Cottonmouth

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Nemo gave Felix a wave and a grin as he left him for the next person on the list. "You have my word Glasius, I'll be a cool cat." He responded and then took another sip from his glass.

"He should of put more restrictions on me than that..." Nemo thought.

Things dimmed down real quick after Felix departed. Nemo kicked his legs up on the lip of the table and pushed his chair back; causing it to balance on two legs. He hummed himself a song and waited for a while. But soon enough Nemo's patience began to dwindle. He let his chair fall back onto four legs, finished his drink, and then spawned two cards in his hand with a flashy show of sleight of hand, apparently only to impress himself. He slapped them down face up on the table, revealing what they were: Two teleportation spells inscribed onto cards. Valid for only one use each.

Nemo had no long distance teleportation spells of his own, so he relied on other external means to get the job done. They way he saw it, he had the golden ticket to both pass the time and get himself back to the cabin as well right in front of him.

As Nemo stared at the two cards, a small smirk crept up on his face, clearly he had someplace in mind. He put one of the cards away and got up. Nemo found himself a sticky note and left a message for Felix stuck to the Fridge:
"Dear Felix: Got bored and decided to go to New York and get my bearings back, take in the fresh city air, try some of the cuisine, visit an art show or two, get into a violent clash with a certain gang, the usual tourist pleasantries. I'll try to behave my best."
Directly afterward he drew a rather overly detailed smiley face on the bottom right of the note.

Nemo spawned his coat and scarf, tying the polka dot scarf into a loose knot below his right below his chest. He walked back over to the table with the remaining teleportation card and placed his bandaged hand over it. There was a rather bright glow that encompassed the room as Nemo activated it and designated his destination. After a few seconds another bright flash of white energy in the shape of an X appeared in the room. By the time the flash dissipated, Nemo had as well.

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@Cottonmouth Cowboy baby(who looks manlier than 90% of man worldwide), have I been accepted?

@Bishop

I was just getting to you laddy, had to do a few school related things first.

So here's the deal.
Unless @Prodigal Son wakes up and thinks I'm in the wrong and vetos my decision. From my perspective there still are some things that aren't up to standard and I feel need to be changed or improved.
Since you seem like a eager persistent fellow, I can offer you this:
I'll hit you up a pm, and we'll discuss your character and make improvements mano e mano. I'll give you all the advice I can, and if you can work with me to the end of it, you should be set to join.
Sound good?
(Might take me a bit to send pm because of an all nighter. We should have time anyways due to how people are being recruited like I said before)

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I think I just pulled an all nighter...

I apologize for the delay; work tends to cover most of the afternoon and the evening for me nowadays.

Here is my CS - Please inform me if I need to make any changes.

Travis McGrath

Name: Travis McGrath

Age: 30

Sex: Male

Appearance:

“Shh, I’m focusing...And try looking indimidating.”

Abilities:

Like many of the Societas Academia, Travis has a very good understanding how magic functions and how certain spells are performed. Being an Untalent however, much of what he has learned is unfortunately outside of his realm of implementation and only gets by with the bare basics of each aspect. But to him, this is perfectly fine; the spells Travis can produce by himself are considered useful survival tools in order to help him get by.

His real prowess is through the deciphered tomes and runes recovered throughout his journeys, capable of extending his abilities beyond his current potential. Though if anything, they too are yet another means of allowing him dissect and better understand their magical functionalities and eventually reproduce their effects in more manageable and efficient methods.

Funnily enough, given his recent and occasionally perilous encounters, Travis has been seen to be a rather surprisingly athletic runner.

“Knowledge is power...”

Backstory:

Being an Untalent amongst a rather social community of more capable Talents can definitely be rough. Condemned to a lesser status because of one’s natural inability to coordinate with magic fluidly was the fate many Untalents within the Societas Academia faced almost daily. Travis however didn’t seem to be bothered by this too much. In fact, he was perhaps too busy studying and discussing theories to really care at all.

While as an Untalent and indeed had higher expectations set against him by his self-deserving peers, he enthusiastically conceptualized these endeavors as welcomed challenges in order solve rather petty societal crises to stress about. Though Travis was no ace mage and was more likely a magician as far as skills go, his main strength was his constructed knowledge base with a fierce understanding of the architecture of mana and magic implementation.

After years of hard study and grueling practice, Travis eventually achieved the rank of Aspect trainee and began the next phase of his training. Without any particular proficiency found in any particular set of spells, he would then opt-in into the Aspect of Scholar. As one would expect from his intuitive personality, Travis had felt right at home with his new position and became eager to set out for new discoveries.

What he didn’t know was how cruel and horrifying the world could be outside the Societas Academia. The concept of death was something many students were well versed in, some more than others, but to experience and its many forms was something rather undesirable. Thus for Travis, now a Scholar, would soon come to know and witness this concept on more than one occasion as he pursues his quest for knowledge.

“So I spoke to an ebony dressed lady from the Cult of the Enlightened. We actually had a pleasant conversation until I asked about soul weaving. She laughed. Her fur coat cried. Suffice to say, I left in a hurry.”

Personality:

Despite his humble demeanor, surprisingly as an Untalent, Travis is certainly not afraid to speak his mind and express his views when necessary, sometimes comical or sarcastic if it benefits the mood. Being an easily fascinated and curious sort, he takes his role as a Scholar by heart (if not seriously) and seeks knowledge whenever he can find it; until it gets him into trouble. Nonetheless, he does show great pride and devotion to his line of work, atypical as it may be.

