![]() Lessomm nodded as Miro took care of his questions regarding Ender's place of power. So Ender was not in charge next to Miro but more on a seperate basis from Lessomm's duties. Although at Lessomm's leisure would probably mean that any normal orders would be complied with as long as his abilities allowed it. "I understand. I apologize for the interruption, master." It seemed that the master was kind and interested in teaching Lessomm but he was also strict and set in certain ways. Lessomm would make a point of learning all his quirks and habits to first lower and then completely erase his own mistakes. As Miro pushed the rock spell from the chairs, Lessomm's hands reached out to try and grab it, preventing it from breaking, but the rock shattered into pieces on the floor, probably alerting the neighbors and the lower tenant, who'd be, depending on who lived there, rather angry at the situation. Lessomm helped to set the chairs up for his master, seeing as he only used one arm at all times. He sat himseld down next to Miro and looked at the parchment while listening to the fifth rune being explained. So there was the focus rune, to store the magic, the trigger rune to activate it, the barrier rune to contain the magic, the switch which mixed the magics and now the final rune being a path, which was basicly a way for the magic to move along. Lessomm took a peek into the jar of inscribing paint and noticed it wasn't much different from normal paint at first sight. He watched as the brush touched the parchment and his master started forming the glyph on the page. Lessomm tried to stack all the information in his head, pushing aside the five runes to make room for the fact that glyphs loaded with magic deteriorate over time. Lessomm made a big mental note about the qualities of inscribing paint over normal paint, especially the part where Miro mentioned magic being set loose. Lessomm watched as his master continued to draw on the parchment. At first the image was strange and with weird symbols and lines all across the parchment. But as time passed more of th eimage became clear and Lessomm started to recognize the physical creation his master had just thrown on the floor not a moment ago. The entire painting, or glyph as it would probably turn out to be, become a collection of lines connecting left and right with each other, some with symbols in it, representing parts that Lessomm recognized from the rock construct. As he connected the names of the runes in his head to the what he figured where the correct parts on the parchment, corresponding to the parts of the rock construct now shattered, his master finished with a diamond inside of a square. The entire design of the glyph looked overwhelming and intricate to a novice like Lessomm, who was quite amazed at what he saw in front of him. As Miro explained the set up on the parchment, Lessomm found that he had connected the right term to most of the right runes, making only a mistake with the trigger part, having linked it to to the center of the switch. Lessomm let pointed at the different parts of the glyph as Miro explained them and repeated their names in his head. "Attuned? How is the trigger attuned, master? It's not connected to the rest of the glyph." Lessomm watched as the Res was once more created. The substance seemed eerie and alien to him and for the second time that day, Lessomm's body reacted by seeping out Djed in a defensive maneuver. He watched as three shapes of Res, blob like in their existance, floated above the glyph, one above each focus and one suspended between them, floating above Miro's hand. As his master explained, Lessomm watched the snow and sand fall in amazement. So it wasn't just fire and water or steam but everything. The laugh that suddenly came from his master sent a chill down his spine as Lessomm looked at the bony mask on his master's face. Lessomm watched the two remaining blobs of loating Res turn into the familiar fire and water and sink into the foci. The flash of light left sparks on his sight as the two elements disappeared into the parchment. Blinking profusely, Lessomm tried to listen to his master as well. Although he wasn't too sure about combining fire and water inside of a piece of parchment, Lessomm wasn't about to disobey his master. He reached out and grabbed the corner of the parchment where the trigger was located, firmly pressing his thumb on it. His free hand was brought up in an attempt to cover his face in case something decided to explode. Although there was flashing lights and steam and hissing noises, there were no explosions coming from the paper and Lessomm found himself staring at a crumpled up, half burnt parchment, ruined beyond any use, besides maybe a firestarter. The entire glyph his master had created had vanished. Lessomm let go of the scroll as soon as the corner he was holding onto crumpled under his touch. The parchment suddeny burst apart and floated all over the floor, joining the shattered rock representation of a glyph. "I think I understand the basic of it, master. Although I'm also sure I'll need some time before I can glyph as well as you." As his master hadn't show his magical hand, Lessomm quickly followed the command and stood back a little. As he focused on his Djed, he found it already seeped out and ready to be used. "Euhm... As you know, master, people have always invented new things. It is a natural course of life that when something is invented, like Reimancy, something else is invented to counter it. I read that somewhere. So shielding is used only for protection and is almost useless in an offensive manner." As he spoke, he solidified his Djed in place around his skin and focused on it, hardening it like a shell. "Like in reimancy, when you turn your Djed into Res, shielders turn their Djed into a shield, usually something hard and tough. The shield is then given a task or a combination of tasks. Once the shield is in place and provided with the necessary amount of Djed, the shield does what it is tasked to do." Lessomm tilted his head slightly as he focused on his own Djed seeping the tasks into the shield around him as he formed it and finalized it. As it was only a demonstration, he skipped the Djed absorbation task and went straight for the most visible task he knew: blocking light. The shields only task was to block any light coming out of it. "Depending on the users skill, multiple tasks can be given or very specific tasks can be given. I could, for example, task my shield to prevent light from coming out of it, resulting in...." As he let the shield settle in and start its work, feeding his Djed into the only task it had, his entire frame would start to fade from view quickly, losing all semblence of relief and color until Lessomm was nothing more than a pure black, somewhat Lessomm shaped, form. "Of course, the tasks can be as varied as the people creating the shields. I could create a shield that prevents sound from going out of a certain area or I could shield myself from fire or water." As he spoke, the shield seemed to blow itself up, gathering in size as Lessomm seeped more Djed out of his pores and into the shield, tasking it to shield a larger area. The blackness that was first somewhat recognizable as a person grew to an egg shape, a third of it seemingly disappearing in the floor, covering the area where Lessomm was standing entirely, blocking the view of whatever was in or behind the shield completely. As Lessomm pushed out more Djed from his body, the form grew and grew, threatening to swallow up Miro as well. The blackness simply passed by Lessomm's master as the shield swallowed him as well. As soon as his eyes passed through the blackness, Lessomm and the entire room would be revealed again, leaving no sign of the shield. "Shields go two ways and can be tasked differently. Although you couldn't see anything inside or behind the shield, master, from the inside the shield there is no such restriction." Lessomm's breathing was more troubled, as if he had ran a bit. As the shield was invisible from the inside the difference between the room seen from inside the shield and the room seen without a shield went unnoticed, if not for the pieces of blueish weave near the edges of the room that flickered and died out as Lessomm retracted his Djed, leaving the shield to fade on its own. "Without Djed to sustain it, a shield will quickly wither and fade from existance. So most shields are tasked with Djed absorbing capabilities to sustain themselves from people who'd try to break through." As he spoke his breathing seemed to turn to normal again. Lessomm wiped the single drop of sweat from his brow as he stood in front of his master. "At least, that is how it is written in the study books. Due to my... ailment..." Lessomm brushed with his fingers over the scar on the side of his head. "Most of what you've seen happens on its own for me, as if my body knows what I want it to do. I'm not sure if that is how it works for you as well, master, but that's how it works for me." Lessomm fell silent after that, doing his best not to look into Miro's eyes while trying to not make it obvious that he wasn't too comfortable with the fact that he couldn't explain it things properly, although he wanted to. |