deercountry | and the world was gone || April Catch-All

And not taking questions about those points, I notice. At least it's better than back home when he'd be trying to sell his book every other turn.

[nope, just boring so far, unless he thinks this is somehow selling the product.

her question makes him glance over, keeping his voice low as he explains,] Eh, trying to figure out how to use lunar energy to make a laser point for welding purposes. I cannot tell you how much easier it would make my life. [but! this in turn makes him notice her notes, the runes both familiar and unfamiliar, bringing back ages of pouring over old texts with jayce.

jayce was always better with the runes than he was, but he still finds them fascinating. it's in his tone when he asks,] What are you working on yourself? Spellwork?

Depressingly enough, I think he is under the impression he's selling it. [He's definitely trying to get other people to read it, like he's really onto something. She just rolls her eyes.

She nods along with his explanation, this is immediately more interesting than the lecture. Welding, hm. An artificer...? Especially since he seems to at least partially recognize her own work.]

I'm uh, designing a spell for a friend. It's proving to be a bit of an overcomplicated mess... I think I might have to start over and simplify it. [She's only Level 9 after all, she can't really be expected to be building fifth level spells. Or maybe it's just something in the very premise that's wrong...? Well, whatever.]

Are you an artificer?

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[such a sigh, she's right and he wishes she was not.] That is incredibly painful to witness.

[there's far more interesting things though, like designing a spell. it has him glancing over her notes more closely, not quite understanding the runes themselves- different runes, it seems, though very clearly of a similar family to those of his world which opens endless possibilities and questions to him about the link between magic between realities. it takes him a moment to say anything, and when he does he sounds sheepish for that pause.] Apologies, this is- ha, I would need to give you a quite longwinded explanation of my world to explain why your work is so fascinating.

[she's actually right on the money, though he's never heard the word before.] I'm afraid that term isn't familiar to me- I am an engineer, or an inventor I suppose. Would you-

[the teacher finally notices enough to glance up and shush them, making viktor's lips thin. like fair man, but also-] Would you be interested in eh... skipping out and having some tea? I think even an idle conversation on this would be a far better use of both our times.

[Being shushed by the teacher makes Adaine blink in surprise and then roll her eyes. Now, he notices. Her arm is sore and it's his fault.]

And miss this absolutely riveting lesson? I could never. [She smirks, and then nods.] Sure, that sounds a lot more interesting. I like longwinded explanations provided there's time to actually listen to them.

It'd probably also take me a bit to fully explain what an artificer is, anyway.

[She scoops up her own note book. Luckily, they're very near the door, and there's nobody in their way.]

[ah, freedom. viktor grabs his crutch and pulls himself up, tucking his notebook under an arm and ignoring any looks sent their way. he imagines a few people are envious, but ah well. every student for themselves.

out in the hall he lets out a sigh of relief.] Academia never changes. Now, I know a shop for the tea, if you don't mind a lamp trip to the Willful Machine.

[he'd just offer to make some where he lives but... it's a bunker and pal also lives there, so it seems rude on some levels and weird on others. a tea shop is probably better.]

As for longwinded starts to explanations- my world considers magic and mages dangerous. There was a war a great many years ago where magic caused unspeakable destruction, so of course it was labeled dangerous and evil rather than simply a tool that was used in a heinous way.

[hey, someone has some opinions about that it seems, huh. he's practically rolling his eyes about it.]

I don't mind. It's definitely a step up from whatever the hell that was.

[She sighs as she gets out the door, stretching her arms and allowing a glowing translucent mage hand to carry her books for her.

She listens to his explanation. It's... abnormal, predictable and utterly stupid all at the same time. She can't imagine a world where magic of all things was blamed for all the misfortune in the world.

Of course, she doesn't know about the wizard who struck down a god, or the whispered one, or the many many many other crimes wizards have committed against reality and the Great Wheel of Planes. It's not immediately relevant to her, anyway. And she'd never agree with banning it wholesale either. What a stupid solution.]

They know that people will still find a way to experiment with it, right? It'll just be underground and unregulated and there's nothing they could do to control it, and anyone who might have been interested in it for ethical reasons will have to seek out deeply corrupt sources to even access it?

People never learn. Prohibition never actually works as a preventative measure for misuse. Idiots.

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[oh the mage hand- he makes a mental not to ask about that, it fascinates him. if only he had even a hexcrystal, the things he could try to do with all this new inspiration- but no, focus.]

Oh they should have, given my research partner and I founded a technology that could manipulate the arcane like a mage could. You can imagine the drama it created, but I suppose ultimately it was accepted, so there's that step forward.

