70th of Summer, 513 AV
Anna disliked having to jump through hoops, it annoyed her to no end when a seemingly simple affair was made overly complex and difficult. It had been extremely difficult to acquire the aged book before her, a test of patience and bargaining really. Lisaelis was not normally one to give her trouble in accessing restricted tomes and looking over what she wished, this had been an exception. From a logical and rational stand point, Anna realized exactly why she was so flustered when the wizard had asked to borrow the aged book for a few days. The volume was one of a kind after all, a rare book that provided insight into the discipline of spiritism from the writing of one experienced in the art. The librarian had been hesitant to let her even look over it in the library, let alone take it out for a spell. Ricken Solivar had only written one account on spiritism, the volume sitting on Anna's table was it.
It had taken a lot of bargaining, copious amounts actually, to finally get by on a rental. For the price of fifteen gold mizas the librarian was allowing her to rent the book for one day, with the warning of dire consequences should the book suffer any harm. Anna had made worse deals in her life, so she gladly accepted and was out of the library quickly.
After all of that effort here she finally sat in her home, carefully handling the pages of the volume with utmost delicacy. The discipline of spiritism was something she possessed little knowledge in, she knew more about ghosts from her meeting with Elaine but that in itself did not denote knowledge in Spiritism. What she did know was that spiritism was used to handle and defend against the undead, and that by experiencing possession over and over again one could build resistance to ghosts trying to take over one's body.
So the wizard realized she needed to know more, which brought her here, looking through Ricken's writings for scraps of useful knowledge. One particular entry caught her eye, one that detailed creation of soulmist. From what Anna recalled hearing from Elaine, soulmist was the substance that took the place of a ghost's Djed after death or it was their Djed, just in a different form. The substance had seemed specific to ghosts at the time, though Ricken was giving her information that indicated otherwise.
The wizard scanned over the volume and nodded slowly to herself at this, this might indeed be useful information. Elaine had been... less than friendly to her during their meeting in the library, perhaps creating usable soulmist for the ghost might give her cause to warm up to her. It was certainly something worth investigating, Anna made a mental note to attempt to create soulmist at a later date.
As Anna returned to looking over the volume a slight chill traced its way down her spine, an ill feeling that was oddly familiar. It was much like the feeling she had gotten when Elaine got too close to her, unnatural.
"Oh my love, why do you continue on this path?" A voice called out from all around her.
The wizard immediately stood, knocking her chair down to the floor and started searching about with wide eyes. Someone was spying on her, another ghost perhaps? It seemed to make logical sense, Elaine had demonstrated the powers of ghosts enough for Anna to know that even if you did not see it did not mean they were not there.
The voice itself had sounded familiar, plucking at strings deep within her heart. Strings that had long since been left forgotten in the recent months, memories from events that seemed a lifetime away. It couldn't be...
Out of the corner of her eye Anna noticed a shape forming, surrounded by a misty substance. Surprise and self defense were thoughts that immediately came to mind, Djed was willed to her right hand and pushed outwards, res quickly pooling in her palm. The hasty action sent waves of euphoria and the urge to cast, reimancy was never something where quick casting was a good idea.
The urge and any other thoughts in her brain immediately came to a grinding halt as she looked upon the specter before her. Res dripped from her hands and on to the floor, thoughts of control abandoned as her eyes widened in shock and disbelief.
The ghostly figure looked to be sitting on her bed, transparent though recognizable. Thick black hair fell about her face gracefully, dull grey eyes looked upon the tall wizard with concern and sorrow. Her face was rather plain and its features echoed Anna's in most way. For the first time in a long time Anna was utterly speechless.
The ghost smiled slightly, one that gave feelings of sadness rather than feelings of joy or amusement.
"It has been some time. It is good to see you again, my daughter." The apparition said.
Anna disliked having to jump through hoops, it annoyed her to no end when a seemingly simple affair was made overly complex and difficult. It had been extremely difficult to acquire the aged book before her, a test of patience and bargaining really. Lisaelis was not normally one to give her trouble in accessing restricted tomes and looking over what she wished, this had been an exception. From a logical and rational stand point, Anna realized exactly why she was so flustered when the wizard had asked to borrow the aged book for a few days. The volume was one of a kind after all, a rare book that provided insight into the discipline of spiritism from the writing of one experienced in the art. The librarian had been hesitant to let her even look over it in the library, let alone take it out for a spell. Ricken Solivar had only written one account on spiritism, the volume sitting on Anna's table was it.
