IC: Apprentice
Teaching Amy to Dream (when she's not distracted by Jalen), but I don't know if Margaret's technique will be enough.
I have... ideas.
Yen Sid tells me that I cannot create a standard spell set. The ones that exist were developed over centuries. However, I believe that I could start the process, or rather, continue it, since he claims that dream magic does already exist in rare forms. If i can use what Margaret taught me as a base, improving the technique I've already learned, it may not be so hard. The main issue is casting time.
Currently I must weave entire dreamcatchers out of pure magical energy every time I want to use this spell, and it does not take effect until the dreamers fall asleep naturally, or by other means. Thus it is much more tedious and tiresome than using my Element used to be, but that was the price for having a heart. I'm lucky to be able to Dream at all.
However, that doesn't stop me from searching for a more efficient way. The idea I'm working with at the moment is a simple enough adaptation of the current method. At least, it should be. If I can bind or key the magic such a way that it automatically takes on the dreamcatcher pattern and attunes itself quickly to those who the spell is being cast on, that should be enough. The one major advantage of Margaret's technique is that I am not the only one who can use it. If that weren't the case, I'd try another way. This isn't for me. I can't stay here much longer, and the Refugees will need a Dreamwalker. Hence my taking on Amy as an apprentice. Her sensitivity to others should give her an advantage, once she learns to steel herself against the negative aspects of it.
Back to the magic itself, my best idea at the moment is to use a key word, such as a spell name. Set the magic to respond when that word is spoken with the right intentions by someone who has been taught the spell. I need to propose this idea to one of the wizards, but it seems like a logical enough plan, and I can easily adapt if something else would work better.
As for the sleep issue, perhaps it is possible to integrate the effect of the Sleep spell into the magic as well. If not, Amy can simply learn that spell separately. I'm sure Aerith could teach her.
I just... need to get out of here as soon as possible. I know I flew off once before, but that wasn't the same. It was all emotion and no thought, just like everything else I said and did at that point in time...
This is different. It doesn't even feel sad, the plan to leave everything behind. I'm used to being apart from the ones I care about, anyway. I love Radiant Garden, and I love the people here, but I don't belong anymore. Maybe I never have. Always drifting along like a shadow on the wall, at least when I'm not going out of my way to be noticed. To be remembered...
I guess I still don't know where home is.
... Besides, if I stay here much longer, I'm afraid I'll get into more trouble than I can handle. My luck has got to run out eventually.
I have... ideas.
Yen Sid tells me that I cannot create a standard spell set. The ones that exist were developed over centuries. However, I believe that I could start the process, or rather, continue it, since he claims that dream magic does already exist in rare forms. If i can use what Margaret taught me as a base, improving the technique I've already learned, it may not be so hard. The main issue is casting time.
Currently I must weave entire dreamcatchers out of pure magical energy every time I want to use this spell, and it does not take effect until the dreamers fall asleep naturally, or by other means. Thus it is much more tedious and tiresome than using my Element used to be, but that was the price for having a heart. I'm lucky to be able to Dream at all.
However, that doesn't stop me from searching for a more efficient way. The idea I'm working with at the moment is a simple enough adaptation of the current method. At least, it should be. If I can bind or key the magic such a way that it automatically takes on the dreamcatcher pattern and attunes itself quickly to those who the spell is being cast on, that should be enough. The one major advantage of Margaret's technique is that I am not the only one who can use it. If that weren't the case, I'd try another way. This isn't for me. I can't stay here much longer, and the Refugees will need a Dreamwalker. Hence my taking on Amy as an apprentice. Her sensitivity to others should give her an advantage, once she learns to steel herself against the negative aspects of it.
Back to the magic itself, my best idea at the moment is to use a key word, such as a spell name. Set the magic to respond when that word is spoken with the right intentions by someone who has been taught the spell. I need to propose this idea to one of the wizards, but it seems like a logical enough plan, and I can easily adapt if something else would work better.
As for the sleep issue, perhaps it is possible to integrate the effect of the Sleep spell into the magic as well. If not, Amy can simply learn that spell separately. I'm sure Aerith could teach her.
I just... need to get out of here as soon as possible. I know I flew off once before, but that wasn't the same. It was all emotion and no thought, just like everything else I said and did at that point in time...
This is different. It doesn't even feel sad, the plan to leave everything behind. I'm used to being apart from the ones I care about, anyway. I love Radiant Garden, and I love the people here, but I don't belong anymore. Maybe I never have. Always drifting along like a shadow on the wall, at least when I'm not going out of my way to be noticed. To be remembered...
I guess I still don't know where home is.
... Besides, if I stay here much longer, I'm afraid I'll get into more trouble than I can handle. My luck has got to run out eventually.