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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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Clow decided that it was, perhaps, best not to step in and try and explain Felix's remark. No doubt the man could do it perfectly well himself - and he seemd to know Duke better, too.

"Did anyone else mention they were interested?"

Speaking of - Vanyel appears...on a white mare. He had nothing but a bareback pad on, his hand fisted in her mane, but otherwise she was free to do as she wished. She bobbed her head at everyone, Vanyel raising his head in greeting.

"Sorry I am late," he called. "Yfandes insisted on coming. I hope that does not bother anyone?"

"Not at all. Pleasure to have you along," Felix said, grinning, and tipped a bow in her direction.

Felix wasn't sure what Duke was getting at. Getting dressed and away from Ashura's doting had delayed his departure awhile.

"Of course I meant what I said, and so here I am, ready, willing, and hopefully able."

"... Shouldn't be." And there went Duke's ability to casually-purposefully avoid Vanyel. He's not going to turn around and go inside, as that would be most obvious.

"... oh." He thought you'd planned on leading to the place, Felix. "Unless someone wishes the moderately embarrassing task of making sure I do not trip over anything on the ground, seeking an unclaimed mount would be helpful; can ride."

Well, he had, but Duke hadn't been specific about about when and how he wanted it done. Adding Duke's propensity to simply wander off and well...

"The stables are this way, if you'd rather ride. I can manage either," he said, hoping Duke would take the second option, as he wasn't terribly fond of the idea of Duke hanging onto him for that long.

"... Riding would be good." Duke isn't that fond of the idea either. "Can tether away; in case skittish from odd lights."

Felix, Duke is going to assume that 'this way' was somewhere on in the direction you were talking from, and probably beyond that a bit.

Clow gave Vanyel and Yfandes both a warm smile. "Good morning to you two as well, then."

He turned back to the group at large. "I've no objection to riding either," Clow said amicably. It certainly beat trying to shift the earth another time for Duke.

Ah, and now I feel I should have brought along more mounts. But, come along, Yfandes can help round up good mounts for all of you, and Yfandes as no problem leading Duke's mount.

With the Companion's help, Felix secured the others a set of mounts for the short journey and led them all to an open area somewhere south of town, Felix giving Duke polite warnings whenever they had to maneuver around trees or down an incline, and keeping himself close in case he needed to physically intervene. Less needed, perhaps, with Yfandes around.

Shortly they stopped and dismounted.

"This should be a good spot over here," Felix said, scanning the area. "Duke, your arm please..."

"... Arm?" Duke's a little confused as to why Felix wants his arm, but a moment later places it as 'for guiding'. Which is mildly embarrassing, but tripping over his own feet is also embarrassing.

"Ah." Fine, he'll attempt to offer Felix his arm, listening absently. "Shouldn't sit before me, sides and back of the clear space will be using would be best."

Clow dismounted as well, and gathered the reins of Felix and Duke's horses along with his own.

"Are there any grounding spells we can assist with, or should we just keep out of the way?"

"... Grounding?" Duke blinks, thinking about that. "... Grounding would likely place partially within the ground. wish to avoid that. Out of the way is best."

Its a little hand-and-wrist motion, like he was reversing the grip on something, and he holds the odd shaped blade he'd be using to do all this crazy magic shenanigans.

Clow nodded. "We'll stay clear, then - and I'll make sure the horses don't get spooked." He retreated to what seemed like a safe distance, and resisted the urge to look with spells to see exactly what Duke was doing - he wasn't quite sure what this would entail, and he did not particularly want to deal with any bad interactions.

Felix gave Clow a silent nod and started to lead Duke to a clear spot.

"Is there anything you can tell me about what you're going to attempt? The theory behind it...what we should look for...what should happen when you do it...?"

"Will likely involve two visual representations of what I am doing; last time, gathering appeared as a mostly opaque column of twisting .... pale blue light. Dispersion is a far more transparent spiral, but has symbols around waist height. Should be of a ....pale golden color. Crystal, if remember correctly, should be either ...blue white... or off-green-blue." He's having to think a bit hard on colors.

"The gathering light should begin to taper into a point; point may give off lights similar to green fireflies, which may change to red lights. Red lights may become tangled red strings that move - the dispersion effect will prevent them from passing or reaching me. After that, they should begin to crystallize. Going to make it form above ground; do not seek to plant it." And he'll pause in his thinking about this.

".. won't be able to pay attention to anything else. Not that think there should be anything else that requires attention during this..."

"Interesting," Clow murmured. "I don't think I've heard of any spells that are quite that 'showy'. At least not without intending to be. Even my circles sound tame in comparison - though I don't think I've ever tried to capture pure magic before."

"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.

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