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[blastiafreak]

[The video's not very clear when it comes on; it's dark and gloomy, showing hints of thick dust and cobwebs--a glimpse of a window reveals deep fog--and then it shifts to Rita's wide-eyed face. When she speaks, she's trying very hard to pretend she's calm...and failing pretty horribly.]

I-is anyone else stuck in this weirdo place? I mean, it's not like I need help or anything, but-

[A loud creak and sudden clatter of footsteps interrupts her, the shutters to the window abruptly blowing open, and she jumps with a yelp.] Aah--! Uh--it's not sc--just where's the exit, already?!

[Maybe realizing that the video's still recording her little freak-out, she quickly shuts it off.]

[ooc: Tags slow forever. ._. Sorry!]

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[blastiafreak]

Because nobody but a mage from my world would know about blastia, and any mage from Terca Lumireis would know who I am.

[Which might go beyond confidence, though it seems like a simple fact to Rita.

She points to a beaker filled with small tools like knives and little metal spatulas so that they can use one to take out a crystal.]

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[stargathering]

[ Definitely crossing the confidence threshold there... Tyr will argue with her- ]

You're only seventeen: someone could come here from before you were a mage.

[ He's not sure what she means by that little gesture at girst, but soon understands she means he shouldn't just dump the jar over his hand... He plucks out one of the tools before unscrewing the bottle. ]

[ also, going to watch a movie! o/ see you later! ]

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[blastiafreak]

[She pauses in swirling the flask to stare at him, eyes narrowed.]

What do you mean, only seventeen? I'm still the genius mage, you know! Besides, unless they're from thousands of years ago, no mage from before my time would know more about mana and blastia than me.

[okay! have fun! o/]

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[stargathering]

[ There are people who are confident and proud of their achievements, Tyr decides, and then there's Rita. Rita is another person entirely. ]

You can't be serious... What about your teacher? [ And be pulls out one little crystal from the jar, and just holds it there. ]

[ Thanks! :D ]

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[blastiafreak]

[Rita would be okay with this as long as by "another person" he means "genius"...right? Right?]

Huh? Teacher? I never had any teachers. [She keeps staring at him, though she has the presence of mind to shove the flask towards him so he can add the crystal.]

[Welcome back!! :3]

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[stargathering]

[ Intelligence has nothing to do with it in this case... ]

[ And he's caught a little off guard, but quickly drops the crystal in. ] Then whoever you learned from.

[ Thank you!♥ ]

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[blastiafreak]

[Just attitude...]

[The mixture in the flask starts glowing brighter when the crystal is added, but Rita pays it little attention as she resumes swirling it and adds the rest of the binder.] I'm telling you there was no one else. I learned by reading books and experimenting.

[♥!]

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[stargathering]

[ Pure attitude. She can back it up, but...wow. ]

[ And he stares at the flask - that little crystal really did something! - though he still pays attention to what she's saying. ]

Someone still wrote the books you read.

[ ♥~! ]

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[blastiafreak]

[She could do with reeling it in sometimes...]

[Science~! Now that everything's in there, it's getting a lot more viscous, too.] Okay, but I also expanded on them with my own research.

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[stargathering]

[ Definitely. Definitely. ]

[ It shouldn't be this cool-! ] And you still didn't do it all on your own.

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[blastiafreak]

[Sob yep.]

[Tyr can learn that science is awesome-! And sometimes boring...] It was close enough, okay?

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[stargathering]

[ She doesn't lack confidence at least! ]

[ At the moment, it's cool! Don't ruin his dreams yet! He does look up at her finally. ] You did a lot, but it's too much to say you're the only one who ever knew anything about blastia...

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[blastiafreak]

[This is true...!]

[He'll find making paper exciting, right? Right?! She huffs and waves her hand--with the flask--getting a little impatient.] I'm not saying I'm the only one!

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[stargathering]

[ She does it by having no humility! ]

[ Tyr...might find it...sort of exciting!? ] Watch it! [ He takes a step back to avoid any of it spilling on him. ] And that is what you said.

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[blastiafreak]

[None needed!!]

[J-just maybe...! Rita scowls but holds the flask normally again, grumpily replying before she turns to the second machine.] That is not what I said! All I said was that I know more about it!

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[stargathering]

[ unsure! ]

[ It has metals! That's a start! ] That's basically the same thing.

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[blastiafreak]

[:<]

[Metals make everything cooler?!] It is not!

[She huffs over her shoulder and then opens up the heavy metal lid of the container, where she pours the flask's contents into a round basin before shutting the lid again.]

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[stargathering]

[ ...Aww okay, she doesn't need it ;v; ]

[ Yeah! A little...! Tyr huffs a bit himself and just watches her go on. ]

Do we just wait for it to come together now?

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[blastiafreak]

[W-well...good! :<]

I said it would take a few hours, didn't I?

[Once the lid is well and truly sealed, Rita makes some adjustments, and the machine comes to life with a whirr and a hiss of pressure building up on the inside.]

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[stargathering]

[ /:3/ ]

Yeah, I was just making sure... [ He watches the machine for just a moment. ]

Now let's make that paper.

[ and class... ]

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[blastiafreak]

[...♥]

[She shrugs, as if to say if you say so, and then turns her focus to the materials needed for the paper.]

The paper's pretty simple. Just mix the stuff together, flatten it, and dry it.

[have fun! o/]

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[stargathering]

[ :3!! ]

If it's that simple, why does it take so long?

[ Really, mixing things and flattening them sounds straightforward. ]

[ Thanks~ ]

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[blastiafreak]

[♥!!]

Simple doesn't mean fast, you know. We have to wait for the core, too. [Even though she does consider the core very different.]

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[stargathering]

[ And they lived happily ever after <3 ]

Waiting for the core makes sense, though. Paper is paper.

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[blastiafreak]

[nakjsndk kyaaa~]

So what if it's paper?