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I went back into the spirit world out by my cabin again last night. There was some sort of icky-looking spirit (like a diseased, half-dead cat with dripping ooze-gel instead of a coat of fur--gross) with negative entropy milling about in its aura. Wyrm spirit of some sort, but I didn't want to kill it--just relocate it. (Live and let live.) I drove it off using a mild zap of electricity to get its undivided attention. It just looked at me for a bit, so I gave it a stronger zap just to let it know I was being nice. Scorched it a little with that one, but I meant to since it ignored the initial warning. If it's smart, it won't come back. The local, small forest spirits seemed excited to see it go.
Wyrm spirit driven off, I got down to experimenting. I used some Matter and Correspondence magic to probe about the ground nearby, looking for some decent boulders underground (since there's none handy above ground). After locating four suitable small boulders (or large rocks), I brought in some advanced Forces magic, redirecting the downward pull of gravity and using it to push earth out of the way, uncovering the four boulders I'd sensed earlier, and then extracting the rocks from the ground. I levitated them individually and placed them in a row on the ground, where I spent some time studying each rock with a blend of Matter, Forces, and Correspondence--getting a real feel for the weight, shape, and balance of the rocks. I then spent some time, mixing in some Entropy, figuring out the best way to stack them atop one another while maintaining stability--the interdynamics of the rocks. That done, I again borrowed the Forces of gravity, lifted one boulder at a time--while simultaneously stabilizing the base--and stacked them atop one another. It collapsed with one rock to go. So did the second and third attempt. (Still getting the hang of this.) But the fourth time was the charm.
Wyrm spirit driven off, I got down to experimenting. I used some Matter and Correspondence magic to probe about the ground nearby, looking for some decent boulders underground (since there's none handy above ground). After locating four suitable small boulders (or large rocks), I brought in some advanced Forces magic, redirecting the downward pull of gravity and using it to push earth out of the way, uncovering the four boulders I'd sensed earlier, and then extracting the rocks from the ground. I levitated them individually and placed them in a row on the ground, where I spent some time studying each rock with a blend of Matter, Forces, and Correspondence--getting a real feel for the weight, shape, and balance of the rocks. I then spent some time, mixing in some Entropy, figuring out the best way to stack them atop one another while maintaining stability--the interdynamics of the rocks. That done, I again borrowed the Forces of gravity, lifted one boulder at a time--while simultaneously stabilizing the base--and stacked them atop one another. It collapsed with one rock to go. So did the second and third attempt. (Still getting the hang of this.) But the fourth time was the charm.
I took a picture with my phone. I'm pretty pleased with how this came out.
