Magic System Mayhem Cosmere [Phase 1]

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

2 minutes ago, The Great Wyver said:

She, however, continued ranting. "Spren seem so interesting! I wonder, is 'Longinus' a  spren? What are spren? I've never heard of them back in Scadrial- don't worry, I realize we aren't there anymore! Anyways, I wonder how these spren work! Are they like tools? Are they inanimate? I heard something from Thredre, once, after his Got-Blood? mission, or whatever it was called, to Roshar! He mentioned some spren but didn't elaborate because it would 'take too long', so I guess these spren things are from this 'Roshar'? Wow! I wonder..." She kept on going.

She stops talking. Did I just see that? HOLD UP! She turned to the face on the tree and inspected it. "Hell...o?"

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why does no one want to interact with the funky bird or purple leaf T^T whatever

"Hello," It says.

[ChickenBonanza]

1 minute ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

what are you doing...

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She’s playing with Longinus’ luckspren!

2 minutes ago, The Great Wyver said:

She kept on going.

“Gosh, lady, you’re talking my ear off,” Mercyrose complains. “How about, I answer one question, and then you hold off on ‘em for like, twenty minutes?”

[The Great Wyver She/Her]

Just now, CoderDrag0n8 said:

"Hello," It says.

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SHE DID INSPECT THEM!!

"Oh. My. RUSTS. HELLO!!" She got a notepad. "Who are you? Are you a 'spren'? How old are you? How did you get here??"

2 minutes ago, ChickenBonanza said:

“Gosh, lady, you’re talking my ear off,” Mercyrose complains. “How about, I answer one question, and then you hold off on ‘em for like, twenty minutes?”

"Alright, um... fine. What's a 'spren', and is your Longinus a 'spren'?"

[ChickenBonanza]

3 minutes ago, The Great Wyver said:

"Alright, um... fine. What's a 'spren', and is your Longinus a 'spren'?"

“Spren’re spirits. Sometimes they’re gods, sometimes they’re just little guys, like Pulse,” Mercyrose answers. “Longinus ain’t a spren. Hims a lanceryn.”

Edited September 17, 2025 by ChickenBonanza

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

5 minutes ago, ChickenBonanza said:

“Gosh, lady, you’re talking my ear off,” Mercyrose complains. “How about, I answer one question, and then you hold off on ‘em for like, twenty minutes?”

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ah

2 minutes ago, The Great Wyver said:

"Oh. My. RUSTS. HELLO!!" She got a notepad. "Who are you? Are you a 'spren'? How old are you? How did you get here??"

"Alright, um... fine. What's a 'spren', and is your Longinus a 'spren'?"

"Yes, I am a spren. A worldhopper spren. And... I believe I have been here since... your world's shattering. I kinda just materialized. Like all spren do." He says, looking quite tired.

[The Great Wyver She/Her]

Just now, ChickenBonanza said:

“Spren’re spirits. Sometimes they’re gods, sometimes they’re just little guys, like Pulse,” Mercyrose answers. “Longinus ain’t a spren. Hems a lanceryn.”

"Pulse? Who's P- oh, right... no more questions... but, do you think you could still give me more details on these 'spren'? I get that they're spirits and all, maybe gods... but... Oh, there's so many questions to ask!"

1 minute ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

"Yes, I am a spren. A worldhopper spren. And... I believe I have been here since... your world's shattering. I kinda just materialized. Like all spren do." He says, looking quite tired.

She doesn't even notice it's his tiredness. "Wait? Scadrial's been shattered? Since when? How? I can still feel Harmony, you know! And, please, please, please, tell me what a spren is!" She looked exited, not even a bit anxious.

[ChickenBonanza]

4 minutes ago, The Great Wyver said:

no more questions... but, do you think you could still give me more details on these 'spren'?

She makes a show of thinking, finger to her chin. “Hmm. Nah, no thanks. There are plenty of spren ‘round to bother.”

