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Post by Silver on Feb 6, 2015 18:23:34 GMT
"Can you do it?" Xander asked anxiously, the light from his wand fluctuating with his mental state. The incantation looked complex yet he recognised a couple of the stems in the string of words from his overly extensive research around two years ago.
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 6, 2015 18:55:39 GMT
"I've got to try, haven't I? It's the only way to return Ricardo to normal. It's only a quick spell," he said, though his voice betrayed his nervousness.
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Post by Copper on Feb 6, 2015 19:29:38 GMT
"Vincent, that looks really complicated. Are you sure...?"
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 6, 2015 19:35:39 GMT
"I'm not going to let you stay a bird...thing forever," he protested. "Let me do the spell."
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Post by Silver on Feb 6, 2015 19:39:11 GMT
"Hey man, I'm sure it'll be fine." Xander rested a hand on his shoulder as an attempted reassuring gesture. "Just... Make sure you get the pronunciation right." It was left unsaid what could happen if he didn't.
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 6, 2015 19:46:44 GMT
"It has to be." Vincent looked over the spell, mouthing the words silently. He took out his wand, tightening his grip on it to keep his hand from shaking.
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Post by Silver on Feb 6, 2015 21:09:53 GMT
"Go for it, there's no point in waiting it out." Xander hurriedly glanced over at Ricardo, gaze softening before turning back to Vincent. "If it goes out of control, I'll slug you or something. That'll stop it."
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 6, 2015 21:58:53 GMT
"Um... Thanks?" Vincent took a deep great. Slowly, he raised his wand, pointing it at Ricardo, and began to read aloud. As he muttered the words, careful to annunciate each syllable for fear that the spell would backfire. A blue light flowed from his wand towards Ricardo.
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Post by Copper on Feb 7, 2015 0:33:18 GMT
Ricardo blinked in surprise as tendrils of blue surrounded him. It wasn't smoke, or light, or water-- just something cool and fluid, almost wrapping him in a cocoon of cerulean.
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 7, 2015 2:00:18 GMT
Vincent finished the spell (correctly, thank Merlin) and now sat back and watched as the almost liquid-like light flowed around his friend. He noticed that Ricardo's feathers were beginning to subside, and his wing getting narrower and skinnier.
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Post by Copper on Feb 7, 2015 11:59:49 GMT
Ricardo soghed as the feather faded, his hand returning to normal. The feather texture in his hair disappeared, the contours and angles of his face shifting slightly to their original position.
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Post by Silver on Feb 7, 2015 12:29:28 GMT
Xander let out a sigh of relief, a gentle smile tugging at the corner of his lips. It had worked out perfectly fine but... "Ace..." He shifted his gaze to the teen, a strange look in his eyes. "Merlin, I'm so sorry. This was my fault, wasn't it?"
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Post by Copper on Feb 7, 2015 12:32:02 GMT
Ricardo looked up, gently putting a hand on Xander's shoulder. "No, no, don't say that. Neither of us ever expected anything like this to happen! Besides, it might just have proved that whatever we're doing with this crazy idea, it's working."
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Post by Silver on Feb 7, 2015 12:37:42 GMT
"But it is." He took a sharp intake of breath. "You got hurt and it was completely my fault... I shouldn't have taken more precautions, not have flown as fast... Anything! I knew Spitfyre was- Oh no... I'm such an idiot!"
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Post by Copper on Feb 7, 2015 12:42:01 GMT
"Hey, hey," Ricardo murmured hastily, pulling Xander into a hug. "It's fine. Broom accidents happen all the time, yeah? It's normal. It wasn't your fault."
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Post by Silver on Feb 7, 2015 12:50:29 GMT
And he hugged back, relaxing after initially freezing, clutching the back of Ricardo's robes with his hands. "But it shouldn't have happened." He muttered quietly. "I've been messing around with my broom since third year, adapting the charms on it simply because I was bored and thought it'd be fun... There's a reason why the manufacturers spell them so that it's hard for them to be tampered with. We could have died today, don't you get it?"
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Post by Copper on Feb 7, 2015 14:19:41 GMT
"But we didn't," he sighed. "And we can't dwell on what might have happened otherwise. Of course we'll have to learn to be more safe and a whole lot more careful, but there's no point in stressing out about the alternatives of a situation. And blaming yourself won't do anything, either."
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 7, 2015 17:09:51 GMT
Vincent watched the two in silence, shifting his weight uncomfortably. "I'm glad you're back to normal, Ricardo," he muttered eventually, a tinge of bitterness edging his words. His tone took him somewhat by surprise, but he decided not to think too much into it. Instead, he grabbed the book, taking it with him as he slipped out of the shed unceremoniously.
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Post by Silver on Feb 7, 2015 23:30:12 GMT
He said nothing for a while, resting his forehead against Ricardo's shoulder with his breath matching the pace of the rhythmic footsteps that grew fainter and fainter. "You're right." Xander murmured eventually, voice notably a lot less sombre. "I'll make this up to you somehow, I promise. You saved our lives, Ace, and there was still so much that I needed to do. I'd... I'd hate to die with regrets."
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Post by Silaluk on Feb 7, 2015 23:44:30 GMT
Vincent stopped and glanced over his shoulder at the shed, a slight frown on his face. A turmoil of emotions were running through him at the moment. When had Ricardo and Xander become such good friends? Ricardo, he... He hadn't even thanked him for turning him human again... He hadn't even acknowledged him when he left. Did he not want to be friends anymore? Vincent had been so sure that he and Ricardo... Maybe he'd just been imagining it... He knew these thoughts might be irrational, but they still made his chest ache.
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