Twelve Jewels: Crystal Balls [Video | Mirror]

[destinedforrock]

[An image comes - not splashing, this time, but simply on, to a side-long view of Cinderella's stable. Cinderella is standing upright, herself. A portion of her water trough is visible along a wall.

A tiny white wooden table is set up in front of her topped with a little plastic lavender tea set.

Cinderella opens with a prim cough and a small shift. Softly pipes:]

Good morning, everybody! [Scrapes a hoof in the dirt.] Thought I might keep some of you posted; I think I'm getting the hang of some of this magic thing.

Ah, here! I'll see if I can get it right with an audience! But a moment...

[She shifts again, hums a quick scale, holds her head up high - and lights her horn up. Wrapped in blue light.

She inhales, and the little plastic lavender kettle lifts out of the set - wrapped in blue - off the table. Cinderella nods her head upward, and the top hinges open and holds in place. Shuts her eyes, turns her head, and swings it along a neat curve toward the wall along which the trough is laid. Dunks it in in another neat curve, and brings it around her stable flying closing the circle to her connection point.

The kettle is back over the table. She cocks her head with one eye open. After a beat the top shuts.

Pours into one of the plastic cups, then into another, and sets down between them - a tad roughly.

She leans in squinting - light spreads over both of the filled cups. Emits a squeaking grunt. They lift and not-quite "clink" together. With just the faintest splash.

And she drags out a satisfied voiced exhale. The cups drift down and the blue light around her horn snuffs out.]

And there you have it! No, it's not much, now, I know, but, I've been focusing on precision, dears, not strength, and I should think it is most certainly coming along there. [Pressed creaking:] Though perhaps I need to work on moving two objects with "precision". I sup-pose that comes next!

[And her next practice objective hardly needs network announcement - that's thin in a less-clumsy sort of trail-off.]

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[alilyinthemoonslight]

[Lily is caught sitting outside somewhere. She gazes a bit in awe at her phone's screen. Okay, she had known there was a horse on here, she'd gone through and seen her entries, but never had responded. Still, that ability...]

Well, that seems like it would be useful.

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[destinedforrock]

I assume it makes up for not having hands... [Lifts and waves a hoof.] You know - not that I've had hands! [Leisurely, mild, and cheerily drawled - and a chirp of:] ...Been working on my penmanship, too!

Ei~ither way, I do not have a clue just how much a proper unicorn should be capable of with this, but, of course, practice makes perfect; I suppose I~ simply need to keep getting creative!

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[alilyinthemoonslight]

[Certainly is... well spoken for a horse.

...

No Lily, that sounds rude. Be polite! The horse certainly is.]

I imagine it does make up for that quite a bit! At least, it will once you get the hang of things.

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[abhero]

[Oh my god. Emil was told by several people things would only get weirder… but he didn't expect magical talking unicorn level weird. This whole number club thing is really exceeding his expectations.

So far he used text, but now he feels like he turn on video. Just so he can stare incredulously.]

Holy shit.

[Sorry, Cinderella, Emil can’t come up with something more eloquent right now. He’s still the new guy.]

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[destinedforrock]

[She's unperturbed!

Voice pressed good 'n flat just so there's no mistake. A little pointedly - ]

In~deed, darling, I heard that when I first showed my face on the network as a unicorn. [ - and ever so slightly breathier on "unicorn"!

Maintains the breathiness also a bit pointedly now, voice floats up lofty - ]

Now - you wouldn't happen to be new to the club, would you~? I don't believe I've been acquainted with you face-to-face before now. [Lifts a hoof - sort of wags it back and forth between herself and the screen - ] For as much as this, is face-to-face, naturally...!

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[abhero]

[...you know, he gets the feeling he's being talked down to but right now he just ignores it because oh my god talking magical unicorn.]

Yeah I joined like. A week ago.

[originaloddcouple]

[Cue excited clapping.]

That's amazing, Cinderella!

You must have worked really hard on that!

[destinedforrock]

[And a one-foreleg-bent bow!]

Ooh, you're too kind! ...Bu~ut it did take its share of practice. Glad you! ...Thought it was enough of a show.

Now - clearly I'm more than capable of moving multiple things at once, or - [Light flare of blue over her horn and the teacups again. They rattle weakly.] - I assume that this is merely the need to get my stamina up, so to speak, but! A bit of time and a bit more practice and I can doubtlessly show you dears something truly impressive!

[originaloddcouple]

Ohhh! That'd be incredible! But don't stress yourself out too much!

