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Post by CrimsonFlare on Oct 9, 2017 2:58:23 GMT -5
It had been several weeks since the meteorite embedded itself to Lin's chest. He had went home wish it was a dream but every time he woke up the scar on his chest was still there in a shape of a x. Lin decided it would be best to continue as though every thing was normal. That was a challenge of itself. He had discovered that the fire he produced was in direct correlation with his mood. If he was happy and energetic thing would spontaneously combust into a controlled fire. When he was mad or upset well let's just say he almost burned down the store. When he was anxious or worried the air around him would become humid and cause discomfort for those around him.
But today he felt lucky. Lin was sitting at a restaurant enjoying a meal. He had gotten through the day with no incidents and decided to treat himself. He ordered the country fried stake and a large glass of ice cold water to go with it. As he at the meal a peculiar thought came to his head. Lin waved over to his waiter and asked for a glass of ice after waiting a while it was brought to him. Lin thought if he could cause the ice to melt that was a good sign. Lin sat there with eyes locked on to the glass but the ice didn't melt...
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Post by Zatanna on Oct 9, 2017 4:09:09 GMT -5
Zee was dressed in normal clothes today, a simple blue dress that went down to just below her knees. She had taken a day off today from fighting evil, and she was HUNGRY. The place down the road had pretty good food so she decided to take a walk. She called her order ahead of time so she wouldn't have to wait, then maybe go back home and read a book after stuffing her face.
She walked into the restaurant to pick up the food she had ordered to go. Zatanna noticed the man sitting alone. He looked deep in thought somewhere in his own little world. She paid for her food that arrived and paid the person behind the counter, picking up her bag and walked over to where the guy was sitting.
"Hi there. Is..everything ok? You've been staring at your glass for a while now." She smiled.
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Post by CrimsonFlare on Oct 9, 2017 8:41:41 GMT -5
Lin saw the ice move and it caused him to smile. He pushed himself harder till he heard a voice that broke his concentration. Lin's eyes moved from the glass of ice to a young lady with porcelain skin, ebony hair, eyes that showed kindness, and was wearing a blue dress the formed to her body. His jaw dropped when he saw her beauty but he shook himself back, "Oh umm I was trying to make the ice melt...to um past the time...yeah that's it," he exclaimed but he realized to late that he was anxious and the air was becoming humid and it caused the glass to explode. He looked at his table, "Oh crap...."
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Post by Zatanna on Oct 9, 2017 23:11:37 GMT -5
She continued her smile while he made eye contact. The guy looked a little surprised to see her there. "Sorry! I didn't mean to startle you." She couldn't tell if he recognized her or not from her magic shows, but she was out of her normal costume.
"Trying to make the ice..melt?" Her head tilted slightly to the side. Was he really that bored or did he mean something like magic? She hoped it was the later. Zatanna had a nearly endless library of books and resources that could help him out, along with an amazing teacher. Herself. Of course talking about such things in public wasn't very smart.
Her question answered itself when there was a loud POP sound and the glass of ice in front of him broke into pieces. That caused Zatanna to simply smile. Zatanna took it upon herself to take a seat at the man's table and start opening her food containers, making herself at home really. "So, what's your name?"
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Post by CrimsonFlare on Oct 10, 2017 12:27:35 GMT -5
Lin sighed at the sight of the destroyed glass and apologised to the waitress explaining to her that the glass just exploded. He turned his attention to the young lady that sat at his table. "Oh my name is Lin Nalaar and you are miss...," He asked. The anxiety he felt was subsiding and he had hoped that the lady didn't feel the temperature change. Though he was still nervous and he looked down as though he was ashamed of himself. The young lady sat down and set her food out to eat which caused him to order more for himself and two drinks the both of them.
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Post by Zatanna on Oct 11, 2017 2:52:26 GMT -5
"Zatanna Zatara. It's nice to meet you Lin." She said before popping some food into her mouth. Her new friend Lin ordered more drinks and she smiled. The waitress was quick enough with the drinks and placed them into the table for them.
Once the waitress had walked away, she looked Lin in the eyes. "So, I was wondering if maaaybe you were trying to do this. Zatanna pointed to her class and spoke words quietly. "Tlem eht eci." And just like that all of the ice inside of her glass melted within a second. "Or maybe there wasn't enough in your glass? Llif eht ssalg htiw eci." She said casually and the glass was once full of ice again. "Of course, I don't think you have to say anything for you to be able to do it, let alone backwards. Hmm.." she tapped her chin as she thought. "When did you realize you had magic? You seem very new at this."
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Post by CrimsonFlare on Oct 11, 2017 10:54:52 GMT -5
Lin mouth dropped open causing him to become speechless. After a while he shook himself to regain his composure. "T-T-Thats magic...but that's impossible magic isn't real it's just ticks like on TV," as he said that statement he realized who we was talking to when she said her name, "YOUR THE ZATANNA ZATARA!!" Lin quickly covered his mouth as all the other patrons looked at him as though he yelled out fire. He brought his voice to a whisper,"I love your shows! You make it look so simple. But I can't cast magic but...now this is going to sound crazy but I think I can produce fire. I'm going to show you something so please don't be alarmed," Lin said. Lin removed his jacket an positioned himself so that only zatanna can see the meteorite embedded in his chest when he lifted his shirt up. "Because of this I can use fire but I can't control it...it scares me," he said with a hint of worry in his voice.
