folklorist | ϡ - Chapter FortyThree; The third year anniversary (forward dated to the afternoon) [action|video]

[ The video feed turns on to a rather chubby little dragon wagging its tail happily as it watches a man, Helios to be more exact, standing over a glowing circle. He’s in his boom shack today, practicing a rather hard enchantment and so far it’s going well. The air in the shack is cold and the heat from the burning candles gives it an eerie fog like affect that is ever present in the video feed. Helios himself is standing at one point of the circle, eyes closed, as he mutters something under his breath. It’s an old and ancient language that not many people in his world know; runic old and ancient magicians used to use this language and then translated it into latin to make it easier to learn from. The lighting in the shack changes then, as the line of the circle turns from red to blue to purple and then green. Each color illuminating the foggy shack by the second as they constantly cycle through one another as Helios’ pitch and tone gets a bit louder and clearer. And then there is a crackling noise of energy as if stray bolts of lightning are trapped within the circle’s walls and then fizzle and flash in the video’s transmission. It’s all over with a bright flash of light and a shrill little chirp from Luminair, before the transmission goes back to normal with a sparkling smoke. It drifts lazily about the camera before Helios can be seen smiling broadly as he picks up the efforts of his work. A single solitary silver ring, now etched and engraved with magical symbols, it also holds a green emerald at its center. Helios for the record looks a bit tired as he comes over and scoops up one little dragon and said journal. It’s only then that he realizes it’s on. His green eyes widen in mild surprise but he just laughs and shakes his head. ]

Luminair you spoiled the surprise. Ah, well, I suppose it’s a good time as any to talk about it. If-if anyone was watching I recently m-made myself another ring. A, um, mirage ring to be exact! It-it helps change a person’s look by the illusion properties I enchanted this ring with. It works on dragons, werewolves, vampires, and all other sorts of mythological beings. But I’m not sure how much power this one will have, given the circumstances of Luceti. But it should work, most certainly at least when it’s not under the one hundred percent power cap or some other anti-magical shift. [ Said ring is held up to the camera and Luminair chirps in confirmation. ]

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in h-having…something of a private order type of enchanting service. I-I know that we have people here that can do so already, with specific gems and jewels from their world. Perhaps we could collaborate and, um, work together on making better more refined types of enchantments. We could probably use them to help f-fortify the defense of the village too…when you think about it! Maybe even apply defenses to the buildings and those sorts of things! If-if you’re interested in discussing it more I-I wouldn’t mind doing so at all. I think we could all benefit from such a thing, really.

[ And here he pauses looking thoughtful and rather pensive for the moment. ] It’s funny when I arrived here three years ago on this very day I never would have considered myself talking about magic so openly. Talking or evening using magic so openly, with people I-I hardly knew, in my world there’s serious ramifications for such things. But here we are, and here I am t-teaching magic like I wish to back at home. It’s a warming experience to go through, honestly. [ He wishes he would remember it once he left...if he left. Who knows if that'll happen anytime soon. And he's not sure how he feels about leaving, especially all of the people he's befriended here and the like. But like everything in this life and in general, only time may tell when such things will occur. ]

If anyone stops by the town plaza today I’ll have freshly baked cookies out for the occasion.

[ Helios likes to give something back, just to show how much he cares about the people here and how grateful he is to know them. ] It’s…sort of a way of s-saying thank you, for everything really. [ And with that Helios will turn off the video feed but leave the voice function on, in case anyone wants to talk over the journals as he goes to bake up a storm. ]

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[ Otherwise Helios will be found in the plaza that late afternoon with a table filled with all assortments of cookies and even a cake and pie or two. Feel free to take as much as you want, there's plenty to go around! ]

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[A ring that changes the... look of something? Beast didn't even know Helios had that kind of power. Could he maybe... would he...? Should he... tell him?

After much thought, he decides to put as strong a filter on the post as he can muster, and then finally speaks.]

H-Hello... He... He-lios. I... uh...

Y... y-your... ring... wh-what... what "creature" c-can't... u-use it?

[ Helios knows that voice since it's quite distinct. ] Beast? Um. To be honest almost anything can use them actually. I made them specifically so that anything could. I mean, I do have quite the diversity of students back home. [ He smiles on his end. ]

I-I've known gods and goddesses that have used it. Even ghosts and spirits have used them before too!

Y-yes... it's me.

[He is then silent as he listens to Helios's answer. There is a slight "Hm..." as he ponders. He can trust him to know this... right? He knows Robert and Adele trust him... so what does he have to lose?]

Do... d-do you think it would work w-with... w-with someone... l-like me?

Oh. [ There is a lot of compassion underneath that single word. Helios is very understanding of why Beast would want to use it. Many things in his own world would have wished and dreamed of hiding themselves amongst humans with a ring like this. He doesn't understand entirely how it must feel, but he can only imagine. He's been looked at as if he were a monster before too, back when Elise had died and he was waiting his trial by the Magic Council. It's a hard thing to forget when people look at you that way. ]

Of course it would. It works for anyone and anything. I could...make one if you'd like?

[He looks up at Helios through the journal.] You... y-you could? [Not that he thought he couldn't... but knowing that he would do that, something this important to him, for him...]

I... I-I would... l-like... one... please.

ϡ - Chapter FortyThree; The third year anniversary (forward dated to the afternoon) [action|video]

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