WHA chapter 16

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Tartar: Um, \\ I... \\ have something I want to ask you!
Qifry:  Oh...

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Qifry: I'm so pleased to hear that!
SFX: HUH ?!
Qifry: Please, ask me anything you like!
SFX: Float
Qifry: Even if you aren’t one of my students, // you’re always welcome to ask me questions // about magic any time! // So, Tartar! What is it you want to know?
SFX: Whaaa

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SFX (Qifry): A gaze filled with hope towards a youngster who has the desire to learn
Tartar: It's really hard to tell him it's not that kind of question... // He's glowing! I just can't say it!
SFX: Urghh
Nurse: Excuse me, sirs? // Please, come in. // She caught a cold from fatigue and lack of sleep.

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Nurse: It seems she hasn’t been sleeping very well for some time. // If she gets proper nourishment and enough sleep, she’ll be fine. //But, just to be sure, let’s have her rest here tonight.
Qifry: Thank you so much.
Nurse: Good heavens... // I don’t know what sort of harsh training witches have to go through, // but she’s still a child! // Please. As an adult in her life, you need to take proper care of her.
Qifry: She’s right. // I’m sorry, Coco.

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SFX: Shh
SFX: Fwoo

Page 06

SFX: Haah // Haah
SFX: Shh
Qifry: I hope this will ease her fever a little, but...
Tartar: She must be really determined if she pushed herself so hard she collapsed...
Qifry: There are times when you just can't bend your body and mind to your will. // Coco knew absolutely nothing of witches until just recently. // She was acting cheerful, but she must’ve been harboring a lot of anxiety in her heart.

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Tartar: ! // She didn't know anything about witches...? No way!// Could she be that unknowing I heard about...?
Qifry: Tartar. // You said you had something you wanted to ask me, but I wonder if your question can wait.// Now isn't the best time...

Page 08

Tartar: Yeah, of course... // (Can’t really argue with that...) // Then I’ll be off.
SFX: Bow
Qifry: Thank you. Take care.
Tartar: When I confronted Qifrey, I feel like his gaze turned to ice for just a second... // ...but maybe I just misread him.
Guard: No can do! This ferry is for witches only. // If you live on that island, then where’s your witch hat, boy?

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Guard: I can only let folks who can prove they’re witches pass.
Tartar: I’ve got my hat right h—... // Huh? Its gone! // I just came over on the ferry this morning!
Guard: Yeah, like I haven’t heard that one before! I don’t give a rat’s ass! You damn brats tryin' to pull that crap and sneak onboard are a dime a dozen. // I got no clue why they have such a problem with people coming in // but it’s ME those lot are gonna get mad at!
SFX: Shove
Guard: You think I’m green or somethin, punk?! You got another thing cornin’... // Hey, I ain’t done with you!
Tartar: Can’t get back without my hat. // Gotta find it!

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Nurse: Her breathing has finally calmed. // I believe with enough rest she'll recover.
Qifry: What a relief...
Nurse: ...At any rate, // this is the only area where it’s nice and cool. // Magic sure is amazing.
Qifry: You doctors are the amazing ones! // Magic can only do this much. It cannot heal like you can.
Nurse: But it can help with healing people, can’t it?// It would be great if we could use this magic, too...
Qifry: ... // It would be, wouldn’t it?
SFX: Thud Thud Thud

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SFX: Slam
Man: Is there a doctor here?! // Are you the only doctors on the night shift? I want you to come with me!
SFX: Stomp Stomp
Qifry: What’s the matter?
Man: A fire’s broken out at the bar up north! // We’re trying to save the injured but a bunch are drunk and we can’t move 'em, so I rushed here to get help...
SFX: Waft
Man: (Wowee...) // Yer a witch?! And you specialize in water, eh?! // Perfect! You come along too and help us put out the fire! // Witches are the allies of citizens in need, right?!
SFX: Grab
Qifry: Huh? // N-now wait just a...

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Qifry: I can’t! I have to stay here to—
Coco: I’ll be okay...
Qifry: Coco...
Coco: I'll be fine... just need some sleep... // Please go and help them... // That’s a witch’s job, after all...
Qifry: ... // All right. // I'll be back in a flash, // so rest your tired bones!

