27 - Jun

[radiantwingedone]

Who: Duke and Anyone who wants to find him
When: Sunday, monday, tuesday - He's going somewhere to sleep, but he's back early and leaves late.
What: Duke is withdrawing from people by burying himself in books. Clearly this means he should be bothered.
Style: [ To start ], but will prose if you do
Status: Open.

[ Lowell was gone. It really shouldn't have bothered him as much as it had, but the man was... moderately important. Not as important to him as others, but...

Duke shakes his head, turning the page he's on finally and setting the book on the air as he would set a book on a table surface. It stays, as Duke knew it would, shifting aside to bring one of the other two floating books into his line of sight.

So maybe its more running away. But it works, for him. Focus on something else, and nothing will really hurt. ]

Comments

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[Jade hasn't been to the library in a while. Honestly, he's just been so... preoccupied...

He's still moving a little slow, but he's finally out of the clinic and trying to get some air. Well, he's in the bubble, but as much air as is supplied. He spots Duke after some wandering and, curious, he heads over.]

I see you've eschewed a table. Interesting choice.

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke lifts his head and blinks once.

Oh, it's the guy who attacked him a while ago. ]

Only so much room on a table. Would rather use that space for notes.

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

I suppose. An interesting use of magic.

[He smiled a bit and set himself into an adjacent chair, sighing.]

I'd like to apologize for my actions last I saw you. I... wasn't really myself.

[radiantwingedone]

... Had not intended to dwell upon it. Served... as a wake-up, of sorts.

[ he tried to get better about eating and sleeping after that happened. ]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[Jade rose his brows in question as he picked up one of the books Duke had finished.]

Wake-up how?

[Attacking someone usually wasn't... Well, alright.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Its on types of ambient magics, and the forms they take. Duke shuffles things about, clearly trying to figure out what words he should use. ]

It should not have been that easy to knock me over. [ He had barely been eating for a while, and it had started to show up and he forgot that things had effects like that. ]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

I suppose that's reasonable.

[Not that Jade really remembered it in any case. He shook his head at Duke a bit.]

Regardless, I shouldn't have attacked you.

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke sort of... shrugs. He doesn't really care, beyond being mildly embarrassed. He sort of expects violence from humans.

Clearly he has great self preservation interests. ]

Likely should not have bothered someone mumbling past the translation effect while sitting upon the coral.

[ They both can be at fault then. ]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[Jade sighed, a small smile still on his face.]

I was out of my mind, unfortunately.

[radiantwingedone]

Ah.

[ Wonderful, the things that happen in Vatheon.

It can be more of Jade's fault then. ]

... what was that spell, if do not mind asking?

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

It's called Fonic Sight. It amplifies my abilities. Unfortunately, it's a highly dangerous arte.

[radiantwingedone]

... Caused the lack of sanity?

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

Yes. Were we too late, it would have killed others.

[radiantwingedone]

[ Give him a moment of blank staring as he tries to decide if that was 'It would have resulted in more deaths than already happened' sort of 'killed others', or 'it would have killed me and someone else' sort of 'killed others'.

He can't quite figure it out. ]

... 'Others'?

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

I was with some others when we were finally able to calm the arte down.

[radiantwingedone]

Ah.

[ Okay then. That's better than 'I was crazy and killed people'.

He isn't sure if there's going to be more conversation. ]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

Your world's magic, what is it called?

[He's been wanting to ask this.]

[radiantwingedone]

... Magic, but is that of Aer - now Mana. Refer to spells mostly as formula, as it is very similar to math.

... Yours?

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

Fonons, used in spells called artes. It's more focused on incantations and voice.

Yours seems to have more domestic uses than fonic artes.

[radiantwingedone]

... Artes is familiar, but mostly used for actions of weapons.

[ Domestic takes him a moment - he really is most familiar with the combat aspect - but he does realize what is meant as he looks at the floating book. ]

Something not usually explored, but is not that hard to specify what is wanted for uses like that.

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

I suppose creating a table wasn't quite high on my list of things to do.

[radiantwingedone]

... Normally used when did not have a table.

[ No bowls of hot stew in his lap, thank you. Too many critters liked him for that to be safe. ]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[Jade works in a place where there were tables on tables. He never really had want for something like that.

Though, interesting ideas were coming up in his head for now.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Of course, Duke doesn't really use this sort of telekinesis spell for just books. Swords work with it just as well-

But with the lull in conversation, he turns back to his notes. Oops? ]

[theredrose]

[She wasn't going to interrupt Duke when he was obviously reading, but then he put the book on the air as if there was an invisible table and it catches her attention.

She'd been looking for someone who could talk to her about magic and there'd been someone right in front of her the whole time; it was someone she trusted, too.

She came forward to stand next to Duke, for once a little shyly. Now that she thought about it, what if he didn't want to talk to her about it?]

Um...Duke?

[radiantwingedone]

... Yes?

[ The pause is because he might as well be half-deaf while focusing on something, and he turns to blink somewhat confusedly at her.

Did Ib want to braid his hair again? He's at a loss as to why anyone would really seek him out... ]

[theredrose]

[She paused just a moment, but found her courage and gave him her most serious expression.]


Can you teach someone magic?

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke blinks. ]

The type I am most familiar with, can teach, yes. I would need to make something to enable more than theory, however. It shouldn't be hard to make.

Why?

[theredrose]

I have a friend who has magic, but he doesn't know how to use it. And, if I could protect people with it, I wanted to know if I could learn how to use magic too.

[radiantwingedone]

If are asking about if can aid the friend in learning, it is unlikely. Magic tends to differ from world-of-origin to world-of-origin. As for teaching you...

[ He isn't that good at protecting- ]

I can aid only a little, and I will need to make something so that you could see if it works. I am... Better at the defense that consists of offense, but know some basic protection and healing. Would have to learn other forms of protective magics, and imitate them with own, before attempting to teach.