Travis can sometimes be described as a pacifist or “pass-the-fist” as he himself describes it. He sees no need for violence and certainly rejects the notion of killing but acknowledges the need for self-defense if he cannot negotiate his way out of a troubling confrontation. Of course said confrontations are usually created by something he may have said or done without any harmful or insulting intent.

“When the going gets tough...See to it you’re not where the tough goes.”

@ShiningSector

I pulled an all nighter as well. Feel like I'm gon' pass out but I should get out this one reply while I work on a IC post.
You're accepted, feel free to post your sheet in the characters section and start your first post. But I should warn you beforehand (this goes out to everyone as well) since @Prodigal Son is recruiting characters and writing them in 1 by 1 into the group with Felix, it might take a lil' bit before he gets to you due to the build up of players wanting to join at once. Hopefully it goes fast.

-PS, I got a kick out of that Soul Weaving quote at the end of the backstory section.
-PSS, I couldn't help but notice the Destiny avatar. I don't suppose you play on the ps4?

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Nemo mentally took notes as Felix explained the situation. He went over to the to the fridge, found some juice, and poured it out into a glass like it was a fine scotch before sitting down.

"I see, so democracy didn't go well." Nemo commented. "I've found that negotiations often go that kinda way for me. Especially with gang related individuals. Sometimes you have to take... a different route with them." He explained, taking a swig from his glass mid sentence.

He shrugged. "Well, I'm sure the situation will work itself out one way or another." He finished.

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@Prodigal Son the only dark thing I had was the hood and the ring...

@Bishop

While that might be the only immediate thing appearance wise. In the personality and the backstory it leans towards a more shadowy theme as well. And that's just something that a couple of people (including myself) have already done. It's gonna stack up too much.

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@Cottonmouth What the hell is that baby eating...

@Bishop

I think it's beans.

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@Bishop You have to post a character sheet in the OOC for review before placing it in the character section.

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Nemo quickly followed Felix through the portal and away from his prison for good, or at least Nemo hoped it was for good. The pleasant view of the inside of Felix's cabin was a sight for sore eyes after so long in a box. After leaving the counter magic area, Nemo didn't waste any time to finally use some of his spells once again.

Nemo held out his right hand, the immediate area around it seemed to light up and displace before he closed his hand into a fist. A small bright white glowing crystal ball appeared in his palm once he opened it. It was identifiable as a concentrated mana crystal to anybody with intermediate knowledge of arcane items. However instead of using it in the traditional sense, Nemo lifted the golf ball sized bauble up above his head and opened his mouth. He made the same "ahhhh" noise the doctor tells you to before dropping the thing right into his mouth and swallowing it whole in one gulp.

For a few seconds the action seemed to have no effect, but soon enough Nemo's white eyes began to glow softly. He contorted and stretched his whole body a few times as the result of his ability began. Nemo's body began to rapidly reshape itself back to a healthy condition; reversing the effects of being in the prison cell for so long.

After the ordeal Nemo dropped his hands to his side and let out a sigh. "Much better." He said with closed eyes and a small chuckle. After hearing Felix he opened them and spoke. "I might have some questions, but right now I'm long overdue for a good shower. I will return shortly." Nemo commented, making his way upstairs and choosing a room.

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About ten minutes later Nemo returned from his shower and walked down the stairs. "After thinking about it I do have one question, Felix." He announced. At this point Nemo had canned the rags he was wearing from prison, probably destroying them, and replacing them with some of his own clothes. (Everything from the character sheet minus the scarf and jacket.)

He ran his hand through the back of his hair, brushing over one of his cylindrical silver beads before resting the hand in one of the pockets of his rather flashy Tyrian purple pants. He had armed himself with his revolvers at this point two, one holster on his belt, and one holster attached at his side to a leather shoulder half harness.

"On the parchment you showed me earlier... I couldn't help but notice there was one name above me. You also seemed to find it humorous that a specific woman's and my name were on that list as well. And yet, there wasn't anybody who came with you to my cell, and nobody else here either. This sparks my curiosity, so why don't you indulge me?" Nemo explained.

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SC is currently under construction.

Question on Scholars of the Societas Academia. Aside from their usual tasks of researching the arcane (and its wide realm of knowledge) and creating new spells, are they limited to the spells they produce or discover, or can they utilize spells and skills from other aspects or factions?

@ShiningSector

The only faction that has it's own separate spell group is the Disciples of Salem with the counter-magic arts. And since they're not exactly "spells" in the traditional sense, it's going to be limited to just members or past members of that faction.
Aside from that the I suppose the members of other factions will have more of their own stylistic choices with spells in a way. I.E. Crucifixes with the Catholic Magi, Old Ones themed magic with the cult, Pagan religion and tradition styled magic with other unnamed things.
Due to the nature of the Societas, to me it makes sense that they would have a lot of those spells archived and could use them themselves if they studied enough. But I'm not sure what @Prodigal Son's opinion on it is.

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Well we all can't be happy go lucky adventurers now can we? Besides you don't go about digging through eldritch knowledge without coming out with a few scars. I can take it into consideration but at least let me finish the character before judgments are rendered. I swear he's not a serial killer.

@Ghost Queen

Sounds fair