Mirror, Mirror

A defense against lack of decorum.

Mirror, Mirror is a Spell that originated in the 1800s. The spell was first utilized by a landed member of high society. The spell focuses on defense against firearms.
The spell does not see as much use as one would expect. Mirror, Mirror requires the practitioner's catalyst, the means of casting spells in Arcana Discordia , to be completely detached from the practitioner's person, taking away their ability to use more powerful spells.

Those who use another spell in the Genre, The Cheat Code, are among the few who use Mirror, Mirror. While focusing on using their weapon, their catalyst will protect them from incoming fire.

Casting The Spell

The spell is simple and requires little effort on the part of the caster, but it does require a sustained amount of concentration. No matter how small the effort is, on a long enough timeline, the spell will tire the caster.

The first step is to activate the catalyst. Flipping a lucky coin, drawing a card or on occasion hurling the full deck, or simply tossing dice into the air are all examples. Ms. Dormer would spin the mirror to the other side to activate it. The caster will focus The Static into a bubble around the catalyst and then run through the details of the spell in their mind.
The details are short and simple, a necessity to make sure the spell can be cast as quickly and efficiently as possible. These details are essentially commands. Block incoming projectiles, reflect them into enemies.

Effect:
When cast, the catalyst will float around the caster, prepared to ricochet any projectiles that will hit the caster. It will ignore any projectile that is guaranteed to miss, prioritizing what it will reflect back onto enemies within a twenty foot radius.

What's in a name?

Jane Dormer, the inventor of the spell, grew up with classic fairy tales. Her particular favorite was snow white. Jane felt far more connection to the queen than the protagonist, believing that snow white was secretly a devil in disguise sent to drive the queen mad, as snow white was not the fairest in the land for some time, taking the Queen's title with "suspiciously abrubt and needless provocation."
This connection to the fairy tale is why Jane decided to use a hand mirror in the first place, and when she named the spell, she had no way of knowing whether it could be used with any other object.

Limits and Restrictions:

• Deflection: The deflection can only hit targets within a 180° arc of the catalyst, as the catalyst will not reflect in the direction of the caster behind it. Furthermore, the more projectiles threatening the caster, the less it will be able to catch.

• Effort: While durability of the catalyst isn't a problem, a major limit is the effort it takes to reflect high velocity projectiles. Every bullet reflected will take its toll on the caster.

• Velocity: Any projectile with a velocity of less than 1000 feet per second and a size larger than the catalyst itself cannot be reflected. For reference, the average bullet travels at 2500 feet per second and arrows travel at 250 feet per second on average.

• Usage: This spell must be used on a. catalyst. The catalyst must be activated and cannot deflect until the activation, and casting of the spell is completed.

• Ammo Type: certain forms ammunition or projectile will not be efficiently deflected. Explosives won't be deflected, as the catalyst will hover within 10 feet of the caster and can't block the explosion. Incendiary ammunition can still cause damage to the caster, setting them on fire if deflected at the wrong time.
  
  Shotgun shells are another example. Since their are significantly more projectiles, all fired simultaneously, the catalyst will only block the most important areas of the caster.

History

The shear rage on his face brought a contemptuous smile to hers. He was still, a handsome man stuck on his knees as if his body forgot how to stand.
Jane spoke slowly, the nature of her previous answer may have escaped him, her protest far too hastily made, "Mr. Arden," she began,"you puzzle me exceedingly. If what I have hitherto said can appear to you in the form of encouragement, I know not how to express my refusal in such a way as may convince you of its being one."
He managed to stand. He stared at her, a quickly suppressed moment of uncomfortable intent rising as quickly as it was forced back down...

The spell was invented by a member of the English aristocracy, Jane Dormer. Jane Dormer failed the rite, found herself in The House of Cards, and became a discordian. She then spent much of her life causing trouble among the landed gentry.

She routinely spoke her mind. She pointed out the problems with the way the upper class live. This made her many enemies, and in response to an attempt on her life, she developed a simple spell that utilized luck in the most peculiar of ways.
A young gentleman found himself ridiculed, scolded for proposing marriage to Mrs. Dormer when they barely knew one another. She was shot and nearly died during recovery. Her only way of passing the time was to find a way to never experience the sad chain of events again.

Development

Ms. Dormer used an ornate dual sided mirror as a catalyst. One side would reflect the world as it was, the other reflected the world as it could be. Jane Dormer was an expert on causality, and when she developed the spell, she used The Causality Theorem exclusively.

Her theory stated that "The Silence," a Victorian term that described what is now called "The Static," could be used to protect the catalyst in a bubble, which would be enough to stop a bullet. She then used causality to give a pseudo sentient quality to the mirror, allowing it to move on its own and put itself in between an incoming bullet and Ms. Dormer.
When the spell is cast, the mirror would hover around her, catching projectiles which would ricochet off the bubble of static she produced. This gave her another idea, and she further enhanced the spell to ricochet the bullets towards anyone who wished her harm with an effective range of 20 feet.