[The Great Wyver She/Her]

1 minute ago, ChickenBonanza said:

She makes a show of thinking, finger to her chin. “Hmm. Nah, no thanks. There are plenty of spren ‘round to bother.”

"Well- you can't just tell me to ask a question then leave me on a cliffhanger! That's called a 'scam', I think!"

[ChickenBonanza]

1 minute ago, The Great Wyver said:

"Well- you can't just tell me to ask a question then leave me on a cliffhanger! That's called a 'scam', I think!"

Mercyrose points an accusatory finger at Kjaras-Dor. “You agreed to the deal. Ya got twenty minutes before you can ask another, nerd!”

[The Great Wyver She/Her]

Just now, ChickenBonanza said:

Mercyrose points an accusatory finger at Kjaras-Dor. “You agreed to the deal. Ya got twenty minutes before you can ask another, nerd!”

"Nerd!? What!? You barely kept your half of the deal! If-if this was a school assignment, you'd get an F minus!" Kjaras-Dor looked at Mercyrose. "Unfair! Besides, this is for Historical record! Very important, that!"

[ChickenBonanza]

5 minutes ago, The Great Wyver said:

"Nerd!? What!? You barely kept your half of the deal! If-if this was a school assignment, you'd get an F minus!" Kjaras-Dor looked at Mercyrose. "Unfair! Besides, this is for Historical record! Very important, that!"

“Nope,” Mercyrose says cheerily. “Kept to our deal to the letter. Actually, I answered two questions, didn’t I? Forty minutes to go!”

[The Great Wyver She/Her]

Just now, ChickenBonanza said:

“Nope,” Mercyrose says cheerily. “Kept to our deal to the letter. Actually, I answered two questions, didn’t I? Forty minutes to go!”

"Well! Fine! I can play mind games as well!" She coughed. "Actually, since it was only a matter of word and not contract, you have no proof that I actually agreed!" You realize this, and feel a bit more like changing your mind.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

22 minutes ago, The Great Wyver said:

"Pulse? Who's P- oh, right... no more questions... but, do you think you could still give me more details on these 'spren'? I get that they're spirits and all, maybe gods... but... Oh, there's so many questions to ask!"

She doesn't even notice it's his tiredness. "Wait? Scadrial's been shattered? Since when? How? I can still feel Harmony, you know! And, please, please, please, tell me what a spren is!" She looked exited, not even a bit anxious.

"No, not scadrial." He frowned. "Poor choice of words. Your cosmere. I believe another has answered the second." He looks very, very, very tired.

[The Great Wyver She/Her]

1 minute ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

"No, not scadrial." He frowned. "Poor choice of words. Your cosmere. I believe another has answered the second." He looks very, very, very tired.

"Oh! Um... sorry!" Kjaras-Dor finally realized how tired the spren was. "I mean... um... that girl was pretty superficial in what she was telling me... um... do you need, like, an energy boost?"

[ChickenBonanza]

4 minutes ago, The Great Wyver said:

You realize this, and feel a bit more like changing your mind.

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hopefully this doesn’t feel too powergame-y. i hope not. important characterization, maybe.

Mercyrose seems to consider for a moment, confused at this new sensation she felt. And heard. Longinus heard, too. The ordinarily lethargic creature snaps to attention.

He turns in a moment towards Kjaras-Dor. His almost glazed over eyes full of energy. His jaws open, a wicked display of jagged death, and something within him begins to pull at Kjaras-Dor.

Her Soothe begins to die, a stream of Investiture leaving her and entering Longinus’ maw.

[The Great Wyver She/Her]

1 minute ago, ChickenBonanza said:

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hopefully this doesn’t feel too powergame-y. i hope not. important characterization, maybe.

Mercyrose seems to consider for a moment, confused at this new sensation she felt. And heard. Longinus heard, too. The ordinarily lethargic creature snaps to attention.

