week 0 - continuation

[vicedirector]

seven vices week 0 ♫ tuesday - sunday With that revelation, things are sure to be more tense--or maybe, you prefer to go the hope route? Either way, the atmosphere of the town begins changing ever so subtly. Once in a while, you can feel someone staring at you from behind, though when you turn to check, no one will be there. Footsteps can also be heard echoing when one stands close to the void, even when alone....of course, no one will be there, either. As of Tuesday, extra food will be found in the kitchen. The ingredients are very based in Western cuisine: rye and wheat bread, potatoes, cabbage, beets, onions, cucumbers, assorted mushrooms, and the like are all supplied. In addition, there are also miscellaneous spices, eggs, milk, and an abundance of fish and pork. Various dishes made with the above ingredients will also be set out for anyone to take during lunch and dinner. A copy of the rulebook has been pinned to the front of the chapel, and a wooden sign now stands at the east edge of town near the clinic: Welcome to Lebensbaum | EST. 1623 | Population: ♜♜♜♜♜♜♜. The bonfire will be lit every night from 10PM to 6AM, after which it will extinguish on its own. >Mingle? This is the last open mingle for Week 0. No motives will be given until next Monday, and thus no murders will occur. Enjoy your last week of safety! When posting toplevels, specify the time and location. If you plan on having any private conversations between characters, remember to let us know in the post linked below. cast setting rulebook profiles private conversations

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[takanome]

Waiting around isn't an option, you know?

[Takao is actually pretty glad that Dhaos is this receptive to the idea. He's rational and nonviolent, but also gruff and not given to pleasantries, and besides, Takao just plain doesn't yet know him very well.]

What I don't know is, does a teleportation spell take longer than some killing curse. [That's still a little worrying since FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE, COMBAT CURSES DIDN'T TAKE VERY LONG AT ALL...]

[dhaosu]

Mm.

[ It is ironic that this is all helping him relearn how to properly engage with others again. He... used to participate in going to gatherings ages ago, due to his original position. ]

Typically teleportation spells do not take too much time to cast, although depending on where or when you are sending an individual, it can at times take more mana or time than such as casting a spell that would kill someone.

[ Honestly, sometimes one does not even have to utter a single word with spells and suddenly rocks fall people die... ]

[takanome]

By "not too much time" do you mean, weeks instead of years? Or is it still like, if someone had that much "mana power" and knew that spell, he or she would be gone by now.

[He makes scales with his hands, weighing the options.]

You don't mind all the questions, do you, Dhaos? Maybe it's pointless if magic is different from person to person, but. Going on with no idea at all what to expect seems even more unreasonable.

[dhaosu]

No, I do not mind them.

...Usually if it just one person, it can be instantaneous. The one in charge of casting the spell would require to know the spell and have the sufficient amount of mana.

In the case where it is more than one person, there is a great deal more mana required, as well as more than one person needed to assist in the spell. The greater the distance also means there is more mana or energy required.

However, it appears those within our group may have the potential for the usage of great amount of energy, enough so it could feasibly take few weeks complete, rather than a year.

[ Some of these profiles he's noticed have abilities that would require a great amount of energy to have, after all. Then again, it's a little complicated, and, well. ]

Unfortunately, there are limitations here as well, as those who contain abilities to a great extent seem to have theirs set to a lower capacity than they are usually. In one instance, it could take possibly the effort of more than one person to make a simple teleportation spell work. Therefore, I am not sure how that would effect our efforts exactly, until we begin to make that attempt. There is also to account for whatever kind of action may be taken to prevent a spell of this kind from being successfully cast.

[takanome]

...I didn't think about that limitation part. It makes sense, though, I mean it'd be really surprising if Roxy can always only fly for a minute at a time. [Like if he faced death to become a god and his powers were "sixty seconds of sixty-feet high flight" (not that he knows this is exactly what happened to her), he would want his freaking money back. "I came back to life and all I got were these stupid pajamas".]

We're probably looking at a really long distance, even if some of us are in the same world. Since some of us just come from places where it wouldn't ever snow this much at all. [Which is itself looking increasingly unlikely.] Maybe the reason we haven't heard people talk about casting these spells more is like, they can only take a couple other people, not everybody, and they know it wouldn't be fair? Or they don't want to use all their "mana" because they'll need it later...

[At least the possibility of escape exists, and he'll cling to it with white-knuckled hands if he has to. Takao doesn't like being useless, but he's certainly accustomed to supporting the people who are actually important - why else would an arrow go counterclockwise around his neck?]

[dhaosu]

[ He nods. If it weren't for the way they seemed limited by their kidnappers, it would likely be an easier attempt. ]

A teleportation spell is also a high-leveled spell. Therefore, it could also be that they would not have such a spell in their repertoire, or if they did know of one they wouldn't know how to properly utilize it.

[ Even if it's unlikely to work, Dhaos would take it as well. ]

[takanome]

So from another perspective, the chance improves if there are more people exchanging ideas, doesn't it?

[Takao puts his hands behind his head, getting ready to move on out.]

Well, if you need a lock of hair or a sample of virgin blood, you can definitely tap me.