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There's a reference I haven't heard in a while. lol

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lol, Millie's pretty funny when she's annoyed.

Just as some context for everyone else, Man Person Thing is the name the Being of Many Names gave Millie. I had fun with that one.

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Ah yes, the dreaded adult life stuff... I know it well...

No worries Org. As always take your time. :)

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Just read through it. Looks good! Feel free to post it.

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For the familiars? Yes. Any light, works. They may appear dimmer though in the moonlight.

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Sounds like a plan! Let me know if you need any help shifting through the details of the world. I'm happy to answer questions. The important things to know right now are:

Important things to know

- The current location we are in is Shimmertown.

- The Cult of Insight has been given leave by the king to assert their influence/teachings there.

- In doing so he allowed them to plant what's call a seed of Insight somewhere in the town. Which they did the night prior.

- This seed created overnight what people call a Distortion which currently envelopes the town.

- Additional information: In actuality a Distortion is really a side effect caused by the Discarded of Sight. People are unaware of this fact however. It used to be considered a natural phenomenon isolated to The Broken Islands.

Effects from this distortion are as follows:

• The sky turns black as night during the day
• At night the sky turns shades of purple
• The sun and moon shines green
• The sunrise always happens in the North
• Day light appears normal except that its darker. Like the light seeping through heavy clouds during a stormy day. (Forgot to add in the OOC original post)
• The sunset will alternate from occurring in the East and West
• Fire emits black flames but gives off the same orange glow
• Shadows of the living will lean towards light sources. Not away.
• The ripples in a pool of liquid will move towards the source of the disturbance
• Objects, such as barrels, pots or forks, will change shades of color and slightly shift positions when nobody is looking
• People who sleep, while in a distortion and covered in darkness, are touched by the Insight and granted visions which lead to violence.
• Some people will even foresee their deaths minutes before the event actually occurs (Even people not affected by Insight)

- Since the Distortion happened overnight on an unsuspecting town, The whole town is now tearing it's self apart.

- The Cult has burned the docks to prevent escape and has already turned most of the town guard into followers.

Aside from that, another important thing to be aware of is The Being of Many Names. He's an entity, of sorts, shrouded in mystery with the ability to break the forth wall and mischievous attitude to boot. He has appeared to select people to guide them towards some sort of goal presumably. Essentially he is my Quest maker for this RP. He shows up, says whats going on, and lets the players to make decisions. He's also a convenient way to guide new players to the main group.

Lastly, Familiars are a thing. Anybody can have one. They are a part of the example Sight Magic System I came up with. The text in green at the bottom is a description on familiars.

Lumen Vocaision

The Art of Lumen Vocaision

A Sight based magic system
Requires light as a fuel source and see-through glass as a storage device.
Unregulated

Lumen Vocaision is the art of conjuring illusions into being. People who are capable of performing Lumen Vocaision are called Vocaisionists. The illusions summon are called Light Constructs.

Performing an act of Vocaision requires three things: glass, light, and a little imagination. Once a person has the prerequisites, there are three steps which must be performed:

1) Images must be seen through a glass pane, and stored into said glass pane for later use.

2) The Vocaisionist must then customize the captured the image. By touching a glass pane, the user can modify stored images seen through the panes of glass. Tossing away bits of images that are unneeded, and add bits of images to other images stored away. Once customized to a wielder's liking, actions and commands can be embedded into the image. With this, the light construct is ready for summoning.

3) The Vocaisionist can summon their creation. By placing one of their glass panes into a light source, the light constructs can be summoned to perform their master's bidding. They will eat away the nearby light, casting an orb of shade around the glass. The orb of shade will gradually become darker until there is no light left touching the glass pane. Once that happens, (about 2 - 5 mins in broad daylight and depending on the quality of the glass's opaqueness) the light construct will disappear and the orb of darkness will vanish. If the glass is shattered, the light construct will also vanish. Used stored images must be re-customized with actions and commands to be used again.

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There are three types of light constructs: Summons, Traps and Familiars.

Summons are customized images that can move, perform acts for their masters, and even fight.

Traps are customized images that create invisible lasers that when past will cause the trap to be activated. The lasers Traps emit can only been seen when tossing dust, flour or other powder substances in the air (mist works too). An example trap may be spikes extending from a pane of glass or arrows shooting from the glass. A Trap light construct lasts significantly shorter than other construct. 3 seconds at the most. 1.5 seconds for poor quality glass.

