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[mollyprewett.livejournal.com]

Molly isn't in the gardens, for a change.

She was there earlier, but finished her work, and is now sitting on a large rock by the lake with a brightly colored mass of canvas that will be a magnificent kite, once it's assembled.

She could use magic to get it aloft once it's ready, but the traditional way is much more fun. Unfortunately, a kite this size would take two people to get it in the air.

Wanna help?

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[magius-unlocked.livejournal.com]

Magius chuckles as he comes out of the woods and sees her.

"I see you have taken up flight as a habit?"

[mollyprewett.livejournal.com]

"I'm working on it."

She grins as she sees him, in lieu of her usualy kiss on the cheek, because her lap is full of kite.

"I've almost got it all together now. I bought it on my trip to San Francisco."

She's looking very please with herself.

[magius-unlocked.livejournal.com]

He grins.

"Did you have fun?"

Yes, there is a bit of a tease in his voice.

[mollyprewett.livejournal.com]

"I did! It was very exciting, and I saw loads of new things."

She consults the directions for her kite for a moment, and then begins the final step of attaching the strips of canvas that will make up the tail of a magnigicent phoenix.

"We were gone three days in that world, but only a few hours in bar time. I wanted to ask you about that, actually."

[magius-unlocked.livejournal.com]

"Ask on then."

he settles to the gorund to listen.

[mollyprewett.livejournal.com]

"Well, it seems a bit foolish, really. We went to Cain's world and time, but didn't really plan a way to get back."

She looks sheepish at this, as if expecting to be scolded.

"We tried opening doors at random, and nothing worked. So I used the spell you gave me."

Again, she pauses, expecting Magius to give her a 'look' for attempting such a big advancement without the protective spells he'd wanted her to have.

[magius-unlocked.livejournal.com]

"Ahhh. But it worked out?"

He smiles.

"Did you manage to hold the gate okay?"

There is concern.

[mollyprewett.livejournal.com]

"I did. But it was very draining. I nearly fainted after I closed the gate, and slept for a really long time afterward."

She thinks back on it.

"I know that you said it could be draining, but I wondered if there might have been other factors that played into it..."

[magius-unlocked.livejournal.com]

He blinks at that.

"It could be the distance and the addition of another person... additional mass, and time spent with the gate... "

He frowns.

"New magics always carry a risk, even ones that duplicate other magics. And were you aware and awake when you cast it?"

[mollyprewett.livejournal.com]

"Yes. I was careful to concentrate and stay focussed as you taught me... I wouldn't dare take chances, especially with another person depending on me."

She pauses in her kite building.

"I had some thoughts on it, but I'm not sure. You see, I don't know if the world I went to has magic or not. I never tried to use it the entire time I was there. I thought maybe... maybe the only reason the spell worked at all was because it took the magic from inside me, instead of from the environment."

[magius-unlocked.livejournal.com]

"You might be right... in that case, before you go to any such places again, give me time to construct a battery."

he nods, slowly.

[mollyprewett.livejournal.com]

Her brow furrows at the familiar word, because she has no idea, really what a battery does.

"I don't know what that means."

[magius-unlocked.livejournal.com]

"A repository of magic energy. It would be shielded and you would wear it next to your skin. That way if you cast a spell somewhere where there was litle or no magic, it would draw it's power out of the battery. It would only be good for a certain number of spells, but could be recharged as well."

[agnes_nitt]

Agnes is walking out by the lake when she sees Molly with her... whatever that is. She gives the other witch a little wave and then, well, not hurries over, but quickens her step to get over to her.

"Hey there!"

[mollyprewett.livejournal.com]

"Agnes! Hello! How are you today?"

She's pleased to she the other girl out and looking apparently cheerful.

[agnes_nitt]

She shrugs. "Better. Not feeling sorry for myself anymore, which I think is a plus. What about you? And what is this thing?"

[mollyprewett.livejournal.com]

Molly's smile widens.

"I'm glad to hear it. This is a kite! And I've just about finished putting it together."

She holds it up so that Agnes can see that it's shaped like a phoenix.

[agnes_nitt]

She blinks at it.

"And what's it do?"

[mollyprewett.livejournal.com]

"It flies. For fun. There aren't any kites on the Disc?"

Molly attaches the last of the tail strips to the base of the kite, and hops down from the rock.

"Would you like to help me get it in the air? It's a perfect day for it."

[agnes_nitt]

"In Lancre, the only things that fly are the witches," Agnes replies, shaking her head. "And in Ankh-Morpork, if you threw something up in the air expecting it to fly, it would be stolen before it hit the ground."^*

She gives the contraption a onceover when Molly gets the tail attached and shrugs again. "Okay, sure. Do you need me to help you cast a spell on it?"



* Assuming it didn't get stuck. The air in some parts of Ankh-Morpork isn't breathed so much as chewed.

[mollyprewett.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'm glad this isn't Ankh-Morpork, then. I'd hate to have to hex the bollocks off of someone on such a nice day."

She grins and gathers the spool of kite string.

"We could spell it up, or do it the old fashioned way. It's designed to float on the air currents, but you have to get it up into the air currents first."

[agnes_nitt]

"Okay. I probably shouldn't be using magic on these kinds of things anyway. So, what do we do first?"

[mollyprewett.livejournal.com]

"Well, you can hold the kite while I hold the string, or the other way around. Generally the one holding the string runs ahead until it's taut, then the person holding the kite, kinf of tosses into the air, and we hope the breeze catches it."

[agnes_nitt]

Agnes looks at Molly, then down at herself, then back to Molly.

"And which of us do you think is going to be able to actually run?"

She reaches for the kite.

[mollyprewett.livejournal.com]

Molly snorts indelicately with laughter.

"It's not a marathon, but I don't mind doing it."

She hands the enormous kite to Agness and walks out to an open space, letting string off the spool as she goes.

"All right, I'm going to start running that way."

She points along the edge of the lake, away from the trees.

"You hold the kite up, and when you feel the string tugging at it, toss it as high up into the air as you can!"