~Meeting With Zita~

Nanka stood in the hall, chewing on a few pumpkin seeds. She turned to her fairy amigo Ai, who's wings were fluttering nervously. "So then....Now I will be meeting Zita, Ai?" Ai nodded. "Yes. She will be able to take your magic much further then I could..." Ai said, almost sadly.

In a burst of magical magic, Zita appeared in front of the new Witchling that she had never seen before. Zita hovered over a desk, then plopped down on it with her legs crossed "Ooooh! Another cuuute little Witchling! Let me guess, you want to join up with me in the Witch Province? Ah, but don't be so formal! Take a seat!" Zita waved her hand, gravitational magic surging from her hand and into Nanka to make her float for a moment with no gravity stopping her, then a seat of chains formed itself under her and she was placed gently into the chair, gravity taking its effects on her once again.

Nanka blinked as she was lifted to the newly made chain-seat. It was rather comfy, despite the fact it was made of...well, chains. “Hee, thank you~ Yes, I would like to join you, Miss Zita... I’ve been told that you can help me further my magical ability...” She said, bowing her head, hand shooting up to grab her hat before it fell off. “Would you care to...train me?”

Zita smiled, her eye not covered by her hair dimming as her keyhole pupil gave a greenish gleam before returning back to black. "Well~! We do have a shortage of Witchlings here lately... And I, the Head Witch, am obliged to welcome all the good little witches~! Of course you can train under me!" Zita's smile quickly became a stern frown "But... Make sure never to be caught up in the plots of evil witches... Evangeline and Medusa, and possibly even others that we don't know of yet... Do not fall into their traps..." Zita smiled again "So, anything you want to know~?"

Nanka raised her head and smiled warmly at Zita. "Thank you, Miss Zita. I will keep my eye out for any of these...bad witches, and their traps". She sighed as Zita asked her question. "Anything I want to know? ....I want to know how to further my magical power. For the last 1500 years, I've been training with Ai, but...she's reached the limit of what she can teach me. How can I become...Stronger?"

Zita's eye opened wide when she mentioned her age "Oooo~! A witchling older than myself! How cute~!" Zita snapped back into the conversation "Ahem, but yes. I am a witch of massive power. I can teach you a lot! What sort of magic do you use miss... um... Huh. You never introduced yourself~! What is your name?"

Nanka grinned. "Oh, you aren't affected by age either, are you Miss Zita?" Nanka blushed as she realized her mistake. "Oh, I'm so sorry. My name is Nanka. Nanka Mahou. PLeased to meet you" She fiddled with her hand for a moment, then spread them apart, a small pumpkin hovering between them. " I use Pumpkin Magic~ " She paused, watching as a layer of metal covered the pumpkin, hardeing against it, the fine lines of the pumpkin carved into the material. "And the Metal Element~"

Zita nodded "So, you are Nanka Mahou, huh? Welcome to the Witch Province..." Zita eyed her up and down "Is there... any sort of animal that you are attributed to in any way? I am attributed to Parasites..." From Zita's body came a swarm of metallic parasitic flying insects, which went back into her body after demonstration "And two other witches here, Eruka Frog and Mizune, are attributed to Frogs and Mice. Even that damn witch Medusa has snakes... There are quite a few witches who have no animal theme, so I was just asking~!"

( Uhm, Zita, The rules on witches/witchlings say you can only have one non-animant object or animal theme and an element, right? Were you asking jus because, or implying I could get one....because I kinda had a whole skeletal dragon thing going through my head for Nanka before I read the rules...>>)

(I was asking just because, and if you wanted one, you could give yourself one. I mean, it's totally up to you!)

( Okies, I was confused...Was thinking too hard the, after putting together my music video for our school porject...>> But no, It'd probably be more in Nanka's character to stick with the pumpkin's...-scratches head- Meh.)

Nanka shook her head. "Nope, no animals. BUT!" she threw the pumpkin into the air and the metal shattered, flying in random directions. Lines were made in the pumpkin as shapes pooped outward, the pumpkkin now barring a twisted face. A flickering light could be seen within the pumpkin head, giving the eyes an errie red glow. A small torn cape appeared around it, and it fluttered in a wind that was not there. "I can attach souls of the dead to my pumpkins, though. Or a small part of my soul....This is what I call 'Paranoia Agent'. They make illusions and hallucanations...and are quite cute, I would think~" Nanka explained, grinning.

Zita gasped "Awww, how cuuute! Alright. That seems good enough. If you ever need anything from me, you know where to go~! You could just stop by my castle, or something... Huh... But now that I think about it... You did want to become stronger, right? Well, the only way for a Witchling to become stronger is to collect souls... So, yo wanna go on a little mission for Zita~?"

Nanka smiled and nodded. "I would love to go on a missions Zita...Just tell me what to do~" she said, the cape-wearing pumpkin fluttering into her lap. She stroked a hand over the grooves of the skin, smiling contently.

Zita smiled "Well, you see, to become stronger with your magic, you must collect souls. The more souls you have, the stronger your magic is! And because of this, Zita wants you to go on a mission to collect some sooouls~!" Zita randomly started clapping. "I will accompany you, however, and make sure things don't get too... much for you to handle. So, the mission is to go into the desert in the outskirts of town and collect 10 souls by defeating enemies and such! That desert also has magic surging through it as well as other secrets, so it should be fun~! You think you can handle it?"