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Who: Duke and whoever of Chimera that wants to tag along
What: Duke wants some solid magic. And there are curious mages
When: backdated to 25th
Where: Somewhere outside the castle
Rating: pg-13 for injuries

So it was a bit late - Duke had intended on doing this the day before - but he'd had things to think about. Like whether he would go through with letting them know he was heading out.

Although he was fairly sure that even if he had gone out on his own, they'd all manage to find him anyway. He was planning on something that would be remarkably noticeable. If he thought about it, it would also be visibly noticeable, given how Dein Nomos gathered magic.

At the very least, it was a way to prevent them from running in at the wrong angle, or trying to stop him when it was working fine.

So around breakfast - it was probably in the middle of that time between dawn and noon - Duke tosses a filter out to Chimera, and wandered outside to wait for anyone who wanted to show to do so. If no one showed up, then he'd just head out on his own, and wouldn't feel bad at all about it.

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"Duke's world seems to have a unusually definitive idea of what magic is. Back home, nobody could tell you. And I still couldn't, precisely," he said, though he smiled.

He stopped when he reached a likely location.

"So if that's what it looks like, what is it doing?"

"..." Duke debates arguing that the two functions of the blade aren't exactly spells, but figured that if he could figure out how to do it on his own, they would be spells... and thus it wasn't worth arguing.

"The pale blue one is twisting in and down - gathering in mana or aer or ambient magic to crystallize it. Assume it should work as other sorts of gas-states - compress enough of it, gain a liquid, compress it further and gain a solid. The magic am attempting to reach already becomes one, simply trying a way that does not involve centuries of ingesting." Because Duke is human, and it wouldn't work that way for him.

"The other visual effect is.. again, as it is doing. Spreading the gathered mana about so that it does not have a chance to cause ill effects." Since Felix has stopped, Duke may step in place for a moment... then sit where he was standing.

"... May get windy."

Clow had never quite thought of ambient magic as a force that could be gathered like that, but it did make a certain amount of sense. He could use it to create something out of apparent nothing - like the little Kero doll he'd given Vanyel. Creating a something that was pure magic and not simply magically imbued was only a short step way from that, and he was rather curious as to how the process would go.

He took a step back, and gave Duke a wry smile. "The warning is appreciated."

Felix visibly relaxed the moment Duke let go of his arm, and he smoothed his jacket accordingly.

"Well then. Shall we seek cover accordingly?" he said to Clow with a large smile.