Texts From Last Night (or tonight?)

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TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT

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TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT GENERATOR

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[albiogeneticist]

[there isn't a reply in Albedo's usual promptness, but somehow it feels like judgement]

[shadowsincryo]

You know I don’t make a habit of that. I’ll rest properly when this bit of business is done.

[albiogeneticist]

Should I pick you up in a few hours?

[shadowsincryo]

Yes, come to the school. Classes will be over and I’ll be in one of the practice rooms. Being a teacher doesn’t excuse me from finishing my own homework.

[albiogeneticist]

I'll be sure to bring red and green pens along.

And food.

[shadowsincryo]

Thank you. I do have papers to grade.

And food is welcome. This magic requires a lot depending on how I work.

[albiogeneticist]

I assume the usual fare will do.

Unless you have any special requests?

[shadowsincryo]

The usual fare. Mm, and bring a few journals. I want to tell you about this magic that I seem to keep accumulating.

[albiogeneticist]

[there's no reply text]

[but there is a knock on the door an hour later]

[shadowsincryo]

[The practice rooms in Baba Yaga’s school of magic suit what the user needs. The door clicks open and Kaeya is framed by the light from the hanging lanterns within. He opens the door wider and walks back through it.

His cape is hung up on a peg by the door. The room itself has a wide plain stone floor. Kaeya picks up a piece of chalk and ignores the channels of water running on both sides of the room.] Thank you for coming.

Out of anyone I know, you’re the one I wanted to discuss this with the most. How likely is it for someone to wield two elements at once?

[albiogeneticist]

More unlikely than one would think, after having the casual acquaintance of our Traveler friend. Unless you mean exactly at the same time, rather than alternating. In which case, if powered by Visions, not likely at all.

[Albedo closes the door behind him before he takes up a place by a convenient table, setting down a fabric wrapped package and a tote bag. Out of the tote bag comes a bottle of wine.]

[shadowsincryo]

At exactly the same time. One blending into the other.

[Kaeya says, as he walks to the center of the floor. He draws a perfect circle on the floor, him inside it. He looks at Albedo and mentally reaches inside himself for the sea of magic within his soul.

He feeds magic into the circle. Chalk dust flies up as the circle activates and glows pale blue. Power flows back into him. Every thread of water and where it is shines in his mind’s eye. He leans back and breathes in. The water running in the channels goes utterly still.

Kaeya lifts his hand. The water pours into a ball in front of him. Then the heat is sucked out of it as it freezes over. He breathes out hard while he takes hold of the ball. It’s the size of a fist.]

According to the texts, I’m classified as an Aquakentic Prime with a lesser talent in a subbranch of that school of magic. Mages like this are more tied to their elements than we are. It’s very different from a Vision.

[He wipes sweat from his forehead. The heat had to go somewhere. It went into the one freezing the water.]

[albiogeneticist]

[Albedo's eyebrows raise as he watches the theatrics before him, his gaze paying attention to every minute detail they could take in.

Almost absently he approaches and pulls out a handkerchief, offering it wordlessly out to Kaeya though he did not meet his gaze. No, he's far too busy doing calculations in his mind.]

Then this is Hydro and Cryo together, so to speak?

[He takes hold of the frozen ball to examine more closely with his free, gloved hand.]

[shadowsincryo]

[Kaeya steps out of the circle and offers the ice. Unlike Vision worked ice, it is just frozen water. Purely physics. To compare the two, he snaps his fingers and summons ice to his hand from the magic of his vision.

The difference is clear. One is just a process of nature in the hand of a man. It is already starting to melt again. The other shines with pale blue light with Cryo still holding it in the frozen state. He offers the second to Albedo.]

The more I work this magic the more I wonder what Visions really are. A mage here told me that they are a mix of divine and time magic. I’m rather unsurprised the world was different before visions appeared.

[He pauses. Thinks it over then says mildly.] Safe to say here.

[albiogeneticist]

Divinity isn't a complete surprise, since Visions are bestowed upon those of approved-of ambition.

[Albedo looks over both orbs before gently tossing the melting one into one of the channels. He offers the Cryo back as he removes his gloves to dry them, revealing slim, delicately shaped hands, but most definitely not actually delicate.]

Have you heard of the cases that came out of Inazuma? Of those who lost their Visions.

[shadowsincryo]

No. We were at the islands Alice lured us to last I recall. Tell me more about these cases.

[Kaeya dismisses the Cryo ice and erases the circle. He walks over and grabs a battered looking journal. With pen in hand he leans against the desk at the side of the room.

His causal attitude is gone, replaced with the familiar expression of Kaeya Alberich when he settles into his seat of authority. Second to the Acting Grand Master.]

[albiogeneticist]

[Meanwhile, Albedo returns to the bundle and starts to undo the knots in the wrapping fabric and unpack their lunch.]

The Raiden Shogun had an active decree that demanded the requisition of all Visions from any resident of the nation of Inazuma save for a select handful of military personnel. Upon removal of said Visions, a former wielder would lose their previously held motivations and drive.

[shadowsincryo]

[He writes it down without a pause, even as horror flashes across his face. He had to talk to Caleb about this. The wizard knows arcane things he doesn't. And the deeper he plunges into the darkness and secrets Celestia is hiding. The more he needs outside help.]

Did it happen with all of them? [Did those who handed them over willingly lose their motivations? He joins Albedo by the bundle as he fills a teapot and puts it on a warming plate.]

[albiogeneticist]

Yes. From my understanding, many of the requisitions were not done willingly, but were confiscations. They were later used as part of the construction of a large statue. The decree was later rescinded, but I'm not sure if the Visions were returned to any of their still-alive wielders.

It was quite the mess. I only saw Inazuma after the rescinding, so I cannot speak as to how it was done.

[shadowsincryo]

[There is a moment of silence. His eye is flat and hard like the harsh cold of Dragon spine. This is worrying. Are they all hostages of an ancient will? He doesn't know.]

One would think an Archon would exercise better judgment. [He stares to the side. There are secrets here that could come out. Better he rip off the bandage himself. He focuses on Albedo.] Well, it has been done. And that's quite...a lot to process. Visions might not do that here. I was stripped of it for a trial and was still myself.