[Half a dozen sheets of parchment hang from a length of twine strung between shelves. Iterations of a complex sigil decorate each, differing slightly as Sypha tested and tweaked the formula. She plucks down the most recent version and lays it out on one of the workbenches.]
Fire and water were the first magics I ever worked. I can't even say I learned how, reaching out to them was just second nature. [She calls up a palmful of flame and shifts its intensity from a candlewick to a localized bonfire, easy as adjusting a lamp. Her other hand taps the bench beside the parchment.] Touch this, feed into it, and it will set off the same effect until the summoning array burns out. But if I transcribe the right symbol onto a living being, then they can trigger the ability with their own aptitude, even if fire wasn't in their nature before.
[Or that's the theory, anyway. Her sample pool is limited to Alucard and the goats, so far, and giving the goats firepower was a mistake she won't make twice.]
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Date: 2022-02-26 08:25 am (UTC)Fire and water were the first magics I ever worked. I can't even say I learned how, reaching out to them was just second nature. [She calls up a palmful of flame and shifts its intensity from a candlewick to a localized bonfire, easy as adjusting a lamp. Her other hand taps the bench beside the parchment.] Touch this, feed into it, and it will set off the same effect until the summoning array burns out. But if I transcribe the right symbol onto a living being, then they can trigger the ability with their own aptitude, even if fire wasn't in their nature before.
[Or that's the theory, anyway. Her sample pool is limited to Alucard and the goats, so far, and giving the goats firepower was a mistake she won't make twice.]