Ialari arrived at her assigned laboratory after taking a break following her time in the forge. The lower levels of the Silver Tower were purposeful in form and structure. One descended the central staircase from the ground level down to the forges. Below the forges were the various laboratories where the Sentinels researched, experimented and practiced a number of different magical disciplines. Although World Magic was the primary source of magical study, some amount of Personal Magic was also encouraged and supported in the labs. For Ialari, it was one of the smaller Magecraft laboratories where she would undergo her first actual Magecraft task. The hammer she had recently forged was one of the primary tools of the magecraft process. While she would be provided with the necessary tools, already magecrafted, to pratice the discipline, her instructors required that she create at least one hammer of her own to be enchanted.
While Ialari had been in the labs before during her instruction on the Basic Principles of Magecraft, the lab itself never ceased to astound her in its fantastical design. The silver archway that offered entrance to the lab was covered in countless glyphs. Although Ialari was not familiar with most of them, she did recognize a few as being related to magecraft. Functionally, the glyphs were meant to help contain any wild djed that may be released from a botched procedure in order to reduce the damage done to anyone or anything outside of the lab.
The lab itself was rather small. It was too dangerous to allow a large number of projects to be worked on at once so the need for a large lab just wasn't there. In the center of the lab was a short, raised dais with a silver pedestal in the center. The dais was glyphed to contain any loose djed. Surrounding the base of the dais were a number of workbenches and tables holding various tools and containers baring varied catalysts and reagents used in the magecraft process. Against the silver walls were several cabinets, cases, shelves and crates filled with a variety of common reagents as well as few of the more rare ones.
The ceiling of the lab was covered in an intricate pattern of circles and glyphs that Ialari did not recognize yet theorized were used to help focus and contain djed. The fact that so many glyphs filled the lab always made her a little uneasy as it meant terrible releases of wild djed were all too possible.
Stepping further into the lab, Ialari saw her instructor, Sentinel Tirin, a Pitrius woman who appeared to be only a few years older than Ialari. Tirin was a dark-haired beauty with piercing, deep blue eyes. She was dressed in her Sentinel Robes; black trimmed in silver with a silver flame on the back. When she saw Ialari enter, she smiled and gave a respectful nod of her head before greeting the apprentice in a soft almost soothing voice, "Ah, Ialari, good day to you. You're early. I hadn't expected you for awhile yet." Tirin noted that Ialari was carrying a hammer. "Excellent, I see you completed the first lesson in forging your first magecraft hammer. May I see it?"
Ialari returned Tirin's smile and walked over to her. Ialari always like Tirin. The instructor was a number of years older than Ialari yet never talked down to her. Since Ialari's entry into study at the Tower, Tirin had served as a mentor and friend; helping to keep Ialari out of trouble and advising her along the way. Ialari was indeed one who found herself in a number of unpleasant incidents since coming to the Tower. She was not one to accept authority easily, especially when it came to being dismissed or underestimated. This caused confrontations with other apprentices and instructors alike. It was Tirin that took notice of Ialari and displayed genuine support for the younger isur.
Ialari walked over to Tirin and held her hammer out for inspection.