Scene #3477: Magical Assistance

Owner	Pose
Terry McGinnis	Batman...well Batpony has arrived in Equestria to ask Twilight Sparkle for help with a small thing to enchant a set of earrings for a friend to allow her to see when she wears them using magic. Additionally, he has a gift for Twilight that he thinks she will like and he will drop it off before he leaves too. For now, he walks over to where Twilight lives, after asking for directions and getting some strange looks as he is a new pony ... er whatever male pony would be with wings in town. For now he just says nothing more and walks, . o 0 (I am never gonna get use to this, being a pony or whatever a male pony is called here.....)
Twilight Sparkle	Stallion, Terry. They are called stallions. When Batpony knocks on the door, Twilight opens it within moments. She smiles as she greets the Batpony. "Hello! I've been researching spells that might work for this, and I think I found one. It is a spell that usually grants nightvision, but I think with a little work it could be reworked into a true sight spell. And, if that fails, I also researched a spell that grants echolocation. It may not be as good as vision, but it might be more comfortable to someone who has been blind a while." Twilight says all this as she gestures for Batpony to come in and closes the door behind him. Rather than Spike, Twilight's pet owl, Owlowiscious is on duty. He stands on his little perch, watching Batpony with the interest that any owl who can understand human speech would. "Would you like any tea or juice while we work?" Twilight asks Terry as she makes her way toward the kitchen. She already has an enchanting station set up for Terry. A small wooden platform, much like an altar, is set up on the table in the middle of the room, with the horse-head carving seeming to stare at the altar. In front of the altar is a focusing lens, and behind it a reflective lens. meant to ensure that none of the spell energy hits anything but the target object.
Terry McGinnis	Terry McGinnis looks and nods, "Thanks Twilight," he says to her. "How are you feeling?" he asks as he looks around at the place,"Wow," he says to her. "So this is like what a Library?" he asks her as he spins looking and then follows her to the 'alter' and thinks. "Um, how do I get things out of a pouch?" he asks her as he looks. "I do not have any magic abilities or anything really," he adds as he thinks. "And I also have a gift for you, for Christmas tha tI think you will like," he mentions as he stops and looks. "I am not sure how long she has been blind, but she lost her sight in an accident. I think she will like the earrings, but I am not sure really. Plus, she might like being able to see things again, whenever she wants to," he adds as he smiles.
Twilight Sparkle	Twilight goes into the kitchen to get some juice for the both of them. "Oh, I am feeling quite well! I believe I have fully recovered from HK-47's attack, and the small chip still in my horn will eventually fade." the purple pony says cheerfully. She giggles a bit when Batpony asks about getting things from his pouch. "Well, first, you need a pouch large enough to accomidate a hoof or muzzle. Then, you just...grab the item in question and pull it out. It may take a bit of practice, but everypony in Equestria is able to manipulate objects without using magic. Even a unicorn." She returns a moment later with a couple of cups of apple juice, no doubt fresh from the nearby farm. "Oh, a gift for me?" Twilight says, seeming surprised. She smiles happily though. "That is very kind of you. And I am sure Nightblind will appreciate your gift." she says as she sets the cups down on the table with her magic. "If you are uncomfortable as a pony, you might try resisting the transformation. It seems to be quite easy." she says as she picks up her cup again, with her magic of course, and takes a sip.
Terry McGinnis	Terry McGinnis looks, "I not uncomfrontable, just something completely new for me. Never been a um.. stallon before. Been a...." and he thinks. "No idea what that was," he actually says as he remembers getting sliced and given the traits of a vampire bat. "But yea, I hope she does," he mentions as he haas no idea that Nightblind and Ella McRae are one in the same. "Its the least I can do, plus with Crhistmas around the corner and all. And what you went through. I think you'll enjoy the present," he says as he works on getting the object to enchant out, "This is harder then it looks," he mentions as he gets it out after like 5 minutes and the present falsl out as well. "I'll put this over um...." an dhe looks, "On the table there," he states simply as he picks up the present and moves it after placing the earrings on the alter.
