Completed [Jungle Wilds] Glyphed Casting

Aka practices her Reimancy assisted by Glyphs

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[Jungle Wilds] Glyphed Casting

Postby Soshakuakamamushi on August 31st, 2013, 5:29 pm

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Just Outside Zinrah, 20th of Bell, 41st of Summer 513 A.V

It was late at night in the Jungle Wilds of Falyndar, specifically just outside of the eastern tunnels. Leth's light shining down upon a small opening where a small girl was sitting on top of a fallen log, curiously reading a book. Having learned about the magic of Glyphing sometime ago, Aka was determined to further her studies, swallowing her reluctance to learn the theory-heavy world magic.

She abhorred theories, she preferred actual practice like reimancy and acrobatics, her mind just couldn't grasp all of these convoluted explanations. Still, Glyphing proved to be very useful in aiding her reimancy and reimancy was her most prominent ability, both in building the tunnels and killing Myrians. This was a necessary evil.

So uuh... uhm... gah! Whatever! After a few chimes of reading, Aka closed the book and put it beside her, she would get nowhere just by reading. The very reason she ventured out here instead of having her beauty sleep was to practice her glyphing and reimancy, specifically fire. Zinrah did not take kindly to her flames as the resulting smoke would have nowhere to go due to the limited ventilation, she needed to practice outside.

Picking up her backpack, Aka took out the small jar where she kept her inscribing ink along with the small brush. The Viper opened the jar and put it beside her then dipped the brush in the ink. Alright now... She then began painting the glyph, first on her left hand. Drawing circular patterns and some decorations, it was not too complicated, she was not skilled enough to do so. Accompanied by the chirping sound of insects and Leth's light, the Viper continued her study in silence.
Last edited by Soshakuakamamushi on October 24th, 2013, 4:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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[Jungle Wilds] Glyphed Casting

Postby Soshakuakamamushi on October 24th, 2013, 5:54 am

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OOCHer Reimancy is at Competent at the time this thread took place.

She finished the first glyph on her left hand then immediately began with the second one. This would always be ugly as she needed to draw with her non dominant hand, but what if... yes, her mind conjured a rather out-of-the-box solution. She could control the brush with her reimancy! How? Earth of course, this was one of the unique quirks of earth reimancy, one could create an extension of limbs made out of dirt and controlled by will alone. Aka didn't know whether it would be rough or neat, but no harm in trying.

Willing her djed, Aka closed her eyes and exhaled, collecting small amount of slimy res inside her mouth. She then brought the brush's rear-end to her lips and put it inside her mouth for a tick, when she pulled it out, the brush's handle was covered with her res. Aka willed the res to gather very small pieces of pebbles from aound her, they covered the brush's handle, she then tried to make it float in the air by suspending the stone cover which in turn, held the brush as well.

It worked! Aka hissed in pride, she created a brush familiar. Now to continue with her glyphs, Aka held out her right hand and opened it, exposing her palm to the sky. The brush moved down to dip its tip in the ink, clumsy at first. "Grrr..." She grumbled and concentrated further, she seldom used her reimancy for precision work. A sweat trickled down from her forehead, she whisked away with her left hand. The Viper exhaled and commanded the brush to lift itself up and began drawing the glyphs on her right palm.

Making clumsy movements, creating a very rough shape of a circle. "Gaaah!" This was no better than doing it with her left hand. Still, she didn't want to waste ink so Aka plowed on. She tried her best in creating the decorations but the squiggles were much worse, it was a complete abomination compared to the glyph on her left hand. However... she could feel the messed up glyph actually worked. "Woah... h-how?" She stared in disbelief at the slight aura of magic emanating from the abomination of a glyph. Perhaps, she just discovered a new kind of rune? A smile crept up at the corner of her lips. Even when she messed up, she succeeded at something, her head was figuratively bloated up now.

"Haha! I'm awesssome!" Praising herself, Aka put down the brush beside the ink jar. She stood up and examined both of them. She knew the effect of her left hand glyph, but what would the right one be? Something amazing she assumed. She would find out soon enough. Time to practice her reimancy.
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[Jungle Wilds] Glyphed Casting

Postby Soshakuakamamushi on October 24th, 2013, 3:04 pm

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Cracking her fingers together, Aka then held out her arms to the side. She closed her eyes and concentrated, feeling the slightly accelerated flow of djed to her left hand. The gaseous res escaped her skin and gathered into the familiar shape of a ball. "Hmmm~" Aka was satisfied, it worked as usual, a lot of ground to cover but she would get there someday. Now, she needed to do something with the exhumed res before testing the other glyph. The Viper pointed her left index finger above to a high tree branch, the res ball following the tip. She closed one eye and aimed while willing the res's outer layer to ignite, creating a fireball.

