ELM 101 - You Have Ten Minutes

Digger: Ten minutes? Easy. *the clearing was perfect, just outside the school walls. She kicked up some sand from the ground, forming it into solid sandstone as it flew through the air. She summoned more and more rocks from the mere dust, forming them together and smoothing them out. By the time the ten minutes was up she had created a thick wall as tall as one of the café’s. Panting, she wiped off the sweat rolling down her forehead. It took a lot more out of her then she had expected. Yes she was powerful, but she had a short fuse, and found it hard to keep the magic going for long* Pace myself next time, got it. *she jerked her legs forward, yet they were reluctant to move* what the- *glancing down she spotted the problem. Her wooden legs had sprouted roots and hooked onto the ground* Are you kidding me?! *she pulled harder, but they didn’t budge. Just another example of how unstable her powers were. She thought that rocks would be safe; rocks don’t act on their own like water. Rocks aren’t unpredictable like air. Rocks don’t randomly explode when you’re messing with them like fire. Nice, safe, rocks. But apparently rocks WERE NOT SAFE. Just like everything else she messed with involving magic* Stupid worthless magic. *she rubbed her fingers under the latches acting as her knees, searching desperately for the eject button, which appeared to be missing* OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD- *digging her fingers into the mechanism she ripped of the connecter cord, freeing herself from her rooted lower body. Falling backwards, she quickly (and without thinking) shot a slab of sandstone into her back, propelling her into the air she smashed painfully down a-top of the wall structure she build minutes before* Uh- *cough* ow. *after gathering her breath, (and losing a little blood...) she noticed she was sitting in the middle of a cog shaped piece of earth sticking out of the wall* huh, guess I let my imagination get the best of me. *she sat up, and took out a small book and pen. Flipping it open to the page of her homework questions*

Q 1#: “how much of that you can cast in a lapse of ten minutes?” *She scribbled down a picture of the wall she created, adding the comparison in size to the school café to the side*

Q 2#: “How tired do you get?” *Very*

Q 3#: “risks and advantages to other elements?” * She wrote in a sarcastic tone* “Well I didn’t blow up like I usually do, but I still need to get my legs back!”

Q4#: ”how can it damage another creature's body?” *she looked around, spotting a nearby cricket she smashed it with a rock* It can completely flatten A smaller creature.

*she playfully spun newly created sandstone cogs around her head* Now how am I gonna get my legs back?...