Hunting for Answers (Thoth)

Oh, had he not been clear? No, he supposed not. "Yes. One of my specialties is undoing - unwinding magic. It would take a bit of time, and we'd want to be in a space large enough in case you're a particularly large dragon, but yes, I could do it." It wouldn't be terribly hard - not with how fragile the spell already was. "And yes, as you said. You'd return to your dragon form most likely. Part of the spell is essentially turning you human, and another part is keeping you from becoming anything else." Which would be some of the first bits to undo, because everything else would come after easily. "I could do it today, if you liked." Perhaps that was too forward? Maybe she wanted a day. But he'd rather get it over and done with, because he was curious to see what a dragon would look like. It would also be a nice little conquest for him, proof he could unwind magic from this world as easily as he had unwound magic from his home.

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Tag to @Bowen​

Well, today it was. He straightened up, shifting his grip on the staff as he gestured to the door. "Let's head down to the field, then. I couldn't say how long. Maybe an hour? It also depends on how the shape shifting undoes itself. Regardless, the school is well equipped if anything goes wrong." He didn't think they would. But he had to be prepared for any eventuality, even if it seemed like a small chance. "You'll simply have to stand still, and I'll take the spell apart. If anything feels funny, feel free to say it, although I expect it'll feel funny a great deal."

Assuming she didn't protest, it would be down to one of the unused fields, normally used for track.

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Tag to @Bowen​

<table><tbody><tr><td><div style="padding:15px;"><div><div><div style="border:8px solid #ffffff;width:125px;height:125px;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;float:left;"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/y61HtcT.png" style="height:125px;"></div></div><div style="text-align:justify;">Enelen led her out to the center of the field, positioning her in the center grass oval before starting his work. "Stay there." He said simply, beginning his preparations. There wasn't much - he was no ritual mage, full of them before he would even speak a single word. His preparations were downright basic - a large circle drawn around her, to give him a line of where the magic should stay inside. Of course, that was presuming that she wouldn't get any bigger than the circle, but it would be effectively pointless to draw it that large. With that done, he stepped inside, holding his staff up so that it rested just above her head. He closed his eyes, and let himself examine the spell.

It was much as it had been in his office, frayed and damaged. Like a net, thrown over the nameless girl and pulled tight to confine her. But already bits were starting to peek through, whether she knew it or not, and he wondered if he hadn't been a bit too optimistic when he'd said a month or two until it broke. It didn't matter - it would come off today.

He reached out with his magic, mumbling things under his breath that didn't sound like words at all. It was a search for the weakest spot, for the bit he could start unravelling from, and it wasn't long before he found it. A piece of the spell - the part he wanted most. The part that prevented her from shapeshifting would have to come first, and then the part that confined her to the form would come second. Once she had shifted, everything else would either dissolve on it's own, or simply require a bit of help from him.

So he pulled - beginning to unwind the spell like someone might unwind a half finished sweater, his mind lost to the realm of magic and utterly ignoring the real world.
</div>[/thoth] @"Bowen" </div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>​

<table><tbody><tr><td><div style="padding:15px;"><div><div><div style="border:8px solid #ffffff;width:125px;height:125px;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;float:left;"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/XEYKs7X.png" style="height:125px;"></div></div><div style="text-align:justify;">He could feel it coming ondone, bit by bit. It was, to say the least, immensely satisfying. It was like slotting the last few pieces into a puzzle, and being able to step back and look upon it. One last tug and it was done, the rest of the magic unweaving itself.

Of course, he rapidly stopped being able to feel anything at all, and he let out a gagging noise. He'd spent his entire life with magic, and it suddenly felt... strange. He still felt that he could do magic, if he really tried, but it would be like fighting his way out from under a soaking wet blanket. He felt wrong and somewhat sickly under it, and it immediately soured his mood.

Magic was his life, and not having magic was no good.

He stepped backwards, the circle broken to the point of uselessness by the size of the dragon (although, somehow, he'd thought it would be larger), and found he couldn't quite appreciate the thing with the fact that it was crushing his magic.

"You appear to have some kind of... natural... aura. That stops magic." Or at least dulled it greatly, and his tone of voice would make it no question that he wasn't particularly fond of this development in particular.
</div>[/thoth] @"Bowen" </div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>​

<table><tbody><tr><td><div style="padding:15px;"><div><div><div style="border:8px solid #ffffff;width:125px;height:125px;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;float:left;"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/XEYKs7X.png" style="height:125px;"></div></div><div style="text-align:justify;">It was pretty obvious, even in Enelen's own distracted state, that the girl was going to need a bit of time adjusting. She was doing a lot of blinking and a lot of shifting around, and as much as Enelen wanted to stand there and fawn over every detail of an actual dragon, he'd spent his entire life with his magic, and not having it felt... wrong. Sickening and gross. Like someone was holding him down under the water, trying to drown him. He wasn't going to die from it, but he was pretty close to outright puking, and he edged backwards, hoping he'd find the end of it.

By fifteen feet it was starting to lessen, and by about twenty five feet it was completely gone, the feeling no longer crushing him. He felt normal again, and he took a moment to take several deep breaths before turning back to the dragon, raising his voice to be heard.

"Possible, but unlikely. My hope is that your aura dissipates... or at least shrinks when you return to human form. Assuming you even can return to human form, which is likely but far from a guarantee." Considering the spell had essentially held the dragon in human form and specifically prevented shapeshifting, it seemed likely that a dragon would be able to swap between the two. Otherwise, it would have been an enchantment - no need to bind someone who couldn't shapeshift with a spell that would prevent shapeshifting. "So I suppose you should attempt that - trying to get back to human form."
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