A Wizards Misadventures

~~Level Twenty One~~

"What do you mean that's it? Look around." She and Basil raised their heads and gasped. I hadn't done anything but a small spell with mind magic. I linked my ability to sense magic and basically plugged their ability to see into it, though there were some complex bits to make it safe and not fry their minds.

"Whoah… what is it?" Basil asked, speaking up for the first time.

"Magic, kid. What you're seeing is something I feel all the time. Seeing it is a bit of a crutch but if I showed you everything you would… well it wouldn't be pretty."

"All mages see like this?" she asked, awed. "Look, Sam's all bright blue and… watery!"

"She's a nymph… her magic's watery?"

"A water affinity," I explained. "Look at each other." The twins stared at each other for a few seconds.

"Oh, that's why you suck at water magic! You have a… something affinity! Um, Mister Mavros what's his affinity?" Elena stared at her brother in thought.

"Wood affinity. If you look closer you can see that he has an air affinity too but it's weaker. Most people have more but his are pretty strong compared to normal mages."

"Hear that, sis? I've got talent!" he boasted. "But what are those other ones you've got, then? One's water… is that fire?"

"Lava and gravity," I told him.

"What's gravity?" Elena asked.

"The stuff that makes us stick to the ground," Basil told her.

"Close enough. It really sticks everything together. There's not a whole lot of spells that use gravity. There really should be but it's too new. Gravity wasn't really discovered until Newton. Three centuries isn't enough to let a magical discipline develop."

"… What could a gravity mage do?" she wondered.

"Make people fall upwards, make time shift and curve in ways most people don't understand, have telekinesis, make anything lighter or heavier, and stick stuff together. If you're really, REALLY powerful with gravity you could make a black hole that would eat the world! … Please don't do that. I like it here." Basil was looking kind of disappointed at how I described gravity, which had put a smile on Elena's face. That wouldn't do.

"I'd say that wood is pretty impressive, though," I said thoughtfully, pretending to think out loud. Basil's attention snapped to me. "Ever heard of Hashirama Senju?" Basil shook his head. Melody gave me a flat look, clearly recognizing the name. "He made a whole forest and, because he made the wood, he could put a whole enchantment on it easily. His people, the villagers of a place called Konoha, lived in peace for a long time because of the forest he made. He was considered one of their most powerful wizards. He didn't even get into the more esoteric stuff wood can do. There's a lot of nature gods out there. Being in touch with nature and trees, a living thing, means that you can do a lot of interesting stuff. Try talking to a tree sometime. You'd be surprised what they know." Basil looked thoughtful now, probably plotting ways to use his magic.

"… Can you teach us?" Elena asked hopefully.

"Nope. If you get powerful enough to be worth my time, say as powerful as a six winged angel, I'll consider it."