[Center][img]https://i.imgur.com/7gcCUZv.png[/img][hr][hr][b][colour=7ea7d8]Event:[/colour][/b] Coldfire Training [b]|[/b] [b][colour=7ea7d8]Location:[/colour][/b] Zenobucks HQ, Zazzy's Dorm Room [b]|[/b] [b][colour=7ea7d8]Starring:[/colour][/b] Ayla [@Ti], Dorothea [@Jasbraq], Zarina [@Yummyyummy][hr][hr][/center]
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It is time for class! The girls made their way to Zenobucks headquarters, also known as Zarina’s dorm. They found a cool corner within the room which was converted into a make-shift classroom. There are plenty of pots ready for boiling on the side and available for practice.

Ayla was excited to find out more about her family history as well, the fact the book was apparently written by her great-great-great… grandmother was certainly a big thing and she hoped to examine it more. She went toward the front to help herself to an ‘Ayla’, preparing one for Dory and Zazzy for when they turned up.

It was a MESS. Monkeybirds were waddling about, chanting tunes and repeating words they had just learned like human toddlers, albeit with an avian pitch and often a lack of context understanding. However … 

[color=F3630A]“Squawwk! Kitty cat! Kitty cat! Cooking cat!”[/color] called out Nehk-butt, the most social of the Monkeybirds and definitely understood what she was saying. She slapped her dragged towel onto the wooden floor as she called out, [color=C78A2C]“Yes, that is kitty cat, Nekkie. Here.”[/color] a small bowl with a piece of pork was served, and the bird eagerly dug in. Zarina then set her hands on her hips and addressed Ayla, [color=C78A2C]“Ready to learn? Where’s your friend, Dory?”[/color] she asked while tidying up the remaining planks of woods that were to be placed next to the pots.

Dory huffed and puffed as they finally found the dorm she was going to meet. [color=b08cc9]” I’m right here. Sorry if I’m late, I had to do a little errand,”[/color] The girl smiled towards the others before jumping on Ayla. [color=b08cc9]“Ready to learn, Ayla?”[/color]

Ayla was caught off-guard as Dory pounced upon her. She stretched open her arms as she happily received the girl, and brought her in for a hug. [colour=009fff]“Hola Dorada!”[/colour], and pecked her friend upon the cheek, giggling in excitement of the moment. As Dory resumed her proper position, she turned to Zazzy, [colour=009fff]“We should be ready now. Now show us the book.”[/colour], stretched her arms out toward her in that teasing ‘give me’ manner. In the moments where Zarina busied herself with the preparation, she turned toward Nekkie, [colour=009fff]“Hola soy Kitty Cat, what is your name?”[/colour], and leant forward to pet the Monkeybird as it enjoyed its pork treat.

[color=F3630A]“Kitty cat! Kitty cat! It’s a Kitty cat!”[/color] repeated the avian, flailing her arms in excitement when Ayla gave her attention. Clearly she didn’t truly understand speech yet and merely repeated terms that were triggered by certain things, such as Zarina educating the bird on Ayla being Kitty Cat, [color=F3630A]“Kitty cat! Dewie! Kitty Cat!”[/color] she raised the ‘dewie’ which happened to be her old, used towel she dragged around.

Zarina emerged from her bedroom where the Froabas eggs remained under the sun, [color=C78A2C]“Yeah, got it.”[/color] she waved the booklet in her hand and posed it on the main table by the large Mammoth wool bed sprawled in the living room. Both girls could freely take a gander, [color=C78A2C]“Dory, welcome.”[/color] Zazzy gestured toward a chair, inviting her guest to sit, [color=C78A2C]“Nekkie! Not on the table.”[/color] she shot her index finger right at the bird, causing the hyperactive Nehk-butt to freeze and then waddle away.

Ayla giggled at the sight of Mother Zarina with her Monkeybird children, standing up to greet her friend warmly as she gave her a hug. [colour=009fff]“Enjoying motherhood?”[/colour], she smirked wide as she moved upon her tip-toes to give the tall girl a peck upon her jaw. Zarina’s lips puckered up, and her eyebrows cocked, [color=C78A2C]“Y’know, I’m never going to judge housewives ever again.”[/color] Ayla then snatched the booklet from the table with a twirl as she moved over to the seat again as she pulled the old letter from her bag as she brought it side-by-side to inspect the hand-writing. [colour=009fff]“They look pretty similar, we think”[/colour], she held the documents together and squinted, [colour=009fff]“Could be the real thing. Now we are even more excited to learn.”[/colour]

With the booklet on display, they look at the various diagrams. The strangest concept was that the base ingredient was water to create fire, or specifically, causing it to erupt into flame without the use of arcane magic. The result is a blue flame which appears invisible in daylight.

