paradisa | sixtieth labyrinth

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sixtieth labyrinth

[Felix walked into Chimera headquarters and smirked to himself. The castle hadn't missed decorating up here, either, and seeing that gave him a flutter of nostalgia, since it was here that he and Ashura had first kissed. Accordingly, it's the first day he's been in what might genuinely be called a good mood. Maybe that holiday 'good cheer' thing really did work.

He settles into a desk in the offices and gets to work.]

The castle certainly works quickly. I should probably be more surprised at it's abilities. Even accepting it as magic, it's...frankly amazing.

I can't help but wonder, for the rest of you, if you don't believe in magic, how do you explain this? And, if I may ask, why? I've found the reasons for not believing in magic says a lot about a particular world.

It's common in my world, but only because a good segment of the population manifests such abilities. And while we cannot exactly snap our fingers and decorate our homes, it's something the rest of the world simply accepts. I suppose it is one of the few things they do agree on.

[Filtered to magic-users and away from First-Gens, their allies, and people without good intentions towards the residents]]

While I'm on the subject, for those of you that do possess such talents and have not yet heard me mention it - my name is Felix Harrowgate and I run a small group hear I call Chimera. I started it almost two years with several goals in mind - to research any and every form of magic we encounter, both ours and that of the castle, with the hopes of reaching a greater understanding of it. We also, occasionally, get together to use our talents to defend the residents when the need arises.

If any or all of that interests you, or if you have more questions about the specific details, feel free to contact me at any time.

[Duke]

If you're feeling better, I'd like to ask you to come up to headquarters and discuss how to implement your wards for the outpost. Given you almost died producing this crystal, I think we'd be amiss to not put it to good use.

And I'm rather hesitant to go experimenting on this thing without talking to you first.

[Thamuris]

Are you free yet? I have something I want to show you.

[Crowley]

Is the game on this year?

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... Had been meaning to ask about what came of it.

... Now?

It's safe in one the workrooms.

And yes, now.

... Good.

[ He's pretty sure he has the hang of it, if he needed to do that again, but... ]

... Very well.

[ Give him a bit and he'll head up to the Chimera room- ]

[He'll be hanging around the lobby waiting for Duke to arrive. He's even made sure the castle decorations weren't anywhere Duke might trip on them. So many of those little soldier dolls. He wasn't sure what to make of the castle's theme this year]

[ Very nice of Felix. Duke doesn't want to trip on the things that are making people kiss each other. That might be more embarrassing than the kissing.

But he's trying to figure out if he's supposed to knock or just open the door and stick his head in. Probably the second. ]

[Felix has been too busy catching up on things to figure out that the nutcrackers are behind this. He's left Chimera unattended too long.

He looks up when the door opens.]

You don't have to sneak in here, you know. You're free to come and go as a member.

[ Shiny things, hopefully. ]

... true enough. [ You didn't redecorate from the last time he was in here, did you? But the way was clear, so he heads on in to stop not that far from Felix. ]

... Do not think I know location of workrooms.

They're the door on the left, as you come in.

[And considering the room was round, it was easy enough to find your way there]

Ah.

[ Then it should still be to his left.

Single track mind for the moment, Felix, he's going to go find that door and his crystal. ]

[He head that way, ahead of Duke, so he can guide the mage to the proper room. Finding the first door was easy, but there were several doors down the adjoining hall and was less easy to explain. He knew Duke would follow by sound.]

I can't believe the castle decorated in here too. I hope it didn't interfere with the wards...

[ He can do that, and so he does - Although there is a bit of a hesitation at mention of 'castle decorated in here'. Stupid castle decorations. ]

Likely depends on how wards are set.

It's an area-specific boundary, so it shouldn't, short of moving the walls themselves, but it's hard to say when castle magic is involved...

Here we are.

[Felix pauses to open the door to the workroom where Duke's crystal is waiting]

Which could leave either walls within area, or a gap around the edge - unless either would break it...

[ He doesn't quite understand how the wards would work.

And he's trying to figure out if he can remember just how far in and which turns were made to get to this particular work room while Felix does that. ]

Mmmm...no, it shouldn't.

