>>5782709You looked back at her, beginning to feel yourself flush at the intensity of her scrutiny… And because, in truth, you hadn’t given much thought to the matter. Your goal for a LONG while had been to become a skillful mage, and then a popular and well-respected one. That was still the case, obviously, and you were already well on your way to making that happen! But, well… Your main driving force for two or three years now had been surpassing Izirina Henzler HERSELF, and you couldn’t very well just say THAT! Besides, that feeling—that need to prove yourself her better—wasn’t really with you anymore. But in its wake, well… What did you have, pushing you forward?
Yes, your so-called ‘friend’ had hit you with that most dreaded question of any directionless and whimsical youth: ‘what are you going to do when you graduate?’
>You want to be a Chimericist, working directly with the Archmage to create purpose-built lifeforms for magical and medical purposes, and to one day become a famous name in the field of Life Magic—maybe even Head Chimericist!>You want to travel the world, learning of magical creatures and fairy courts, and to find a place among them beyond the realm of Man—this time at the Tower is just a stopover in a long life on the path to being a true Wild Mage!>You want to be an adventurer—a Field Researcher first, you guess, but the goal is really to make a name for yourself someday as one of those celebrated heroes who the youth worship and dress like, a legendary champion of might and right!>You've heard (and lived) some of the frustrations of the fey in human lands... And you think you'd like to maybe be a sort of, you don't know, 'environmental-ist'? You know—like a peacekeeper or a bridge between the natural, spiritual, and material worlds, and between Men and the True Fey in their spheres>You… Don’t really know. What business is it of hers, anyway? Why does a kid—er, a maturing half-elf—even need to have a goal? Can’t you just enjoy yourself? What is she, the INQUISITION?!>Write-inSheet updated; your excess gold now goes towards feeding and caring for a growing lion-goat-snake 