[then again there's places like demacia that actively hunt mages but... he'll stick to piltover.] I see you are a mage of sorts? Is magic common in your world? Are people born into it as well?

[sorry just. a lot of questions he can't help, clearly very intrigued by all this.]

That's very impressive. [It really is, especially if they had to do it in secret if the technology was outlawed.] Is your partner in Trench...?

[Worth asking, even if it might be a sore point. Adaine's never been one to dance around the point if she can help it. Then he asks about magic and the question makes her laugh a bit.]

God, people always ask that. [It's depressing to imagine the state of their own worlds' magic, really, if that's what they assume.] Some people are. A lot of people are born with a very small amount of magic they can draw on, but even the people who aren't can still learn it. It's a skill, like music, or math.

Some people can reach a certain level of power drawing on inherent magic alone but they can't reach the heights that someone who learnt it can, at least not without picking up a spellbook and learning.

No, which I'm not sure is unfortunate or not. [not a sore topic- he does miss jayce, yes, but he's not sure wishing anyone here is good or not. they simply are or aren't and that's easier to accept than fruitless hopes.]

That is fascinating. Runes are an important part of spellwork in my world but without the connection mages have it is impossible to learn, presumably. [the idea that anyone can learn magic is kind of thrilling, though more to him because of the possibility it presents about magic as a whole and how it presents itself in the trench. you know, big nerd stuff.]

You said you were making a spell, how does that work here? I assume using blood might act as a medium?

Mm, I know the feeling. [She thinks it would be nice if Aelwyn were here with her, but beyond that... she misses her friends and she misses Jawbone but she doesn't want them to have to deal with this place.]

Yes, it does. It seems somewhat similar but it's different depending on the type of spell. Divination and Enchantment is Paleblood, Evocation is Coldblood, Transmutation appears to be Darkblood, though sometimes Vileblood as well, Necromancy is Vileblood... I haven't yet figured out Abjuration but it seems Warmblood can work as a component a lot of the time. [She blinks.] Oh, uh... sorry that probably didn't make a lot of sense. There's different schools of magic. Put simply... Divination is about prophecies and visions and such, Enchantment is about meddling with people's minds, Evocation is channeling elements, Transmutation is about manipulating things and turning one thing into another which can be applied on a greater level to manipulating times.

And then Necromancy is about channelling the powers of life and death, or positivity and negativity, as they're known more scientificly.

The spell I'm making is Divination... at least, I think so. I might need to incorporate bits of Abjuration. It's looking like I'll have to redo it, honestly, I think I went wrong at the very root of the spellcrafting.

[She doesn't realize she's rambling. Or, well, infodumping more accurately. It's a nervous tick.]

He has never had the stomach for violence either. [which... yeah. he offers a shrug, one that's sure another sleeper understands the complexity of this particular dilemma. selfishness vs care, ah emotions.

viktor listens to this with a nod here and there, already forming a list of questions to be asked. no shame here, infodumping is a favorite of his, more so when it's fascinating.] Such a structured system- what I would have given for runes to have such a solid basis. We were stuck finding the dustiest of old tomes with a great deal of personal conjecture mixed in.

[turns out mages have egos, which... well not shocking.] What is the purpose of the spell exactly? I doubt I will be much help but I would be happy to be a sounding board.

[She remembers not having a stomach for violence, tasting bile in the back of her throat at the sight of Doreen's exposed grey matter and bloodied and bruised face. She got over it fast. She had to, really. Can't be a hero without killing a few people, after all.]

God, that sounds like a nightmare. Honestly, I don't really do well with learning from old textbooks and such. The practical aspect of casting is the part that really interests me, even though the theory is obviously a requirement as well for anything serious.

[She considers what he says afterwards, pursing her lips. It's a complicated request, more complicated than Viktor actually intends it, she would wager. Sansa was conservative with her secrets, so she'd need to be very careful, though having another academic to bounce ideas off of would be nice.]

...It's an alarm, sort of. On a... umm. Planetary scale, I guess? I wanted to know immediately if certain people arrived here, so I could prepare.

It was abysmal. So much ego, so much shorthand. [a sigh. better than sitting through that lecture but Still.]

In truth it was always more Jayce's area than mine. Even here I've been trying to recreate a similar technology with blood gems and I rely on Palamedes' understanding of magic, wards in particular.

[fascinating stuff, but he's always been an engineer at heart. that's part of why the structure she mentions intrigues him as much as it does.

that explanation gets a nod and sort of understanding- the 'could prepare' makes it sound like these would not be friends coming.] Useful, on several levels. You could scale it down to the oceans if that would make the load easier, as far as I understand all who come here come through it. Then again, if you wished to be thorough... perhaps not.

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