We Are Our Avatars XI (Open)
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Yauna led Candace up to the room, then scrawled a few arcane sigils on the walls. She would then get Candace to sit on the bed and hand her the tome, open to a page with a few scrawled notes and drawings of the same symbols Yauna had placed around the room. Below that was a series of lines, an incantation, written in a language that, while readable to Candace would be meaningless due to its foreign nature.
Yauna would have no objections to Dala's presence.
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Portal Station
[color=660099]"I think we should."[/color] Zevrisya stated, returning her eyepatch to its original position, causing the tongue to recede into the socket. Once this was done, she approached the station, unclipping the cane from her belt as she went.
Yauna led Candace up to the room, then scrawled a few arcane sigils on the walls. She would then get Candace to sit on the bed and hand her the tome, open to a page with a few scrawled notes and drawings of the same symbols Yauna had placed around the room. Below that was a series of lines, an incantation, written in a language that, while readable to Candace would be meaningless due to its foreign nature.
Yauna would have no objections to Dala's presence.
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Portal Station
[color=660099]"I think we should."[/color] Zevrisya stated, returning her eyepatch to its original position, causing the tongue to recede into the socket. Once this was done, she approached the station, unclipping the cane from her belt as she went.
Will they even know its name? The giant considered for an instant before deciding that it mattered not. If no one knew the name of his planet, that was probably all for the better. He inclined his head in gratitude to the civilian before turning to the blonde official.
"I have travelled here from... the world of Prospero, in the Ultima Segmentum. The capital city of Tizca." He replied, regarding the woman's bearing and uniform with a studious eye. "I fear it might be somewhat... ahead of your time."
"I have travelled here from... the world of Prospero, in the Ultima Segmentum. The capital city of Tizca." He replied, regarding the woman's bearing and uniform with a studious eye. "I fear it might be somewhat... ahead of your time."
"It... was a place of great beauty. A city of colossal, crystal pyramids above wide, sunlit streets. A peaceful, cosmopolitan paradise. A place of learning." The giant replied in a low voice, and briefly, those terrible eyes drifted off above the blonde woman's head, unwilling or unable to meet her gaze.
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"I haven't fully translated it myself. It's an old dialect, old enough that even my cousins don't know it. All I know is that it's an incantation, or I suppose it's more accurate to call it a prayer, for a pact with a powerful being." Yauna replied. If Candace were to look at other pages, she would find notes on much more simple rituals.
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Portal Station
[color=660099]"Good. And, keep your attention on the right hand side, too."[/color] Zevrisya said, as she started moving up the stairs towards the portal rooms.
"I haven't fully translated it myself. It's an old dialect, old enough that even my cousins don't know it. All I know is that it's an incantation, or I suppose it's more accurate to call it a prayer, for a pact with a powerful being." Yauna replied. If Candace were to look at other pages, she would find notes on much more simple rituals.
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Portal Station
[color=660099]"Good. And, keep your attention on the right hand side, too."[/color] Zevrisya said, as she started moving up the stairs towards the portal rooms.
"Prospero is dead." The giant replied curtly, his attention sharpening and focusing on the woman again. "It's people, its heritage, Terra, the very crust of the planet butchered by close-minded barbarians who condemned us for our studies into the same science that they would use themselves, under the idiot pretence of magic!" His voice hardened into a snarl that would leave many individuals desperate for a way to put distance between themselves and the giant's rising anger. He paused to collect himself.
"I... please, accept my apologies. I would not let my choler rise easily, but... that wound is very fresh still."
"I... please, accept my apologies. I would not let my choler rise easily, but... that wound is very fresh still."
"Oh, no problem, we have lots of people unused to the situation here. You're pretty tame in comparison.
And ... how do you mean that? The 'idiot pretence of magic'? Did you study magic, or did others not let you study it?"
And ... how do you mean that? The 'idiot pretence of magic'? Did you study magic, or did others not let you study it?"
Hotel, Future
Noting where Candace's gaze fell, Yauna said, "Don't worry about that; I made my pact because of my injuries. I didn't get injured by the process. Anyway, what should happen is you go into a bit of a trance and commune with an entity. Then, you should come out of it with your pact sealed. If it doesn't work you won't get harmed or anything."
Noting where Candace's gaze fell, Yauna said, "Don't worry about that; I made my pact because of my injuries. I didn't get injured by the process. Anyway, what should happen is you go into a bit of a trance and commune with an entity. Then, you should come out of it with your pact sealed. If it doesn't work you won't get harmed or anything."
The future future
[color=ff9966]"You know, it's not too late to at least hear out the option that doesn't involve you becoming a slave for all eternity. Just saying."[/color] Nina piped up to Candace during the ritual, since she had just followed everyone. [color=ff9966]"Super rude that you didn't at least bother hearing me out by the way."[/color] She added.
[color=ff9966]"You know, it's not too late to at least hear out the option that doesn't involve you becoming a slave for all eternity. Just saying."[/color] Nina piped up to Candace during the ritual, since she had just followed everyone. [color=ff9966]"Super rude that you didn't at least bother hearing me out by the way."[/color] She added.
Hotel, Future
"I'm glad you think so highly of me." Yauna said to Nina, sarcastically. "That's not how it works."
"I'm glad you think so highly of me." Yauna said to Nina, sarcastically. "That's not how it works."
"That is... a question with a very long answer." The giant admitted. "What we studied is a phenomenon that has permeated all of human history. An... overlapping dimension, if you will, one composed of pure consciousness. Abstract concepts and potential. It allows certain humans to tap into it and manifest itself as various forms of powers. We call it the Great Ocean, though others call it the Immaterium, or the Warp. In short, what may be thought of as supernatural phenomena by less enlightened cultures, such as magic, spirits of the dead... daemons... these are all manifestations of the Warp. The Thousand Sons, a legion of warrior-scholars in service of a great leader of mankind in my time, those who watched over Prospero, gave themselves over to the study of the Great Ocean, and the understanding, and mastery of its use. Given time, it could have been used to elevate mankind to unimaginable heights. To their rightful place. Our feral fellow legionaries however... our conservative, fearful, hypocritical, [blind former brothers... well, they disagreed. And now, so much has been lost... we, have lost so much..." The giant bowed his head, and gripped his bladed hequa staff tightly. Slowly, he willed himself back to calm.
"I have set about finding a way to undo some of the damage done to my true brothers." He announced. "My name is Ahzek Ahriman. Grand Librarian, leader of the Corvidae cult, and Captain of the First Fellowship of the XVth Legion. The Thousand Sons." His face softened just a fraction, as reciting his titles seemed to kindle an old pride that had lain dormant for a while. "We are well met, Miss..."
"I have set about finding a way to undo some of the damage done to my true brothers." He announced. "My name is Ahzek Ahriman. Grand Librarian, leader of the Corvidae cult, and Captain of the First Fellowship of the XVth Legion. The Thousand Sons." His face softened just a fraction, as reciting his titles seemed to kindle an old pride that had lain dormant for a while. "We are well met, Miss..."
Candace's doubts grew when Yauna explained the trance, thinking it sounded like those tribal rituals. "I don't know..." She looked to Nina. "I'm so sorry Nina. I've had a long, confusing day. So, what is it you wanted to say?"