31st: The Spells of Haruhi Suzumiya

[godbent]

[Voice / Action for the library]

[For the last 20some days, Haruhi Suzumiya has been obsessively studying. While she slowed down some after the Cultural Fair, it still was a very, very welcome distraction from thinking about how much she was hurt by that break up. Which is why she's been in and our of the library a lot. Finally though today she has decided to prop open the journal and ask for help.]

Hey, Luceti, does anyone recognize these?

[And she moves the journal to focus on:
* Helios's universe basic spellbook
* Basic Buffyverse spellbook (possibly this one or this one)
Lined up next to each other. these are the two she's had the most success with so far... she even more or less mastered one of the spells in the first one.]

Or these?

[And now it focuses on:
* Touhou Grimoire
* CLAMP universe magic tome (Western)
* CLAMP universe magic tome (Eastern)
Much less success here...]

Or this one? [She is much more unhappy sounding at this last book (a Greenhill Academy Rune textbook) because she's had basically no success even figuring out what it is talking about other than it apparently deals with mythology and magic... things.]

Or, I also found the "Writings of Aurelius" next to those first two ones, but I'm not sure if it's got spells in it or not... [it feels ominous, actually... so she figured it might, but- inside it just looks like a bunch of horoscope type things as well as just some weird old school notes]

I'm looking for people who know these books and are willing to tutor me in what's within them. I expect answers ASAP; that is all. [A pause] Also, Leon, since when do you write textbooks? [And then the camera focuses on a book written by Leon DS Geeste on Symbology]

[Anyone can, of course, question here about this post. Or the books. Or both]

Comments

[herotypical]

...Aurelius?

[ d-does buffy sound scared? ]

[godbent]

Yeah, that's right? Assuming I'm pronouncing it right: A-rei-li-us?

[...She does and that's weird]

[folklorist]

[ Helios knows his own basic spellbook from a mile away. It's a basic human spellbook and he knows he's seen his around before. He's never had someone specifically ask about it though. It's a good thing he's in the library today when Haruhi makes this entry. He'll eventually come over after she's done making her inquiry over the journal system. ] Ah! Haruhi, good afternoon!

I see you found the learning spellbook from my own world. [ A smile. ] How is it coming along? [ Have you tried any of those spells? ]

[godbent]

[BWUH. Okay you are not a ninja, but that still surprised her a little. She doesn't jump out of her skin, but she does recoil a bit and wave at the books she has stacked up on the table]

Which one is it?

[voice]

[falenandawn]

....I think I recognize the topic one of those is on.

[Mildly... curious. That school was fairly famous in his world, and that combined with the word 'rune'......]

[voice]

[godbent]

Oh yeah, which one?

[Voice]

[cuethemasong]

[He doesn't know what they are specifically, but they do look like something from the Academy.]

--Grimoires? Are you trying to become a magician?

[Voice]

[godbent]

Or a wizard or witch or sorceress, whatever you want to call it.

[written]

[winged_moon]

Where did you find those?

[VOICE]

[godbent]

In the library, duh. In case you didn't notice the library has a constantly shifting inventory of books from all of our worlds, it's only natural that it would absorb a few spellbooks. And come on, speak up!

[ voice ]

[repudiate]

[ wait a second-- are those.. spellbooks.. the idea of this girl of all people using magic.. 8| ]

Are you trying to learn magic?

[ voice ]

[godbent]

Try nothing, I've been doing it. I just need some help.

[voice]

[mirrorblade]

[...oh, holy crap, is that really one of Leon's books?]

Did you actually find all those in the library?

[voice]

[godbent]

Yes?

[action]

[wise_maiden]

[Casually stopping by the library in the afternoon after school. It's been a long day; the first without Professor Gelda being there. And even now, it still only feels as if she's been kidnapped by the Malnosso. Despite knowing the reality.

So, Raine needs a distraction, and despite it being a library, Haruhi's distinctive voice does carry over.]

I didn't realize you were interested in otherworldly spellbooks. [Or that she was even remotely successful with any of them. Curious.]

[action]

[godbent]

Why wouldn't I be?! [Beaming up over this last book. Yes, it's much better to be passionate about something like magic than it is to be moping about Winry. This current one she's looking at (which is one of the CLAMP-universe ones about Eastern magic) she still can't even grasp the theory of yet... bah. But okay, a chat can distract her more] I mean, it's magic! Real magic I can actually learn!

[not really here]

[bondsprofoundly]

[Castiel has finally figured out how to at least look at this damn thing and is immediately pinged by what appears to be spellbooks for witchcraft.

...but they seem strange. Off.

Oh well, moving on.]

[voice]

[fellpool]

...Er... [Well, that wasn't exactly something he had expected Haruhi to dig out of the library.]

It's easier to write textbooks than romantic fiction or adventure stories? [Much, much easier than romance stuff, that's for sure.]

[voice]

[godbent]

[(unsure)!!!]

I see...

[Voice]

[selfhelp]

...Whoa, spell books? In a place like this?

[Still getting into the groove of things, derp. Also a few of those look vaguely familiar...]

[Voice]

[godbent]

Well the library has books from all the worlds represented here, isn't it only natural?

[blinkingusalong]

Uwaaa! I know that Greenhill book! I didn't go to school there, but I've been there for a while before!

[godbent]

...Which one's the Greenhill book?

[As I assume the academy isn't labelled on the cover]

[voice]

[illusionarymoon]

I didn't know the Malnosso had Marisa's book. If she was here, she'd be so mad.

[Reimu's amused though, and it certainly sounds it.]

[voice]

[godbent]

That's specifically hers?

[Voice]

[rocketpunch]

[Like many of Precis's voice responses, she's nowhere to be seen. She saw the entry and it caught her attention, but she's busy working. There's lots of metallic sounds in the background as she speaks.]

Man, they're awful, huh? I mean, Symbology is pretty lame to begin with, but those are even more boring.

[Voice]

[godbent]

[She almost bites in what's boring about these books, but then she hears symbology specifically, frowns, and then pipes in] What's boring about it?!

voice;

[menial]

['Wake in the morning, see Haruhi embarking on some new quest to gain magical power. As if she really needed it. It's like in an RPG, when the bonus boss not only has 9,999 HP, but then also a full healing spell when he gets down to 20%....

I think RPGs are still on my mind.']

Haruhi. You're trying to study more magic?

voice;

[godbent]

Yes? It's only natural that in a place where you have benefits, you can and should use them!

[voice]

[hisdarkmark]

[Someone's been pinged by "spells"]

And what makes you think that the magic in those books is transferrable and available for use by just anyone?

[voice]

[godbent]

That I've already worked some of it out. [DUH]

[Voice]

[so_shik]

..Leon wrote a book?

[Voice]

[godbent]

...Apparently! I was surprised too, it's on advanced symbology theory.