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Re: Elynsor's Royal Magic Academy (Kat) GMed by Takimaru
Kurui wondered for a moment how often “overly friendly” guys were a problem for Rythe. She certainly understood the lightning major's reasoning, but didn't often have the problem herself. She had dated a few of the academy guys before and certainly knew enough about how their brains worked to know how to attempt to charm them when she wanted something like she had done with Teague, but that was far from a habit or anything. Normally she wasn't exactly the most social person so the chance to pick up random “fanboys” didn't come up too much. She never felt a particular need to be “nice” to anyone that didn't prove themselves worth her attention anyway. While she wasn't particularly mean or venomous without reason, only the most desperate or delusional of the guys at the academy could mistake anything she did as interest in them. Those kinds of guys were usually sad to the point where they deserved it and she could shoot them down without guilt though.
“Yeah, poor Lanie and all her super big problems. The way Miss Prodigy Popularity Queen is going she'll end up working for the royal family or something and be all rich and pampered forever. Erion forbid she has to worry about things like disappointing some Academy guys that think they're in love with her. It's not like any of them will ever probably have the chance to get anywhere near touching her anyway... I do get what you're saying though.”
Even though she had gone off on a bit of a tangent about Lanie, Kurui's mood wasn't dampened at all when they got to the enchanter's place. Things like this were always interesting to her, even as far back as when she was in Veltria and the traveling merchants passing through would occasionally have stuff like this with them. Enchanting in general was a fairly “new” science as far as the Kingdom was concerned. Although it existed for much longer than that, wide interest and official study in it was no more than a few generations old. It was to be expected though, even small insignificant feats of magic were something commoners saw with awe, being able to sell them these conveniences made enchanting highly profitable, and as such it's secrets were closely guarded and only passed on traditionally among clan and family lines. However a the lack of widespread understanding of the art meant that there were few standards to judge things on, and as such, all enchanters work wasn't equal. It was common for enchantments to be unreliable, ineffective, backfire unexpectedly, or be outright scams. For the longest time it was considered something of “gypsy art” amongst the upper classes and educated, an irony considering they would be the ones who could most readily afford the rare expensive materials that held enchantments the longest and most effectively. Despite all that though, the “traditional” practitioners who were genuine were usually better and could usually create things of a much greater variety than the “newer” Kingdom trained mages.
Despite coming here for examples of focusing crystals, Kurui was already browsing other stuff within a few seconds of entering the shop, figuring Rythe would ask about their crystals anyway. While she knew a little bit about enchanting from the academy, enough of it was still mysterious enough to be fascinating. Being educated in magic she also had the advantage of being able to sense magical energy in the various objects and know that they were real, although this wouldn't mean they would necessarily work reliably, but that was a risk that just had to be dealt with. The conveniences offered by enchanting were usually just that anyway, mere conveniences, nothing super powerful or essential, as the shop keeper would affirm with the selection he pointed out.
-“Hmm, compass that traces Void energy? Why would I want that? Finding something from the Void sounds like... a really stupid idea. It would probably just lock onto Cocepta's bad aura anyway, that's practically void energy already... or maybe show me where Nebula was hiding that one day...”
-”Handkerchief that heals? Sounds like an over-expensive potion... and less reliable.”
-”Heat drawing brooch, kind of pointless when I can make ice. It might block a fireball or something if I ever got into another fight like earlier today... then again that might overload it and make it blow up while I'm wearing it. Even a mild dose of the Ciley treatment doesn't sound too fun...”
-”Pen that records sound? Why is it a pen? It probably makes someone write down whatever it recorded, thats lame. It doesn't sound as useful as an actual memory crystal, and probably isn't even reliable as proof of anything since for all anyone knows it could be enchanted to make the user write anything.”
As interesting as the items sounded, most of them had little practical use that made them sound worth buying beyond the novelty of watching. One did catch her attention though.
“Tell me about that elemental ore thing. Is it small enough to carry around easily? How does it work after it's charged? Do I still have to chant and focus, or do I just run some magical energy through it to make the charged spell come out? Or do I throw it and it explodes or something?”
Depending on how convenient it would be to use, the idea of having a “quick fire” spell sounded appealing, even it might only be for one cast. She almost wanted to ask to test it out, but knew that might already burn out the enchantment. Instead she decided just to feel for the presence of magical energy to make sure it wasn't just a rock, then hope her luck wouldn't be too bad when she actually wanted to use it. If everything checked out and wasn't too expensive she'd settle on buying it, then go catch up with Rythe to head back to the Academy.
