godbent | 31st: The Spells of Haruhi Suzumiya

31st: The Spells of Haruhi Suzumiya

[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]

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Yeah, so what? So what's the basics, this book isn't helping a lot.

...It's more helpful if you know the basics. That one you're holding is on advanced theory.

So imagine a hexagon. At each of its vertices is one of the symbological elements -- light, earth, water, darkness, wind, and fire. In their natural states, they coexist and interact just as you would expect them to in Luceti without any sort of outside manipulation. But add Symbology to the mix and matter or energy can take on a "supernatural" state that we call symbological or heraldic force. That's why it's not uncommon for Symbology to be called magic, and the arts used with them spells.

What, there isn't a metal element?

[Metal ... element... The first things that come to mind are alchemy and some old Earth philosophic. Taoism? ...Maybe he's mixing it up with Tao's name.]

No, just those six. But, like I said, they interact amongst each other. Adding Symbology can exacerbate or attune the way the symbological elements interact, and is a field of study in itself.

Okaaaaay, that makes sense so far. [So go on. Or come over to the library if you don't want to journal broadcast this all]

Right. Going any further would probably require visuals or something, so I'm not really looking forward to explaining over the journals.

Then get over here, duh! You have fifteen minutes!

[Ugh. He should have known that was coming.]

Okay, okay. Just make it obvious where you are so I don't have to look for you.

[And off he goes. He'll at least grab a drink (a bottle of carrot juice, natch) before taking the teleporter to the Brigade HQ, and then walk over to the library.]

Edited 2012-05-08 21:19 (UTC)

[And in the library... well, obvious where she is. As she's waiting she whistles to herself. She usually prefers humming or something, but in this instance it'll attract Leon better.]

[Shhh. It's still a library, you dork. But Leon does eventually make his way over to where she's been waiting ... and his eyebrows promptly disappear into his hairline at the sight of the books she's got piled up.]

Some light reading, huh?

Not all of them were applicable, but I needed to work on something.

[And as noted last post she's been doing this a lot since the 15th. Albeit less since the cultural fair]

Right, right... You're putting more work into this than I'd put into my finals. [With a sigh, he takes a seat and scrutinizes the books a little more closely.]

You probably wanted to know more about practical Symbology.

That's right. [...Final- oh right he's a student. Oh well]

[He drums his fingers on the table for a minute as he tries to figure out where to begin.] Despite how easy it is to explain the very basics of Symbology, the study of practical Symbology relies heavily on observing individuals. Just as Symbology can exacerbate or attune symbological elements, people's symbological affinity can affect the strength of their Symbology.

A single person doesn't have equal affinity for all the elements. So, in that way, it's similar to working with magic from the Filial spirits.

[Nod,okay, that makes sense...]

Any Symbologist ... or Heraldic mage, or whatever you want to call them, learns about all of the elements, and constantly practices how to draw the crests. That much doesn't change for any beginner. But, as they develop and begin actually putting symbols together to form "spells," their individual affinity also takes hold. So, even if they put the same amount of practice into all of the elements, they'll discover that they have a natural strength towards certain elements.

...Or they find out that they're terrible at it. That happens, too. [wryly] But at least they get the tattoos for trying.

Tattoo-- oh right, you have some things, right? Take off your shirt and show me.

[...What.]

You're kidding, right? We're in a library. [You know, a public place where people don't casually strip?]

Yeah, so?

[He gives her a sour look, almost challengingly, then stands up and starts pulling off his shirt. On his back, the tattoos are partially covered by the waistband of his pants, but they appear deep red.]

There. Can you see them?

Yeah, I can see some of them...

[And. Missing how this is wrong or that they are in a library, and wanting to see more, she now goes to pull down his pants to fix her view.]

[Leon lets out an indignant squawk when he feels his pants being pulled down, and he grabs the waistband hurriedly.]

Wh-- Hey!

[So much for keeping in mind library noise levels.]

[Okay!!! Now she can see them in more detail but-] Stop struggling!

[GOSH]

Pants stay on! [That's all he can get out -- and he remembers belatedly where they are. Geez, Haruhi.]

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