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[Samarkand]

"It's refreshing to have people be upfront about this. Borl freaked out when I asked about whether Borl is his first or last name. Is that sort of thing common around here? Seems a bit tiresome, after all."

"Names are tough girlie. Borl, he's 'ot a name that connects'im to his past, his family. He ain't wantin' others knowin' bout it, but he ain't wantin' to lose it either. Names are tough."

[Harry Baldman]

"Names are tough girlie. Borl, he's 'ot a name that connects'im to his past, his family. He ain't wantin' others knowin' bout it, but he ain't wantin' to lose it either. Names are tough."

"I understand."

She did not quite understand, at least not beyond the 'people tend to be idiosyncratic in ways' level. But neither did she care.

"Well, I suppose I shall be going. Wonderful talking to you."

Book passage on a ship to Arclow if possible - failing that, obtain a ride to any other island port. It does not quite matter which.

Spoiler: Asithi Esseth (click to show/hide)

Name: Asithi Esseth
Gender: Female
Race: Serpen (Desert)
Location: Seawall
Magic: idle mind redirection (This system of magic uses dreams and weapons. Light and ice are considered its central attributes.)
Skills:
Attributes: Strength -2, Resilience +2, Agility +2, Dexterity -1
Boons: Reptilian Regeneration (wounds heal quickly)
Inventory: cloth shirt and pants, sandals, 40 copper coins, 2 silver coins, jumping mouse skeleton, dagger, braided leather blackjack.

Spoiler: Abilities (click to show/hide)

1. Idle mind redirection, elementary variant - the practitioner's mind, when in a dreaming state, is redirected to the practice of magic. The practitioner has no dreams (the dreams are "eaten", so to speak), instead the practitioner unconsciously enchants either themselves or an object they happen to be holding when they fall asleep with one of the characteristic enchantments known to the user - there is no way to prevent this happening once a user's mind is appropriately configured, and the technique is irreversible in its effects (dreamlessness being the most obvious one) once taught, though its enchantments tend to be temporary. Separate instances of dreaming spent enchanting the same object are cumulative, and the enchantment need not be expended during the following waking time. Enchantments made are of limited charge and, when they are depleted, the object becomes mundane once more.

2. Basic energy transformer - a mind-operated enchantment of either a living body or an object - once appropriately enchanted while the enchanter is asleep, the object (or the enchanter themselves) attains the ability to absorb heat from the environment in a directed, mind-activated and controlled fashion, and transform it immediately into light at variable speeds depending on the power of the enchantment. This is an iconic enchantment of idle mind redirection, and the primary source of the "ice and light" description, along with the haven spells (shining domes and caves of ice, so to speak) of the more advanced practitioners.

[wolfchild]

Meyath, needing a small break walks out of the tent and finds the one in charge again

"They are healing now, but will probably need food once it is done, my magic simply makes the body heal it's self faster"

[Samarkand]

Meyath, needing a small break walks out of the tent and finds the one in charge again

"They are healing now, but will probably need food once it is done, my magic simply makes the body heal it's self faster"

"Thank you for helping. We'll make sure those three are fed sufficiently. There's tea, bread, and cheese on the table over there if you need something too."

[wolfchild]

"I'll take you up on that tea"

Meyath says as she heads to the able, looking at what was on offer, she considered cooking something nicer for everyone here if there were ingredients

((in other words she looks for ingredients for cooking in the immediate vecinity))

[Samarkand]

Meyath says as she heads to the able, looking at what was on offer, she considered cooking something nicer for everyone here if there were ingredients

While she couldn't find any cooking ingredients at the table, she saw the bread being brought from a nearby building. It did not appear to be a house or shop; perhaps this triage unit had its own kitchen.

[Playergamer]

Will decides to hone on the conversation about the fire as he finishes off his loaf, listening carefully.

[Tiruin]

Interested now with the actual nature of magic, Cara found a wizened looking old man, and struck up a conversation with him. He claimed to have studied the various forms of magic, and their underlying similarities extensively, and offered to answer any questions she had.

((Ta doesn't need to, but I very much appreciate it C: ...I wonder if she's training her art skills...))

Cara delved back into the teachings of her youth, remembering how her parents had taught her their own fundamentals of magic--which very much didn't sound that mystical as she once believed but more on had a basis or structure that made sense in reality.

She pushed the question to the Elder before her.

"Is Thought, or the presence or manipulation of it the core foundation of Magic?"

Spoiler: Cara Penrose (click to show/hide)

Gender: Female
Race(!): Wolfkin
Personal Skill: Charismatic Caster (Temporary Charisma bonus after songcasting).

Strength – 6
Agility – 12
Dexterity – 13
Intelligence – 10
Intuition – 10
Willpower – 10
Charisma – 10
Resilience – 10

Description/ Cara is humanoid in appearance, standing at the height of 5'5". She is a wolfkin in her youth, with a light 'cream'-colored complexion and a lithe-like body. Her face is angled in appearance and her irises are dark brown. She has deep blue eyes and one long fluffy tail.

