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Glimmer, glitter, shine...

One by one, new adventurers now arrive in the Tree. As one gain wings and rises to the second floor, another light brings in the next person. Soon, a steady stream of people from all kinds of worlds, times and realities come to join the others. Whether confused, angry, excited or scared, your arrival is welcomed with nothing but joy as the fireflies and glow worms descend to greet their new friends.

The Tree offers no explanation and no reason, but the truth is undeniable.

As you will soon realize, it isn't easy to be tiny.

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[At first, he'd attributed this whole thing to some weird spell the midget threw his way, but the more time he spends here, the more it becomes obvious that something even weirder is at work. There's no spell he knows of that could do this and there's no one but him left who should know of one (except maybe that old relic Yunan, whose work this still could possibly be, dammit.) The wings are especially weird. He can't even conceive of what magic would make something like that possible.

Worse still is that stupid light.

He's been sitting cross-legged in front of the Life Stream ever since he made it to the second floor, staring up at it with a look of consternation on his face as fireflies buzz around his head. He can recognize it for what it is, but the fact that it doesn't recognize him is confusing and more distressing than he's willing to admit. It doesn't even annoy him, which white Rukh almost always does. All in all, he looks rather pissy for someone sitting so close to something that instills everyone who views it with calm.

The goddamn fireflies aren't helping. He lifts his wand wordlessly and encases one of them in ice, leaving it to clatter to the ground as a warning to the rest of them.]

Piss off, would you?

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[ little nai was unfortunate enough to witness the small block of ice fall to the floor, and it's only when he stares hard enough that he realizes one of the glowing balls of light is trapped inside. he may not know their name but he's aware they're animals of some sort and animals shouldn't be trapped in cold ice! so he's trotting forward and kneeling down to pick it up. ] Ah...!

Little bastard deserved it. You want a bugsicle, short stuff?

[He's not exactly sympathetic to either of them, but if the kid's going to take the thing off his hands, he's not going to argue with him. Maybe he can take the rest of them, too, since they're all flying around in distress like big buggy babies. Ugggh, it's so annoying.]

[ he doesn't know what half of those words mean but he rapidly shakes his head despite it all. ] Make the ice go away...

[Judar rolls his eyes and waves a hand absently.]

Eh, it'll melt. It's not like I can just dispel it.

[He shrugs. Magic doesn't work like that. You can't just make something disappear once you make it. Ice freezes from water in the air, so if you want it to go away, you have to melt it or evaporate it and whatever is screwing up his gravity magic is screwing up his heat magic, too. He figured that out pretty quickly and it's not doing anything for his mood.]

Maybe if you give it a greeeeeat big hug.

[Little moron sounds dumb enough to do it, after all.]

[ nai is indeed naive enough to believe such a solution will work, so he looks down at the block of ice in his hands, he hunches over and wraps his arms around it as tightly as he can. ] It's okay, Mr. Glowy...! You'll get better.

[ not two minutes have passed and already he's getting that feeling that usually ends up in someone getting hurt or varuga appearing or generally terrible things happening—that 'bad' feeling. this older boy isn't doing anything but sitting there so why does nai feel this way? regardless, right now there's a glowing ball of light to be rescued. ]

You're seriously doing it?! Wow, that's dumb enough that it makes me want to see if it'll actually work!

[It's enough to actually catch his attention for the moment, at least. He turns to see better, interested to see how this is all going to play out. It is just normal ice, after all. Can bugs survive being frozen for a while? They're usually so small that it's not worth his trouble to see what happens. When you have the power to decimate countries, you don't exactly need to resort to frying ants with a magnifying glass.]

[ you bet he's doing it, and with quiet a bit of concentration. he squeezes his eyes shut as tightly as he's hugging the ice, and despite the discomfort from how cold and numbing it is, he doesn't let go. he's going to earn himself a damp shirt and shivers by the end of this, but it's for a good cause.

hopefully. the hugging isn't actually helping, of course. ]

[It's kind of cute, you have to admit. He's not the sort to make this sort of situation worse just to screw with someone. If the kid pulls it off, he pulls it off.]

Do you just do what everyone tells you to do?

[It's less cute if that's the case, which is why he feels the need to ask.]

[ nai peeks up as best he can when he hears the question. the older boy is smiling now but it's not a very comforting smile, and the question itself is a tad confusing. ] Tell me...? But if I don't do this, I can't get it out! It'll be cold and get sick.

[ so yes and no? ]

You really care about that stupid thing? It's just a bug. There are millions more of them, you know.

[Same goes for people, really. Maybe if it were a more interesting bug, he'd have more of an interest in keeping it alive, but it's just a big firefly. There are a ton more in the room, let alone in the world. It's not like you can tell the difference between two of them.]

[ he shakes his head adamantly before lowering it again, wanting every bit of warmth available for the ice. it's difficult for him to voice the thoughts in his head but he tries his best, like he always does. ] But still, this one...! All the bugs, they're not the same.

You remind me of a guy I know. It's annoying.

