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"Disorientation Magic."

You flick your hand and hit Raven in the eyes with a bit of magical energy.

"Ah!" she yelps again as she blinks and steadies herself. "W-Wait. E-Everything's upside-down!"

"Yes, Disorientation Magic's signature move is to invert the way your eyes and mind perceive your surroundings," you say.

You then have Jinx and yourself move to the far side of the room.

"If you can manage to make it over here," you tell Raven, "I will undo the spell. Otherwise, it's on you to recorrect your brain."

"How?" Raven asks as she wobbles and staggers.

"That's the puzzle," you say. "Now, for your fire element training, Jinx. You know how it feels to hold the fire in your hands. That is important for this final lesson."

You take the fire from her hands and into yours, then put it out with a shake, getting a sad "Aww" out of Jinx.

"Keep mana charged in your hands," you instruct. "Rub them together and create friction."

Jinx rubs her hands together furiously.

"Whoa," you say, "you might want to slow down there..."

"I can feel it," Jinx says. "I can feel the mana scraping against itself, like flint rocks or a match head."

"Which is why you should be careful," you say as sparks and embers flutter out.

Jinx stops, and looks at her hands with excitement and glee.

"Now, it's a good thing you mentioned flint and matches," you say. "You need to make the motion of your hands like that of a match striking to ignite."

You put mana into your own hands and slide them off each other. Your mana sparks and a fireball burns brightly in your right hand. Jinx looks at her hands, and tries the same. She gets a spark, but no fire.

"Remember that sensation of holding the fire," you say. "Remember its heat. Remember its light. Remember how it dances and flickers. Then strike the mana against itself."

Jinx takes a moment to concentrate, then swipes one hand over the other.

*fwoosh* A flame ignites!

"Yes!" Jinx says as she holds it up. "I did it!"

"Wonderful," you say. "Now you need to refine that skill."

You put your fire out, and then snap your fingers to make another.

"Focus on the fingers you snap with," you say. "Concentrate your mana on those fingertips."

Jinx focuses her energies into her thumb and middle finger. She then snaps her fingers, but can only get the spark.

"Thicken the mana, increase the friction coefficient," you say. "You need to same ignition point in just your two fingers as your entire palms."

Jinx keeps trying, you look over at Raven. She slowly walks forward, but she drifts to the left.

"I think you're a bit off course," you say to her.

"Everything's upside down and backwards!" she yells. "And... I'm starting to get a bit dizzy..."

"Well it is Disorientation Magic," you say. "It's simple but rather effective. Many of us know it, but it is the expertise of the Zozas, Roxanne's family."

Raven sits down, takes deep breaths, closes her eyes, and meditates. Jinx meanwhile keeps snapping her fingers with no results.

"Don't force it," you tell her. "While the element of fire is considered the naturally more wild and intense, you need to have some semblance of calm as you spark the flame. Otherwise it will get away from you."

Jinx nods and takes a deep breath of her own. She focuses her mana, and snaps her fingers. But still gets nothing.
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