june catch-all; quests and more

[topslug]

Who: Yako Katsuragi + Others (TBD)
When: Throughout June Iuneril
Where: All over Aefenglom.
What: Your friendly neighborhood catch-all.
Warnings: TBD

[ I'll just be using this log for various individual top-levels and custom starters through the month and add them below as I go!. I write in prose because that's what I'm used to, but I can adjust to match. ]

1. Do it with Class

Although it's her second month here, Yako still hasn't made that much progress as far as spellcasting goes. The best progress she's made thus far is in enchantment, though for the most part, she's only practiced enchanting food and doesn't have much in the way of combat applications.

In Abjuration class, she looks a bit nervous when she's paired up with someone, giving them a sheepish look as she readies her focus.

"So, ah, do you want to practice blocking first, or should I?"

In Divination class, her fingers are covered with specks of pale yellow light, but when she shakes them off her fingers, they only drift down lazily onto the ground instead of pointing in any particular direction -- certainly not leading towards whatever hidden object they're supposed to be looking for. She sighs, shaking her head and glancing up at whoever's nearby.

"No good ... I can't get the spell to focus right. How about you? Any luck?"

It's in Transmutation class that she finds a surprising bit of luck: as she concentrates on the shattered teacup in front of her on the table, the pinpricks of light that seem to be her signature magic alighting on the ceramic, some of the pieces of shattered porcelain suddenly snap together in front of her, making her jump and lose concentration -- and it falls apart all over again. Still, she's elated.

"Did you see that?!"

Alternatively, you might catch her after classes end, holding a tray of various baked goods and a clipboard by a doorway. If you make the mistake of making eye contact or even coming too close, she'll perk up and step over.

"Excuse me, but would you mind trying one of these enchanted pastries and rating them? Um, the effects are temporary and nothing bad, I promise -- I just need to know how effective they are."

2. Lost in a Good Book

Early in the month, Yako can be easily found in Undermael College, sitting at one of the tables with a book open in front of her and some scattered notes scrawled all over in a girlishly rounded script. Some of it is information on basic spells and invocations taught in the Coven classes, but there's also a roughly doodled sketch of some kind of globe on one corner, and she seems to be intent on her work ... so much so that she's muttering under her breath.

Those close enough or possessed of keener hearing might catch something about 'leylines' or 'divination' or, more perplexingly perhaps, something about the ideal ratio of dry to wet ingredients ... but either way, as quiet as she may be trying to make it, it's a little bit disruptive.

3. Wiped Out

Closer towards the evenings, though, will see Yako straight up passed out on top of her work, pen beginning to leave a growing ink-stain on paper as she snores softly. Will you wake her up kindly and send her on her way, or be a bit more rude?

4. How Does Your Garden Grow?

In the Shopping District, Yako can be found intently browsing through a selection of ... plants? She hasn't picked up any from the shelves and planters yet, but she seems to be quite serious about looking through them -- so much so that she doesn't realize there's someone right beside her.

"Oh, sorry -- I didn't mean to get in your way. I'm having a hard time deciding what I should get for the garden."

???. Wildcard

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Comments

slams back into this after hiatus

[reenforces]

Right... My kind are sometimes born from these in an area where there's an elemental imbalance.

[He curls his hand beneath his chin and inspects the drawing. That's a pretty thorough sketch of leylines, he's impressed.]

I didn't know the Bright Wall tapped into it. That would make sense, though-- I couldn't quite figure out what was powering it, or how it worked exactly.

[He makes a thoughtful noise.]

Leylines can become corrupted? How does that happen? Is the flow of mana not strong enough to cleanse the impurities?

responds at the speed of slug

[topslug]

From what was explained to me, all major cities in Geardagas tend to be built on or near a leyline -- perhaps because energy can be drawn from it for helping run or protect a large settlement. I was also told that a leyline could be deliberately tainted through negative energy, or it could be damaged in some way.

[ Yako pauses. ]

From what I understand, it could also be tainted if its power was used to work magic with ill intentions, or if deaths take place around it, which would have been common in wars past. They can be restored over time, but it takes deliberate effort...

i felt that in my bones

[reenforces]

[Mikleo is attentive, absorbing all the info on this that he can. He's never heard of such a thing on his world even though they have something like leylines, but he has a feeling-- much like Yako does-- that this is integral to understanding their current situation.]

So the thing that the Bright Wall defends against could also lead to its corruption and downfall, if you think about it. With all the deaths from the Cwyld...

[His lips form a line.]

Are there other cities on the continent?