[He moves inside. The crystal is sitting on a heavy wooden cupboard at the other end of the room. Otherwise there isn't much else in here. Felix fails to notice a pair of nutcrackers flanking the inside of the doorway, however.]

Which would mean castle interference and.. that is a little harder to notice, at times.

[ Nutcrackers flanking the door? Duke hasn't noticed them either, because he's noticed where his crystal is and is carefully making sure he doesn't knock his shins or knees against anything on the way to it.

Just picking it up and carefully studying it now - which involved a great deal if him standing still, really. ]

Seems to have worked well...

[Felix moves up next to him, leaning his hip against the desk to watch whatever Duke is doing to the crystal]

So it seems. It's been stable, though I don't suppose I'd know for sure if it wasn't. You mentioned I could maybe have a piece to test some things with, but I thought it best you show me how best to do that. I'd rather not tempt fate with solid magic again.

... Feels stable to me. [ Ah. Yes. Getting a piece. He's pretty sure Felix is going to make a "what are you doing" comment, given the effort to get this crystal.

Because after he dusts the surface off, and finds a nice edge that feels like it might crack cleanly, he's going to thunk it nice and firmly on the edge of the table.

Yeah. You get a piece of the crystal this way. ]

[He doesn't even get a chance to say or shout that. It's mostly buried in a reflexive but brief shout of alarm and a flinch]

...

Well if I'd known hitting it was your solution.

[ Don't mind Duke, he's gathering up the pieces and settling on the floor. ]

It is not inscribed with any formula, so it gives no reaction to damage. Those inscribed and then placed within blastia bodies - like what I would do with a barrier - then damage causes various, oft explosive, results.

[ Duke starts sorting out the various pieces now. Thumb-sized pieces get kept in one pile, a hand sized chunk sits with a second, and a small collection of fragments between are gathered up and offered to Felix. ]

I could apply a variety of formula if you wish; barrier, water, fire, light.

[He accepts the pieces and examines them, but some impulse makes him keep looking up to Duke's face]

What would that do?

Water formula with a proper base functions as the ... faucets? [ Duke mimes the turning of handles to gain water in the kitchen. ] Draws water, cleans water, produces water. Fire can be used in multiple ways; lighting, like candles and lamps, heating for rooms or cooking. Light.. functions for room lighting, street-lighting. barrier would enable creation of barriers, although those are usually far more fixed and would require more time to apply.

Would give an idea of how they change when set to use. [ And this is with leaving out hoplon, which he didn't intend to work with anyway, and Bodhi - speaking of bodhi, he focuses on Felix - or his general area - again. ]

... There is nothing against attempting to teach others some forms of magic, is there? [ Because he has people interested in healing. ]

So they're permanent once set?

...hmmm? No, not specifically. I'd recommend caution outside of Chimera members with certain magic but, ah...what was it you wanted to teach? [Because...unless they're from the same world...]

Yes.

Healing. One works in the clinic, another has magic but no knowledge of healing. Third is uncertain if would be able to work magic. [ And that sounds quite a bit like chopping an arm and Duke would like to try to see if it would work. ]

Uncertain if mentioned, but magic style is similar to math. Own world needed a bodhi blastia and study and magic was available. Can likely restrict bodhi blastia's abilities into healing and healing alone...

Healing. [A hesitant pause. He has no objections to it on a personal level, but there's that old impulse in the back of his mind that screams 'heresy'] I suppose that would be the safest, but can you really give anyone the ability to use magic given the use of this blastia device?

The formula inscribed upon the fraction of this crystal for the bodhi blastia is one that enables one to reach and control magic through other formula. Would likely not be difficult to insist that the bodhi blastia remain with me until deemed skilled enough to use outside of practice, or attempt to place a restriction upon those who can use them when ready to let them use outside of practice.

... It is how it worked in own world, with kritya, humans... dogs. [ He's fairly sure that it will work with the races represented in Paradisa if it works on his world's 'elves', humans, and dogs. ] If it does not, can attempt to teach in ways their magic works - or perhaps just break it down so that they can replicate effects.

... I would have no interest in teaching those who already have methods of offense at their hands offensive casting.

[Felix]

[Duke]

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