[color=b08cc9]”Water to make fire? The only thing close to something like that that I can think of is steam… but steam is nowhere near fire.”[/color] Dory rubbed her chin as she tried to make sense of said concept. [color=b08cc9]”Do excuse me if it will take me a while to get the basic of the spell right.”[/color]

The animals were eventually dismissed into Zarina’s bedroom as they were about to do a few experiments, some of which could harm the critters. The hen of the coop sighed in anticipation for the later hours where the room would need to be completely cleaned in order to be remotely habitable. She joined the two and sat on a chair in reverse, arms crossed and her chin over her forearms, [color=C78A2C]“It’s, like,”[/color] she addressed Dory’s concern, [color=C78A2C]“you transform the water into something that can catch fire, and the specific method makes it invisible, and kinda ‘cold’, I suppose.”[/color] Zarina pointed toward a small splinter of wood, and suddenly it began to evaporate.

[color=C78A2C]“So, does the booklet have your blessing, O’ heir of Hetraxa?”[/color] Zazzy smirked over at Ayla, [color=C78A2C]“The spell doesn’t work too well when there’s too much water, however. It still needs to heat up a little and water doesn’t actually ‘burn’.”[/color]

Ayla studied it further to understand it better, [colour=009fff]“It is more… you are [b]burning[/b] water without using heat.”[/colour] She pointed to a diagram of a triangle which shows the fundamentals of fire being Heat, Air, and Fuel. [colour=009fff]“So this is conventional thinking and this makes sense, right? You set something alight, like wood, and it burns. It doesn’t burn when in water instead of air.”[/colour] She points to the other side of the page, [colour=009fff]“This spell completely takes this idea to the next level. It turns water into [b]self-reactive air[/b], which creates an Air which burns itself like a fuel which creates the heat and fire.”[/colour]. She pours further through the pages, [colour=009fff]“It is self-containing. So the fire only lasts as long as it is cast. Obviously, if you do it at something flammable, that would cause a secondary fire.”[/colour]

She closes the booklet as she put it down, [colour=009fff]“It does make sense… during the Attack on Red River, the accounts report how she turned the sea into fire and burnt the Zaqhorian fleet to ashes. It sounded cool when we were young, a pretty tale but clearly not possible, right?”[/colour] She pat upon the booklet in a knowing manner, [colour=009fff]“Perhaps she actually did it after all.”[/colour]

[colour=b08cc9]“This spell really is that powerful? To reduce a whole fleet to ashes…”[/colour] The Feskan began to let her mind drift with the information presented. [colour=b08cc9]“So this is more similar to the touch of corruption spell we learned in the Chemical classes, is it not? Although this one feels more specialized. I am interested to see how far the Arcane school can push this spell further.”[/colour] It seems as if the moment she could relate the process to something more familiar, she instantly got more excited about it.  

Ayla paused for a moment as she considered it. [colour=009fff]“Why… yes, it is a lot like Touch of Corruption! We didn’t think of it that way, but you got it spot on. It turns the water into a reactive gaseous acid which spontaneously combusts. You are a genius, Dory! Perhaps that is the missing link in this unorthodox thinking.”[/colour] She laughed loud and happily, and hugged the girl next to her.

Zarina’s gaze shifted between the two girls, lagging a bit behind when it came to all this brain work, [color=C78A2C]“Yeah, that.”[/color] she wagged her finger toward Dory and forced a confident smile, [color=C78A2C]“Sounds like you ladies are catching on quick. Good, less work for me~”[/color] with that same finger, she tugged the booklet closer to take another gander at it, [color=C78A2C]“... What’s the touch of corruption again?”[/color]

The girls started to explore the finer aspects of the magic through the best method possible, practice. It was slow-going at first, especially as the temptation to use arcane to heat up the water was overwhelming. [colour=009fff]“No, don’t try to burn the water.”[/colour] [colour=b08cc9]“But wouldn’t that make it easier?”[/colour]. What made it even confusing was how the flame was invisible, and that took longer than expected to notice, as the girls weren’t thinking to account for it. After getting used to spell and seeing it in action, they start to experiment, coming up with new and creative ways.

The pots were coming to a nice boil as the blue flame sat upon the surface of the water, bringing it to the  ideal temperature for coffee. Not only they practised for strength, but for control, being able to keep it stable and holding. Zarina rewarded the pair, not with an Ayla, but the Spratz Queen herself brought them all a special treat to go with the beverage.

[colour=009fff]“The Spratz certainly makes the bitterness of the coffee flow like silk.”[/colour] Ayla nursed the cup in her hand after the long day they have spent getting the basics of it this far. [colour=C78A2C]“Right?”[/colour] Zazzy was indulging in moderation - a first for those who hadn’t noticed her drop addiction-caused drinking. Had she gotten over it somehow? [colour=C78A2C]“The stuff’s still hard to sell ‘cause of the price. Literally selling our souls for this.”[/colour] she gave a judgemental but clearly exaggerated and humorous glare toward Dory, the Spratz trader herself. Dory smirked in a rather smug manner. [colour=86608E]"Something so delectable should come with its fair price, no?"[/colour] The Feskan shrugged as she thought more on that question.  [colour=86608E]"Not really something I can change as I am now."[/colour] She sipped upon the cup in a refined manner.

Now, it was practise, practise, practise, in their free time for the girls to perfect it.


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