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The Curse
Li's curse is a three piece puzzle that she cannot solve herself. It forces her to rely on someone else to free her as a way to belittle her pride as a Kelpie. However, the curse prevents her from doing two additional things. She can't explain the curse in detail and she can't tell anyone her actual name.
The curse comes in three parts. The first part, Li is unable to interact with water. She can't touch it, drink it or even bathe in it. This goes for all forms of water, including rain. If she does, she suffers from excruciating pain and gets red welts on her skin as if she were hit with something burning where ever the water landed. This cuts Li off from the very element her kind need to survive.
The second part is the fact that Li is locked in her human form and unable to be anything else. She cannot shift into her horse form at all. She may still retain the strength, speed and endurance of that form but she cannot take the form itself. This is meant to keep her looking human.
The third part of the curse is the most brutal for her. Over time, the curse has been slowly trying to influence Li to be more human and slowly driving her mad. The intent of this part of the curse is to force her to be human and to feel guilt over what her herd did. The end result will be Li becoming human or driving her mad to the point of suicide.
The Solution for the Curse:
There IS a way to break the curse and it involves Li learning to trust someone to do it. The three parts of the curse need to be broken one at a time. The first part can be easily broken, giving her the ability to touch water again. The second part of the curse.. Involves figuring out Li's first name.
The problem is, Li cannot tell anyone her name. The curse prevents her from doing so much like it prevents her from telling anyone the exact nature of the curse. She has figured ways around it over the years by being vague or managing to tell bits and pieces of her herd's story for people to figure things out. But, that's as far as she can go.
Any attempts at magically finding out her name will only result in 'Li' .... which is both the shortened version of her name, aaand the atomic symbol for Lithium. Eventually someone will realize this, right?
The third part of the curse involves figuring out the second part of her name. No amount of magical means will discover this. Li is the only one that can tell it and it has to be to someone she trusts completely.However, as each part of the Curse defeated, the madness gets worse, making Li very unpredictable. To break the final part of the curse, Li has to trust someone enough to actually.. let them kill her after she reveals the last part of her name without fighting back. Once she breathes her last breath, the curse will be broken and Li will revert back to her original form and need to be immediately submerged in water to revitalize.
Li's curse is a three piece puzzle that she cannot solve herself. It forces her to rely on someone else to free her as a way to belittle her pride as a Kelpie. However, the curse prevents her from doing two additional things. She can't explain the curse in detail and she can't tell anyone her actual name.
The curse comes in three parts. The first part, Li is unable to interact with water. She can't touch it, drink it or even bathe in it. This goes for all forms of water, including rain. If she does, she suffers from excruciating pain and gets red welts on her skin as if she were hit with something burning where ever the water landed. This cuts Li off from the very element her kind need to survive.
The second part is the fact that Li is locked in her human form and unable to be anything else. She cannot shift into her horse form at all. She may still retain the strength, speed and endurance of that form but she cannot take the form itself. This is meant to keep her looking human.
The third part of the curse is the most brutal for her. Over time, the curse has been slowly trying to influence Li to be more human and slowly driving her mad. The intent of this part of the curse is to force her to be human and to feel guilt over what her herd did. The end result will be Li becoming human or driving her mad to the point of suicide.
The Solution for the Curse:
There IS a way to break the curse and it involves Li learning to trust someone to do it. The three parts of the curse need to be broken one at a time. The first part can be easily broken, giving her the ability to touch water again. The second part of the curse.. Involves figuring out Li's first name.
The problem is, Li cannot tell anyone her name. The curse prevents her from doing so much like it prevents her from telling anyone the exact nature of the curse. She has figured ways around it over the years by being vague or managing to tell bits and pieces of her herd's story for people to figure things out. But, that's as far as she can go.
Any attempts at magically finding out her name will only result in 'Li' .... which is both the shortened version of her name, aaand the atomic symbol for Lithium. Eventually someone will realize this, right?
The third part of the curse involves figuring out the second part of her name. No amount of magical means will discover this. Li is the only one that can tell it and it has to be to someone she trusts completely.However, as each part of the Curse defeated, the madness gets worse, making Li very unpredictable. To break the final part of the curse, Li has to trust someone enough to actually.. let them kill her after she reveals the last part of her name without fighting back. Once she breathes her last breath, the curse will be broken and Li will revert back to her original form and need to be immediately submerged in water to revitalize.