Kurui wondered for a moment how often “overly friendly” guys were a problem for Rythe. She certainly understood the lightning major's reasoning, but didn't often have the problem herself. She had dated a few of the academy guys before and certainly knew enough about how their brains worked to know how to attempt to charm them when she wanted something like she had done with Teague, but that was far from a habit or anything. Normally she wasn't exactly the most social person so the chance to pick up random “fanboys” didn't come up too much. She never felt a particular need to be “nice” to anyone that didn't prove themselves worth her attention anyway. While she wasn't particularly mean or venomous without reason, only the most desperate or delusional of the guys at the academy could mistake anything she did as interest in them. Those kinds of guys were usually sad to the point where they deserved it and she could shoot them down without guilt though.
“Yeah, poor Lanie and all her super big problems. The way Miss Prodigy Popularity Queen is going she'll end up working for the royal family or something and be all rich and pampered forever. Erion forbid she has to worry about things like disappointing some Academy guys that think they're in love with her. It's not like any of them will ever probably have the chance to get anywhere near touching her anyway... I do get what you're saying though.”
Even though she had gone off on a bit of a tangent about Lanie, Kurui's mood wasn't dampened at all when they got to the enchanter's place. Things like this were always interesting to her, even as far back as when she was in Veltria and the traveling merchants passing through would occasionally have stuff like this with them. Enchanting in general was a fairly “new” science as far as the Kingdom was concerned. Although it existed for much longer than that, wide interest and official study in it was no more than a few generations old. It was to be expected though, even small insignificant feats of magic were something commoners saw with awe, being able to sell them these conveniences made enchanting highly profitable, and as such it's secrets were closely guarded and only passed on traditionally among clan and family lines. However a the lack of widespread understanding of the art meant that there were few standards to judge things on, and as such, all enchanters work wasn't equal. It was common for enchantments to be unreliable, ineffective, backfire unexpectedly, or be outright scams. For the longest time it was considered something of “gypsy art” amongst the upper classes and educated, an irony considering they would be the ones who could most readily afford the rare expensive materials that held enchantments the longest and most effectively. Despite all that though, the “traditional” practitioners who were genuine were usually better and could usually create things of a much greater variety than the “newer” Kingdom trained mages.
Despite coming here for examples of focusing crystals, Kurui was already browsing other stuff within a few seconds of entering the shop, figuring Rythe would ask about their crystals anyway. While she knew a little bit about enchanting from the academy, enough of it was still mysterious enough to be fascinating. Being educated in magic she also had the advantage of being able to sense magical energy in the various objects and know that they were real, although this wouldn't mean they would necessarily work reliably, but that was a risk that just had to be dealt with. The conveniences offered by enchanting were usually just that anyway, mere conveniences, nothing super powerful or essential, as the shop keeper would affirm with the selection he pointed out.
-“Hmm, compass that traces Void energy? Why would I want that? Finding something from the Void sounds like... a really stupid idea. It would probably just lock onto Cocepta's bad aura anyway, that's practically void energy already... or maybe show me where Nebula was hiding that one day...”
-”Handkerchief that heals? Sounds like an over-expensive potion... and less reliable.”
-”Heat drawing brooch, kind of pointless when I can make ice. It might block a fireball or something if I ever got into another fight like earlier today... then again that might overload it and make it blow up while I'm wearing it. Even a mild dose of the Ciley treatment doesn't sound too fun...”
-”Pen that records sound? Why is it a pen? It probably makes someone write down whatever it recorded, thats lame. It doesn't sound as useful as an actual memory crystal, and probably isn't even reliable as proof of anything since for all anyone knows it could be enchanted to make the user write anything.”
As interesting as the items sounded, most of them had little practical use that made them sound worth buying beyond the novelty of watching. One did catch her attention though.
“Tell me about that elemental ore thing. Is it small enough to carry around easily? How does it work after it's charged? Do I still have to chant and focus, or do I just run some magical energy through it to make the charged spell come out? Or do I throw it and it explodes or something?”
Depending on how convenient it would be to use, the idea of having a “quick fire” spell sounded appealing, even it might only be for one cast. She almost wanted to ask to test it out, but knew that might already burn out the enchantment. Instead she decided just to feel for the presence of magical energy to make sure it wasn't just a rock, then hope her luck wouldn't be too bad when she actually wanted to use it. If everything checked out and wasn't too expensive she'd settle on buying it, then go catch up with Rythe to head back to the Academy.
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