Just work a solid, steady pace!

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[amberhearted]

[ he sounds genuinely excited -- because he is. ]

That's fantastic. Bravo, Cinders! Bravo. When did you get that power?

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[destinedforrock]

[She bobs a couple playful bows - and bobs she does; she's likewise a little tickled pink to be hearing this voice coming in.

On the question - ]

- Oh! That waaas - sometime in I believe it was December! Before Christmas. A couple days after the earthquake, I took a little tour into the tunnels under the city with Dr. Strider. It came with the horn.

[Clipping and deliberately casual.] ...Never told you it's fantastic to hear you're still among the living, Mister Alexander.

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[mood2wiingiing]

precision is the harder part if you ask me.
instead you should just work on throwing stuff around its way more fun.
or see if you can lift yourself up because flying is awesome.

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[destinedforrock]

Oh - rrright, you - have the same sort of trick at your disposal.

[And - giving a couple of glances around herself, her hooves, her sides, very passively assessing her size, as that's quite a thought - ] I~I believe I'll work my way up in size first - I have tried to lift things smaller than myself so far and found it a bit tricky to keep a good grip.

...You would know, though - would you, now. [She's making an almost-definite inference rather than asking - voicing it in the name of conversation.]

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[tenaciousc]

[Holy crap the unicorn is in fact a magic unicorn. Michelle's inner child is squealing.]

I guess that's one way to get around not having thumbs. :)

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[destinedforrock]

[There's something - not quite actually smug in intent so much as playful in her meeting that smiley with a horsey smile.] Hm~! Not that I would know from experience, but it's certainly opening doors!

I connected with a pen this time, for instance. Or, rather, a marker, I suppose, but, the point is that I can use a writing tool - I think I need to fine-tune my magic before I go using that particular advantage here, still!

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[inversive]

[Okay, he's amused. First contact with the network's denizens (after the FAQ) and he gets this? It's like a child's dream come true.

... Okay so fine he's a guy, but that doesn't mean he cant appreciate a goddamn talking unicorn using magic. So have a clap, Ms. Unicorn.]

Sounds like you've gotten a nice echo, and using it well.

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[destinedforrock]

[A new voice - conversational loose laughing whinny - ] It's coming along, so it seems!

At least I should be able to host a proper. [Looks down at the table.] ...Tea party any time I please...

[That's not, in fact, entirely a joke.] She could have company over with ease and little to no need for false pretenses at this point - this'd give her more means to actually be quite the impressive proper "host", if the occasion was right!]

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[moreweaponsthanyou]

[Fil's first and only contact among the animal denizens of the Network was Mimi (as far as he knows). And it's even weirder (and probably sadder) to him that animals were behaving more civilly then some humans he's seen on the network.]

Oh hey, that's really cool.

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[destinedforrock]

Why, thank you, darling! [Mild but casually quite high.]

I can't imagine pouring tea, or - [Trough water, alas.] - imaginary tea is the "coolest" it gets, of course, I've still got some practicing to do.

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[dododo]

[ Precision, indeed. He'd say she did the right thing, there. ]

Telekinesis?

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[destinedforrock]

Ah -- right, that is the word for it!

If it looks like telekinesis to you, then I expect so! [Lilted with heart.] ...That is telekinesis -- moving things about through careful focus!

[Lifts a blue-glowing teacup off the table again to demonstrate - and that was a confirmative question phrased as a declaration, in fact!]

[wingsister]

:Very impressive.:

[Areonwen's mental voice might be tinged with a slight amount of envy.]

[destinedforrock]

Oh~? [A stall - processing the voice in her head and then directing her mind back outward.] Why, thank you! [Her pride's there but understated on thinking she might pick up a touch of something in Areonwen's response - understating for the part of it that might be envy and the boost of pride with the fact that hand-in-hand that's got to come with some manner of admiration.

And a thought.

She completely holds her stance. Blinks.]

Happen to be feeling anything? [Voice is high.] Heartbeat? Any... sudden thoughts? No?

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[soulsborderline]

You know what makes me the maddest?

[Asuka: master of introducing her train of thought.]

I'm looking at a magical unicorn having a telekinetic tea party and now I feel like a chump for wanting to be a scientist.

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[destinedforrock]

[Drawn thin:] I cannot call it a tea party, dearie - [And boost higher.] - after all I still lack the means to make actual tea. If that helps.

[She's a telekinetic unicorn but not a pyrokinetic one, alas. Whether that's in place through some logic or otherwise remains to be seen, doesn't it.]