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Post by Zatanna on Oct 11, 2017 23:22:37 GMT -5
The magician pouted for a second when he claimed magic wasn't real. How could anyone believe such a silly thing still? She laughed after Lin blurted out her name. She paid no mind to the others inside the diner who were probably staring for a minute. "It's about time you realized!" She teased.
She was pretty sure that nothing Lin showed her would be alarming to her. She'd seen all kinds of weird things already, and fights evil on a regular basis. She even lives in a magic house! Anyway..
Zatanna watched Lin pick up his shirt. "Flashing me already!?" She pretended to look shocked. She leaned forward a bit to examine where he was hit. "Interesting..I've seen people get special abilities before from freak accidents, not exactly like this but that's pretty neat."
"And you don't think what you're trying to do isn't magic? What would you call it then hmm? Either way, I can help if you want me to. Be prepared to study from dusty old books first."
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Post by CrimsonFlare on Oct 11, 2017 23:33:09 GMT -5
Lin face froze in disbelief as he watched zatanna give a casual response to what he showed her. "What do you mean pretty neat this hurt like hell," he said with his tongue sticking out. He pondered what she said be for he spoke, "I always thought magic would need words and trust me I haven't said any...magic words that caused that glass to explode." He tucked his shirt while putting back on his crimson and gold jacket as she said she would teach him. "Wait are you serious you will....why though I'm a stranger and to be honest I don't trust myself with this power," he said.
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Post by Zatanna on Oct 12, 2017 7:23:59 GMT -5
Zatanna smirked and nodded. "I'm sure it did but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger right? Quite literally in your case." She nods again after Lin thinking it wasn't magic. "It's true that yours isn't like mine. There are different forms of it is all. Mine just comes from a different place, which is my mother's side or of the family."
"Of course I'm serious, why would I have reason to lie? Besides, you said you can't control it. I'd say me teaching you is better than letting you run off and accidentally harm these good people. Batman wouldn't be very happy with me either. I don't know about you, but I sure don't want to be on his bad side." She winked. "Once was enough for me."
Zee smiled and picked at her food a bit more. "Do you live here in Gotham or are you just visiting?"
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Post by CrimsonFlare on Oct 12, 2017 21:43:27 GMT -5
Lin sighed in relief,"You have no idea how much that means! I don't want to lose control and accidentally my family." He gave her a warm smile then took a bite of his meal, after he finished the bite he looked at Zatanna,"Yes I lived in Gotham City my whole. If course like all native citizens of Gotham I know about the corruption and crime so that got me to train in martial arts and parkour. You never know when a gang was starts and Batman needs back up. I mean he's inspiring allot of people." Lin sat and thought about what Zatanna said before his eyes widen. "You know the Batman!" He exclaimed
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Post by Zatanna on Oct 12, 2017 23:45:09 GMT -5
"I understand. Don't worry, we will make sure that doesn't happen." She smiled. Him learning to control his powers shouldn't be too tough of a task, getting good with them would take some time probably. Luckily for Lin, Z had decided to take a little break from fighting evil. Truthfully it had been pretty quiet. Something was bound to happen soon and she was going to make sure her new friend would be able to defend himself.
Zatanna nodded to Lin. "I traveled a lot with my father but have been in Gotham for years now. I would be lying if I said I loved it here, but it's grown on me and I prefer to stick closer to my friends in case I'm needed for help." She raised a brow at his mention of martial arts. "Really? I know a bit. Maybe there's something you can teach me."
She nodded again about knowing Batman. "He's a bit of a grump but you get used to it. Maybe you'll get lucky and meet him too."
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Post by CrimsonFlare on Oct 13, 2017 23:41:24 GMT -5
Lin chuckled at Zatanna's comment, "Well he has to deal with you so I would imagine he would be grumpy." He calmed himself then perked up when zatanna said he could teacher her a thing when it comes to martial arts but he shook his head. "I'm learning Wah Lum Kung Fu and Caporia but I'm not good. My dream though is to combine the two styles into something no one has ever seen and teach it to others," Lin said with a smile. Lin began to look around and chuckled at himself. To be honest it was more of a chuckle of surprise as well as confusion.
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Post by Zatanna on Oct 14, 2017 5:20:06 GMT -5
Her mouth dropped as she pretended to look offended. "Deal with me!? Oh, your training just got that much tougher mister." She smiled and wondered what both styles would look like combined. "Ah, new and unexpected. That's a neat idea." Zatanna looked around the diner. At least no one was staring now.
"You know, you should meet a friend of mine. He's much less grouchy than Batman at least!" She chucked. Seeing Batman in a good mood was rare enough, seeing him smile was nearly impossible. "Nightwing would probably be curious about what you're trying to do too. He might even have some pointers."
"When will you be free for your first lesson?" She asked while going through her purse for a pen and paper. "The sooner the better of course, but don't worry if you can't right away. Things will be fine." She wrote down her cell and handed it to him. "I have to leave in a moment, but call me me when you have a time that's good, or if something else happens."
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Post by CrimsonFlare on Oct 15, 2017 10:51:33 GMT -5
Lin laughed, "Oh no I don't want any hard training I'm already having that." Lin looked around for the waitress to get his check but she was no where to be found. He took a sip of his dink but he immediately spat it out away from it since Zatanna when she mentioned her friend. "You know Nightwing...the nightwing of Blüdhaven. He is so cool! I heard he was the first Robin I've always wanted to meet him." Lin composed himself as zatanna gave him her number and quickly placed it in his phone then called hers. "I'm free next week I have to go to Central City for training but I will keep my power in check till we start our training," he said.
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