godbent | 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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It's not like they're off!

[Okay.. memorizing. Trying to anyway]

They will if you keep tugging. [Now that the initial shock is dying down, he's just embarrassed and annoyed.] What are you doing?

Seeing the whole pattern- [And done. She lets go] Got it.

[He just continues clutching at the waistband of his pants, turning to look incredulously at Haruhi.]

There were better ways to do it than resorting to that.

Like what? That was quick and easy.

And totally invasive. [mumble grumble ugh]

I could have just drawn them for you. But ... whatever.

It's more prudent to see the on your back. So it's those which allow you to make use of magic things?

[He sighs as he straightens his clothes.] ...To an extent. Even if a person has the tattoos and puts in practice, they need to have natural talent to actually make use of that power in any meaningful way. Not everyone can do Symbological arts or will make the effort necessary to learn Symbology.

So there is a genetic component to it, huh?

Basically. If you have no talent, the tattoos don't have anything to enhance inside you.

Hmmm. Alright. Could you do anything without them?

Yeah, I'm sure I could. It'd probably look pretty unimpressive in comparison to what I do now, though.

Okay. [So they aren't necessary, but it's a highly potent focusing agent? Alright, that works...] So basically, it would be a hassle for me to actually study.

It seems to be a hit or miss skill, unfortunately. There's probably a way to ensure that a person has a certain level of skill, but that would almost definitely require specific interracial breeding or genetic engineering. [And that kind of science wasn't in his skill set.]

Yeah and to be sure I'm not going to randomly start being more Fellpool for good.

Yeah. For good. [...] But you've had luck with other magic, right?

Mmmhm! Not a huge amount, but enough to know where I need to keep studying from!

Isn't one type of magic difficult enough to learn? Why split your concentration over so many different fields?

Because none of it's native to my Earth - there's no assurance that any of these will work for me so right now I've been trying to see what does. For every one that does I'm finding at least three or four which don't, and I'll have wasted days on them. What's more, it's possible I'll be able to pick up basics from one type but not be able to do anything with more advanced forms of it... or some of the advanced forms will rely on summoning, and that of course just never works here.

[Exhale... and] ...Also Winry dumped me.

[He listens attentively as Haruhi goes into her explanation, and nods along at her different points. It's when she pauses and then confesses with this is really about that he blinks. Hard.]

I ... see. No wonder you've been hitting the books so hard. [Should he say he was sorry? Saying sorry always seemed like an awkward affair with Haruhi.]

...Yeah. Not that it's not interesting too, but. [She wouldn't have been this obsessive without it]

Not this interesting. [He eyes the books surrounding Haruhi, scratching an ear awkwardly.] Just... I don't know, don't go overboard. Not exactly a good thing to pass out on your textbooks.

Give me some credit, I'm not that bad.

I don't exactly know how long you're going to be trying to distract yourself, Haruhi. [...Awkward awkward awkward.] Anyway, sorry.

I am too. [...Exhale. She's not going to be sorry for herself. ...Much. It's okay to be a little] It makes sense though.

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