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[astralera]

Hello.

It has been some time since I have looked at the network. I hope everyone is well.

I have found myself wondering if anyone here might be interested in exchanging some magical knowledge. I would like to learn more magic. Particularly water spells that are not curative, shifting one's own shape, and crafting illusions. Though I would not be opposed to learning other magics I am unfamiliar with.

What I can offer to teach in return is the art of summoning a Carbuncle. I am not the best of teachers, but I have had some success with this particular skill in the past. It is a way of giving part of your magical essence a physical form.

Please contact me if you are interested in such a trade.

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[astralera]

Which shore would you like to meet at?

[greenmagick]

I only known of one.

[She tells her which one because the mun doesn't know the names.]

[astralera]

I shall meet you there soon then.


(( got distracted double-checking on carbuncle lore! haha, but if you're unfamiliar with the FFXIV incarnation of them, carbuncles are battle companions, crafted of aether (magic/life energy) and given form using gem stones. different stones give the carbuncle different properties. for example, emerald is aspected to wind, topaz to earth, and ruby to fire.

the starter carbuncles are emerald, and generally take an untrained arcanist a month or two to summon, then further time mastering the art so that it will obey. kind of like a pokemon at too high a level for a trainer, it will just... not listen. and go trot off wherever lmfao

all arcanist start out with a basic geometry to summon from, and as they master the art they can tweak it to create a more personalized carbuncle. it generally takes at least a year for this unless someone is spectacularly talented, by my estimate. for era it took her about that long, and she's continued working on it over the years to the point where her carbuncle is an extension of herself. it's also unique in that it is permanently summoned thanks to CRAU, except in cases where she is forced unconscious and her aether is cut off.

carbuncle can only move so far from their summoner before losing their form and dissipating. i'd say no more than 100 metres! ))

[greenmagick]

[Terra checks her phone and then heads towards the beach. Her long hair is tied back and she's wearing a cute light blue dress with a pair of stockings covering her legs. She has a jacket over that, realizing that its cold out despite the fact that the cold doesn't affect her like it does others.

The wind pulls at her hair and she looks out over the water. It reminds her of friends who had left… of Sidon and how much she misses him.

Terra shakes away her thoughts and waits for Era.]


((That is so cool! And I didn't know any of that. Terra is very talented because she's half Esper (IDK if you know Final Fantasy 6) but she's more-or-less half of a Summon and there for, half magic. So I feel like she'll be able to forge the Carbuncle fairly easily but it'll take her time to forge the bond with it. Terra's element is naturally fire so I feel like wind would be a good start anyway since wind feeds fire lol. They can have a symbiotic relationship.

Anyway, to ACTION! But let me know your thoughts because I honestly don't know too much about the Final Fantasy MMO.))

[astralera]

[ Era is dressed warmly enough for the current weather, though she has a tendency to get cold more easily than others might and has a warmer sweater on standby in her inventory. She arrives in a timely manner, if not a minute or two later, leatherbound tome tucked under one arm.

She lifts her other hand in greeting, though does not say a word until she's close enough that she won't need to raise her voice. ]

Hello. I've brought the materiel for you to study.



(( I'm vaguely familiar! And despite her being part Esper... the summons in FFXIV work a lot differently than other Final Fantasies. It isn't a summon strictly via magic - it's done with actual geometry and mathematics. It's not intuitive magic but mathematical magic, and is a very unique form of summoning among the franchise. If anything I think it would likely be the other way around, with more difficulty summoning and less time to have it properly obey her! ))

[greenmagick]

Oh. Thank you.

[Terra's eyes drop to the tome curiously though she knows that she should hold up her end of the bargain as well.]

I'm not sure where I should start.


((You have a point lol.))