A Lesson in Warding Attn: Roan

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Re: A Lesson in Warding Attn: Roan

Post by Alianora » February 8th, 2018, 11:01 pm

Amaranie
As Tia Sedai described the next Ward for her and began to demonstrate, Amaranie was sure she would never be able to reproduce it. She swallowed nervously as the Aes Sedai used Air, Spirit, and Fire to form a sort of net and settled it over the pile of books, making them disappear. She made it look so simple, but the novice knew it would not be so easy for her. Amaranie wasn't sure she wanted to try it at all, but somehow forced herself to try, motivated more by her fear of disappointing the Aes Sedai than anything else.

At first, it went exactly as she thought it would. The threads of Air almost always came to her with ease, and it was not hard for Amaranie to gather enough of that to cover the books. The silvery threads of Spirit were a little more elusive, but not terribly so, and weaving them into the Air threads was not a difficult task. It was Fire that was the problem, as it always was for her. It often seemed as if the threads of it actively avoided her, burning away no matter how Amaranie tried to hold on. She didn't know how much time passed as she tugged on the threads of it, most often coming up with nothing at all. The effort it took was exhausting, and she could tell she needed to rest soon, so she added what she had to the net she'd created and studied it critically, already able to tell that what she had of Fire was completely overwhelmed by the Air and Spirit. The novice sighed, shook her head, and let the entire construction go.

She stopped channeling then, looking anxiously at Tia Sedai, but when the Aes Sedai didn't scold her, Amaranie let herself rest for a short time. When she began to work again, she started with the Fire threads. They were still hard for her to grasp, and so thin it was hard to think they could be of any use, but once she had the small amount she could hold laid out, it was much easier to add the Air and Spirit she needed into the weave. Amaranie frowned at the weave in front of her. She'd been careful to match the amounts of Air and Spirit to the amount of Fire she'd used, and the result was a net of all three that wasn't much bigger than her hand. The novice looked from her work to the books and back again, then let out a sigh. "I don't think this will work on the books, Tia Sedai," she admitted.

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Re: A Lesson in Warding Attn: Roan

Post by Roan » February 23rd, 2018, 4:34 pm

Tia Sedai
Tia knew the importance of letting a Novice find her way with weaves. It would do no good to try and rush Amaranie, and it would only make it that much harder for the young woman to be successful. It also was not lost on Tia that the weaves she was demonstrating would be exhausting for the Novice.

Watching as Amaranie attempted to make the Ward work, she could see the effort the young woman exerted. She should have stopped with the previous ward and attempted this one when Amaranie was fresh. Because each Novice and Accepted was different, Tia preferred to teach such classes one on one instead of in a group. When she took her class in Wards, it was with a large group of Novices, Accepted, Soldiers and Dedicated.

Tia wasn’t nearly as deft at Fire as some of her sisters had been, and while the instructors were patient, not all of her classmates were, nor did they appreciate it if they got held up by their slower counterparts. Her experience in that class was a big reason why she nearly always taught one on one. She could adjust the lesson plan to accommodate the Novice or Accepted accordingly.

“Perhaps not the books, but try concealing the inkwell. Once you’ve done that, we’ll end for the day and reconvene in a week’s time. Between now and then, I’d like you to practice. See if you can find an Accepted or Aes Sedai who would watch over you. If you can’t, don’t hesitate to find me. Next week, we’ll see how well you’ve progressed with the wards you’ve learned so far, and I’ll show you one more. . .one that will keep the Shadow at bay,” Tia explained.

She then nodded to the inkwell and gave Amaranie an encouraging smile, “Now let’s see if you can hide the inkwell.”
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OOC Soooo sorry for the delay. My muse has been on vacation or strike, I think.
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Re: A Lesson in Warding Attn: Roan

Post by Alianora » February 25th, 2018, 10:03 pm

Amaranie
Amaranie felt frustrated that her weave couldn't cover the books as she'd been told to do, but Tia Sedai didn't seem to mind, directing her to test it on the inkwell instead. The novice obediently wrapped the small net she'd created around the inkwell on the desk, which instantly appeared to flicker out of view. Once she released her hold on the One Power, it was impossible to tell that there was anything in that spot. She studied the empty space for a moment, wondering if she would be able to find the inkwell if she touched it, but not daring to try without being instructed to do so. She looked at Tia Sedai for approval of her work, then left the classroom once she had been dismissed.

During the week that passed, Amaranie found herself in the Channeling Yards, trying to improve upon the concealment Ward before her next class on the subject. It was a place that still scared her, so she had chosen to work close to the entrance with the Accepted who was watching her hovering nearby. She started with the Fire threads that gave her so much trouble, having noticed that it seemed to be easier if she started with them. As expected, they were difficult for her to handle, but Amaranie thought she'd managed at least a few more threads, and slightly thicker ones, than she'd been able to find during class. Encouraged by this, the novice moved on to the silver threads of Spirit and the white ones of Air, both of which were far less difficult for her. She bent her head over her work, checking to make sure she had equal amounts of each, before weaving them all together into the net that Tia Sedai had shown her.

