...but can't seem to know how to piece them together or even make use of them.

man, i still don't have a direction on what i want this story to be, or what sort of magic system i'm aiming for this one, but i do want it to involve magic at the very least :((

maybe i'll just wait out for the Ultimate Eureka moment where ideas would overflow to the point that it'll be my only focus for several days or weeks, which happened to me some years ago with another story and set of characters 🤔