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WHO: archie and lord leo
WHERE: a park in maurtia falls
WHEN: start of april
WHAT: JUST HANGIN'
WARNINGS: none. its gonna be chill. okay. none.

[it's a nice day, for once, when archie asks if leo wants to visit the park to discuss his magic and also say hello to crobat and mightyena. a double whammy! they find a nice hilly spot (definitely not because archie was going to ask leo to move it before getting distracted and forgetting completely, accidentally saving himself of the embarrassment of a misunderstanding) and end up there for several hours. archie asking questions, leo answering them, maybe some demonstrations of the magic he's capable of. overall, a very good time spent, he thinks. very jealous? super jealous. he wants gravity magic. or water magic. does water magic exist?

leo is just coming off the end of explaining something very complex when archie just about interjects, speaking the moment he pauses for breath.]

--Is there water magic? Like. With elemental stuff...

[mightyea, who is laying next to archie raises its head, giving him a look that clearly says don't even start on that shit motherfucker. crobat - hanging off a branch from the tree next to them just grunts, not even opening its eyes.]

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[Leo was enjoying the entirety of it, truly, even taking the time to speak to crobat and mightyena if they were to show any interest. They seemed much more intelligent than the animals he was used to, in any case.

He laughed a little at the question, not really minding the interruption.]

There is water magic, yes. In fact, there is a young woman with the ability to manipulate water with the power of her voice.

[Leo held up his book then.]

But most magic in my world, especially the elemental kind, requires a tome, so you'd need to find one which has water magic tied to it. Fire, wind, and lightning are the most common.

[mightyena would definitely look up when leo was talking about the growing magic, clearly interested. crobat just slept through the entire thing like an asshole. jeez.]

With her-- shit. That's so cool! Like yelling or--?

[no, dingus, singing. though archie thinks yelling would be just as cool.]

So that means... despite everything ya know, you couldn't do it without the tome?

[Leo laughs again at that.]

Well, maybe. But what I saw was her using the magic by singing, the water weaving about her body like a ribbon.

[Yelling would very much be more Archie's style. It would... be weird to see him dancing like Azura...]

That's right. At least, not magic that is not inherent to me. I am a master of Darkness however, and can use dark magic without a tome. That said, a tome would strengthen and direct the magic a little better.

[that must be what it's like being a pokémon, he thinks. minus the tome. archie closes his fist in front of his mouth, very nearly shedding a single tear of jealousy.]

Incredible. Do you feel anything with Mightyena, by the way? He's a dark type. He can sorta use dark magic, too! Though Not really right now, I don't have the right moveset for him.

[mightyena snorts, boofing at archie lightly.]

--Look! Just 'cause Blue mentioned other moves and stuff doesn't mean you're suddenly an expert! You're my support doggie... yes you are!

[...give them a moment.]

[Leo smiles as he watches, allowing them the moment. He missed his horse, honestly. His summonable horse here was not the same one, which sucked, but also he definitely had no room for a horse in the clock tower. Probably.]

Oh, no I can't. I mean, I can't really sense magic or anything, unless it is being used.

[He held a hand up then, palm side up as dark magic gathered around his wrist and into his palm.]

In my world, most things hold dormant magic. If I were to sense it all, I might go mad, haha!

[when archie is done babytalking and rubbing mightyena's neck, it decides to bless him with its presence. it gets up with a yawn, plodding over to him to lay down, head resting in his lap. leo has been blessed this day. when he does the thing with the magic, mightyena's ears prick up in interest.]

Huh. I guess that's useful. Uh-- not goin' mad, I mean. [like mightyena, archie watches it with interest.] Is it just like-- somethin' that's natural to your world? 'Cause I think I know of something similar here.

[Leo actually super loves animals despite his goth prep type aesthetic, and he feels that blessing as he pets mightyena's neck as well... and also he hazards a curious touch to those ears.]

Yes, my world has quite a bit of magic. Many people can learn it, even if most are not capable of strong magics, and the world is covered in Dragon Veins, which are a source of magic which the royal families can tap into in order to do great feats like dry up or flood a river, cause a rainstorm, or even level mountains, because of our dragon blood.

[mightyena's ears are softer than the softest silk. his fur is clearly kept in good shape; it's all very soft and warm. when leo's hand touches his ears, mightyena huffs happily, shifting to lay his head further into leo's lap.

...despite himself, archie can't help but look a little nervous.]

As long as it's not-- done on a whim, though I'm sure you wouldn't. Right?

[Oh no he's perfect. Leo would cry about it but he's a Manly Man and Doesn't Do That(he isn't and he does but just not right now).]

It's rather impossible to do on a whim. You can only perform those magics when you come into direct contact with a Dragon Vein, which is not terribly common to do, and most of the places where they can be found are more or less designated as battlefields.

[Leo keeps petting mightyena, but looks at Archie.]

Personally, I don't really do anything on a whim, though. I'm Nohr's king, and formerly it's foremost tactician. Everything that I do I try to take careful consideration before I do, in order to minimize casualties.

[Except dress himself. And speak, sometimes. Whoops.]

After all... as the tactician... should anyone die, it is on my hands. Anyone who is injured or killed is so because of my own failures.

Well... that's something, at least. Though ideally there wouldn't be any battlefields involved.

[he shakes his head, leaning back with his hands on the grass.]

I haven't fought a war and all the problems I've faced in my life have been mostly of my own making, but I once led a... vicious gang. It's-- a long, convoluted story and nowhere close to the tragedy a war brings, just hubris. [he doesn't doubt someone like leo could probably tell he's never fought a proper physical battle in his life near immediately.] For what it's worth, though, I had to lean durin' my own leadership that you can't plan for everything. You can run the numbers over and over, have multiple scientists and experienced field operatives bring anything they can think of to the table, but there's still gonna be something you don't account for. Even with tech we had that was developed for that very thing, there was still a possibility of something no-one could ever have guessed happening.

[they probably should've accounted for kyogre being too powerful. too power hungry. too much of... everything, really.]

The way stuff works, what you face is the result of an infinite amount of deciding factors coming together. I get that you have to take responsibility for the response, at least, and some of the choices you made that led up to that point, but there comes a point where it's like trying to feel responsible for the fruit that falls off a Tropius' neck. [unavoidable, like a god being too powerful.] ...I'm sure you know all this, anyway. It's impossible to not feel responsible for people that look to you for guidance being hurt or killed, even if there was no way you could've reasonably stopped it. Maybe that's what makes a mediocre leader a good one, someone that always strives to do and be better.

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