by Miro on January 6th, 2013, 1:54 pm
"What I need you to do now is to listen. This is a very important theme to wrap your mind around. The relationship that the Flux introduces, it is balance between the body and the spirit. The Flux allows you to influence your pathways, the Djed streams that flow within your body. What you must do is learn what you are about to experience. Only through that can you expect to harness the gift of the Flux.
I can not simply give you the magic, that is not how it works. To learn the Flux, you must understand the discipline it requires, the path you must walk. There is a difference between flowing Djed through your pathways and flowing the Djed of your pathways. This is not energy that comes from the soul, it is the energy of the body you are directing. It comes at the expense of your soul, keep this in mind.
Take too much at once, you leave your body unbalanced, overflowing and weakened at the same time. You will lose control, destroy yourself, unless you know discipline. Take too often and you will run your soul dry, experience overgiving. When this happens, you can count on losing control.
Now, I can't help but feel it unnecessary for me to repeat myself, but here I go. If I see Ricky someday struggling with his magic, going out of control...I will not hesitate to kill you. Though, I will still mourn your loss. Magic has a reputation for such destruction."
Miro cast his hand up, and with it an amount of Res. He guided the substance up and transmuted it to water that would splash against his apprentice’s face. "Cheer up though, with a teacher like me that won't happen. Just listen closely, take it to heart, never forget. Apply that mantra to all I say." The boy flashed a smile before turning back to his Glyphing supplies.
"Give me but a moment, I will test this, then have it ready for you. It will be my gift to you, an experience of magic. It should be just like the real thing, well, because it is. A redirection of energy within your body, your goal in learning the discipline. That way you will know when you've done it, what it feels like, all of that stuff."
Miro just shrugged the man off, ignoring all he would say to focus on his work. It was the students job to listen. He secretly hoped Ricky would get impatient with him, a chance to snap at him for lacking discipline. He opened his inscribing paint and began to draw on the ground before him. He only needed a focus, a glyph to retain an imprint of his magic.
He crafted a large circle all around him, then made an 'x' across it. In the center he drew another circle, and a '+' to intersect the already present shape. Within each of the four quadrants formed by the 'x' he filled in a triangular shape that lead into the center circle. It was simple, yet it would be functional.
The wizard slipped his shoes off and stood on the rune. For a moment he brought his hands together and focused on the Djed pathways within his body. His targets were selected, and with it his posture changed. He held both of his arms out before him. They were propped up, as if he held something in his hands for Ricky.
Miro focused on the energy in his left arm, the pathways of Djed, the backbone of existence. Through these channels pulsed his body's energy, the source he would tap into. Slowly he adjusted the flow, redirecting a modest amount. His left arm grew heavier, slowly lagging until it lay limp at his side. His right however, it felt twice as strong, moved with ease and grace.
In his mind he pressed the effect of the magic onto the glyph to imprint it. The spell was recorded, and the redirection dispelled. Miro stepped off, took a deep breath, then stepped back onto it. He both hoped that his assumed theory would be proven true, and if not, mercy from the gods. He lifted his foot and stamped firmly down onto the floor where the symbol rest.
With his arms held up again he awaited the effect. As expected, just as before, his left arm weakened while his right strengthened. It was just as before and forced the change, his Djed being spent to alter his body’s natural flow. It worked well, safe to be used on his apprentice. He would just repeat the trial, only substitute in Ricky to receive its effect.
The previous focus had disappeared, but he could recreate it easily enough. Miro dropped down to the floor are wet his fingers again. He drew the initial circle, the ‘x’ within, then the smaller circle and finally he created the triangles. The form recreated, he stepped within. Again he placed his hands together and tuned himself with his pathways.
Again he directed a moderate stream from his left arm to his right, the energy slipping out one arm, into his core, then into the other arm. He imprinted the effect into the rune and cancelled the effect. It was ready for his apprentice, but he did not intend on recreating the effect a third time. He would have to make this one time count.
”Alright Ricky, it is ready for you. Everything is in line, just step onto the rune and focus. Try to tune yourself with your body, the energy within it. When you are ready, tap your foot, feel the change, experience the Flux. Center yourself, I am only doing this one time.”