Trinket/ A four-pointed diagonal star with a ruby gemstone inlaid on a concentric depression in the center, with embossed features and miniature, stylistic designs raising from the tips and meeting at the circle. Four symbols of runic origin are located at the tip below the apex of each point, each having a symbolic meaning for Cara.

> Cloth shirt and pants
> Sandals
> 80 copper coins

Spoiler: 'Magic' Tradition: Empathics (click to show/hide)

Empathics pertain to a branch of study in magic focused on the feelings, emotions and thought processes reflected by sentient and living beings. Empath is the general name of practitioners, going after the notion or ideology of empathy being the core concept and focus of how interaction occurs.

> Lucid Aria: Subtle, spoken or by instrumental means, Cara weaves a type of song that is able to clear the minds of others near to her, and possibly even those who may hear it from far away, from any intrusive thoughts or malevolent and encroaching ideas not borne of their person.

> Lay of Vitality: [Personal/Focused to one or a couple others] A note, or simple tune is played that is associated with a beholden idea of the hearer (usually personally) that gives what is regarded as a Second Wind or a boost in stamina after a spell of fatigue, or an idea in the works of art and literature.

    Note(!): This can only be done in a sphere which the hearer has trained in beforehand (ie Someone used to drawing or who knows the basics and wishes to draw may find inspiration after hearing the tune; those who do not know how to draw yet are focused on the idea may get a vague inspirational idea).

[Ta_veren]

Spoiler: Ritual Herbs: A Botanogeography of Spirituality, Entry 15 (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Ritual Herbs: A Botanogeography of Spirituality, Entry 3 (click to show/hide)

[wolfchild]

Meyath Gets herself a tea, then takes a peak into the kitchen

[Samarkand]

Will decides to hone on the conversation about the fire as he finishes off his loaf, listening carefully.

Will focused on the conversation relating to the fire he had witnessed earlier. It was occurring between three busybodies, sitting around a table and sipping tea. The voice of the doubting gossip was a woman dressed in high fashion, with a braided golden torc with ruby gemstones, and she wore a well-fitted dress patterned with a pale violet and a light green. Her companions were less wealthy, if Will's judgement of fashion was correct. The one who had started the conversation wore a rather ill-fitting dress, and her necklace was silver and unadorned, on top of not being a torc, which was the more current fashion. The one who knew of the guard wore a dress of fair fit, but her torc appeared to be made of wood with gold leaf on top of it, as the leaf was flaking off in parts.

Rich Gossip: "I'm sure they just haven't finished taking inventory yet. Something must have been taken."
Ill-Fitted: "You're not wrong. I heard people witnessed Captain Niaka's goods burned, though she didn't claim the damages."
Gold Leaf: "Bah. That makes no sense! Why would a Captain not report losses due to piracy? She won't get even partial compensation if she doesn't report the damage..."
Ill-Fitted: "I don't know, but my source saw crates burn that came off of Niaka's ship..."

At this point the conversation drifted to conversations about Captain Niaka's style of dress, and steered completely away from anything relevant to the fire.

"Is Thought, or the presence or manipulation of it the core foundation of Magic?"

"Hmm... Indeed Thought is a powerful way to think of magic. Individuals are invested with the ability to use magic, and their ability to direct their will, their Thought, allows them to create magical effects. Buts its not as simple as that. See, magic is also external to the individual, while Thought appears to be internal. Magic follows patterns, it seems certain forms appear in certain regions. Some are even limited by lineage, for reasons which are not clear. Magic traditions appear and disappear all the time. Two prevailing theories exist; the first suggests that genuine belief only occurs when the magic is used in the context of a tradition, and this belief is necessary for magic to function, while the second suggests some external entity controls the creation and destruction of traditions. Unsurprisingly, these distinctions are often made by different religions according to their perception of their own deity's role."

Meyath Gets herself a tea, then takes a peak into the kitchen

The tea tasted very similar to what she had drank this morning, surely from the same source. As she sipped it she walked into the kitchen, where a lanky man approached, wondering what she was doing.

[wolfchild]

"I have just been healing some wounded, I'm tired from that right now but still want to help ... I'm a good cook"

[Samarkand]

"I have just been healing some wounded, I'm tired from that right now but still want to help ... I'm a good cook"

"Well, we can always use more help. Don't need no fancy cooking though. Just trying to make all of this edible so the sick and injured can get the food that they need. Kitchen doesn't have the funds to support fancy stuff..."

[Playergamer]

Will decides to ask around a bit to see if anything has happened recently, besides the fire.

[Samarkand]

Will decides to ask around a bit to see if anything has happened recently, besides the fire.

((Are you asking the gossips, in which case you can just begin dialoguing, or looking for someone else, which will take till the next turn is posted?))