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[backwordscompatible]

 [Cue the sound of a fifteen-year-old trying to play it cool and not sound nearly as nervous as she was starting to get:]


So...uh...shot in the dark here: is there anyone who's special abilities are acting a little...off?  [Because that was so specific]  Either the ones you've picked up from Jaunts along the way, or whatever powers you had before you got here?

[There might have been a slight emphasis on the latter, which was what she was more concerned with at the moment.]

No reason.  I was just curious, is all.

[She wasn't just curious.]

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[professorwolf]

No, no, too much power is far worse than none at all, I believe you in that. More destructive, as well.

[Sounds, to him, more like she's broken some kind of barrier in power, and less like something is "wrong". But best to cover all the bases.]

Have you tried using any magic you might have learned during the Jaunt, since you've discovered the change to your own?

[backwordscompatible]

I didn't learn much. Only blood magic, and only a handful of small tricks before I was turned.

[professorwolf]

Then I suppose interference is less likely, though still possible. If you brought any back with you, you could at least give it a shot.

Do you think it could simply be you've hit a breakthrough of sorts, and now it's time for you to learn the control to handle more power? That's the other explanation that came to mind.

[backwordscompatible]

...great, because that's all I need. Having to go through puberty all over again, only magically.

[She didn't doubt the possibility. She just had no way of knowing if it was true, or even if it could be a thing; her father hadn't gotten in touch with his truly magical heritage until he was much older. And she never knew her mother.]

I need dad.

[The last part was thought mainly to herself, unintended for broadcast, yet slipped through.]

[professorwolf]

Would that we could summon him for you. In the interim, however, I might suggest talking to Alcuin or Leonardo. They were both color mages, as I recall, with quite a bit of power. They might have options for you. I'm afraid the magic I had on this Jaunt works in a very different fashion, with less in the way of actual power and more in the way of bargaining with and commanding spirits.

[backwordscompatible]

[Huh. Actually...]

Leonardo might not be a bad idea, considering. [Again, it was such a passing thought, meant more for herself than for him, that she forgot to explain why.] Thanks.

[professorwolf]

You're welcome. Glad I could help.