A Very Windy Situation (video; un: hpotter)

[phoenixwiz]

Well, this day has gotten really weird. And I’m not kidding that I may have caused a bit of destruction with my newly discovered element.

(Harry is reporting live at the forest near Nicnevin where a messy scene of fallen branches and rocks awaits anyone watching this. While he is getting ready for the Free for All tournament, he was trying to get his electricity magic ready when he unknowingly conjured up a strong breeze that knocks out some branches and causes some rocks to scatter on the ground. Yep, he actually caused a bit of mess upon unlocking wind magic and he is honestly shocked by how strong that wind breeze was.

Hedwig could be seen hooting in disbelief as she looks at the mess from the branch she’s sitting on while Rose is also squeaking in surprise as she hangs out on his right shoulder.)

So I finally got a new element to work with, though I’m afraid that I have made quite a mess in doing just that. Didn’t expect that wind breeze to be that strong when it first came out. I do apologise in advance for this unintended mess and I will take all responsibility for it.

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[Video; un: Shoto]

[itsmypower]

[Whoa.]

Congratulations. [Ah- sort of!]

You're pretty strong to do all that... I was just lucky to have some tutors first, before I destroyed anything. [But more importantly,]

You're alright, though?

[phoenixwiz]

(It sounds like somebody had more experience with elemental magic than himself. So he takes that he is a very experienced elemental mage or something similar.)

I’m okay thankfully: I didn’t go myself injured when I conjured the wind breeze. At least the wind magic is not as destructive compared to fire magic when I first discovered it.

[itsmypower]

[About that...]

Fire's the first thing I'd learned here. [Incidentally; chasing his ice, strange enough.] Our real power's in mixing the wind with that, if you need it for something. You'll probably get by pretty easily. [Speaking on strategies, tactics. Not everyone's keen much on fighting here; seeking advantages.

He forgets this too often.]

But you're not wrong, though. I'd doubt there's anything more destructive than flames, so I'll be glad you weren't injured. Winds are just less predictable...

[So much patience required of them. It's taken him months for his level!]

It's like releasing a valve. All at once, and you're off your feet with that. Just take things slowly.

[The wind's sort of tricky!]

[phoenixwiz]

(Harry nods in agreement with him: the two-tone haired boy is right about taking things very slowly in order to get a grip on the elements that are a part of elemental magic. Which is something he (Harry) had learned the hard way when he first got it over a year ago.)

Thanks for the advice: I will try to remember it next time while I am working with it. Elemental magic happens to be my secondary magic, my primary magic leans towards kinetic magic.

[itsmypower]

You're a Kinetics user?

[And just like that, alone in his bright, sudden interest; "Kinetics" being his favorite sorts to spar with. ...Because of course they are. He almost smiles a little.]

Can you combine it with your Elements here?

[But how would that work?]

[phoenixwiz]

Yep, it is my main magic: I get to move and control things with just my mind alone. I am still working on flight at the moment, but I have managed to master most of the other skills related to kinetics.

I haven’t gotten to the point where I can combine the elements into kinetic magic just yet, but I will look into it real soon.

[itsmypower]

[Well that's impressive, right?]

You use your mind for that? I've only seen it used in combat. Just for speed or projectiles, but facing both's like a nightmare when used at mastery levels...

[He likes the challenge though.]

Maybe the winds could boost your flight somehow. I can float for a while, but I haven't exactly flown before. [Though now he's curious.] Were you... doing something earlier? [Before the mess?]

[phoenixwiz]

That sounds like a pretty brilliant idea. I will definitely look into that as I am learning more about wind magic and flight. Right now, I manage to fly for a bit but it is still something I need to work on more. Back in my world, I was more familiar with flying in brooms.

(As someone who is more used to flying with brooms, broomless flight is definitely a new thing to him. He has been trying multiple times to fly well but so far, he has no luck with it.)

Oh, as for what I was doing earlier, I was in middle of practising electricity magic in the forest when the breeze came out of my hands instead.

[itsmypower]

[Sorry?]

What do you mean, "brooms"? [Brooms don't fly! ...He can't let this go.] Anyways, it sounds a lot like what's happened for me before, trying to use ice spells. That's how I'd discovered the flames first. [Though he'd been sparring some too back then. Complete accident.] I was so desperate to have my ice back, I'd lost my interests in anything.

[But anyways,]

I know it's frustrating getting the wrong results.

[phoenixwiz]

I do apologise if there is some confusion on the brooms. In my world, wizards and witch do use magical brooms as a way to go about from place to place and there are still normal brooms for cleaning too.

(He does hope that he didn’t confuse Shoto even more with this brief flying brooms explanation.)

Yeah, I can agree with you on that: it does get pretty frustrating sometimes to end up getting the wrong kind of results. Even I didn’t expect to gain fire magic first when I gained elemental magic.

(At least the two of them do agree that getting results different from what they had initially wanted can be very annoying. Trust him it is not everyday to set a random tree branch on fire while in a secondary magic fair.)

[itsmypower]

No...

[Not his fault. As one who's newly discovering things, opening his thoughts to new wonders—magics—he doesn't quite know what a witch is, what they do. The other was perfectly clear before.]

