The Heirs (-Invisible- & Brookgirl) 1x1

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"A week," an older woman said, and Jessica nodded. "I think we should just give up, we're never going to make it." She said, looking down at the table with all of the expirements to make one, all that failed miserably.

Jason nodded, following silently, and gave each one of them their coats, from the hanger. He did it mainly on guesswork, sense he had no idea who's was who's. He listened to them say goodbye, his head down, his eyes trained at the floor. But he was lisetening intently.

[Black Velvet]

"Don't give up", said River desperately, "stranger things have happened!" It sounded like she was trying to convince herself.

As soon as her guests had left, Hestia called, "Sam! Come HERE!", and a strong looking man with black hair- in his early 20's- came immediately. "Yes, Hestia?", he asked. He was obviously a higher- level slave, above the others, to speak to her with her first name.
"Sam, could you teach this one", she nodded to Jason, "about what we do here?" She said like a question, as if she was asking him a favour, not ordering him to do something, but by the way he immediately nodded respectfully, it was obvious that he was still a slave- though he was the leader of a group of the other slaves.
Hestia left, and Sam led Jason out of the house and along a path.
"The spell sh eput on you also allows you along the mining path", he explained.

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Jessica shrugged, "The punishment will be worse if we keep him waiting longer," she said, nodding to herself.

Jason watched the two, then followed Sam out of the house, and onto a path, which Jason assumed was the mining path. He nodded, but he was more relaxed now, no longer in the presence of the horrible wizards. He muttered something under his breath, about the injust of all of this. He shook his head, staying at the same pace as Sam.

[Black Velvet]

River shuddered, remembering the flames, and layed her head down on the table.

Sam led him to a smaller mine, then stopped, speaking to him. Sam spoke to Jason like he was not a wizard; it was obvious that Sam had the authority here, and that he had the power to punish offenders.
"Jason, because you are a wizard, we may give you a leadin position- your powers will not be too much use with that on", Sam nodded at Jason's torc, "but you can still lead. Hestia DOES want to know how strong your powers are, as she may want to modify the torc so you can use them- just for mining, of course. So we may have you duel another wizard who is also a slave, in a sheild of powerfull magic, so that you can't cause any mischeif. Sam winked at Jason, then asked, "You WOULD rather be the commanding force than one of the workers, right?"

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Jessica and the others did something else, but it didn't work. Finally Jessica just dropped her head onto the table. "We're not going to be able to do it, guys, give up."

(WIP, I'll make Jason's reply soon. Gotta eat.))

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Jason nodded, "Yeah," was the only thing he said though. He knew his powers weren't strong, though they probably would be if he had got more training. "I can't go into a duel, I barely know any charms," he admitted. It was obvious he was embrassed about the fact that he was a wizard and barely knew how to use his powers.

[Black Velvet]

River shivered, though it was warm in the room, "I guess it IS impossible," and hunched her shoulders, letting her hair fall over her face.

Sam chuckled, "Don`t worry, I hear she doesn`t either. Anyways, I have something for you.." Sam handed him a small book of combat and defensive spells, and said, "Now, the point of this duel is NOT to kill. I bet Hestia and Drake would be pretty ticked with you if you did. So- just force her into submission, so she admits her defeat. Later, when you win, you`ll be able to use the flame spell on your inferiors." Sam shudered, suddenly serious, "I`m glad I was promoted a while ago, I`ll still be your superior", then smiled, "I guess I`ll leave you to it- you can sit under the tree, over there; it`s part of the path."

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Just that moment, almost out of thin air, Drake walked into the room. He pulled River out of her seat, dragging her out of the room. He had a small book in his hand, "I need to know how good your powers are, so that I can use them." He handed her a small book, "You better not kill him, or Hestia will be all over me." He said, shaking his head.

Jason took the book gratefully, the guy probably didn't know that Sam was handing Jason the key to getting out of here. But Jason had one problem, "What if I don't want to use the flame spell on my inferiors? I know how it feels, the flame, what if I don't want someone else to feel that?" He asked, still holding the book to his side, but he walked away, and sat under the tree. He opened the book, turned to the first page, and started to memorize everything.

[Black Velvet]

River shivered, what was he talking about, kill who (q mark)
"What are you talking about(q)", she asked quietly, opening the book and seeing attack spells across the pages.

Sam called over; "One more thing! You can only use these spells inside the arena or on your inferiors- and then you can only use the flame one!", then walked into the mine to continue his mining duties.

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"There is going to be a duel between you and some other kid." Drake said, "You can always use these attack spells in the arena," not that she could use them at all right now, because of her torc. "Take the day and read up on them, the duel will be (tomorrow?)"

Jason nodded, and went back to the spells, mouthing the Latin words. He had taken Latin in nineth grade. He slid the words over his toungue, just trying to get used to them. Of course, none of them worked, because of the spell and the torc, but he needed to know he was prouncing them correctly, and he knew that by saying them aloud.