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avalononline2020-12-11 10:45 pm
emet_sulk) wrote in avalononline2020-12-11 10:45 pm
< thearchitect > | video
[ Sometime in the middle of the month, a video is uploaded to the network. It's pre-recorded and opens with a man in his late 20s (Emet-Selch) setting up his phone so that it will stay in place and upright. Many will recognise the scene behind him as being one of the generic kitchenettes belonging to an inn room.
On the table before the camera are a few sheets of paper with alchemy circles drawn on them, heaped with small piles of raw, natural ingredients such as salt and clay and the like. ]
Hmm... It appears to be functioning as intended. Good.
[ Retreating from the camera, he crosses his arms. His posture is quite lax, attire casual, but his manner is quite austere. ]
This is intended for the man I met almost a moon ago, who proposed to me the idea of creating a a book - a grimoire, if you will - filled with pages of alchemical circles that I might easily access spells I need instead of drawing them anew time and again. But I am sure there are others who may benefit from this knowledge as well.
[ He gestures, drawing attention to the pages on the table. ]
Here, I have drawn some simple transformations. Observe--
[ At his whistle, a dog-sized, shadowy, dragon-like creature hops up on to the seat next to him. Emet-Selch focuses on the pages and his familiar follows suit. The first circle begins to glow.
A snap of his fingers, a flash of light, and suddenly there is a ceramic plate sitting on top of the page in place of its raw components. It is plain and unfired of course, but it is certainly a plate.
He repeats this process for the next two sheets of paper, producing a square of cloth and a short, wooden rod respectively. ]
I have yet to see if this transformation can be done without placing the raw materials within the circle itself, but for now, it seems promising.
[ END TRANSMISSION. ]
On the table before the camera are a few sheets of paper with alchemy circles drawn on them, heaped with small piles of raw, natural ingredients such as salt and clay and the like. ]
Hmm... It appears to be functioning as intended. Good.
[ Retreating from the camera, he crosses his arms. His posture is quite lax, attire casual, but his manner is quite austere. ]
This is intended for the man I met almost a moon ago, who proposed to me the idea of creating a a book - a grimoire, if you will - filled with pages of alchemical circles that I might easily access spells I need instead of drawing them anew time and again. But I am sure there are others who may benefit from this knowledge as well.
[ He gestures, drawing attention to the pages on the table. ]
Here, I have drawn some simple transformations. Observe--
[ At his whistle, a dog-sized, shadowy, dragon-like creature hops up on to the seat next to him. Emet-Selch focuses on the pages and his familiar follows suit. The first circle begins to glow.
A snap of his fingers, a flash of light, and suddenly there is a ceramic plate sitting on top of the page in place of its raw components. It is plain and unfired of course, but it is certainly a plate.
He repeats this process for the next two sheets of paper, producing a square of cloth and a short, wooden rod respectively. ]
I have yet to see if this transformation can be done without placing the raw materials within the circle itself, but for now, it seems promising.
[ END TRANSMISSION. ]
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You do know that "talking about others relationships" is what everyone does, don't you? Especially when it's with people in them. Private moments don't have to be shared unless people want to speak of them, but talking about others relationships ensures that friends are cared for.
It isn't for amusement, but love.
[ This is actually something important for her, not just as a follower of Menphina, but as a Matriarch who ensures people communicate when they can in relationships! ]
I know you're being contrary because that's how you are when it comes to your own feelings, but just be careful not to deny things too intently. Even if you don't mean it, you could hurt the feelings of someone you actually love.
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Gossip serves no-one. I have heard such excuses more times than I can count, of men and women driven apart by 'well-meaning' tongues wagging to those who have no business knowing what they do. I don't believe you to be that sort, Matriarch, but whatever I may feel for Hythlodaeus is not for you or anyone else to know.
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[ She sighs, shaking her head and staring at the monitor. ]
I won't bring your feelings up to anyone else involved with you unless they speak of them first, and I'll not continue the subject any more than I have to with anyone that isn't involved. How about that?
[ She respects his feelings, of course, so she wants to be able to resolve any discussion in a way that helps everyone out. It's her duty, after all! ]
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...Fine. And I'll not dictate how you speak to Hythlodaeus either. I simply want for things spoken in confidence to remain in confidence.
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[ She smiles after that- ]
You're happy though, aren't you? That he's here?
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...'Happy' is not how I would describe it. He and I are relics of the past. There is no place for us now.
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[ She knows a millennia of sadness can't just go away in a small period of time like this, but even someone like him deserves these small joys.
But it's a subject for another time, for now... ]
By the way, since you'd transformed before me once before... unless I dreamt it— think you could aid me in figuring out how to change shape?
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[ Let's be real, that's happened to her as a miqo'te too. ]
I feel like the animal I took form with overwhelmed mine own thoughts and it was difficult to be clear of thought in that state.
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