Dracul bit

[avevale_intelligencer]

"So," Dracul said to Frankie, "you really, truly, seriously want to learn about magic."

"Yes," Frankie said stoutly. "I want to do my bit. You all do stuff. Magic stuff, I mean. I can't do anything."

"All right." The rest of the coven sat up and took notice while Dracul pondered. "Okay," he said at last. "The first thing you need to know is that in order to perform magic, you need a source of magical energy. Makes sense, right?"

Frankie nodded. Great, he thought. At last.

"Now this comes in a number of varieties--I call 'em flavours, but then I'm a frivolous kind of a person, as you well know. There's magical energy in the earth and the sky and and ocean, if you know how to draw it out. That comes under the general heading of earth mana--mana bein' the name for the stuff."

Frankie had heard of mana. "Yes, okay."

"There's also magical energy within you, if you can learn how to tap into that. That's called inner mana."

"Right."

"And in rare cases," Dracul went on, as Tilda and Marsha took up positions on either side of him, "the gods bestow magical power from heaven, usually in the form of little pellets that you swallow."

"And what's that called?" Frankie asked obliviously...

Comments

[eoforyth.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

Ummmm.... I'll bite. (I know I'll regret this.)

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

I'll put up the next bit tomorrow, unless someone wants to claim the honour...

[willibald.livejournal.com]

Doo-doo-da-dooda

[occams_pyramid]

There's also the mana from reciting words of power.

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

And of course old families have their own sources...some people are just to the mana born.

[occams_pyramid]

And the various forms available to virgin women.

The Miss manas.

[willibald.livejournal.com]

"some people are just to the mana born"

I may have to steal this for a fic title