Deep into the Infinite Stair

[Ebiris]

"What are you focusing on?" she asks Jessica. "I'm trying to make it blue."

[Anastasia]

"I'm focusing on any change at all," Jessica says, "Simply to make it change. Let me change it to..."

Suddenly the orb becomes a deep blue, spreading throughout it.

[Ebiris]

"That happened suddenly," Alicia says. "So we can make it change colour... try for green now?" she asks, focusing on making it green herself.

[Anastasia]

The orb becomes green with ease. A deep, dark green as a matter of fact.

"It responds to will, once properly channeled," Jessica says, "But one alone isn't enough to change it easily." She talks slowly, "So then there must be more to it. What determines the initial colors on touching it?"

[Ebiris]

"Also what's it good for? Being able to make it change colours... is that all 'mastering it' involves?" Alicia asks, letting go to see if it stays green or returns to Jessica's default red.

[Anastasia]

It stays green.

"There must be more to it," Jessica seconds. "Perhaps with two people? What if we try opposing visions, sister?"

[Ebiris]

"You go for blue and I'll go for red?" Alicia suggests, swapping their default colours as she puts a hand on the orb again and focuses on making all that green turn red.

[Anastasia]

Charisma check. This is an opposed check.

[Ebiris]

[17:55] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+16 cha
[17:55] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 26 > [d20=10]

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+9
<Penuche> ThanksgivingKo invokes Penuche's magic: < 21 > [d20=12]

The green and red war, red winning to your will. "Sister...?" Jessica says, voice a little odd. Hesitant. "...could you...stop?" she says, color coming to her cheeks.

[Ebiris]

Alicia abruptly stops. "Did it affect you as well somehow?" she asks, looking up from the orb.

[Anastasia]

"I gained memories of all sorts of love with you," she says, "Family love, the love of a mother to a child in both directions, the love of close friends, the love of...lovers." Clearing her throat, "It didn't go far!" she says quickly, radiantly red. Shaking her head as she firmly pushes the sphere into your hands, "Memories that never were."

[Ebiris]

Alicia takes the sphere for herself after Jessica gets rid of it. "Oh..." she says, blinking. What do you say to that?

"Is it because red? Red is love?" she asks, electing not to ask any questions about the specifics. "Can we risk trying with a different colour?"

[Anastasia]

"Yes, but only if you lose the struggle," Jessica says quickly, "How about we try somethings safer, like that gray we produced earlier?"

[Ebiris]

"Will it work if we both focus on the same colour though? Nothing happened when we both tried green - so you try for gray and I'll try for white, but I won't try very hard?" she invites, holding the sphere out again.