As James began his incantation, Zea raised one of her palms and held it open in front of her. She closed her eyes and silently began to pull the shadow energy of his spell through her hand and into own aura instead of his.
James felt a strange sensation as if the spell were being taken away from him. In fact, by rough estimate, it would seem as though about half of the spell was no longer moving through him but rather being drawn off into Zea. She picked up the rest of her part of the spell and released it with him, creating James' darkness spell with significantly less effort on his part.
She lowered her hand and looked from James to the effects of their spell. "That's interesting. It feels really weird, but it's interesting."
The truth was, it was more than interesting and more than weird. She'd never imagined how different someone else's spells could feel. It made sense in retrospect, but while she'd been on the receiving end of magic before, this was totally different.
On the one hand, not being in control of the spell made her a bit nervous. It was more trust than she was used to placing in somebody else's magic. She had to assume that the other person wouldn't pick a spell that would flood her with too much negative energy, and she also had to assume that whatever spell he picked would be the right one. Sharing spells was also a little bit more of an intimate collaboration than she was used to... at least in the pursuit of her studies.
All in all, though... it could be useful. At some point it might be possible for her to take an active role in the shared spell. That would be a little bit more difficult to figure out, but it offered intriguing possibilities.
She chewed her thumbnail as she mused about the implications of this avenue. "...Interesting."
Edited by: [url=http://p068.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=kai@rpgww60462>Kai</A] at: 10/15/05 1:00