Cotton spotted the door as she rounded the corner. The hallways of the school blend together, but with how many times they've come to get tutoring for Aqua, she's remembered the path. Mainly through muscle memory. Approaching the door, Cotton began to push the door in only to get interrupted by a blur rushing out of the room. Said blur rushed towards the filly on cotton's withers. She had to forcefully stop herself from rearing up so Aqua didn't fall off.
The blur stopped on Cotton's right side and spoke quickly. "Aqua! Are you okay? How does your horn feel? Does it hurt?"
Cotton turned around and saw Aqua leaning away from a far-too-close Inkwell. "Woah, there. Hello to you too, Raven. You drink too much coffee this morning?"
Ears flattened. "Not... not too much."
"You sure?"
Cotton shook her head with a smile. "Be careful there, Aqua. Others can hear that grin."
"But are you sure? They don't have ears like me." Aqua threw her nose up and spread her ears in a pose.
"With your tone, they could be deaf and hear it." Both Aqua and Raven started giggling.
"Good." Aqua suddenly made her voice deeper, "I am the main character, after all." Cotton joined the two in giggling.
"Sure you are, Princess."
Winding down from the laugh, Aqua turned back to Raven. "Anyway, yeah, Raven. It's okay and I'm fine. Horn is a little bit sore and I think I need to re-learn my spells, but otherwise good."
"What do you mean you need to learn the spells again?" Raven's eyebrows raised and walked back into their private room, "Oh, right. come on in."
Cotton followed Inkwell in as Aqua spoke, "Well... The best way I can say it is that after the thing, organizing the spells has become harder..."
Raven looked concerned. "Is the pain that bad?"
Aqua paused halfway through getting off Cotton's withers. "Huh? Oh, nah. I can visualize the spell in my mind just fine. And the soreness isn't that bad. It's... It's almost as if when organizing the spell in my horn, I need to..." Aqua Scoffed. "It's hard to explain but it's as if I need a smaller brush when painting. If that translates to magic at all. You get me?"
Raven nodded before humming to herself. "That's weird. Very weird. Do you mind if I look at it?"
"Uh. Yeah sure."
Raven got up and rounded the table towards Aqua. "Sorry, this is going to be a bit awkward."
"Wait what?" Aqua started before Raven grabbed her head with her hooves to hold it close.
After a few seconds of silence, Raven let go and spoke. "From what I can tell, it looks fine." Raven walked back to her seat. "It would be a good idea to avoid casting anything extensively and tiring yourself out until your- Wait, you two already got a Doctor's appointment set up, right?"
"Yeah, Cotton did... Which reminds me," Aqua turned to the pegasus in the chair next to her, "Thanks, Cotton."
Cotton smiled. "No problem!"
"So, yeah. I wouldn't say my horn changed because that's absurd, but it certainly feels like it got up and got someone else to fill in for it." Both the adults let out a chuckle. "It's really annoying, honestly. I could probably, eventually learn how to cast them again considering I've done it before... Oh! I did want to ask a question, Raven. With that in mind, is it possible to create new spells by essentially thinking them up? Like, obviously, taking a while to calculate it all and all that, but is it possible?"
"Oh, yes! A few of the higher ranks of researchers do that for a living. It's very dangerous, so it's not encouraged, but It is possible. I want to do that in the future, myself." Raven began to almost whisper to herself, "Though my casting ability isn't that good."
"Well, if it's any consolation, you're better at it than me."
Aqua's smile was contagious as it spread to Raven.
Yay, a new update! I really enjoy this story, it's so cute and interesting!
Aqua is determined if nothing else. She'll get the hang of it and be back to spell casting like before, maybe even a little better.
nice chapter
No need to be sorry my guy
Life is ever present and some things take time
Aqua may be able to create some sort of sight spell if she think hard enough about it lol.
Really is painful irony to hear the blind using painting as their default fall back simile.
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Thanks! I'm glad you're able to enjoy it!
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Glad you're able to stay entertained by my slow updates.
I'm not exactly good at sitting down to finish and write parts of chapters that I find less than enjoyable, so sadly it's slow to update and has little content per upload.
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It should be obvious, but I really like Aqua. She's definitely got her sights heh on learning all she can about magic. And frankly, who wouldn't be interested in learning at least basic spells?
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True that.
Can't forget a healthy lack of ability to focus, though.
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Creating a sight spell? As in one to fix her eyes, or rather to replace the need?
I have a proposition:
If you could, how you would design a spell like that?
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That's fine, the updates come when they come, and it's really up to the author how long their chapters are. Besides, shorter chapters give me a chance to re-read a story if there is long between chapters. Here's looking forward to the next chapter, and have a nice day
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The kind of irony that provides a laugh with no mirth.
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Thanks for spotting that. Fixed it.
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I personally feel that the shorter chapters fit with this kind of story, but that doesn't change the fact that I also think I am not skilled nor patient enough to write longer chapters yet.
This whole story served a few purposes for me. The first being that I simply wanted to tell this story. Second, being a kind of story where the main character isn't the focus was a trope that interested me and I feel would help me grow as a writer. And trust me, it's really not the easiest one to work into a story. Third, I wanted to make myself write more often than I used to... I've definitely failed at that so far. Well, I'm still working on the story, so it isn't a complete failure, I suppose.
Oh also, I'm forcing myself to finish this next chapter shortly, so keep an eye out for that in a few hours. :)
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Man that sounds awesome, I'm really looking forward to it! I'm happy you're still writing this story, even if chapters may take some time. It's just too cute, and it has a unique direction I like. It's not often I see a blind MC, and I have a few theories about who she really is, or who she will become. I'm looking forward to see if any of them turn out to be true! And I wish you success on your goals! Writing is a lot harder than most think, so it's already impressive how far you've come. There are TONS of abandoned stories on this site, so I'm just happy this one is still getting worked on. I always do a little excited jiggle when I see a new update!
Have a nice day, and well wishes
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Oh also, I'm sure everyone here is excited for a new update, but please don't force yourself. Forcing yourself can lead to burnout and resentment. The story you loved to work on and have neat ideas for can quickly become a burden and a source of resentment. Obviously, you do what you want, but hopefully you won't force yourself to the point of burnout.
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Maybe something like bats use like echo location to ping outwards from herself. Could lead to some interesting interactions between her and the thestrals of the night guards.
Or maybe something like a really weak telekinetic field used to determine the shapes of whatever enters it.
OR maybe both.