#rivervale_lodge

"Right. So like some kind of fuddle or veil for humans?"

"I can teach him if he doesn't know, but it might take time" Zane volunteers, "It behooves future sorcerers to use their knoweldge and magic to help others"

"Behooooves. That's a fun word."

"Well, yeah, I should hit Jonas up for some tips on how to sound smarter than I am" he blushes "But seriously, if I'm going to be a wizard proper by the time I'm 18, I need to learn some teaching skills"

"Yeah?"

"I'm not great at magic, but you are!"

"Yeah, and if I used both hands, I might be able to not fall over carrying fly swatter"

"Well, duh. You're more, like, a rapier guy."

"You ever see The Princess Bride?"

"Only a million times, though I used a spear at pennons once. Spears, very greek." A grin "Not that I'd argue with being Aramis."

"Oh! The Greeks have cool swords! Hoplites!"

"I heard, " he says "But where did you learn that? I mean, most trolls are into the nordic keltic stuff"

"Xena."

"Oooo, you could try a chakram, too... I kinda want to try it. Like, Cap's shield, but sharper."

"Then you should try it," he says "I saw Xena, Satyrs love it when greek gods get their respect..because we used to be greek gods. Just ask us" A grin, but a nod "You should totally see if you can get one made, or ask for it for your ..say, when is your birthday again?"

"April."

"Well, that's .. okay, that's a long way off, but hey"

"Yeah, well. You just need the right weapon. You're strong and fast enough."

"In the the land of true warriors, an average one looks kind of second rate, but that's okay. It's wizard craft I plan to pursue. Mmm maybe I should get myself a staff like Adam"

"A magic staff!"

"Like Gandalf!"

"Ha. I.." He looks thoughtful, "I think I know where to get the right wood. Help me carve it if I find it? I need to have more of a hand in it's creation"

"Maybe ash? Ash comes up a lot."

"Or Yew, but I don't think there's yew in Jersey."

"I'll be going into the Dreaming for what I seek if I can anyway" he says "its the best way to find the leavings."

"Well, fair."

"Skallstryke's energies spilled, the souls he left are free... but the passing means some areas have got to have ... well, fallen trees that got juiced up. That could make a cool staff."

"Ok, that makes sense to me? Dream-logic, but, well - we're us."

"We are... and while there's been an entropy to the Dreaming , there has also been a progression as new dreams come around. It's really amazing, the Mountain explained it to me, as much as I coudl handle anyway, and it's just... like a living rune that changes to match the new meaning, and at the same time, the symbol it is shapes the meaning too..." He seems enthused, "It goes beyond just the Seelie and Unseelie cycle, though that is an important aspect to the spin of it all"

...blink...

"Cool?"

"it is cool," he assures, "Imagine if you will the Lewisian theroms involved, the sleeping king.. if he wakes up, out Alice goes bang like a candle... the Dreaming is both king, his dream, and Alice."

"Uh-huh." She nods, agreeable is not fully following.

"or maybe Alice was beyond the king's reach until she entered his dream? It's questions like these that just get me excited, know what I mean?"

"Oh, yeah."

The front door opens, and Sylvi pushes in. She seems a bit tired, tossing her backpack in a corner almost as soon as she's in the door. She glances over as she hangs up her coat. "Hey, Dags. Oh... hey, Zane. Sorry, didn't see you."

"Hey Sylvi! Zane was just talking about magic..."

Zane says "I'm going to be a wizard." Thumbs up

She moves to take a seat at one of the tables. "You're going to be a what now?"

A bit of a blush now, Dagmar is ..well, easier to talk to than, if she laughsat you, you shrug. If Sylvi mocks you? Good bye social cred, not that she's likely to abuse that power any more than Dagmar would her strength "I found my passion. The occult. Magic. "

"So is finding your passion, like, a satyr bar mitzvah?"

"You mean...glamour. Cantrips. So, which art?"

"All of them" he says "And the lore that goes with them" Then grins at Dagmar "I hadn't thought of that way, but it might fit. I.. it's a big thing"

She leans on the table and props her chin on a hand.

A blink. "All of them?"

"Well, as many as I can learn as far as I can go." He says to Sylvi, "I know no one gets them all."

"Maybe you could be a Mountain!"

"Yeah, you guys don't know what it's like.. I was ..well, dad thought maybe debate would be my passion, like his, and pushed the academia but I knew I'd never be as smart as him so, I ... I kind of acted dumber than I was, which PISSED Nadeen off by the way. Boy she would not put up with that shit. But I still didn't know where my passion was. Love music, but it wans't who I was.. and not acting, and not..well, seemed like not anything"

"What made this a thing to do?" She doesn't sound like she's mocking...but maybe a little dubious. "I mean, I get finding passion, but...I never realized this was a thing for you."

"I... uhm..." A BLUSH "I just stumbled onto it." Is that a half ping on the old Gwydar? Like.. kinda sort of true- but not? He didn't JUST Stumble onto it