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[myboggartismoon]

Inventing a new spell; a most tricky and daunting proposition. Beyond most wizards. Lupin flattered himself by thinking he had a chance, but if pressed, well, he had helped with the Marauder's Map, had he not? He knew a thing or two about Defense Against the Dark Arts, and this was not dissimilar

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[hegemonstratos]

Einhart blinked, walking forward and seeing Lupin sitting down on the grass near the River. She was dressed in a swimsuit, having decided that she wanted to come down here to try the water cutting exercise again, but this time with real water rather than just what was in the sensoriums, even if it turned out to be not much different in practice.

So, seeing someone else here and doing what he was doing was a bit confusing, to say the least. "Umm... what are you doing?"

[myboggartismoon]

"I am working on developing a new spell," he answered, looking up with a friendly smile. "It's a very tricky sort of work. I apologize if I disturbed you at all."

[hegemonstratos]

Einhart shook her head. "It's alright. I just got here." It wasn't like the river was a private place anyway. "What's the spell supposed to do?"

[myboggartismoon]

"Protect from small forces, specifically, the sort that make the sun rise and set. I want it to be able to prevent shifts in those forces from reaching the protected person."

Quite complicated, possibly to the point of being mad.

[hegemonstratos]

Einhart blinked. "... Why would you need to protect people from what makes the sun rise and set?"

Yeah, guess who had no idea about Vampires or Werewolves because she wasn't from Earth.

[myboggartismoon]

"In this case, because the person in question has an uncontrollable reaction that he wishes to control, when possible," Lupin said, "and aside from it being courtesy to do others a good turn, I sympathize with his position."

Not that this spell could aid Lupin's own furry little problem, as James would say, but that was no reason to simply not try.

[hegemonstratos]

Einhart nodded. "I see. That's a good reason. Have you had any luck yet?"

She moved a bit closer to him, moving to sit down for the moment. Training could wait a little bit, after all.

[myboggartismoon]

"I haven't blown off my ears, exploded my wand, or boiled off the river, so things could be worse," he said, smiling, "but since I've only just now begun with the name, I could yet manage all that and more."

[hegemonstratos]

Einhart blinked. She wasn't really used to making up new spells or moves, just perfecting the ones she already had or knew about. "I... see. That's good that you haven't had that happen. But... is that really a risk for the type of spell you're trying to do?"

[myboggartismoon]

"Magic is a tricky business. Wizards, on my world, require five years of basic schooling, and two more of much more advanced practice before they can considered to be fully capable in their chosen field. Using magic improperly can result in any number of disasters, large or small, and when creating a new spell it is very unlikely that you are using magic 'properly' at all."

But he smiled again. "Of course, none of those things are likely to happen, possible, but not likely."

[hegemonstratos]

Einhart nodded. "I see. That makes sense." Well, it made a little bit of sense, though Einhart was still a bit confused on how something meant for protection could cause an explosion, especially if the person doing it knew what they were doing.

She wasn't going to ask that though, there wasn't really that much point. Remus said that it wasn't probably to happen after all.

[myboggartismoon]

"I can't blame you for having a different expectation," Lupin continued, as he scratched out a few words with the quill. "Aside from the other wizards from England, I haven't met anyone on this ship who uses magic at all like we do. For raw strength as well as ease of use, I think we rank at the bottom of the scale."

[hegemonstratos]

Einhart blinked, a bit surprised that anyone would actually admit that. "I... I see. But it's still easy enough for you to use, isn't it?"

She wasn't going to mention how the raw strength part went, since she didn't know how powerful he really was. Though considering that both Nanoha and Fate were on the ship, she could easily see how 'at the bottom' was an impression that he could get.

[myboggartismoon]

Lupin was used to being outshone. One couldn't remain friends with Sirius and James without either rising to their heights (or sinking to their depths), or accepting a role in the background.

Or betraying them all to Voldemort, but the less said about Peter the better.

"Easy enough for the most part, but I have a full education and many years of adult life behind me, and some aspects of magic are still out of my reach. The finer points of Potions, for example, have always eluded me. If they hadn't I might not need this spell to begin with."

[hegemonstratos]

Einhart blinked, looking over at him. "Potions?"

Even with those memories from her ancestors time, she had never heard of anyone using potions with magic.

[myboggartismoon]

"Potions is one of the first classes we take and one of the basic arts of magic. But I always favored the more active and less subtle arts, so once I attained my O.W.L. I didn't continue my studies." He smiled then, a little self-deprecating. "Which these days I regret wholeheartedly."