And in the sea that's painted black | OTA

[novokribirsk]

WHO: Zoya Nazyalensky, Nikolai Lantsov, and yOU
WHAT: Two new rifters arrive, shenanigans ensue.
WHEN: Nowish
WHERE: Gallows, Kirkwall
NOTES: N/A

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[exequy]

Her voice makes the light change its trajectory and zip toward her, while Kostos nods and gestures toward the dummies.

"We would need staves," he says, "to—don't bother her."

That last part is directed to the spirit wisp, which arrests mid-air a few feet away from her. It's making a quiet shimmering brrr noise, and the noise changes pitch into something almost disappointed. Its brightness dims, too.

Kostos waits a moment to make sure it's going to obey before he continues, "To do something like that, at that distance."

[novokribirsk]

Not light, then. Alina, the Soldat Sol, can bring light and heat, but only that. No more animate than the winds at Zoya's command, or the water a Tidemaker shapes. Which makes the light some thing of Thedas's so-called magic, which makes her — not uninterested. But there's a shift in her attention from the wisp to Kostos. She's curious, so she refuses to show it.

"The only tool a Grisha might use is an amplifier." A difference, then, between her power and what those here do. "How does a stave help?"