"Alright..." She tried a new technique, instead of shooting one fireball, she would fragment the flames into smaller but multiple bolts. Concentrating, Aka launched a small piece of her fireball, the flaming child of the ball launching from its mother, flying above into the three branch, narrowly missing it. "Heeeh..." Aka grumbled in annoyance, shooting with a smaller projectile proved to be harder. Usually, she would just throw her fireball and explode it when it closed in on her target, making the matter of her initial fireball actually hitting or not to be irrelevant. With these small bolts, far too small to explode, she needed to steady her aim.

Aka shot another firebolt, it missed... again. She grumbled, petch accuracy, shoot enough projectiles and one of them would eventually hit. She discarded careful aiming and spammed the bolts, shooting multiple small fire bullets in rapid succession. The fireball getting smaller and smaller witch each shot until it dissipated completely. The Viper then examined her work, some singed leaves and a small fire on the branch which snuffed out immediately. "Gah!" She stomped the ground, frustrated. Reimancy was the few things she could be proud of, failure was not an option. Aka promised herself to train this new technique later. For now... she got the glyph on her right hand to worry about.
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[Jungle Wilds] Glyphed Casting

Postby Soshakuakamamushi on October 24th, 2013, 4:24 pm

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"Hehe, let'sss see..." Aka held out her right hand and concentrated, flowing her djed to it... all seemed to go well, at least until she could feel the glyph reacted oddly. "W-wha-?! Aaah!" She immediately held her right arm with her left hand as pain shot from her palm. Her djed flowing erratically and she involuntarily exhumed her res. "N-no! S-stop!" She tried to stop it, but it didn't work. The res gas just kept flowing out of her until the Glyph burned itself out and died.

"Ha... aha... ha..." She desperately gasped for breath, the very air around her filled with her res. Aka suddenly felt tired and she collapsed to all fours, her vision blurring, her muscles trembling. "Haaaa.... hack!" Aka coughed and wheezed, finally losing her strength and collapsed prone on the ground. "Ku... uuh..." The sudden sensation of exhuming so much res shocked her, she had never done this before, not involuntarily at least. The Viper curled up on the ground, thinking on how stupid she was. Testing a new unknown glyph using her very own body, what was she thinking? She let her overconfidence get the better of herself.

"Uuh..." Forcing herself to at least sit down, Aka's vision was filled with red... it was not blood, but her gaseous res. "Ah..." What would she do with this much res? She wasn't planning to exhume them all at once. Something clicked inside her mind though, Galbern once said that reimancers could absorb back their res provided it was still unused... Aka never tried it before, she decided to do so that night. Closing her eyes, Aka held out her arms and willed the res to return to their master... the gas entered her pores, nostrils, and mouth. Rejuvenation washed over her, yes, she could feel her very own life essence springing back. She still felt exhaustion, but it was much better compared to before.

That's it... no more ugly glyphs! No more! Making a mental note, she stood up. She was done for the night, not intending to injure herself further. Aka fixed her clothes, packed her belongings, and returned to Zinrah. A hard lesson regarding the dangers of playing with one's body branded itself on her mind.
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[Jungle Wilds] Glyphed Casting

Postby Traverse on November 3rd, 2013, 2:03 am

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Aka


Experience:

  • Calligraphy 2 XP
  • Glyphing 3 XP
  • Observation 4 XP
  • Reimancy 2 XP

Lore:

  • Pyromancy Better Practiced Outside of Zinrah
  • Using Reimancy in Precise Ways
  • Reimancy Technique: Multiple Fireballs
  • Reimancy Technique: Absorbing Your Own Res
  • Be Wary When Testing New Glyphs

Additional Notes :
I liked this thread, short and sweet, but got the job done and Aka learned all sorts of random useful stuff. Just the idea of accidentally spilling out all that res gave me the shivers!


If you have any questions, concerns, accolades, complaints, etc about your grade, drop me a PM and we can most certainly talk it out.

As always, Safe Travels!
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