Group RP Luminous (The Actual Campaign Featuring Convoluted Magic)

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"Thank you, Lady Adrianne." Kanaru replied. She read the notice very carefully--her father had always said to read anything important over before signing anything.

 

@Jupjami @ID Zeta @122 Generation @ChocoChicken @WavePearl

The next morning, Elio was not exactly feeling restful by the time he woke up. This one nagging feeling to go get that one commission didn't help either. Still feeling delirious from the nightmare he'd gotten last night, he followed Kanaru and the others to the main hall.

Thankfully for the group, the front desk secretary got the one commission they were looking for. She did say it was from Master Sairon, but what made Elio stifle his laugh was the way it was written: super short, way too casual for a formal request.

Still, considering the conversation from yesterday, this might as well be one way to keep the details secret. Iron tree, huh? Yeah, that's Master Cira for you, Elio mentally mused as he signed the paperwork.

 

By the time the sun rose, Robin woke up with a slight headache. He was still coming to terms that he really was not in a dream and that it looked like he would be here for a while. It led him to wonder how quickly time would pass by in his world. Was this one of those cases where in a dream, time would run more slowly? He recalled a sci-fi movie that was kind of like that which involved the main characters committing espionage in dreams, and that an hour in the 'real world' was about twelve hours in the dream. Was this the case, or something worse? He got up and changed into his school uniform. The guild armband was still pinned on the left sleeve of the blazer as he put the blazer on, then finished by tying on the neck ribbon as well as tying his shoes.

Soon enough, he had arrived at the main hall with his belongings to find his companions (although he personally felt alone, since he didn't know anyone here at all) at the front desk. There was a commotion occurring from what he could see, with people coming and going with copies of papers in their hands and others with even money. For Robin, it was like he was in a movie set or a video game, as this reminded him of the video game Evolution Quest where the Poketto players would be taking quests from guilds and getting paid for completing them. So this was what it felt like to immersed in the same setting! However, the reality hit him that only this guild was capable of doing it, and that everyone technically was not employed by the guild but contracted to it. In Robin's opinion, the guild may as well be the de facto government (since apparently it was responsible for local laws and defence!).

He also could see a hasty woman bolting towards the front desk. Was she not keeping her head up? At this rate, she might run into someone!

Robin took a few quick paces to catch up to the woman to see what she was up to.

 

Sleep evaded Ando for a good while that night; he couldn't push the thoughts of Lord Shinobu from his mind. When morning inevitably came, he'd gotten too few hours of sleep for his liking. Unfortunately, if the next few days were going to be as busy as he thought, he wouldn't have much time to catch up on missed sleep.

He joined the rest of his companions at the commission board's front desk. He raised an eyebrow at the... causal wording of Cira's request when it was his turn to sign it, but given the unusual nature of this whole situation, he didn't think too much of it. He repeated the expression when he heard the frustrated grumbling of a nearby purple-clad stranger, who vanished before he could try to identify her (not that he would be able to in the first place).

 

"So, weird chuunibyou women clad in purple aside," Wakeng said, catching the attention of the group, "I suggest we check out the library for today to study our magic. Then tomorrow we go to the training rooms to practice spells, then do duels on the last." It was the ideal set-up to keep everyone all-rounded, but it also carried the risk of only learning a little of each; like reviewing for three different exams in one session. Jack of all trades and all that. Still was the best option he could think of, though. "Or we could focus all three days on one or two places. It's a reconnaissance mission; we might not need to fight. What do you think?" he asked, looking at the others.

(democracy!)

 

@Jupjami

"My only concern is that would wear us out..." Kanaru interjected. "That, and there is the risk we could still need to fight. So if we had to choose one of those, I would pick the training room."

 

Robin was left in a state of confusion as the woman in purple made a dramatic lunge for a certain request right in front of him. In Robin's opinion, the woman was displaying possibly suspicious behaviour. Like, why would she single out that particular request before anyone else? There were a few possible explanations. The request could have had sentimental value to the woman, or that there was a heavy incentive or particular reward to gain from it, or that the request might contain a secret message (like those he had seen in spy movies). Oh, did she mention something about 'noble destiny'? It sounded personal.

His thoughts snapped back to the discussion before him. "I wouldn't mind spending time at the library," he agreed with Wakeng. "And that sort of pattern seems sensible. Training and duels can follow after. Like, few of us have any idea how this power works, so this would be a good start."

 

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Kanaru was awed by the sheer size of the library. "Oh...where do I begin in all of this?" she whispered.

 

For Robin, he was more intrigued by the fact that he was able to understand or recognise the writing. Did this world use the same characters as his own? If so, where did the origin come from?

But he shelved those thoughts for now and picked up a stack of beginners books. There was so much to read, but he was a bookworm to begin with. Then he brought them to the study section and to save a table for his companions.

 

@ID Zeta @Jupjami @WavePearl @122 Generation @ChocoChicken

This... was Elio's first time entering the Jinguang Archives. The sheer amount of available books made his head spin because like Kanaru, he was not entirely sure where to start. Fortunately for everyone though, Robin had already picked up some books and saved a table beforehand, so all Elio needed to do was to pick up a book from the stack and start reading. And which one did he pick? "Luminous and You: Basic Do's and Don'ts".

List of books

(Assuming these are the same books Robin just picked up...)

• Luminous and You: Basic Do's and Don'ts (taken by Elio)
• Jinguang Guild Official Combat Guide
• To Hold The Sun - Mythos and Origins of the Luminous
• Law Is Magic: The Legality of Spellcasting
• Materials and Magic - 3rd Edition

 

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"To Hold The Sun - Mythos and Origins of the Luminous"

That title sounded promising enough, so Kanaru carefully eased it out from the stack. If anything, it could give her some clues about why the group had come to this world.

 

Robin had seated comfortably with "Materials and Magic - 3rd Edition" as he took time to process the amount of information before him. On one hand, he wondered how he was able to understand the writing when he was technically in another world. Maybe it was because this world used the same writing as his world? If that was true, then it was possible that this world was connected well to his own. Or maybe it was a power that Naga granted that enabled him to communicate effectively here.

He was still able to read the writing and he scanned the contents. Just as he was about to read more of it, his thoughts were interrupted by a young woman's voice to his side. "Hmm? 'Gilded'?" he replied. "Suppose we are all new. Can we help you?"

 

Taking "Law Is Magic: The Legality of Spellcasting" from the table, Wakeng looked at the strange lady in a veil talking to some of his dorm mates. Internally deliberating his next course of action, he eventually shrugged and walked off to a quieter part of the library to read. Hopefully this country doesn't any weird obscure laws that are very easy to accidentally break and get jailed for.

 

"Luminous and You: Basic Do's and Don'ts". Essentially one of the Luminous 101 books. While there were parts that Elio was already aware of, a lot of things in the book were new to him. One of the things that fell into the latter category was the caster-specific section (he'd skimmed the book's table of contents and skipped to that particular section) and one of its contents was how to summon and unsummon the caster's focus. So now Elio tried to do exactly that only for a woman claiming to be a researcher to distract him. Big time. "Huh? I- uh- yeah, we're new," the boy stammered. He then looked to the others for opinions as he was not entirely sure himself...

 

@ChocoChicken

you can never be too careful with anything Luminous related these days.

This made Kanaru freeze in nervousness. "Why do you say that, miss?" she asked the woman.