He turns in a moment towards Kjaras-Dor. His almost glazed over eyes full of energy. His jaws open, a wicked display of jagged death, and something within him begins to pull at Kjaras-Dor.

Her Soothe begins to die, a stream of Investiture leaving her and entering Longinus’ maw.

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I don't know if that's how it works, by sucking out investiture itself- otherwise it would sucked sucked out Lopen's Radiance during Dawnshard, I think. But it could probably cancel the soothe.

"Ah! Good enough!" She turned at Longinus. "You absorb the soothe, didn't ya? Wow! An investiture-consuming entity! I wonder what this entails! Could it be...." She continued on.

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

8 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

I am t he d us t, a sp ren

 

"And...what do you do?"

[ChickenBonanza]

Just now, The Great Wyver said:

I don't know if that's how it works, by sucking out investiture itself- otherwise it would sucked sucked out Lopen's Radiance during Dawnshard, I think.

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I think this is more akin to draining Stormlight, right? Kjaras-Dor is drawing Investiture from Preservation to power her Soothe, and Longinus is eating that Investiture before it can be formatted, or something. He’s not eating her allomancy, just the thing that powers it, I think.

4 minutes ago, The Great Wyver said:

She continued on.

Mercyrose busies herself with soothing Longinus, whispering down to him. “Oh, don’t bother with that wicked questioner and her evil Rhythms, she ain’t worth it, y’know?”

At Mercyrose’s behest, Longinus turns away to resume the journey into the unknown.

[The Great Wyver She/Her]

3 minutes ago, ChickenBonanza said:

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I think this is more akin to draining Stormlight, right? Kjaras-Dor is drawing Investiture from Preservation to power her Soothe, and Longinus is eating that Investiture before it can be formatted, or something. He’s not eating her allomancy, just the thing that powers it, I think.

Mercyrose busies herself with soothing Longinus, whispering down to him. “Oh, don’t bother with that wicked questioner and her evil Rhythms, she ain’t worth it, y’know?”

At Mercyrose’s behest, Longinus turns away to resume the journey into the unknown.

"EVIL RYTHMS?? Why, I assure you, I do not!" She huffed. "Whatever! Since you , however, only halfway answerd my question, I give you ten question free minutes! Done!"

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Yeah, I assume it would be like sucking up the soothing itself or the metal powering it. 

 

Edited September 18, 2025 by The Great Wyver

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

19 minutes ago, The Great Wyver said:

"Oh! Um... sorry!" Kjaras-Dor finally realized how tired the spren was. "I mean... um... that girl was pretty superficial in what she was telling me... um... do you need, like, an energy boost?"

"No. No need."

8 minutes ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

"And...what do you do?"

I he lp.

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

1 minute ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

"No. No need."

I he lp.

"How?"

[The Great Wyver She/Her]

1 minute ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

"No. No need."

I he lp.

"Ah! Are you sure? I can Soothe you, or I have thousands of Mortal Methods(TM) in my co-Notebooks! Here!" She dug in the bag for a moment, before pulling out a smaller notebook labelled MORTAL STUFF - E1

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

Just now, Kansas Stormcursed said:

"How?"

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I wo rld ho p pe r sp re n

Just now, The Great Wyver said:

"Ah! Are you sure? I can Soothe you, or I have thousands of Mortal Methods(TM) in my co-Notebooks! Here!" She dug in the bag for a moment, before pulling out a smaller notebook labelled MORTAL STUFF - E1

"I have no hands"

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

1 minute ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

T el epo rt

I wo rld ho p pe r sp re n

"I have no hands"

"Ahh ok. That's pretty cool actually." He stands around awkwardly for a moment, looking around again.

[The Great Wyver She/Her]

1 minute ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

T el epo rt

I wo rld ho p pe r sp re n

"I have no hands"

"Um... I can read it to you? Or if you don't want to, you, can, um, tell me about spren! In good detail!"