high_seas | Into the storm

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Into the storm

Who: Hazardous Materials with special guest star Draco Malfoy
Where: the ship, and then Eternal Bliss (oh joy)
When: November 1-5 at sea, 6-? on land
What: sailing log, and then shenanigans on wedding island
Warnings: let me know if there are any
Style: as you please
Status: closed to "who"

[As soon as the sun did not rise on the 1st, like others had suggested it would, Gan Ning wanted off Isla Empieza. He put out the call to his crew - get on the ship, leave no man behind. Or woman, Cynthia.

The storm hit while they were two days out from the island. It would take all hands on deck to keep the Nightfury from capsizing, good thing they have a couple of solid dragons to keep things in check. Just watch out for Gaius and his fiery pendant! By the time the storm blows out in the wee hours on the 4th, the charts put them drifting near to Eternal Bliss. Are the residents still pissed at pirates for what Kodachi did? Who cares, they need to land to make repairs. And maybe score some treasure, if anyone wants to go through the marriage requirement.

Date your posts and mingle away!]

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Pleasure to meet you, Roxas. And you say that, but.

[He looks around again.]

I know you have dragons, which generally can be pretty unpredictable at the best of times. In my world, anyway.

[And then back to looking at Roxas.]

And the wand is for magic, yes. You're familiar?

The big black dragon? He's really nice. We've played together and I think he helped me when I was lost a couple of days ago.

[He grimaces but pushes past it. Better to leave that out of his mind.]

Yeah, sort of. I can do a little magic. I'm trying to get better at it, but I haven't really been practicing as much as I wanted to lately. What kind of magic can you do?

[Maybe Draco will have some ideas to help him with his pet project!]

[Just sort of raises an eyebrow at all that. These are really the most unusual dragons he's ever heard of.

But finding someone else who can do magic is always interesting.]

I can do all sorts of magic. Anything from mundane household spells to defensive magic to brilliant attacks. How about you? I take it you don't have a wand.

[Roxas shakes his head.]

No wand, since magic isn't really my strongest weapon. I can do some spells, attacks mostly, but I did learn a cure spell. It's not very strong yet.

[Everything he has is related to combat.]

Mostly I just use my keyblades to fight.

Your keyblades.

[He draws the word out, sounding somewhat skeptical. But he's been in this world plenty long enough by now to know that other worlds can be a bit strange.]

Well. Attacks are certainly useful. And being able to cure things. I know a couple of healing spells, but I've been hoping to get a potions lab going on my ship so I can brew up some more things like antidotes and the like.

I can show you them if you want!

[He looks thoughtful.]

Like the potions that make you heal faster? I didn't know you could make them! I always find them or buy them.

And where do you think the shops you buy them from got them, hm? Someone had to make them to begin with.

[Obviously. He gestures to Roxas with a hand.]

Sure, by all means. Show me.

I guess you're right, I never really thought about it.

[He pushes off the railing and stands, because it's easier to summon them like that. He holds out his hands and summons Oblivion and Oathkeeper to his hands, gripping them a little tighter than normal. He's not used to holding both of them at once in this form yet.]

What do you think?

[They've been cleaned since the last time he used them so they're at their best even.]

[Draco blinks, not expecting them to pop out of nowhere like that, and quickly steps over to Roxas so that he can examine them.]

...Well. They're certainly appropriately named. Where do you summon them from?

[They're shiny. And kind of pretty, in a way. He wonders if they're sharp, too. After all...keyblade.]

Are they safe to touch?

[Roxas grins, because they are appropriately named. He shakes his head though.]

I'm not sure where they come from. I don't know all that much about them. I wanted to ask Sora but he's gone home.

[He holds Oathkeeper horizontally, out to Draco.]

It's safe, but you can't hold it on your own for more then a moment I think. Also, if you keep your hands off the key part where it's sharp, you should be fine. This part is totally safe.

[He wraps his hand around the middle of the keyblade, to show him it's fine.]

[He has no idea who Sora is, but he doesn't really care, either. His eyes are still on Oathkeeper.]

I don't need to hold it, I just want to...

[Reaches out, sliding a finger down the sleek blade exactly where Roxas said not to. It's such an odd weapon, why on earth would you need to battle anything with a giant key?

Draco pulls his hand back after a moment, straightening up again.]

It's very nice. And you can perform magic with this?

With it and without it, yeah. But everything is related to battling the Heartless. I can cast fire, thunder, blizzard, light, gravity, aero and cure. I bought some new spells that's why I have a lot now. Light is what I'm best at though.

[...Well! There just wasn't a single thing in all of those words that made any sense.

Draco peers curiously at the girl.]

I'm sorry, you said you bought some new spells? ...I think I can cast...some variation of most of those. Probably.

Yeah, I went to the store that has the stuff from home. It's just basic spells I have to work on them if I want to make them stronger.

[Roxas seems to nod as he speaks, watching Draco. He's forced to let Obliviate disappear.]

I've just never heard of anyone buying spells before. Unless -- do you mean you bought spellbooks?

[He blinks when it disappears.]

Is it hard to keep them both out?

[Roxas shakes his head.]

It's kind of like a card and once I learn the spell it disappears. So I have the spell now. I'm not really sure how to explain it, I think it's just how the magic works in my world.

[He's a little surprised, he wasn't expecting Draco to ask about that.]

No, not at all. Hang on.

