miracle crystal dancing jewel, spin!

[incanted]

Bella goes to bed, happily exhausted. She can make stuff! Not a lot of stuff, not yet, but still. She will be able to solve Brilliance's food problem and if she can figure out how to scale up she will be able to solve the world's food problem.

The next day is, alas, also a school day. She bids Brilliance good morning while she brushes out her hair. +Hey you.+

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[incanted]

She hands over the droplet.

[cardistry]

He sits down in the sand and wraps his hands around it and closes his eyes.

It's not very interesting to look at.

[incanted]

Bella clicks her heels together and murmurs "flight" and goes zooming about while he works.

[cardistry]

+Got it!+ he says after about half an hour.

The finished product is just the same blob of glass, but with a glint of multicoloured light somewhere in its depths.

[incanted]

Bella lands next to him. "Will it talk at all, or just - be itself?" she asks. "Also I completely forgot to bring something to string it on, hmm."

[cardistry]

"It's not gonna talk," he says, holding it out to her. "You can just shove it in your pocket for now, I guess, but try not to let it fall out. Okay, ready?"

[incanted]

Bella reaches out and touches the droplet. "Yeah - like so?"

[cardistry]

"Close enough," he says, and incants: "Motion."

The device glimmers. A glimmer passes over Bella, too, but it doesn't stick around; this has to be a stealthy spell, after all, if she's going to use it all the time.

Brilliance passes her the droplet and takes his hand away.

[incanted]

Bella tucks it into her pocket.

Then she stares at her arm.

Then she grins and breaks into a heedless run, and leaps into the air, and spins, and generally capers around like a baby goat crossed with a droplet of water on a hot griddle.

[cardistry]

Brilliance laughs.

[incanted]

Bella's laughing too, breathless with it, breaking into random dance.

[cardistry]

He chases after her, just because he can.

[incanted]

She lets him catch her, and she hugs him tight. "Thank you!"

[cardistry]

He hugs back, beaming.

"You're welcome! I'm glad you like it! Ooh, hugs. Hugs are awesome."

[incanted]

"Hugs're pretty awesome," Bella agrees. "It's great, it's the best thing, I feel amazing."

[cardistry]

Mmmmm snuggly hugs.

[incanted]

Grateful happy hugs! "It's amazing, I love it, it's like I'm telekinetic only with myself, I'll never trip over random nonexistent things again, I love it."

[cardistry]

"I love that you love it!" he laughs, tucking her shoulder under his chin.

[incanted]

"Best present ever." Squeeze.

[cardistry]

"Awwwwww." Squish! "I think hugs might be better than ice cream," he adds contemplatively.

[incanted]

"Is ice cream the current winner in food?"

[cardistry]

"Yep!"

[incanted]

"And to think you've only tried one flavor of the stuff."

Hugs hugs hugs. Even hugs are pleasanter with all this detailed obedient feedback from all her parts.

[cardistry]

"I should try more flavours," he says, snuggling her some more. "I want to try everything."

[incanted]

"I'm getting that," she laughs. "You are one serious hedonist."