When she finished, Amaranie lifted her head up to look at the Accepted, who appeared to have been staring at her the entire time. "That should work, child," the Accepted told her. "Why don't you try it on that rock over there?" The Accepted pointed to a nearby rock about the size of Amaranie's fist. The novice nodded, looked to see if her weave was large enough, then wrapped it around the rock and watched as it disappeared from sight. She smiled then, pleased enough with her work that for once, Amaranie did not even think of the beliefs she'd once held about the One Power. There could be nothing wrong with something so innocent as this.

Once the Accepted had approved her work, Amaranie left the Channeling Yards, looking forward to telling Tia Sedai of her progress during her next class. Three days later, she arrived in the classroom at the appointed time, feeling considerably more eager to learn than she had previously been.

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Re: A Lesson in Warding Attn: Roan

Post by Roan » March 1st, 2018, 12:25 am

Tia Sedai
Tia was already in the classroom when Amaranie arrived, and she greeted her student with a warm smile as she motioned for her to sit, “I hope you managed to practice. While I want to review what we covered the last time we met, I think it might be prudent to start with the last weave I wish to show you. This way, you can attempt it while you are fresh and not fatigued.

“The last weave could be one of the most important as it will allow you to ward against Shadowspawn and keep them away from the area of the Ward. You will bind Air and Fire together and anchor both with Spirit. I know Fire is not your strongest, but do not let it intimidate you. You will start with your weave of fire, the lace Air through it, basically winding Air around your threads of Fire and then anchor it all with threads of Spirit, so you don’t have to manipulate the threads of Fire much at all,” Tia explained.

As she embraced the One Power, everything came into sharper focus, “When you are ready, reach for Saidar.” She waited until the Novice had embraced the Source, “Now watch.” Tia exaggerated her movements as she created threads of Fire. True to her word, she didn’t do much else at all with the Fire, but wove her threads of Air around them before settling a mesh of Spirit over both. The Ward she created was enough to cover the pair of them.

Looking back to Amaranie, Tia added, “While I’ve made this only big enough to cover us, you could always make it much bigger, or even smaller, of course. If you’re in a building and you want to make sure nothing comes in through windows or doors, you could apply Wards just to the potential entry points, but if you want to be extra vigilant, you would put the Ward over the entire building.”

Tia let the Ward drop, “Unfortunately, we have no real way of testing to see if the Ward works here in the Tower, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t practice it! Now. . . your turn. And once you’re happy with it, show me the other Wards you’ve learned.”
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OOC: You don't have to write out all the other wards. Feel free to gloss over them and then once you're done, you can have Tia tell her she's done well and passed before dismissing her.
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Re: A Lesson in Warding Attn: Roan

Post by Alianora » March 4th, 2018, 3:04 am

Amaranie
Amaranie's eyes grew wide while Tia Sedai explained the last Ward she would be expected to learn. It struck the Amadician girl as almost funny to be told how to guard an area against Shadowspawn when she'd believed for years that the Aes Sedai themselves were creatures of the Shadow. Of course, Amaranie did not laugh, but instead paid close attention, believing that Shadowspawn did exist even if Aes Sedai were not among them. The weave itself didn't sound difficult, but the novice did not think she ever wanted to be in a situation where she would find it necessary to use a Ward against Shadowspawn. Still, she couldn't deny that it was important, so she listened as carefully as she had in their previous classes before attempting to create it herself.

She had learned from her work with the Ward for concealment that it seemed to be easiest to start with Fire for weaves that required it, and was glad that she'd been directly told to start with it for this one. Amaranie did as she'd been told, and though Fire remained hard for her to grasp, her fight with it eventually proved successful. The threads were thin, and she couldn't pull enough to cover both herself and Tia Sedai, so Amaranie chose to place them around herself instead. When the Aes Sedai did not object, she moved on to the threads of Air, working quickly to twine them around each thread of Fire surrounding her. The net of Spirit she created last to connect the Fire and Air threads was more time consuming, and Amaranie was tired by the time she finished and studied her work. Her weaves of Spirit appeared to her eyes to have larger holes than the one Tia Sedai had shown her, and she wasn't sure it would be acceptable, but the Aes Sedai made no complaints about her work.

Instead, she directed Amaranie to show her the other Wards she'd learned. She began with the Ward against intruders, being careful to keep the Ward small so that it wouldn't tire her too much more. Since it required mostly Air and Water, it did not take Amaranie much time to demonstrate it before moving on to the next. The Ward against eavesdropping was not quite as easy for her, since she had to start with Air and then spend a lot of time searching for the threads of Fire that continued to evade her. Amaranie held to them as tightly as she could, but they came close to burning out of her control as she somehow found a thread of Water, forcing it around them. Last, she tried the Ward for concealment again, finding it much easier now that she'd learned to start with Fire when she could. She still couldn't cover the books, and that was disappointing, but her Ward worked on the inkwell just as it had previously, which was all that really mattered.

Amaranie had been too focused on her work to pay the watching Aes Sedai too much attention, but now that she was done, let go of the One Power and looked up at her instructor. "You did well, Amaranie," Tia Sedai told her. "You've passed this class, so you are dismissed." Amaranie thanked the Aes Sedai, curtsied, and left the classroom.

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