Familiars are advanced light constructs that have been given a mind and personality of their own. They can only be produced with a special kind of near unbreakable rare and expensive glass called Metal Glass. Metal Glass has a silvery glittery look which is clear as day. It's metal properties for some reason make it a poor substance for Traps and Summons. However it is perfect for familiars. Familiars are almost always tiny and most useless for performing acts of work/fighting. They have, however, found their way into the market as pets.

Creating a Familiar requires a Vocaisionist to spend half a day focusing a light source into a piece of Metal Glass. Doing so allows familiars to stick around for an entire day only vanishing when there is no nearby light. Familiars are generally given two forms which they will switch back and forth from depending on their mood. They don't fully understand the world like humans do.

Familiar's have two states: owned and unowned. To own a familiar, a person must place a drop of their blood into the Metal Glass. After doing so, the familiar links to your mind and can speak to you that way. Only on familiar can be owned at a time, and an owner can disown a familiar at any point the own desires. Any one can own a Familiar.

So basically, familiars are a sort of an Enchanted object. Often people make the object in a necklace or bracelet with a bit of Metal Glass that is attached. So long as the Metal Glass bit is in the light, your familiar will be... awake, for lack of a better term. If you want to dismiss the familiar, you can cover the Metal Glass bit to block out the light.

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@eclecticwitch Yes, actually. We are still indeed! A touch healer sounds like a fun idea that would work quite well. In fact we could use somebody to keep Fetzen's character company.

Poor Fetzen's character is new too and all alone on the streets trying to get everybody's attention. He's like "Hey! Over here! I want to play too!" But everybody else is too busy trying to... well, not get cooked alive in a burning building surrounded by baddies. You know. Because... fire. Bad.

But yes, we are still accepting! I'll be happy to review a CS.

FYI, we are a slow paced RP. The way I see it, we RP for fun and not as a day job. So it's a very relaxed and play at your own pace RP :)

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Gotcha. Thanks!

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Chres Sansus

Mentions of @HokumPocus
Obscure mention of @Fetzen
Interaction with @Elevation, @13Org, @SonOfJet

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Chres watched as Octavio’s extravagant illusions bounded out a broken window on the floor below, and ran off into danger. The distraction worked. The cultist below quickly took note of the illusions they thought were people and ran off after them, while alerting their fellows of the supposed escapees. Chres was glad that the ones below were all men, as a woman might have second guessed the sight of another lady running easily in a full length dress without tripping.

It was a relief they even chased the illusions at all. If it were Chres, he may have second guessed the sight of two nobles escaping from a lowly establishment such as the Dockside View. On the other hand… Chres turned his glance at Octavio as the nobleman gracefully made his way onto the stairs… If a man like Octavio had found an inn such as this suitable to his needs, then perhaps…

Chres frowned as Octavio’s grace was thrown off by the not so clever idea of looking down while crossing the heat construct of stairs. Chres shook his head. No… he was quickly picking up that Octavio was not a… typical noble, let alone person for that matter. He was… quirky? Yes… quirky would be a good way to put it.

“Not bad for a nobleman, huh?” Hark said, watching the cultists running after the illusions. He chuckled to himself, clearly enjoying the wild goose chase. “See you on the other side then.” He said to the group as he began to climb out the window, following Octavio’s lead up the construct of stairs.

Chres nodded silently. He was about to grab the Crystal Jade Candles when he heard a voice he didn’t recognize coming from the open widow right next to him.

“Wait for me!” The voice said.

Chres spun towards the window, whipping out his knife in his left hand and the hand ax he scavenged in his right.

The movement startled Hark. “Watch it!” Hark said as loud as he dared.

“Did-” Chres began, stopping himself short. He glanced down at the alley below. Coast was still clear. Chres frowned.

“Same side, remember?” Hark said.

“Sorry.” Chres said putting away his weapons. “I thought I heard something.” Hark shook his head and made his way out the window. He then carefully made his way up the stairs.

Chres turned to the innkeeper. The room was quickly filling with smoke. “Your family next.” Chres said to the innkeeper, while absently picking up a pillow off the bed nearby. “Be quick but steady. We can’t help you if you fall.”

The innkeeper stared at Chres, clearly terrified by the thought of falling, but it was only for a moment. A second later he parsed his lips and nodded in acceptance. He then began helping his wife and child out the window.

Chres smiled sadly for half a second. In another life, perhaps that could have been him. Not anymore, though. Not anymore...

Chres tore his attention away from the family and back to the Crystal Jade Candles. “Go.” Chres said to the rest of the group. “I’m going to grab as many Crystal Jade Candles as I can before the smoke gets too bad. We may need them if we stay in this town for another night.”

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@HokumPocus Quick question. Is your illusion magic made of light? Is it the same thing as Lumen Vocaision or Different?