Character Meet and Greet

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"You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality."

I. Exploring Main Street! Take a trip through a little town taken straight from 1890's America. Visit the shops, dine at the restaurants- but don't forget you are here on a mission. As an Apprentice, you will need to gather some supplies. A weapon, or tool for producing magic.

But we understand if that corn dog cart on Market Street is your first stop.

II. Apprentice Class 101! Practice your spell casting and weaponship on the open commons behind the Firehouse. Sparring, casting or just general confusion abound here. Try not to hit anything or...anyone, the paint on the infirmary is still drying.

III. Look out! A level 2 corroded monster has managed to get onto Main Street! Protect the citizens and defeat the cur, and please watch the damage, the paint is still wet!

IV. One Little Spark! Go ahead, show us the strength of your imagination and come up with your own scenarios. Just, stay out of the Corroded Lands...if possible.

Comments

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Fethry reached up to take Michael's hand - a bit of a stretch upwards, considering he himself was all of about three feet tall. Still, the handshake was full of enthusiasm and vigor. "Gee, thanks, Mike! I hope I can be a help here, but so far magic is harder than I thought it would be."

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Michael, himself, tended to exponentially radiate the enthusiasm he was given, so within maybe an hour, the Kingdoms weren't going to know what to do with themelves. "It took me a little over a month to figure out how mine even worked, so don't worry about it too much."

With a dismissive wave of one hand, he put the other to Fethry's shoulder and turned him about so that he could see the gardens where everyone trained near the end of Main Street. Some of it had been restored with loving care to its former glory, but most of the cobblestones and fence were still worn, faded, and cracked: a clear work in progress.

"They have training sessions where you can practice.... and even then, nothing really clicked for me until we were out there doing something real. Then again, my friend Mal came from a place that already had magic, so she had a head start, and she's pretty great at it. So it's all very relative."

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Fethry, who had deflated at the idea of waiting a whole month to use magic, lit back up as he spotted the gardens. Nature was always a favorite of his.

"Oh! Training sessions, huh? Well, let's get going, then." He began half-walking, half-marching down Main Street, speaking to Michael over his shoulder as he went. "I've never used magic before, but I think my ol' Unk is friends with a witch or something?"

Or something, indeed.

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Michael did a bit of a double take as the duck marched on ahead of him, then followed, watching the jaunty tassel and pom-pom of Fethry's hat bob as he walked. "I might not be too much of a trainer, but I'll do my best. It all depends on two things - maybe three. Your class, and your element, and ... well, we'll get to the third thing if we have to, I guess. What's your name?"

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Fethry laughed. "Oh, right, I forgot that. I mean, not my name, just to tell it to you - I'm Fethry Duck. My class is Fairy, and my element is air... Or so they say! Maybe they were wrong, though? That would explain why it's so hard."

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"A fairy, huh? My friend Rose is one of those. Little heads up ... she tends to get really sad after she uses her magic a lot, so. I think it's a side effect. I'm air, too, but I'm not a fairy. It's .... a little different for me."

It was strange, normally he had no problem sharing the whole not-human thing, but recent events had made him wonder just how proud he should be of what he was. The moon cycle made it difficult enough, anyway, and that'd be one way the new duck would find out, if nothing else. If he mentioned he was a Monster, he'd probably have to explain, besides, and he was supposed to be helping, not talking about himself.

"But no one told me my element, so I figured I was probably fire, for a few reasons. I was pretty surprised when I realized it was air. The first time I did anything, I wasn't even thinking about it." They drew closer to the gardens, and he pointed to the spot where he'd been practicing when it happened. "Hades sent some creatures after us to practice defense, and one of them went after Rose, and another friend of mine, Fenton ... and I didn't even think, I just put my hands up like it would stop them, and this air barrier went up between them and the creature. Not that it lasted long, but - it came from my heart. From what I wanted to do. Not because I was trying anything specific. So, maybe - Fethry - the key is not to try it so much as to feel it?"

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Fethry listened - or at least, tried to? - as Michael spoke. It was a lot of words to focus on, and focus wasn't something he was good at. Still, Michael's closing thoughts had him smiling.

"Oh, I can do that, I bet!" He was a pretty emotion-centric fellow, after all. "And I'm glad you could protect your friends. It sounds like I just need to make some friends that will get into trouble!"

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Michael was noticing more and more that the fairy types weren't so great at focusing, but generally big on heart and support. He could run with that.

"Pretty sure about all of us fall under that umbrella, here. Some of us even on purpose." He winked. "But I can still show you some air stuff, if you think it'd help."