Illyana's eyes went wide, her teacup to her mouth, as Ivory began speaking again. She lowered her cup as quickly as possible and it tinkled against the saucer. She leaned forward a little as Ivory continued to explain, completely enraptured and trying to absorb everything. Halfway through, she realized what she had missed, and shuffled around in a shelf by her side before withdrawing a small notebook. She flipped to the center and began jotting down notes, still listening intently.

She didn't interrupt or ask anything until Ivory was finished, in fact, she was completely silent the entire way except for the scratching of her pencil. When Ivory was finished, she set the notebook down closed and nodded. [color=598527]"Hm..."[/color] she said, her eyes alight.

Abruptly she began to pace, pulling at her bottom lip as she did so. She was turning this information over and over in her head, cataloging and organizing it into the library of her brain. It was good information, to be sure, but she wondered if it could actually lead her to anything.

[color=598527]"Black smoke..."[/color] she said, then turned to Ivory. [color=598527]"That's interesting, probably a big hint as to what's going on with him."[/color] It was very good to hear that Ivory had actually experienced the sensation as well, this gave her much more insight into how the ability worked. If he was not only able to transport himself, but others, and against their will...that was quite a powerful ability.

"Wait," she said, suddenly, turning toward her guest once more, [color=598527]"Describe how it feels again. Did you see anything, hear anything, feel anything? Did the temperature change, or did you feel a texture, like something touching you? Anything that could make the teleport...corporeal? Did you let it happen willingly every time or try to resist it?"[/color] Her words were flying out of her too fast for her to check. She was so excited to learn that Ivory had this much information, and so soon...this was definitely a boon. The more they could find out about the Magician's abilities, the better, and of course it was best to know as fast as possible. Having Ivory work with Geralt was probably the worst thing that Lucien could have asked of her, but the best thing for the troupe as a whole.