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    Maq took his cane and tapped Makc who produced a wristband, scroll, and computer chip. "He is giving you everything we were given. I was told that the computer chip had a map on it, I don't know how to access that though. It should be relatively easy to figure out, considering that you all can see."
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    Thorstein muttered "Myrkur," and the coin lanter slowed down until it eventually stopped. He pulled the now dark coin out of the lantern, tucked it into his pocket, then grabbed the lantern and brought it upstairs as the sayer tried to explain the Ritual Magic. It was a gross oversimplification, but it got the general point across. He brushed by them on the stairs and mentioned to Liezle that he was going to put his stuff in the wagon and move the wagon to the stable.
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    Maq thought for a moment. There had to be some alley like that? Right? No, not of the old clothes. But in one of the matter replication alleys there had to be something. "I don't think we save the old clothes of test subjects, but there are a few matter generation alleys, one of those may have clothes. Those are somewhere in between the 65800's and the 68800's. I'm not that great at the alleys though, so I would be careful."
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    "Is everything alright?" Voidus asked. Mac stood for a moment, catching his breath. Then he grinned again. "Everything is Awesome! And no, I am not high again. The Stranger, or should I say an aspect of the stranger has been spotted! He could be back!" He paused for a moment. "We should start planning a party for when he fully comes back. I've never met him myself, he was before my time, but a legend such as he definitely deserves a big welcome back. This is huge! I cannot believe that this is actually happening! I never thought I would get to see him." Suddenly Mac paused, remembering who he was in front of. He cleared his throat and straightened his suit. He muttered an apology then said "Err yeah. That's about it actually. Sorry to bother you." He started moving toward the door, as if to leave. @Voidus Faintly in the distance a trumpet fanfare could be heard growing louder as Maq, Makc, and Mackc approadhed the group As Maq was lead to Laurelai, the new radient, and Lita he grinned. We are like the three musketeers. The three Maqueteers. Maq cleared his throat. Motioning to Mackc to stop the music. The fanfare stopped. "Hello folks," He started awkwardly, "I'm not used to doing stuff like this so sorry if its awkward. But uh Mac has a mission for you, should you choose to accept it. This new group in the city is trying to set up something or another. You guys shouldn't be in any trouble, just alleytravel in and out if things start to go south. Monitor and watch, record all the information. Preferably send us live updates. Are you in?" @ZincAboutIt @Godhunter
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    Mac sat quietly in his office, watching the latest intelligence reports roll in, when his alleycant pen started moving. He watched it quietly, his mouth dropping lower after every word, then in a stunned whisper said "The Stranger, is back? Wha- What does this mean? Voidus has to know." He stood up in a hurry and slowly made his way over to the door. The stranger had been gone for years! And now he was seen! What did this mean? More science? More Cookies? This- this was incredible! For the first time in years Mac felt pure unadulterated Joy. This could change everything. He stepped into the alleys and yelled at the top of his lungs "THE STRANGER HAS BEEN SEENISH! EVERYONE! AN ASPECT OF THE STRANGER WAS SPOTTED!!!!!!!!!!!" With that said he ran to Voidus' office and started banging on the door.
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    Sorry if this is a big idiot moment here, but since when did we have ley lines?
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    "Appearances aren't everything," Thorstein said, "But most full mages know how to change their age. There aren't many who can live that long after 200 though. Human minds weren't designed to work that long, accumulate that many memories, or see that many people pass on." With that he moved back over to his work table and finished writing up the spell. He had about 12 pages covered with arcane symbols. Then he unrolled about 6 or 7 scrolls. and laid them out in patterns. he used his bag of dust to draw specific lines connecting different points on the pages to different points on the circle, when it was done the floor was covered in a maze of lines and pages. Finally, he walked over to his tool box, and pulled out a mini set of scales and weights. With a word they expanded to full size. He checked a calculation on the papers, and then meted out a few crystals and a little crystal dust to match the mass on the paper, he gathered it in a dustpan, and dumped it all into the circle in the center of the room. Stepping back, he glanced over the web of dirt, crystals, jars, and papers one last time. Then he whispered "Byrja" and the crystals began to glow with an otherworldly light. The light grew brighter for a few seconds, then at the peak of its brightness, the light disappeared along with the crystals. If one was watching carefully, they would have noticed that a bug went missing in the jar, but beyond that the only other change was the waterskin, which collapsed into dust. After giving a satisfied nod, Thorstein pulled another scroll from his pocket, and a little bag of crystal dust. He set them on the ground, and then after a similar, but smaller, glow all the dirt vanished and appeared back in his bag. He silently proceed to pack up his bag until nothing remained, except his coin lantern and the people in the basement. "There we go, it's done." He said.
