts both fists into the air, one still grasping her rapier and focus. ]

iii; quest: the libryrinth

[ alisaie hardly needs to think twice before accepting a quest like this.

it seems a small, minor task in the face of the great threat that they face, their worlds hanging still in peril, yet for as anxious as she is to move forward, alisaie quite understands that.. these things take time, and importantly, she must needs carve out a place for herself here, if she is to succeed in her goal. this, of course, means fetch quests of all kinds, and so she will oblige, especially when it means sneaking into a mysterious library.

she wouldn't say that stealth is her number one skill, but alisaie is small and light on her feet, and she has sneaked up on plenty an enemy in her time, so she's confident in her ability to see this through - though that, too, relies also on her partner. she is new enough to this city that it seemed appropriate not to work alone. and so she crouches beside a window leading into the library, and glances toward her partner, her voice low. ]

Are you ready?

iv; quest: save a beast, kill a man

[ alisaie has a chivalrous enough heart to be happy enough to pick up this particular task. killing without absolute need is not exactly ideal, but she thinks, perhaps, all she needs do is return to the selkie her skin. that's the deal. if he does not cooperate, well, that is a different matter, but..

here's hoping that her rapier will be persuasive enough to see it done.

as before, she has linked up with a partner to see this thing through, for when both a man and a kraken are involved, one never can be too careful, especially considering she's yet to encounter a kraken here. it could be entirely different from what you can find on hydaelyn, and even the ones from home are certainly forces to be reckoned with. still, she's making quick time, jogging toward the south beach with one hand hovering over her rapier, though there's still a bit of ground left to cover. ]

Do we have a plan?

v; wildcard

[ wildcard edition! feel free to toss me something entirely different, alisaie can easily be found in most any location, reasonably, or you can tweak one of the above prompts to your liking instead. i'm also happy to plot out something entirely different with you, as well! ]