IWUAaDNW: Exploration 2.4

She glanced at my spider. “Don’t tell my mom I took one of her Life Crystals. Please. She'll have me sitting in a corner until the end of summer. Gwen told me about all the birds and I figured they would just eat the seeds if I didn’t use this.”

This "Life Crystal" turned out to be a small crystal, a transparent octahedron with a little green glow inside. It looked just like the one Kamella had used yesterday to create a shadowless light source. I floated as close as I could to her to get a better look. I’d been surprised last time, but I was interested in seeing an actual spell being used.

She pulled out her knife, dug a hole in the ground and pushed the fruit in, then stood, clasped the gem between her hands, closed her eyes and focused for a moment. Then she held her hands out as far as they could go and, carefully, opened them. Just like yesterday, the gem stayed in place, softly glowing in green.

“Spirits of knowledge, bless this pot with your might.” She chanted.

Which… made no sense.

The gem seemed to agree, and after giving a meager green puff, fell to the ground.

“Huh? Oh, no, I got it wrong…” she picked it up and tried again.

“Spirits of knowledge, bless this pot with your glacier!”

Again, it poofed and fell. I stared, bemused. What the hell was she saying?

“Druids be damned, ohh!” she grumbled, reaching into her pouch and pulling out a roll of thin straps of bark, tied together with strings. “Growth spell, uh…… ah, there. Oh! It’s Kindness, not Knowledge… okay, Spirits of kindness, bless this plant with strength… druids, I was completely off, wasn’t I?” she giggled. “Okay, third try.”

This time, it did work. The gem responded by flashing a green circle with the words growth, plant, protect, purify written around it. Long strands of blue light flowed from it, slowly snaking their way to the fruit, which started glowing in green—and then grew, sprouting a small stalk and a pair of leaves within a few seconds. Maryll herself seemed surprised at her own work.

“Oh! Oh wow, that was a lot easier than in practice.” She smiled at my spider, “must be all that mana you’re making, huh? I’ve always heard spells were easier to cast around dungeons, but it’s the first time…”