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[stigmateyes]

[ An Amethyst is trudging toward Kunzite... ]

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[stigmateyes]

Yeah. Let's do that.

[shednotearsformagic]

Upstairs then and shirt off. [Heading up to the bedroom.] I can also add some more things. There's a bit of a supernatural specialist around and he had some handy information about demon repelling.

[stigmateyes]

[ Heading upstairs to yank off his shirt without preamble ]

Supernatural specialist?

[shednotearsformagic]

A hunter of sorts. I can't be sure on his prejudices though.

[Gesturing him over to the bed.]

[stigmateyes]

Hunter?

[ Plopping down, a confused look on his face ]

[shednotearsformagic]

Hunts dangerous supernatural creatures. Really not fond of demons. Kind of wary at the witch thing, but that's what edited explanations are for.

[Looking over the seal on his chest.]

[stigmateyes]

[ Looking considerably more unsure ]

Ahhh... I didn't know they had people that actually hunted those...

[shednotearsformagic]

[Shrugs.] I imagine it's more common in worlds where magic isn't well known. It's what happened to the witches in my world.

Don't worry, I didn't tell him about you. Didn't want that fuss.

[stigmateyes]

Thanks... How are things looking... ?

[shednotearsformagic]

Hmmm... [She traces her finger around it, eyes glaxing over a bit.]

There's some strain. Light fracturing. No real cracks yet, but left alone, it would be.

[stigmateyes]

The skill was pretty immense... I've remembered him doing it before, transferring the power from my eyes into magical blasts from his hands. They killed people instantly...

[shednotearsformagic]

That'd do it. We're lucky it hasn't cracked open completely. The blood was a good idea.

[stigmateyes]

Can you strengthen it?

[shednotearsformagic]

I can fix up the damage already done. And I do have a few things I can add. In theory they should work, it makes sense, but it would be the first real test to the theory.

[stigmateyes]

Theory? Is this safe... ?

[shednotearsformagic]

[Nods.] Demon anti-possession is hazy.

But demon summoning I'm very good at. It won't accidentally do the reverse. It just might be useless. Or possibly strange fever dreams.

[stigmateyes]

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh, you want to summon Alpha?

[shednotearsformagic]

No. [Flat look.] I just mean I'd know if the experiment would do something like that.

What I've got is closer to magic that would invade dreams. Thus the possibility of fever dreams.

[stigmateyes]

Dreams?

[shednotearsformagic]

Yes.

That would be why I wasn't surprised by Solstice's little skill. [Haha, I will always make jokes about it.] I was rather annoyed at him, played a prank, and he turned it around by throwing me that curveball. Well, his subconscious did.

[stigmateyes]

[ Tone going quiet, as he recalls the last time he heard of such an ability ]

Lafra had something like that... How does yours work?

[shednotearsformagic]

Depends on how much I'm doing.

I didn't have his true name at the time, so all I could do is plant a story in his head and watch it. Since it was 'mine,' I was allowed. He would be forced to follow the script somewhat, to the extent of being in certain areas at certain times, but his reactions are his own, and he could alter the dream to an extent.

Which is why his subconscious did what it did, I think. It was to give him something 'strange' that everyone saw as 'real.' So his mind forced in the strangest thing, because suddenly frogmen aren't so strange when you're the amazing shrinking detective.

But if I had a true name, I could see someone's dreams if I wanted, without it being written by me. I could change it while in effective instead of all prewritten as well. Probably a bit more, but I didn't delve into that magic often.

Though all magic like that requires me to be 'present' in the dream at least once. Makes it solid so the dreamer doesn't derail it entirely.

[stigmateyes]

Like what Dream allows?

[shednotearsformagic]

You mean the Heart Games or the Communal dreaming?

[stigmateyes]

Both?