The Flux's Flower

Blinking Jewelry

"Hiya!" Nano yelled as she jump-kicked her punching bag, causing it to fly off it's hinges for the third time.

Very good. Your powers of physical augmentation are coming along nicely. Now for your test. There are thirty bags spread around the castle. Destroy them in all within a minute.

"One minute?!" Nano exclaimed in surprise "This castle's huge! How am I supposed to even get to all of them in that time?"

There is a way. You'll figure it out

Much to Nano's annoyance, she could in fact not figure it out and was on attempt fifteen before she yelled at Mother "This is ridiculous! My best record is six, and i've never even landed a hit on the seventh in time!"

You're running too much.

"Oh, haha, you're hilarious. What do you expect me to do, teleport?"

Mother was quiet

"You're kidding. I can't teleport! I can't even fly anymore thanks to you hiding my ring!"

Now, now, child. don't get testy. Do you know of the artifacts of the Aesir?

"What good are myths going to do me?" Nano crossed her arms indignantly

Listen to me. Can you list the six artifacts?

"I still don't see how that's going to help me, but okay." Nano thought for a moment. "There's the three rings of the Aesir gods, being Odin, Thor, and Loki, the Fruit of Grisaia, the Key of the King's Law, and the Eye of the Flügel."

Very good. Do you know what they do?

"Well, the rings give one more endurance, mining power, and building ability, respectively. The Fruit is an everlasting source of food, the Key was often used for combat, able to rain several dozen weapons down on it's user's enemies, Finally, the Eye was used for...Transportation through teleportation"

Excellent. Now do you understand?

"You're not serious. These artifacts are things of myth!"

Nano, you're a smart girl. Why do you think I took your floral hair pieces when I brought you here?

The aforementioned floral pieces appeared in front of Nano, though something was different. There was an eye-like gemstone in place of the flower's centers, and when Nano put set on, she felt a strange power hum through her. She felt like she could be at any location, whenever she wanted. She visualized her bedroom and concentrated, telling herself that she was there. In a purple flash, she disappeared, and when she reopened her eyes, she was standing on top of her bed.

You see? Now try the exercise again.

With a determined look in her eyes, Nano vanished. she blinked from bag to bag, her momentum smashing the bag on arrival. Within twenty seconds, all the bags were piles of sand.

"I like this power" Nano grinned deviously. However, upon attempting to teleport out of the castle, the magical barrier surrounding it threw her back into the courtyard.

You think i'd give you the ability to teleport without thinking things through? I knew you were going to try that immediately.

"Hmpf" Nano sat up in the grass and crossed her arms. "It was worth a shot" laying back down, she closed her eyes and thought of Lalna, and to her surprise, he appeared in her mind, as if she was sitting right next to him. "Be careful Lalna, you're almost there..."

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"Almost there..."

Lalna woke with a start and shot upright. "Nano?"