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Hearing Jimmy say Lexi's name Marie looked up just as the girl walked by. That's right Lexi, just keep walking, we do not want you here with us.
Turning her full attention back to Jim she couldn't help but smile. "Thanks, I think you're pretty awesome too." She then raised an eyebrow at him. "Of course you don't snog just anyone. You snog me... your girlfriend." she said as she nudged him with her shoulder.
"If I pass? But what if it takes more than one study session for me to understand... do I have to wait?" Pfft! Like she would. She would so attack him the moment they were alone somewhere... where no one could interrupt them.
Um yeah, the elemental magic part... if you say. "Oh yeah, right, that. Like how does the magic in them work?" Okay, so hopefully they were on the right track here.
She started to listen as he began explaining how the runes worked. "So the runes are like a wand?" Alright, she could see that, sorta. But how were they supposed to work if you didn't have them in your possession?
Hmm, maybe now would be a good time to get out some parchment and a quill to take some notes here. She would hate for this study session to be for nothing because yeah, she knew she would have to read over the notes again later.
Still listening as Jimmy continued to talk she tried writing down everything he was saying. 'invoking a rune, and channeling the magic through it can be more lasting than just casting a spell with your wand.' "So in reality the power of the rune is greater than the power of the wand?" If that was the case then why didn't everyone just carry runes with them instead of a wand? That was a question she would ask later... maybe. Oh forget it, she wouldn't have to ask, he just answered that for her. 'With your wand you could cast whatever spell you wanted within reason, but with a rune you're limited by the kind of magic that resonates with that individual rune symbol.' Yeah she made sure to write that part down in her notes for later review.
"Okay, let me see if I have this so far. Runes are sorta like a wand. The magic is within you but is connected to the rune. The magic that comes from a rune can or is more powerful than that which comes from the wand... yet with the wand you have freedom to do more magic whereas with the rune you can only perform what that rune is meant for?" Was she even close on that one?
She was so gonna need the whole term to understand this class.
"Thats the general idea of this whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing." Jim agreed breezily, barely moving at all with the shoulder nudge.
"Aww now Marie, have a bit of faith in my ability to teach you, okay?" Grin. Yeah because could anyone picture a world where James Wilkes would happily go without snogging for extended periods of time? Anyone?
*crickets*
He listened to her summarize his words back to him and nodded. "Thats pretty much it, to start with anyway. The magic isn't necessarily more powerful, not on its own at least. The way you make it more powerful is by combining more than one rune together, in a string or in ligature. You can customize it that way."
Jim wondered if it was worth grabbing a book so he could at least pretend that he was talking about all this from a book and not just off the top of his head.
"So... aside from a wand, you need the incantation and the intent to cast a spell right?" He grinned at her. "With rune magic, you need the rune, the invocation and that same intent. The invocation is when you sing to the rune, like... chant the magic and activate whatever channel the magic is intended to flow through." There was other bits but starting basic was good. "Its called a galdr."
Those were fun, you got to make strange noises.
"And there is one other bit thats really important, the movement? Yeah that kinda relates to risting the rune in the first place. I dunno if those associations will help you at all, but it helped me get my head around it."