Rewrite's core function is the ability to change
Whoever left me that letter is aware of where I live,
the criteria that spells function under,
as well as has insight into my capabilities if they know
barriers included. This particular barrier
my skill with lock-picking spells. They also knew about
had 4 bindings with their own set of
this door and likely have some idea of what's behind it.
criteria and no 2 bindings could share a
What are their intentions with having me open up this
criteria but they could contradict each other.
barrier? They could have set a trap for me somewhere,
Balancing out the requirements for these
but then why not grab me while I'm focusing on breaking
bindings is difficult and runs the risk of a
the bindings? They could simply want what's behind
magical backdraft if done incorrectly. However,
the door, but how do they know I won't just take it for
I have gotten the formula close enough to not
myself? Similarly, they could kidnap me and force me
notice any repercussions for failing to unlock
to open the door if they don't want me taking anything.
the binding which leads to my next question.
Yet, nothing within this place has made a move.
Am I actually failing? It could be that I got
Likely answer, this is a test and my suspicions of
a previous binding wrong and didn't notice,
being watched are correct. They have some manner of
but the more likely conclusion is that the
keeping their eyes on me to witness how I crack this
barrier spell actively resists my tampering
vault and what methods I use to approach solving this
with a tampering of its own. That's it.
puzzle. Likely some form of detection spell, but they
The reason there's no recoil is because my
would have to be better with it then I am my own to
formula is always balanced by an inverse spell
be out of my range or have some means of obscuring
produced by the door. If I'm right, that means
their location that my Detect can't get through.
whoever created these locks knows how to use
Seeing as they thought that only I could understand
Counter and understands Rewrite well enough
this door and yet seem more knowledgeable than me,
to be able to use Counter on it. Alright, now
I have to presume that they bear a different crest
to test this hypothesis, I need to create an
than I do. Which also means that whoever is
inversion of an inversion of Rewrite but to do
testing me didn't make the barrier themselves
that without just casting another Rewrite spell,
but likely knows who did. Furthermore, I can
I'll need to utilize Establish and set a condition
assume that since this door requires the three
for imaginary variables. Negative of a negative
spells that I have learned during my training
is a positive, but the root of negative one is i
with my father, that these people knew him
so I just Establish that i squared can remain
personally and it is equally likely that
as i2 within the natural numbers. Then it'll
the door-maker is in fact my father such
be equal to negative one but be a positive
that his disappearance is what makes me the
natural number, meaning I can invert it to -i2
only one who could understand this door.
and that is not equal to one, meaning my formula
The keys to this door were chosen deliberately
would not simplify back into Rewrite.
for me to be the only one who could unlock it.