Kira: um... alright...? *she glances at him with confusion, but grabs the dark amulet in her paw. Then after a moment, she casts the spell again. This time, it seems she's summoned a shadowy version of herself.* aha! That was much better! Though... I must say its pretty unsettling to see myself like this. *She says as she looks at her counterpart.*

Creature: the earliest place I remember being in was a dark void... vast and empty. I always felt like I was being watched... and I saw eyes at the corners of my vision, but when I tried to look at them they disappeared... like they weren't even there... *realizes they probably said more than they needed to.* Ahem... but I digress... I'm not sure if that's where I came from, but its my earliest memory.

Kira: I see... should I try casting the summoning spell again?

Kira: *she takes the amulet back.* ah, thank you. *she attaches it to a necklace and wears it.*

Creature: you can think of me as a... guardian I suppose... I try to protect everyone and everything important to me

Creature: Oh, thank you!

Kira: *she hands it over.*

Creature: er... I don't actually know... sorry

Kira: *after a minute, she returns with the amulet. It's rusty with some pieces missing, but the dark purple gem in the middle still looks mostly intact with a few cracks.* Here, I've got it.

Kira: perfect. I don't think it should be damaged too badly, its definitely fixable. I'll go get it, just hang on a second. *she uses a teleportation spell and dissappears.*

Kira: Ah, I see... kind of like this amulet I use for my normal magic... *points to the golden amulet holding a green gem at her chest* if I remember correctly, I may have found a similar variation of this... except... older and damaged... do you think that could work?

Kira: a "Dark Key"? As in a literal key or...? I have some magical artifacts, but I don't think I have anything like that

Thx!
You'll see

Tyty!
Hehehe...

Thank you!

Kira: *waits silently, noticing the rat scurry away.*

Kira: *laughs awkwardly and mutters* yeah, I have to work on that... Oh, yes! Of course!

Yippee!

Kira: alright... *waves her paws around, and a dark circle appears in front of her. Shadows lift from the summoning circle and form into a small rat.* er... I meant to summon something different but that's fine I guess...

Kira: Well, I wouldn't say I know a lot in that particular field... yet... I know some simple spells, and I'm working on a couple summoning spells too.