49th of Summer, 514 AV
Anna hummed slightly as she walked along the path out of the Citadel, her expression actually rather relaxed considering the average hardships of Sahova. The tall woman scanned the ground upon which she walked, occasionally bending down to pluck rocks from the path. She would promptly pocket these items and continue on her way, heading down towards the harbor. The day was warm and lovely and the sorceress wanted to enjoy a bit of Voiding practice. With the continuing expansion of her talents in regards to the Void came the need to constantly continue to practice, to learn how very far she could take the practice.
The Sahovan Wizard was dressed rather raggedly, her clothing tattered and torn for the most part and consisting of a tunic, pants, and a pair of leather sandals. Her long black hair was pulled into a high ponytail; really she looked more like a slave than a free woman. The silver ring wrapped around her right ring finger however denoted her being anything but a slave in the conventional sense; in fact she was one of Sahova’s more powerful wizards. Anna enjoyed the relative freedom that influence granted her, however with it came some expectation that she further craft.
Soon enough Anna arrived near the harbor, however the tall woman moved away from the main part of the docks and along the rocky shoreline. When she came to a sufficient distance away from the harbor and found a relatively open patch of shore the woman smirked. There were no or few beaches upon Sahova that Anna knew of, the volcanic properties of the island tended to result in rocky shorelines. Little puddles and pools could be found in this particular patch of shore, waves crashing against jagged rocks further out as per the norm.
The tall woman removed the rocks she had collected from her pockets and placed a few in seemingly random intervals around the shore. She plopped a few in the pools, a few on the ground, one inside a thorny looking bush and even one off the shore and into the water. This done Anna looked around the area, noting where she had placed each rock with a nod. The distance for the most part was relatively close, meaning she had a good line of sight for most of the rocks. The exceptions were the thorny looking bush and the one she had placed in the ocean waters off shore.
Anna held out her hand, fingers curled and palm facing the space before her. She narrowed her eyes upon a singular point in the air in front of her, focusing upon it as she gathered the Djed within her form. She took the vital energy within her and forced it outwards towards the space, seeking to empty the space of all matter. It took about five ticks of concentration before a tiny black dot sparked into existence, the birth of the Portal being relatively gentle and smooth compared to how it had once been.
The sorceress smiled, willing an increasing influx of Djed to infuse itself into the tiny swirling black Vortex. This tasked the Portal to grow steadily, expanding as the purple peripheral regions reached out hungrily. She poured more and more of her own Djed into the casting, finding the task far less taxing than reimancy had once been. The Portal expanded larger and larger, even when it reached the size of the average man it continued to expand. The larger it became the more Djed was necessary to task into the casting, however it was manageable to the tall woman.
Eventually it reached the size where it could easily absorb a small carriage and likely the horse and passenger on board. As Anna stared into the wall of blackness before her she noted out of the corner of her eye tiny spots dancing within the Portal. She dismissed the figures as being figments of her imagination, instead focusing fully upon keeping the very large Portal open. Her expression was one of utter concentration as she stabilized the stream of her Djed flowing into the casting, holding the Portal open and maintaining the size. It was necessary to have it at a large size to test the accuracy of her newest test.