[He spins Oathkeeper deftly and digs the tip into the deck so it's out of his hand and then summons Oblivion again.]

It's not hard to keep them summoned, it's just a little weird right now. Normally I'm not a girl and since I got cursed by that old lady, I'm kind of different and I just find both of them a little heavier than normal. I can still use them but I really need to do some practice to get used to it. I'm not really sure why that is, but I think it's kind of like how the walking thing is weird. Jesse said girls are just built differently.

[He tips his head to the side a bit, looking somewhat perplexed.]

I see. Well, that's one of the stranger ways of learning magic that I've ever heard of, but I know all worlds are different...

[And weird. Other worlds are just weird.

His eyes go even wider at the news that Roxas isn't normally a girl, and he looks him up and down.]

Seriously? You're not having me on, you're actually a boy?

[He's heard of such potions, and of course it's possible to take on any other person's form via Polyjuice, but it's still interesting to see.]

I take it you can't change back, if you're making it a point to get used to being able to use both weapons like this. And whoever Jesse is, they're right. You won't have as much upper body strength as a girl, not to mention your balance is probably off because your center of gravity is much lower. In your hips.

[Pats his own to demonstrate.]

Yours'll be wider like that.

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Yeah, usually! But I can't change back, at least, I haven't figured out how to yet. I went to the old woman and said I was sorry, but she didn't change me back. I said something dumb and then the next morning I woke up like this. It's really weird. I'm pretty sure she did something to me.

[Roxas nods a little, glad Draco understands what he's talking about.]

Exactly! I had a bit of trouble when we were fighting last time. Not too much trouble, but enough that it makes it kind of awkward and I am normally very used to fighting. It's all I used to do. I'm not sure how long it's going to take to change back but if we're going to keep fighting, I have to be ready. I don't like to just sit around and wait for everyone. It's really boring.

[He smiles a little.]

You don't sword fight, do you? We could spar!

[Barks out a laugh.]

Merlin, no. Wizards don't have any need for swords anymore, not since we started keeping ourselves separate from the Muggles. In the past it was considered unsporting to use a wand against a sword, but that's hardly the case anymore.

You seem very unconcerned that you don't have a way to change back to your usual form. Surely that's more important than spending your time learning how to fight like this?

Really? Hmm, I guess your magic must be different from mine.

[Which instantly makes it so much cooler.]

Do you think you could show me your magic? I'll show you mine if you want!

[He tilts his head at the question.]

Well, I don't know how to fix it and I asked and no one else seemed to know...and the old lady didn't want to help me, she just said I would be sorry and laughed at me. So I think...either it will stop by itself or I'll find some way later. But in the meantime we were already fighting so I probably need to be able to keep up. I don't want to fail any missions.

[He looks entirely serious about that. Failure is not an option.]

If you've been like this for awhile now, then I'm not sure it will stop on its own. Potions and such, they usually have a time limit to them. Glamour Charms would only cover your real appearance, not change you altogether. I don't know of any spells that would have this effect. It's really very curious. [Pause.] Though, now that I think about it... What island did this woman live on?

[He lifts his wand again as he waits for an answer.]

I don't mind showing you. We could go spell for spell if you like, or if there's anything in particular you want to see...?

It was..it was...[Roxas scratches his head. He's answered this question before, he know he has. He waits a moment and tugs on his hair a little with a frown.]

I can't remember. [He mutters glumly and sighs softly, watching the wand.]

I only have a few spells, but you can pick. I don't know what kind of magic you can do!

Oh. Well, it's no matter. Only, there's someone on my crew who also had a Witch cast a spell on them. She was a ghost before and now she actually has a body. I thought perhaps it might've happened on the same island, but to be honest, I can't remember the name of it either.

[He gives an unconcerned shrug, brushing that aside. Then he idly scratches his chin with his wand as he thinks.]

I can do all kinds. Some spells are much more boring than others. Hm. Okay—

[Draco looks down the length of the deck, and then suddenly flicks his wand out.]

Accio.

[And summons an empty barrel ~~that your crew totally has on deck for some reason~~ toward them.]

You don't need this, right? Never mind, I'll just repair it when we're done. You said you could do a fire spell, yes? So.

[He waves his wand again, setting an invisible barrier around the barrel so that whatever damage he does to it will stay contained, and then he points the wand a little more forcefully.]

Incendio!

[And causes the barrel to abruptly go up in flames.]

[The summoning is cool. He misses the barrier, but then the barrel goes up in flames and his eyes light up in awe.]

Cool!

[That's really all he can think to say. It isn't as impressive as Lea's fire tricks, but it is more impressive than his own.]

Okay, well I'll show you my fire spell, but if you really want to see the amazing fire stuff, you should ask Lea.

[He'll probably never stop associating Lea with fire. He holds out his hand and materializes a still somewhat small fireball and shoots it over the side of the deck.]

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[His eyebrows go up a bit as he watches the fireball shoot out across the water.]

Nice. I can see how that's more of an offensive spell. A lot of my magic can be used for attacks, of course, but some stuff is just meant to be practical. Who's Lea?

[He waves his wand again while waiting for an answer, canceling the fire spell, and then a quickly muttered Reparo restores the barrel back to its original state.]

You said you could do ice or something, too, right? Blizzard, was it?

[He has no idea if that actually means Roxas can get a snowstorm going or what, but regardless -- he points his wand at the barrel again.]

Glacius!

[And turns it into a block of ice this time.]

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