Twilight Sparkle	Twilight giggles a bit at Terry's musings, then nods as he mentions the difficulty of a task that is usually very easy with hands or telekinetic magic. "I can hardly wait to open your gift." Twilight says as she moves to a lecturn in front of the little table altar. On the lecturn is a book of enchantments. Right now it is open to the nightvision spell and Twilight's notes on making that spell into a regular vision spell are also spread out. One would think after a few thousand years as unicorns someone would have made a spell to help blind ponies see, but perhaps it is simply not a common enough issue to have a specialized spell. Once the earrings are on the pedestal on the table, Twilight starts reviewing her notes and the spell. "Let's see...the casting might take a while, since this is supposed to be a permanent enchantment and not a time-limited enchantment. And, I can't promise it will work. But, if it doesn't, I do still have the echolocation spell."
Staren	EARLIER Staren is in... A library full of tomes that survived the apocalypse! Ohh, this will be wonderful! He can't wait to see what unique books this world might have. He's sure he can find something interesting for Twilight! SLIGHTLY LESS EARLIER They're all journals. And they're all journals of the mages that lived, locked up in this tower, after the apocalypse. Describing what happened to the world, and their short lives afterward. The book Staren took, found lying near the skeleton of what was probably its author, ends with pages of clinical, scientific analysis of what it feels like to starve to death, and then finally regret that the author never spoke to his sister one last time. Interesting, in a way, but not a suitable gift for Twilight... Oh well. Hopefully he'll find something else cool somewhere. NOW Staren knocks on the door. He's in his normal form today. "Hi Twilight! Just felt like dropping by..." Once the door's opened he looks in, "Ohh, you have a visitor!" his eyes widen slightly. "And a batpony at that! I've never seen one in person before... um, I mean hi! What's, uh... what's going on?"
Terry McGinnis	Terry McGinnis blinks as he listens, "Do you r best is all I can ask Twilight," he says to her as he looks over at "Hi Staren," he says to him simply. Grinning, he looks, "Twilight is assisting me in enchanting some earrings I am gonna give as a gift to someone at christmas," he mentions as he looks back. "How are you doing?" he asks him and Staren would know Terry's voice since Terry was int he Medical Bay.
Twilight Sparkle	Twilight Sparkle looks over as Staren knocks. She makes her way over to open the door, then smiles happily as she sees Staren. She rears up on her hindlegs to hug her special somepony who isn't a pony right now, then hops back down to all fours. Terry partially answers the question of what is going on, so Twilight makes her way back to her lectern. "I am trying to enchant the earrings so that the wearer will have eyesight granted through magic. It promises to be a difficult casting, and even if the casting works there is no guarantee that the spell will work as intended." Twilight's horn glows as she straightens her notes and the book on the lecturn. "But, I am confident that it will be a success." she adds, smiling confidently. Then...she looks toward the two boys. "But..um...just in case, you should both stand back." Owlowiscious lets out a 'who...' then flies over to hide behind a potted plant.
Terry McGinnis	Terry McGinnis nods as he backs up and watches, "Let me guess," he starts. "If this goes wrong, a chance we might get like special vision?" he asks as he looks over at Staren and thinks, "I did not fight agaisnt the change, although this is gonna take some time getting use to being on all 4 like this," he mentions to him.
Staren	Staren hugs and nuzzles his special somepony affectionately, then steps in and closes the door behind him, looking at the others. Staren blinks, surprised at the familiar greeting. His ears splay and his tail bristles for a second, but on his face is confusion -- then he recognizes the voice and relaxes. "Oh." he smiles. He nods at the explanation of what's going on. And then as Twilight suggests they stand back, he looks around. "Uhhh, let's /not/ find out, Terry." He doesn't know about this. What's the Minimum Safe Distance for ignorance? Well, Twilight knows what she's doing. They can stand behind her. He stands a few feet behind Twilight and off to the side so he can clearly see the earrings, pulling his goggles over his eyes and motioning for Terry to come over as well. "It's interesting, by the way." Staren comments. "I don't think I've ever seen a visitor turn into a batpony before. ...Wait, no, that's not true, there was one other." Remilia Scarlet, though he can't recall her name off the top of his head. "Yeah, hooves are... hard, if you don't have telekinesis." He points at his forehead to emphasize the lack of a horn, then smiles. "But, you should try flying later! Just remember you can't land on clouds like local ponies can."