It's just- we'd only used our Quirks to fly, so I was surprised a little.

[He's stuck on "magical" mostly.]

Does this mean you were using magic before? [In his time?]

[phoenixwiz]

Why yes: before coming to Avalon, I was a wizard in my world. Magic does exist in there, so I have been using magic for the longest time.

Also, what are Quirks? I have never heard of them before? Are they similar to magic in some form or are they very different?

[itsmypower]

[Broomsticks and wizards. His wondering leaps to imagining things, piecing his world together. Still all interest now.]

Were there magic-types there too, before?

[Like their Quirk types?]

But you could think of them as abilities. They're sort of powers that we're born with, and almost everyone has one—something special, innately. So some have wings or explosions, [or burning brightened-blue hellflames] or more strength than anyone else can match. I guess it's our own sort of magic. It's why I'm familiar more with Elements here.

[Flames and frost in his past.]

In a way, I got lucky.

[phoenixwiz]

Sadly no magic types in my world, but there are spell types and magical skills that we can master. They would include charms, curses, jinxes, duelling, defence spells, transfiguration spells, shapeshifting, and healing. We do have potion brewing and animal shapeshifting in my world.

Um, can wandless and nonverbal magic count as the closest thing my world could have to having kinetic magic?

(He has been wondering about that since getting kinetic magic at the beginning and those magics do have an emotional link to them to some extent.)

Wow, there are plenty of types of Quirks to choose from.

[itsmypower]

[All of this, he imagines—without real reference, because such magics don't exist where all his "special's" what matters—glancing up wider eyed. Still full of questions, he cants his head listening, picking out one of them.]

What's "wandless" mean?

[Eyeing his palm instead, watching his left as if it'd light itself.]

But some do try to choose. You'll end up with me, sometimes, but most just fail in mixing their Quirks together.

[Over and over again.] Some get married just for that. But I think I'd like your world. ...All that magic. [Trying to smile here.] Were you strong back then, too?

[phoenixwiz]

That would be magic that is not formed from using a wand in my world. It is not an easy thing to get a grip especially at a young age, but over time, it can be a handy tool to use. Some places use wandless magic as a norm since not every country in my world don’t use wands all the time.

Yes, I was able to handle a lot of magical things back home even at a young age. Sometimes unintentionally, sometimes intentionally, but I managed to pull through regardless of how tough things could get.

[itsmypower]

[The "unintentional" says a lot, here. Showing a pattern.]

Maybe a wand would help here too, sometimes... if you're used to that. I guess we're both just starting over again.

[Though, they're both much further along now, from the sounds of things.]

I'm Shoto, by the way.

[phoenixwiz]

I was thinking the same thing as well.

(He did tried using his wand for some time, though he has not been successful in doing so.)

My name is Harry. Nice to meet you too, Shoto.

[itsmypower]

[Harry, then!]

Would you mind if we met to train, sometime? With the magic?

[phoenixwiz]

Oh yes, that would be wonderful. I have been looking around for a training partner for a while now.

Tagging his TL by tomorrow!

[itsmypower]

[Oh- oh, then,] I'm glad to hear it. We can meet wherever you'd like.

Sounds good to wrap this up!

[phoenixwiz]

Sure thing, we can meet up at the training grounds at the Red Spring: that is usually where I do a lot of magic training.

[itsmypower]

[The Springs, then.]

Just stay in one piece until we meet again.

[No more crashes!]

Video / un; CL-55

[clevebro]

Congrats! It must've taken you a lot of time and effort to achieve that!

[phoenixwiz]

Oh, why thank you. At least my elemental magic is a lot better than when I had started out with it over a year ago.

[clevebro]

It goes to show how hard you've been working. So, so- what else can you manage?

[phoenixwiz]

Currently, I am trying to work on my flying along with training to improve my use of the current elements and kinetic magic abilities that I have unlocked.

[clevebro]

You can fly too!? That's super cool. So is it like, using the wind or your kinetic magic thing?

[phoenixwiz]

Apparently in this world, I can fly with kinetic magic: that is what I also learned about from reading about it. Though back in my world, I used to fly in broomsticks quite often.

[clevebro]

You can... fly on a broomstick?

[phoenixwiz]

Yep, I have plenty of experience in flying brooms back in my world. There is even a sport where we fly on them while chasing after small metallic balls in the sky.

[clevebro]

Really? How does that work?

[phoenixwiz]

Think it of it being similar to football: players shoot points by throwing these metal balls at the opponent’s hoops and vice versa. A game’s length does tend to vary at times and some games can last for days.

But the games usually end when someone catches a small winged golden ball the moment it gets released on the playing field.

[clevebro]

That sounds like fun! I wonder if we can do that here.

...Also, I meant the broom flying bit.

[phoenixwiz]

I wish that I can try to recreate that experience in here, but I don’t have my broom with me when I first arrived at Avalon. Maybe I can make an attempt of making a broomless version of it someday.

As for the brooms in my world, they are often made with these magical spells, enchantments, and charms that would allow anyone riding on them the ability to fly around the sky. They can range from being simple in nature to being quite complex.

For example, one of the brooms I used to ride on had an enchantment that would let it fly on its own without a rider while the other is made to float at the exact height for me to get onto it without any problems.