[Nexus] Arcanus: Expanding the bounds of magic since before you were born

[Hattish Thing]

Alabaster casts a spell on his metal hand. Now his hand is fixed. He stares and suddenly sneezes. All over the female fighter's armor.

[Mee]

Alabaster casts a spell on his metal hand. Now his hand is fixed. He stares and suddenly sneezes. All over the female fighter's armor.

To the sneeze, she just shrugs.
"I've had worse."
Like worms' acidic blood, giant spider's poisons, varying shades of blood . . .
"But thanks, I suppose. I needed to clean it regardless."

[Hattish Thing]

Alabaster blows his nose loudly. He takes out a potion and drinks it....only the label has fallen off.

[Mee]

Alabaster blows his nose loudly. He takes out a potion and drinks it....only the label has fallen off.

He's head of the Divination department: If he doesn't already know what's in the bottle, s'not really her problem, is it? [/Inside Lumia's head]

And as such, she goes back to leaning against the wall.

[Hattish Thing]

Alabaster tastes it and swallows. Apparently it tastes horrible. He shudders. Blech....

[Mee]

Alabaster tastes it and swallows. Apparently it tastes horrible. He shudders. Blech....

"And that was?"
Lumia asks, not because she really cares if he dies or anything, but just in case he's going to sneeze it all over her again.
That was fairly icky.

[Hattish Thing]

Medication... Blurgh...tastes like anti-itch cream...don't ask me how I know....I thought it was toothpaste.....It wasn't.

[Mee]

Medication... Blurgh...tastes like anti-itch cream...don't ask me how I know....I thought it was toothpaste.....It wasn't.

". . . why, by the Goddess, would you drink toothpaste?"

[Hattish Thing]

Minty breath. I have a meeting later. His eyeball rolls to the back of his head slowly.

[Mee]

Minty breath. I have a meeting later. His eyeball rolls to the back of his head slowly.

"But . . . that's not how you use toothpaste . . ."
Far as she knew, Toothpaste was a thickish fluid that worked in tandem with a toothbrush to scrape plaque from teeth.

[Hattish Thing]

I am very creative with my toothpaste.

[Mee]

I am very creative with my toothpaste.

"I can tell . . ."
Lumia sighs slightly, and leans against the wall some more.

[Hattish Thing]

Alabaster stretches and yawns his pouch opens. 12 bottles line inside.

[OrchestraHc]

Yup. You got it. Now, we can try something new. Smoke. Dazzles, confuses, slightly poisonous, but mostly obscuring. Death, chaos, fire, and air When you're ready, we can start.

Romeo thinks a bit first, trying to come up with something smart to say first. "So, we'd attach death and chaos to fire first, then add air?" he asks remembering what she said about death and chaos.

[orb_of_blood]

"I can tell . . ."
Lumia sighs slightly, and leans against the wall some more.

Seeing that Alabaster was annoying someone else, Nixa is inclined to feel a little sorry for Lumia. She walks over and offers a hand a little tentatively, as though afraid Lumia will spit in it. Nixa, ahnd youh ahre? Mahge? Sohrcerehss? She didn't look it from her garb, but it was worth a shot.

[Hattish Thing]

Alabaster seems to be having a coughing fit.

[Mee]

Seeing that Alabaster was annoying someone else, Nixa is inclined to feel a little sorry for Lumia. She walks over and offers a hand a little tentatively, as though afraid Lumia will spit in it. Nixa, and you are? Mage? Sorceress? She didn't look it from her garb, but it was worth a shot.

"Neither, actually!"
Lumia says with a grin, and shaking the hand. (Fairly gently. She doesn't want to risk hurting people.
Except for Alabaster. )
"I'm here to see if I can help carry boxes and whatnot.
I figure, someone who can physically do things is generally welcome in a place full of mages, right?

And all else fails, I guess people could try spells on me if they have to.
I guess."

[Hattish Thing]

Spittle flies as Alabater coughs.

[orb_of_blood]

Ooh, some help! Nixa may need someone exactly like her at some point. But rather for carrying things she'd need reagents. That's enough for Lumia to win a smile from the usually completely self-absorbed sorceress.

Ihndeehd! Ahs fohr the ehxperihmehnts though, vohlunteehrihng ihsn't uhsuahlly ah goohd ideah. Especially if they were Nixa's experiments...

[Mee]

Ooh, some help! Nixa may need someone exactly like her at some point. But rather for carrying things she'd need reagents. That's enough for Lumia to win a smile from the usually completely self-absorbed sorceress.

Ihndeehd! Ahs fohr the ehxperihmehnts though, vohlunteehrihng ihsn't uhsuahlly ah goohd ideah. Especially if they were Nixa's experiments...

Lumia shrugs.
"It all depends on what the experiments are, really."
As she has her reasons for volunteering, not that she'll tell anyone what they are yet.
"But yeah, if you ever need anything, just lemme know."

[Hattish Thing]

With a final COUGH Alabaster wheezes.

[orb_of_blood]

Nixa pauses for a moment. Wehll, how wouhld youh lihke reahgent gatherihng? Lumia may want to keep in mind that she's already named herself a necromancer. The 'reagants' she has in mind may not be herbs or mixtures...

The wheeze makes Nixa send a glare at Alabastar. If he was going to choke to death she'd prefer if he'd either do it quietly or go and do so in another room.

[Mee]

Nixa pauses for a moment. Wehll, how wouhld youh lihke reahgent gatherihng? Lumia may want to keep in mind that she's already named herself a necromancer. The 'reagants' she has in mind may not be herbs or mixtures...

The wheeze makes Nixa send a glare at Alabastar. If he was going to choke to death she'd prefer if he'd either do it quietly or go and do so in another room.

"Well, it depends on the reg~"
Then she's cut off by a loud cough and a wheeze.
". . . are you dying, or just trying to get more attention?"

[Hattish Thing]

A bit of both.

[Mee]

A bit of both.

"Well then.

Can I help you with anything?"
She asks, very sweetly, with her best :3 face on.

[Hattish Thing]

A bit of both.

[Hattish Thing]

A bit of Both. A bit of both! A but of both. He keeps saying.

[orb_of_blood]

Okay, he’s really trying Nixa’s patience. Of which she has almost none. I’ll make it entirely one if you don’t shut up, she thinks, but rather then frying him with a fire spell and risk losing the job she doesn’t even have yet, she lets Lumia handle it. A test of her heart as far as Nixa is concerned. How much will the girl put up with?

[Mee]

A bit of Both. A bit of both! A but of both. He keeps saying.

"You know,"
Lumia says slowly.
"If you don't stop, you're going to start annoying people with that . . ."
She says, still incredibly sweetly.

[Hattish Thing]

A bout of breath.