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    "I've never heard of such detailed enchantment," The Sayer said, "How long did you study? Is it true that they keep you in the Academy for a hundred years before you get to practice magic outside the walls?" He must be easily impressed then, this enchantment is nothing compared to my other work. Thorstein nodded along and said aloud, "It certainly is complicated. As to the academy, to learn the theory behind ritual magic, and become a full mage, it takes about 100 years of study. But to learn to enchant things, that takes a lot more time. It's a bit like learning the theory behind trading or mercantile work, and becoming a successful merchant. The latter can take years, but the former can take days." @ZincAboutIt
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    Thorstein thought for a moment. "No, the soul won't live in your cellar. A piece of the soul of the waterskin will become a part of your cellar. As to my water skin, a variety of things could happen. This part of its soul will stay here however, so unless I replace it with something, It will lose its waterproofing. Most likely it will collapse and fall apart, because I removed a crucial part of its soul, but it could remain intact and just not hold water. There are a variety of things I could do to preserve it, but I don't really care about this waterskin, so I won't try to preserve it." @ZincAboutIt
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    Thorstein looked up at Liezl, the poor girl looked like she thought he was going to blow up her tavern. "Would it help if I explained what I was doing?" He asked. Her nervous nod indicated that it would. "Ok," He sat back and took a breath. "Essentially what I am doing, Is I am taking the ability of my waterskin to hold water, and transferring it to your cellar." He saw her bewildered face and explained a bit more. "Everything exists on three planes, only two are important for this. The first is this normal realm, and the second is the spiritual realm, where everything exists as a concept. I am going to use ritual magic, to take parts of the concept of being a waterskin, and put it on the celler. The concept of the waterskin, is to keep water in and out. Its waterproof. There is also a lot of other things to being a water skin, like being hold able, and easily refillable, but I don't want those parts. I just want the part that makes things waterproof. What I will do is isolate that part of the concept, and move it onto the cellar using energy from the bug and the crystals. Then the Cellar will become waterproof. Does that make sense?" @ZincAboutIt
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    Ok,
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    ok, but will the details of this secret society be public to the players? Like will we discuss them in this thread, or should we move to a PM.
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    How secret is this? Like, secret from all the players and characters? Or just secret from the characters.
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    @Invocation I had another idea for a secret society, but more like the world singers than the Keepers. Want to compare notes?
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    Sorry for the double post, but @ZincAboutIt Can you god-mod lilia and bring her to the cellar so that she can watch as well? Kenod has signed off for the night and he wanted her to be able to watch.
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    Thorstein looked at the Sayer man struggle to stand up, He's probably hung over. "Want some help carrying all that?" he asked. Not really, Thostein thought. Aloud he replied, "Yeah, could you please hold my lantern?" He held up a weird looking metal cylinder, about 6 inches wide and 2 inches tall. It had a slot in the top where one could stick a coin. That part spun around. He started walking down the stairs, and located a table down there where he sat his stuff. He took back his lantern from the Sayer man and set it on the table. He placed his coin in the slot, then muttered "Lunos". The coin started spinning rapidly, giving off light like a full moon would on a clear night. "Perfect", he whispered. He walked over to the wall that was recently rebuilt, splashing through a few puddles as he did so, and looked at the construction. "It looks pretty new," He muttered, "Could be an issue. At least it's made of the same materials." He paced the length of the room, and the width, taking note of the side lengths. He walked over to his tool box and brought out a tiny bag that expanded to full size after he said a few words under his breath. He then walked around the outside of the room, pouring dirt to form a square, then he found a dry spot, and poured a small circle for the waterskin. Thorstein grabbed a scroll from his box and rolled it across the floor, forming a miniature premade spell. This one would isolate a bug to use in the enchantment. Once all his equipment was set up he sat down at the table and started writing the spell. He had internalized a lot of the commands, but for most enchantments it would be better for him to write things out.
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    @kenod @ZincAboutIt the post is up.
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    Thorstein thought for a moment, then slowly nodded. "I should be able too. A lot will depend on the specifics, but I will take a crack at it. If you will give me a moment, I need to grab a few things." With that he walked outside, but instead of going to his wagon, he walked into the Dark Alley on the side of the Tavern. "Psst... Wanna Cookie?" A hunched over man hobbled out of the shadows with what appeared to by metal spikes through his eyes, "I got lots o' cookies! All the flavors." He said in a hoarse whisper. Thorstein grinned. "Doctor Pandrin it's a pleasure to see you back on the streets. If you have them, could I have two white chocolate chip cookies? Those are the ones that increase mental speed, right?" The Doctor looked up "Thorstein! Long time no see! Yeah, the white chocolate chips are the ones you want." He looked into his bag, "Here you go, and for you, no charge." With that, he melted back into the shadows. Thorstein started eating the cookies as he ran to his wagon, grabbing his satchel. That had his scrolls, crystals, scales, bugs, and writing utensils. And his lantern. All shrunken down to fit inside. Then he grabbed a waterskin. This one never had a leak, and it should work. He walked back into the Tavern ready to work. "Ok, so I will need to ask you a few questions about the cellar, and take a look down there, is that alright?" He asked Liezl, "First I will need to know the construction of the house and the celler. Were they both constructed at the same time? What about the cellar itself, any patches over the years, replacement walls. Anything that would have changed the cellar dramatically. Secondly, is it only the back wall that's giving you trouble, or is it all the walls, and finally is there a table down there that I can work?"
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    @kenod @ZincAboutIt They can watch and ask question, Thorstein will try to explain them in kind of simpler terms, but if they are lurking around the corner than they won’t figure it out. I plan on using a few magic gadgets and extremely experimental concepts, so it should be new stuff for anyone looking on.
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    @ZincAboutIt With thorstein and liezel Im going to try to have him use this as a big moment to show enchanting on screen, it may take a number of posts though. Are you alright with liezel being held up for a while? or do you need them?
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    Right now he is at 160 points, and the lack of investiture does not count as a weakness. You will need to elaborate on the trauma from [INCOMPLETE] for us to give an actual ranking on that weakness. You don't need to post it publically, but will need to let one of the mods know whats going on with that if you want this character approved.
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    @Truthless of Shinovar I would need more specifics about how the oaths impact him. It sounds like they can be bent in any way so that they don’t limit his actions. The way they are currently written, I think he is OP and needs more weaknesses. Right now he is at 220 magic points, he will need to be brought down to 100 magic points. Increading the limitations from his paths can do that, or adding limitations via oath weaknesses works as well.
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