It had taken a lot of bargaining, copious amounts actually, to finally get by on a rental. For the price of fifteen gold mizas the librarian was allowing her to rent the book for one day, with the warning of dire consequences should the book suffer any harm. Anna had made worse deals in her life, so she gladly accepted and was out of the library quickly.
After all of that effort here she finally sat in her home, carefully handling the pages of the volume with utmost delicacy. The discipline of spiritism was something she possessed little knowledge in, she knew more about ghosts from her meeting with Elaine but that in itself did not denote knowledge in Spiritism. What she did know was that spiritism was used to handle and defend against the undead, and that by experiencing possession over and over again one could build resistance to ghosts trying to take over one's body.
So the wizard realized she needed to know more, which brought her here, looking through Ricken's writings for scraps of useful knowledge. One particular entry caught her eye, one that detailed creation of soulmist. From what Anna recalled hearing from Elaine, soulmist was the substance that took the place of a ghost's Djed after death or it was their Djed, just in a different form. The substance had seemed specific to ghosts at the time, though Ricken was giving her information that indicated otherwise.
Sometimes I found it necessary to work with ghosts, while I'm known for fighting them some became my greatest companions and friends. They were truly unsung heroes, though I suppose the same is true for me. To help them out I'd give them soulmist I created. Soulmist is what allows a ghost to interact with the world around them, when they run out of soulmist then they cannot do much of anything. Any spiritist worth his salt can make soulmist.
My favorite recipe and one that is the most common is to use an egg, flour, and soft cheese. However, it is likely that one could experiment with other recipe's, the point is that they need to be three foods from three different sources. From there you need to create a dough out of them, this can be done in a bowl or your mouth if you can choke it in.
Once you have the dough, you need to keep it inside the body for a while to achieve the desired results. You need to focus on actually trying to create soulmist in order for it to work effectively, if your new to it don't expect instant success. If you succeed you'll get a white gel like substance, this is the soulmist. Ghosts love the stuff, giving it to them will make them quite happy and is useful in negotiations with one. Diplomacy is often the best course when handling ghosts.
The wizard scanned over the volume and nodded slowly to herself at this, this might indeed be useful information. Elaine had been... less than friendly to her during their meeting in the library, perhaps creating usable soulmist for the ghost might give her cause to warm up to her. It was certainly something worth investigating, Anna made a mental note to attempt to create soulmist at a later date.
As Anna returned to looking over the volume a slight chill traced its way down her spine, an ill feeling that was oddly familiar. It was much like the feeling she had gotten when Elaine got too close to her, unnatural.
"Oh my love, why do you continue on this path?" A voice called out from all around her.
The wizard immediately stood, knocking her chair down to the floor and started searching about with wide eyes. Someone was spying on her, another ghost perhaps? It seemed to make logical sense, Elaine had demonstrated the powers of ghosts enough for Anna to know that even if you did not see it did not mean they were not there.
The voice itself had sounded familiar, plucking at strings deep within her heart. Strings that had long since been left forgotten in the recent months, memories from events that seemed a lifetime away. It couldn't be...
Out of the corner of her eye Anna noticed a shape forming, surrounded by a misty substance. Surprise and self defense were thoughts that immediately came to mind, Djed was willed to her right hand and pushed outwards, res quickly pooling in her palm. The hasty action sent waves of euphoria and the urge to cast, reimancy was never something where quick casting was a good idea.
The urge and any other thoughts in her brain immediately came to a grinding halt as she looked upon the specter before her. Res dripped from her hands and on to the floor, thoughts of control abandoned as her eyes widened in shock and disbelief.
The ghostly figure looked to be sitting on her bed, transparent though recognizable. Thick black hair fell about her face gracefully, dull grey eyes looked upon the tall wizard with concern and sorrow. Her face was rather plain and its features echoed Anna's in most way. For the first time in a long time Anna was utterly speechless.
The ghost smiled slightly, one that gave feelings of sadness rather than feelings of joy or amusement.
"It has been some time. It is good to see you again, my daughter." The apparition said.
