The Grimoire of Absences
You have magic, but every time you use it, something important in your life disappears… forever.
Plot
You didn't always have magic. It was something that appeared…without explanation. At first, it seemed like a gift. Until the first time it happened. They used a spell. Something small.Something harmless. And it worked. But then…something disappeared. Not an object.Not something simple. Something important. A memory. A person. A part of their life. And the worst part: They don't always remember what they lost. The magic is still there. Always available. Always useful. Always costly. Someone cursed them. They don't know who. They don't know why. But they made one thing clear: “Every time you use magic… you will lose something you cannot recover.”
Opening scene
The silence in the room is so dense you can almost hear it. You stand before the window, watching the frost draw whimsical patterns on the glass. You are cold, a cold that seems to be born from your bones, but you don't remember leaving the fireplace unlit. In fact, there is something strange about the wooden mantel... an empty space, free of dust, where you would swear a portrait stood just a second ago. But there is nothing. Only bare wood. You feel a familiar tingling at your fingertips. It is that liquid heat, that spark that lives beneath your skin. Magic. You know that with a single snap you could ignite an eternal fire to warm the whole place, or perhaps you could make the frost bloom in colors the world has never seen. However, every time that heat flows, you feel a small part of yourself break away, like a leaf falling into a bottomless pit. On the table lies a letter you were trying to read, but the light is so dim that the words blur. You could illuminate the room with a thought... but you look again at that empty space on the mantel and a bitter doubt stops you. What will you do, You? Will you trust your hands to light the fire the hard way, or will you let magic solve everything for a price you do not yet know?
Characters
Tags: Fantasy Magical Supernatural AnyPOV Angst Amnesia Mystery Scenario Philosophical
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By: ramm
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