Moments of Impact

Coralina's new gift

Warning
Body altering magic ritual

Each spot on my back burned like I was being branded by a hot tongue of fire. I was barely able to concentrate on the words I needed to chant with the amount of pain that was radiating from the runes that were carved into my flesh. As soon as I uttered the last word of the chant I could feel the great tendrils of magic that had been swirling around me
anchoring themselves to the runes. 'It's working!' I thought to myself triumphantly; initially I'd had my doubts about this ritual, what it had promised had seemed improbable but not impossible. As the magic in the ritual crescendoed I felt myself slipping from the conscious realm.

When I awoke, I immediately went over to the mirror I had placed nearby. When I looked at my back where the runes had been carved; I was elated to see that they were almost indistinguishable from the skin surrounding them. 'Just as the ritual text described, the runes have healed to be slightly darker than the rest of my skin.' I couldn't wait to test out my newest ability. I recalled what the text had recommended about initially accessing my new power.

I shut my eyes tightly and took a deep breath, attempting to relax so I could focus on finding and connecting to the magic trapped in the runes. Once I had connected to the magic I attempted to activate it using my core magic. As soon as my magic brushed over the runes I felt a change in its state, going from dormant to active, the magic was starting to so its job. I felt a tingling connecting to my spine from where each of the 10 runes were located. I had to concentrate on my breathing so that I didn't accidentally draw my magic back into my core. Once I felt like the magic in the runes was fully active I opened my eyes and started at my reflection in shock.

They were gorgeous; they were a beautiful deep blood red and long and slender. I took a moment to take in my beautiful new appendages, they contrasted with my ivory skin perfectly. Cautiously I attempt to move them and was mesmerised with the graceful way they moved. Honestly I couldn't believe it. I finally had the appendages I had dreamed of  for years, I finally had my tentacles...