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Belle Marie Cygne ⚜ "Rose" ([personal profile] beheld_beauty) wrote2013-03-11 10:27 pm

mes études

Belle studies magic.

It's tricky. Getting into and out of her rose-sphere is routine after a few days, but she still hasn't uncovered an explanation of how channeling works, though she's been informed that there are three options for how to do it (by herself, through a willing helper, or through an unwilling helper). Unlike the fourfold options for reaching the Dreamworld, this does not tell her how to begin fumbling towards a practical understanding, even though she can rule out the last one just on the basis of its description.

Beast can only do so a tiny bit of reading per day, and her pile of books that she can read shrinks much faster than his. She combs the library for multilingual dictionaries, so she can pick her way through the titles of the foreign-language books and at least prioritize them before handing them over.

Finally something in an obscure language that even Beast can barely read - Belle has to look up a lot of words - explains the channeling in a way she can understand.
deslandes: (⑩ witchwood ♁)

[personal profile] deslandes 2013-03-12 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know," he says, "but I don't think so. I was running - I ran into an old woman, knocked her down - she looked so angry, lying in the dust - I laughed - she got up and started shouting. I don't remember everything she said. Some of it made me think she knew my father... and of course," he gestures around them, "there's the fact that she knew to take me home."
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[personal profile] deslandes 2013-03-12 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"This used to be my family's castle." He snorts. "In a sense it still is, at that."
deslandes: (⑫ a killer's hands ♌)

[personal profile] deslandes 2013-03-12 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Some sort," he agrees. "My father was the Marquis."
deslandes: (⑩ witchwood ♁)

[personal profile] deslandes 2013-03-12 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of the forest," he says, "and some land around it. I never paid much attention to the size of the family holdings, and I don't remember our name or the name of the march anymore. I think... the castle used to be at the edge of the woods."
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[personal profile] deslandes 2013-03-12 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"I wasn't the marquis when she cursed me. Not in any way that mattered. My father died because I killed him," he sighs. "Killed him and set the castle on fire and ran away. Did you read anything about that?"
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[personal profile] deslandes 2013-03-12 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
He shrugs. "In a way there wasn't. I hardly think I could claim the title after all this time."
Edited 2013-03-12 22:01 (UTC)
deslandes: (⑭ bloodmouth ♌)

[personal profile] deslandes 2013-03-12 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"I was..." He frowns. "I don't remember."
deslandes: (⑪ earthly pleasures ♌)

[personal profile] deslandes 2013-03-12 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
His face relaxes; he purrs.

"Maybe there's a spell," he suggests whimsically.
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[personal profile] deslandes 2013-03-12 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
The Hedge-witch had 'To Look Upon the Past', and the Discerning Enchanter had 'To See True Form or Nature'.
Edited 2013-03-12 22:09 (UTC)
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[personal profile] deslandes 2013-03-12 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)




Not surprisingly, it looks a lot like this castle.

But unlike in the real castle, the climbing plants swarm over every inch of stone.

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