Twilight Sparkle	Twilight waits for the others to take a few steps back, then she closes her eyes and starts casting. Her horn glows softly as she starts gathering the energy in her horn and the methods in her head. Then, she pours in more energy, and there is a soft whoosh as the glow around her horn becomes more like a beacon and gives off a steady flare of energy, like a breeze, that causes her mane and tail to sway lightly. Twilight opens her eyes long enough to aim her horn at the magnifying lens aimed at the earrings, then closes them again. She grunts with effort as she pours more energy into the spell, and a bit of sweat forms on her brow while at the same time she starts panting a bit as if she were lifting something heavy. The beacon of light that is her horn starts to give of sparks and a few sparkles flow from it in random direction. Then, she fires the spell in a burst that is almost explosive. In fact, it does knock her back a bit and leaves her on her belly from the effort and the shockwave. A sphere of purple-white flows through the focusing lens and gets forced into a much smaller and very much brighter orb which impacts the earrings, leaving them glowing brightly. Then, it bounces off the reflective lens and back to the earrings, making them glow even more brightly before it hits the magnifying lens again. Where the little remaining energy is concentrated again and sent bouncing about the room haphazardly! A pebble that bounces around until it finally hits poor Owlowiscious behind his potted plant. The owl hoots in surprise, then blinks a few times before closing his eyes. When he opens them again, he seems a bit grumpy. How will he sleep if he can see even when his eyes are closed?
Terry McGinnis	Terry McGinnis looks at himself, "Batpony?" he asks as he looks at his wings, "I have wings....." he states simply as he nods and heads over to where Staren is. "I'll have to try it, although I am not a fan of flying," he adds as he stands by and watches Twilight work and listens to what she says or does and blinks when it gets bright. He closes his eyes as he looks away and then drops to the ground as the sphere of energy bounces, "Its like a bouncing ball that will not ....." and he blinks as the owl gets hit. "Ut oh," he says simply. Then he looks over at Twilight, "You ok?" he asks her.
Staren	Twilight's knocked on her back! Staren steps forward, crouching low. "Are you okay??" And then he raises an arm defensively as the magic bounces around the room, wincing when it finally hits Owlowliscious. Who... seems to be okay, at least. Relieved, Staren Staren extends a hand to help pull Twilight up.
Twilight Sparkle	When Staren reaches Twilight, she is lying prone on the ground, forelegs and hindlegs spread eagle as she pants for breath. Spells like that take a lot of effort! And, it takes Twilight a minute or so to catch her breath. "Nnng...I..I'm alright.." she pants out, smiling though her mouth is hanging open for better airflow. She slowly gets back to her feet, still panting, then approaches the earring. "...alright..pant..who...wants to...try them on..." she asks, looking at the other two.
Terry McGinnis	Terry McGinnis looks blinks and looks, "I have no piercing," he says to her as he looks at Staren. "Plus I am not a pirate, so earrings are not my thing," he adds as he looks at Twilight, "How about you?" he asks her.
Staren	Staren sits at Twilight's side, stroking her mane a couple of times then draping an arm across her back and against her opposite side while waiting for her to catch her breath. He tries to help her up once she's moving again. Staren has stood too, and cocks his head to the side as he looks at the earrings. "None of us are blind. We can't really test the enchantment..."
Twilight Sparkle	Twilight nuzzles at Staren when he draps an arm over her, then looks at the earrings. "Sure you can. You just pick up the earrings..." She picks them up with her magic, then holds up one of her forehooves and sets the earrings down on it. "..then, you close your eyes." And Twilight closes her eyes. "When one closes one's eyes, one is effectively blind. This should allow me to-..." Twilight hmms. "...I can see, but...there is no color. Just blues and greys. I suppose it is a result of the base spell being a night-vision spell." Twilight sighs, then opens her eyes and holds the earrings out to Terry. "I will keep working on the spell, but this should allow Nightblind to see almost normally. It will take a bit of work to get a spell that will allow her to see color."
Terry McGinnis	Terry McGinnis Terry nods as he accepts the earrings. "Thank you Twilight," he says to her. I am sure she will like them. when you get it right, let me know and I'll be over with something." and he puts the earrings in a box and spends 5 minutes putting the box back in the bag he is using to carry the gift. "You two have a good night, and thank you again Twilight." and with that he leaves to head back to Gotham, and tries to fly, only crashing about ten or so feet from Twilights house.