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Coco: I was just putting on a brave face... // I’m actually kinda scared of being alone. // I don't wanna have that nightmare again...
Tartar: !
SFX: Sneak
Tartar: 'Scuse me... // I looked everywhere but no luck. // This is the only place left...
SFX: Creak...

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Tartar: My hat... //There it is!
SFX: Whew
Tartar: Thank god! I can finally go home...
Coco: Urgh... // Mmh...
Tartar: Is she sleeping... ? Is she having a nightmare? // Should I wake her up? // H-hey... // Are you okay? // Can you wake up?
Coco: M... mom... // ...? // Tartar...?
Tartar: (S-she thought) // (I was her MOM?!) // Oh, um, well... // you were having a nightmare!!

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Coco: You scared me... what are you doing here...? // Cough // Cough
Tartar: Hey are you okay? Don’t push yourself. // You seem like you're worse than before... // Why isn’t anybody here?! // The doctor should be here! // And where’s Mr. Qifrey?
Coco: The doctor and Professor Qifrey left... // There’s a fire in the north...
SFX:TmpTmp
Tartar: So that’s who I just saw leaving! // When are they going to return? Should I run and call them back...?
Coco: Cough // Cough

Page 16

Tartar: There must be something I can do... // You should take some medicine to bring down your fever!
SFX: Clatter Clatter
Tartar: You remember that healing herb I gave you last time? It’s perfect for this. // They’ve gotta have some here. It’ll bring down your fever and help with your cough, too...
SFX: Click
Tartar: They don't have any labels...!

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Tartar: Are you kidding me?! Put labels on your medicine, people! // This is not something you wanna mix up! What am I gonna do?! // I sorta feel like one is darker than the other... // Can others tell them apart because the colors are different? //
Not this again! // Everyone just takes it for granted that others see the world the same way they do! // Afflicted with argentosis, he has no hope of doing complicated magic that uses dyes. // Even working at a magic supply shop, he’ll never be able to do the same work a full-fledged adult witch would! // That's okay while he's a child, but... // Thank goodness he’s skilled at carving pens.

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Tartar: I know everybody has things they can't and can't do... // Damn it...! // ...but I really want to be able to help her! // All kinds of handy medicinal herbs get used frequently in magical dyes. // If I only knew what kind of herb these powders were made from, then I’d know what effect they’d have, too... // But I can’t do anything, even at a crucial time like this...

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Tartar: There’s no hope in sight that I can do anything all // in this silver world...
SFX: Tug
Coco: Tar... tar...?
Tartar: Sorry, I’m useless //when you’re the one suffering.
SFX: Wipe

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Oh, I should get you some water. // Want a drink? Look, I’ve got a waterdrop buoy... // ! // Come to think of it, // gramps always uses one of these // when he makes magic ink... // I’ve got it! With this, // I can separate the liquid from the medicine //and remove the water the medicine was dissolved in

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Tartar: Then maybe I can figure out what each one is composed of! // Healing herbs are a finely ground medicine, dried and powdered, // so I just gotta find something that's powder...! // This isn’t the right one. It crystallized once isolated from the water. // Not this one, either. Ones that emit light sparkle when held up to moonlight. // And this one just decreases the amount of water.
SFX: Hmm...
Tartar: Healing herbs don't have much of a smell. This one stinks, so it’s out.

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Tartar: That just leaves... // three more... // I can’t tell these three apart at all! // Rrgh! Darn it! I’ve gotten this far...
SFX: Rub Rub Rub
Tartar: I got this far! // And now I’m stuck... // This... far, huh...

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Tartar: Sorry, Coco. // I tried my best, // but it looks like I really am useless after all. // I don’t know why I thought I could do anything for you // when I should have known // it’s not something I can do...
SFX: Wobble
Coco: That's not true...
Tartar: ...!

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Coco: Magic can help you do things // you never could before...!
SFX: Rise
Coco: Do you have a pen and magic ink...?
Tartar: !
SFX: Rustle
Tartar: I... I do! // I’m still in the middle of carving it, but...

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Tartar: ...
SFX: Shiver
SFX: Oh!
SFX: Fwup


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Tartar: What magic are you Drawing? // If you can use it, will it make you feel better?
SFX: Skrtch Skrtch
Coco: It’s not for me... // I mean, not just for me. // This magic is gonna help save both me and you, Tartar...!
Tartar: Huh? // Me, too...?
Text: Chapter 16: END