ORIGIN

Kin-Kin grinned brightly, her fur shimmering with glee. "You too, kid!" kin-kin laughed wholeheartedly. "You're gonna need a lot of it, if you want to stand a chance against yours truly."

She grinned as the little bird looked around at the track markers she'd made previously. "Track markers," she explained briskly. "For the obstacle course. But that should be enough for now."She swished her tail beneath the cloak, adjusting it. She looked around, her ears twitching. if she remembered rightly, one was allowed to use environmental elements in their routine. She wondered if that included gems? Kin-Kin knew that she needed to practice, or adapt her routine if she were to win.

She breathed out through her nose, the glow around her fading from her fur and into her paws.

Once again the ground at her paws crackled as it reformed, sending a thrill through her fur. Before her eyes the ground sank into a hollow, and left another small, white gem sitting at her paws.

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Kin-Kin tilted her head as the little one used their same magick to surround the gem with rainbows. Kin-Kin chuckled softly. "Looky here, kiddo. If ya wanna make it glow, that ain't gonna cut it," she said, raising a paw. "You're good at makin' little rainbows, but there's a lot more to light than rainbows. If ya want the glow to last forever- and stand a chance in the Olympics- you're gonna need to try somethin' new."

The bird's big, pleading eyes caused the wolf to tilt her head, a defeated smile on her face. "Yeah, kid. If ya keep it it, you're gonna go far."

Raising a paw, Kin-Kin placed a claw on the surface of the gem, still vaguely flickering with rainbows, and poured her light into it. The gem lit up, glowing a sheer white, and intensifying the bird's magic that still lingered. She knew that those rainbows would fade, but the gem itself would continue to glow until the day she died.

She lowered her nose towards it, then nudged it towards the little bird.

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Kin-Kin shook her head slightly, a smile on her face. "Everyone likes rainbows, kiddo. But light can do a whole lot more'n that. And as for the 'glow', well... You're gonna need to work on that, too. That's the wrong spell, kiddo! You can't make light with that one, only fragment or condense it. See, the glow I put into that gem? That'll last forever, and you can use it in your magic, too- take it of you like, and use it. But making other things glow isn't hard, so don't worry. It shouldn't be too hard for ya, considering ya ain't had any problems making rainbows."

Kin-Kin watched the little bird hopping around the gem she'd made, and swished her tail softly. "Aw. Don't worry, kid, it'll get easier with practice," the wolf said reassuringly. She once more patted the earth at her paws. With her glow draining into the earth, a crackle and a creak, Kin-Kin created another clear crystal point.

"You can do anything with practice. Trust me. I'd know."

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Kin-Kin grinned as the little bird promised to keep practicing. It didn’t mean much to Kin-Kin personally, but it was sweet to see the little one so eager. ”Good!” she said brightly, shining a toothy grin the way of the little bird.

The little one then begged for Kin-Kin to show more magic tricks, and the prideful wolf was more than happy to oblige. She puffed up tall and closed her eyes, combing through the tricks she had up her sleeve. She still wanted to practice her latest trick; and in fact, it was something she wanted to use in the magicka olympics. Kin-Kin supposed that now was a good opportunity.

She took a deep breath and dropped her gaze to the gem at her paws as though to examine it. She felt energy like invisible limbs, and with less difficulty than the last she’d tried it, Kin-Kin lifted the gem from the earth, pushing it in the air towards Gypsy and turning it around. Kin-Kin’s face split into a wide grin, but her focus never once left the gem, until she finally laid it down at the wren’s feet and looked up for her reaction.

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as expected, Kin-Kin’s glow brightened with pride as Gypsy sang the praises of her latest trick. The wolf’s tail twitched, almost breaking into a wag.and then, of course, the little one demanded more! Kin-Kin grinned broadly at the little one, before winking wryly, and tilting her head. Kin-Kin would have loved to oblige the little bird, of course, but she wasn’t completely infallible, and she could sense that her sizeable magic reserves were beginning to drain.

With the olympics close at hand, that simply wouldn’t do.

”I would,” she began carefully. ”but I wouldn’t wanna spoil the show, would I? It’s almost time for the olympics, and I’m gearing up for one hell of a performance. You’ll be there, won’t you?”

She grinned at the little bird, already knowing the answer.

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When I speak.

When I think.