Bebby listened, and as much as she can, tried to imagine in her head what all of this meant.
it was easy enough, she supposed. light traveled in straight lines, which makes sense to her! she's seen the rays through the leaves, yes, but also how the rays will bounce and reflect off of crystals, all in straight lines yet changing direction sharp and fast.
she knows light's fast, she's never been able to move faster that her own light magic, because once cast, it's usually already there the moment she even processed it enough to move. the spotlight is especially tricky.
she hums in thought, for a moment.
she nodded, trying to focus. the intent was there, to stop the light from hitting her, encase herself in pure shadow, to manipulate that force to her will. whether it worked or not was totally up to god.
And for once, God seemed to like her when it mattered!
The light seemed to bend around her, atleast to her best ability. it was unclear if this is what vargas would've used, but it worked, the light around her seeming to flicker away, in its stead thick shadow that seemed to suck in the light that tried to shine through, odd shadowy shapes on the ground beneath her, butterflies it seemed. her eyes blinked, the only remaining light as they glowed a faint pink.
she smiled up at him, willing the shadows away.
He waited, listened, watched. And at the shift in light--the delicate rays parting, blocked to offer instead flitting images of the shadows of nonexistent butterflies--he gave a great nod of his hammer-shaped head.
It had always been one of Nemean's favorite spells--maybe Bebby had seen that?
He'd enjoyed having her around. It was her own damn fault that she wasn't, anymore.
@Bebby
She dances in place and cheers to herself, quiet little
she looked back up to him.
she thought for a moment. had she seen nemean do that before? once again, she perked up in recognition.
light, light, light, focus the light! give him a show!
Suddenly, instead of on herself, she would direct the light elsewhere. the next minor movement he would make, a slight shift or flex of a muscle, the light would suddenly focus all on him, illuminating his features comfortably, not too bright. it shone a bit on bebby too due to her proximity, but it was mostly on him.
@Vargas
Again it failed--and again, he didn't mention it.
@Bebby
she giggled, nodding along. It's always good when people recognize their inherent beauty. Purple was a smart color, but it was also very pretty! she wishes she had more purple on her, honestly.
She thought to herself. those all sounded pretty cool! that'd make hide and seek really cool, shining a spotlight on someone rather than calling them out directly. maybe it'd startle a mouse enough to give her another moment to pounce, before it had even realized it'd been caught. ohohoho... very fun.
she tilted her head.
Once again, it was up to focus. and god. she tried to imagine the shapes in her mind, figures of light dancing in her mind, and she would try to will them into the world.
Suddenly, without warning past a loud whistle in her head before it hit, she would yelp and fall back, lashes of magic sparking through her paws and shocking her, setting part of her leg on fire.
she screamed, shoving her mouth on it to douse the flame.
after a moment she pulled away, huffing.
@vargas
Vargas stared, completely blankly.
Back to basics, then. But it made sense; only when she was confident with the foundations of her work, when it came as second nature to her, would more advanced iterations of her magic flow more readily.
@Bebby
She seemed slightly bummed, but brushed herself off, the smell of burnt sugar of all things radiating from her.
fickle, huh?
she listened, trying to shake off the disappointment. at the very least she didn't seem embarassed?
she smiled though, and nodded, grabbing one of the pieces of rock candy on the floor.
she would try to focus, though, getting cocky might also not be the best route for her yet. she would hold it tight, and try to will her magic into it, gentler this time.
The candy WOULD start to glow, if only faintly. she seemed mildly disappointed again but she still smiled and shrugged.
she paused, and held the glowing candy up.
@vargas
He already felt unpleasant enough from the first bit of candy, so as it was he held up one forelimb in that universal "no" gesture.
He was curious as to which sort it was--there were a few elements that could delve, however weakly, into the past but only one with strength. From the sounds of it, Bebby might have tapped right into that, which was... almost impressive. Particularly, he thought, given how untrained--and uncontrolled--she was.
@Bebby
She shrugged and shoved the candy into her mouth, chunks of glowing rock candy falling from her paws.
she listened. her magic had alot of potential, apparently. she wonders the true extent of power, magical power. could she dip into a little bit of everything? even with her light powers, could she one day master that of INTENTIONAL fire?! or water magic like she mentioned earlier??
she looked for another rock on the ground finding another pebble. this one, if she could get it right, and then the memory stuff? alright.
she once again tried to will her magic forward into the little rock.
This one was MUCH better. it glowed brightly, a halo of light eminating from it as it glowed. it's luminescence seemed to reflect on bebby's holographic wings quite beautifully! she smiled brightly.
He offered out his hand, as if to take Bebby's paw in his own, or at least to offer her to do so.
This, though--this was an element not her own.
He was curious as to how she'd handle it.
Vargas tried, too, to focus on her casting--tried to sense which element she might be tapping into, and how strong that magic might be.
@Bebby