[The question is what to do about that. It's always the same question when dealing with the midget, too. He's capable of killing them if he wants and he won't hesitate to do it if it's necessary, but it's the times when the idea occurs to him and it's not necessary that it's a dilemma. Too bad this one probably can't put up the same sort of fight.]

At least you're too dumb to give a big speech about it. I'd really have to waste you if you tried that.

[ it would absolutely be a disappointing fight if he chose nai as his opponent, but such a situation isn't on his mind, not yet anyway. the older boy speaks more phrases that aren't easy to understand, so nai doesn't say anything at first. he'd rather concentrate on saving the firefly, but even he can see that it isn't working. so after a minute, he peeks up again. ] ... You really can't make the ice go away?

I already told you I can't. It's not like I made it out of nothing.

[He shrugs. It's not like it's his problem.]

That stupid pillar of light is messing with my magic somehow, so I can't use heat, so I guess you're screwed. Too bad. Find another weird bug.

[Like he said, there's a ton of them.]

Uuu... [ not the answer he was hoping for and so his expression falls once again. he tightens his arms around the ice and sadly watches the bug trapped inside until something occurs to him. he picks his head up to the 'pillar of light,' staring at it with wide eyes. maybe...

he shuffles a little closer and moves the block of ice from his lap to the edge of where the light reaches. this light has made him feel warm and safe ever since coming here, so maybe it'll do something to help the firefly too. it's a simple idea from a simple mind, but nai believes it'll work. ]

Huh? What do you think's gonna happen if you try that?

[He sits up straighter and watches with interest. Who knows? Maybe something actually might happen. It feels like a solid pillar of white Rukh, after all. There's no reason why something couldn't happen. Or maybe the kid could drop the thing and have it fall to the first floor and shatter. That would get the bug out of the ice, at least. Probably flatten it, too.]

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[Pokemon or not. Those poor not Volbeats didn't deserve to be encased in ice like that. It broke her heart to see the poor thing fall to the ground, and her dragon shared the same sentiment as it rushed over to try and free the poor thing. The dragon found it a pain that she couldn't seen to use her fire powers at the moment. But that won't stop her from trying!

As for Cynthia...]

Was that necessary?

Necessary? Who cares? It made me feel better.

[He tips his head back to look up at her then, apparently not seeing anything that interests him enough to keep looking, resumes staring at the Life Stream. It pisses him off worse than the stupid bugs and the stupid people and being torn away from his fight. Well, maybe not more than that. That's probably what pisses him off most. There are things going on that require his presence and he's stuck here with stupid bugs instead.]

And what makes you so special that you could hurt an innocent life?

[She briefly glances over at the dragon as it continues to try and free the poor little bug. That poor poor baby.]

[That earns a smirk as he leans all the way back on his elbows and kicks his legs out, sprawling comfortably only the floor like he owns this little patch of tree. It's probably the sort of thing that's supposed to make someone rethink something horrible they've said, but...he is that special, so...]

I'm a Magi.

[Really, that should be a sufficient answer, but even the other three Magi would give him shit about it.]

Except I'm more powerful that those other losers. I've cast aside shit like "fate" and "destiny," so there's nothing that can hold me back. Basically, I can do whatever I want to do.

[Even more so now than ever. There's only one person in all existence he answers to and he's only doing that because he wants to.]

Let's pretend I understand what a "Magi" is. So you're a powerful ice user or something huh? I've never met anyone like that before. Though, with everyone coming into this place, I doubt you're the strongest person in this tree right now.

[She turns to her dragons and grins.]

What do you think darling? Is hairball as powerful as he looks? What? No? Yeah me neither.

[Then turns to the man again.]

What else can you do, hotshot?

[That's a very, very dangerous question to ask him. If his gravity magic was working, if he knew out to get out of this stupid place, he could probably obliterate it easily. Even without being able to call on all of his magic, even without the ability to call out to the Rukh, he could probably manage Thalg Thalgeyya. But that's a lot of work and he'll probably wear himself out for no reason.]

Not as much as I should be able to do, probably because of that thing, [He kicks a foot in the direction of the Life Stream.] but I'm no lame water magician. It's not my fault you don't know what a Magi is.

[He raises his wand to cast a little Ramz spell at the dragon things, but nothing happens. He curses under his breath. That's three kinds of magic he can't cast. He rarely uses heat magic anyway, but he likes lightning, dammit.]

Asfal Riih.

[Wind won't fail him, though. It's not a big tornado, but it's certainly big enough.]

[The dragon doesn't pay much attention to the two humans, or the giant wind thing that hairballs creates from his pointy stick thing. She does manage to get one good strike at the ice and gleefully watches as the little firefly falls out. This thing is under her protection now. Nobody touch it.

Cynthia is just so amused right now.]

Wind and Ice, handy. So what's your name, hairball?

Are you stupid? Just because I've only cast two spells, that doesn't mean that's all I can do.

[Seriously, what would she have done if he'd actually cast Thalg Thalgeyya? That would have been wind and ice at the same time. Ugh, this means he's going to have to start practicing Light Magic and Sound Magic. He never uses that stuff.]

And my name is Judar.

[As is so often the case of people who give out insulting nicknames like they're candy, he's not too keen on having one of his own.]

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