A Great Mind Lost To The Funk

[PtahWithin 1320]

 

Ptah Remneal walks through the Ministry Library, carrying a stack of books. He walks to a nearby table, his blue robe trailing behind him. He hums to himself as he lays the books down, tapping the table to a beat only he can hear. For Ptah, Preeminent Savant of the Ministry of Contemplation, has been working on developing a new kind of magic: the ability to cast illusions on himself.

 

Within his mind he has constructed for himself an orchestra of sound, inspired by musical pieces he has read from numerous written compositions.

 

 

Ptah sits down, scratching his black beard before twirling his fingers on his left hand around. A small pen fades into existence in his palm as his pupils shimmer briefly. He examines the pen, nodding, and begins to test it on an open book before him. An outside observer would see him pretending to write something in the book, because no pen appears in Ptah's palm for their vision. His other hand strums in the air, following the movements of his internal orchestra. Ptah closes his eyes for a moment, enjoying the exquisite sound.

 

Now taking a real pen, he opens each book he brought there and writes on the first page:

 

ON THE SPECTATOR MIND AND THE DISCIPLINE OF THE COGNAT

 

BY PTAH REMNEAL

 

He closes them, and picks all of them up except for one. He walks out of the Ministry Library, and neatly places each tome into the mail-chest, to be delivered to his constituents across Anthos. Returning to the Library, humming to the music, he stops at one shelf. Ptah removes one book, examining its binding, and opens to a random page.

 

The book is filled with sheet music. Using his Cognitic abilities, he nods as he slowly translates the notes into a sequence of sounds he illusions himself to hear. ((PAUSE ABOVE YOUTUBE VIDEO))

 

But Ptah notices something different with this music... slowly it drowns out his pleasant orchestra and replaces it with a new kind of sound the likes of which Ptah had never even imagined before.

 

 

Ptah's brow begins to sweat as the music picks up in intensity, his head pounding. The book falls limp from his hands as the scholar fall to his knees. He shouts in anguish, bringing his hands up in fists to his forehead, as if to strike the music out of his head. He scrambles to maintain focus, trying to use all his mental skill to expunge the sounds, but he cannot.

 

Ptah looks down at the floor, and notices how... funky it looks. His fingers unfurl, and begin to tap his head to the beat of the music. The colors he sees in the room seem to intensify as the funk grows louder and louder...

 

He falls forward, planting the side of his face on the oak floor. He pushes his legs forward, arms grasping in front of him as he crawls to a table to the beat of the funk. He staggers to climb into the chair, but cannot, and knocks a book and a pen over onto the floor. Fingers still strumming to the music, Ptah forces his mouth to remain closed rather than hum to it. He picks up the pen and quickly scribbles something down.

 

 

Two hours later, his colleagues at the Ministry enter the facility, discussing Rhetor Staghorn's recent publications about Orc Governmental system when they enter the Library. They find their Preeminent Savant strewn across the floor, drool leaking from his mouth. Next to him is a book open to a blank page, upon which are written the cryptic words:

 

 

((Ptah Remneal is now in a coma. Lee Scorsby is the new Preeminent Savant.))

[5678 260]

He will later wake up in a hospital and find out that the dead have risen and roam Anthos.

[Lark 2227]

Salazar and Lark walk into the facility, engaged in a conversation about the workings of clockwork and the best metal to use for it. They both stop as they notice their colleagues tending to Ptah, they approach and their faces fill with shock at the tragedy that has befallen their beloved Savant.

[Booklight12 481]

Blake sleeps in his chambers in the ministry snoring loudly as the ordeal happens outside 

[Lee Scorsby 34]

Lee watches Ptahs body where it lays in one of the beds. 

He slowly starts realising the fact that he now got a lot more work on his hand than he had a couple of miniutes ago..

"Well then." He thought to himself. "Looks like have have a lot of work to do."

He leaves Ptahs side and walks into one of the offices while grabing a couple of books and starts writing.

[lukejes 55]

Elandorr's eyes widen as he hears of the Preeminent Savant's horrible misfortune. To get his mind off what happened he sits down at his desk to write something, anything. Instead Elandorr finds himself staring out the window, lost in thought.

[Heff 2460]

He will later wake up in a hospital and find out that the dead have risen and roam Anthos.

Ooc:

http://youtu.be/FVb15p5qkRs

The funk got to him.

[Benny_Fool 80]

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[Lawrna 440]

Lelien slaves away in the Lin'everal library.

 

((This post made me oddly happy, even though it's about him going into a rather funky coma! Me likey!))

[Moot 1719]

Moved to the Great Library. It shall be sorted into appropriate category shortly.