mmjinae

"The flag of Oren is prelude to war," wrote Viviana in her super-private, totally-not-public diary entry. "I did not spend my childhood in bloodshed to see the signs of another in my city walls. Oren will not be forged out of pen and parchment, but from blood. I've grown tired of the sight of blood." 

Viviana finished writing her entry, put out her candle, and went to sleep. Dreams and nightmares of a dead empire haunted her slumbering mind.

Viviana Ximena Vilac read over the letter in her hand one more time, before tying it to the foot of a pigeon and letting it fly to Ser Sterling. Another soul joins the Silver Crusade.

MC Name:

         mmjinae

Character's Name:

         Viviana Ximena Vilac

Character's Age:

         21

What feat(s) will you be learning?

         Alchemy

Teacher's MC Name:

         Turbo_Dog

Teacher's RP Name:

         Spuds

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your feat app?:

         Yes

Have you applied for this feat on this character before, and had it denied? If so, link the app:

         No

Are you aware that if this feat is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

MC Name:

         mmjinae

Character's Name:

         Asya Carmesía

Character's Age:

         47

Character's Race:

         Human

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Fire Evocation

Teacher's MC Name:

         xo31

Teacher's RP Name:

         Arthur

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         No

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your magic app?:

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

MC Name:

         mmjinae

Character's Name:

         Asya Carmesía

Character's Age:

         46

What feat(s) will you be learning?

         Arcane Scion

Teacher's MC Name:

         xo31

Teacher's RP Name:

         Arthur

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your feat app?:

         Yes

Have you applied for this feat on this character before, and had it denied? If so, link the app:

         No

Are you aware that if this feat is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

20 hours ago, StingyParrot said:

Hell yeah - adding a scent to aura would impart an even greater sense of personality to spellcasting. Perhaps it could also be affected by the type of magic used. E.G Blood magic smelling like, well, blood along with whatever the mage's own aura scent is, and maybe Voidal Magic causing the scent to be almost too strong, a hint that it isn't natural.

Whenever I cast voidal magic on one of my character's, I like to emote that the aura and the air around her starts to smell like pungent ozone, or cloying salt, or something along those lines, depending on what she's casting specifically. Smell makes the magic seem all the more unnatural and cool!

MC Name:

         mmjinae

Character's Name:

         Asya Carmesía

Character's Age:

         45

Character's Race:

         Human

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Illusion

Teacher's MC Name:

         Ewdrawings

Teacher's RP Name:

         Yera Silveira

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         No

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your magic app?:

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

MC Name:

         mmjinae

Character's Name:

         Asya Carmesía

Character's Age:

         45

Character's Race:

         Human

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Translocation

Teacher's MC Name:

         Ewdrawings

Teacher's RP Name:

         Yera Silveira

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         No

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your magic app?:

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

MC Name:

         mmjinae

Character's Name:

         Asya Carmesía

Character's Age:

         45

Character's Race:

         Human

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Earth Evocation

Teacher's MC Name:

         Ewdrawings

Teacher's RP Name:

         Yera Silveira

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         No

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your magic app?:

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

MC Name:

         mmjinae

Character's Name:

         Viviana Ximena Vilac

Character's Age:

         18

Character's Race:

         Human

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Translocation

Teacher's MC Name:

         lord_of_losers

Teacher's RP Name:

         Sarah Artenin

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         No

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your magic app?:

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

MC Name:

         mmjinae

Character's Name:

         Viviana Ximena Vilac

Character's Age:

         18

Character's Race:

         Human

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Transfiguration

Teacher's MC Name:

         lord_of_losers

Teacher's RP Name:

         Sarah Artenin

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         No

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your magic app?:

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

MC Name:

         mmjinae

Character's Name:

         Viviana Ximena Vilac

Character's Age:

         18

Character's Race:

         Human

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Fire Evocation

Teacher's MC Name:

         nepir

Teacher's RP Name:

         Nepir Wolfguard

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         No

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your magic app?:

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

Viviana Ximena Vilac stood before the Vuiller manor, its silhouette heralded by the setting sun. Just a few weeks prior, Marjorie had been laughing here without a care in the world. She had friends, family, and dreams of her own - beautiful, resplendent dreams, like budding flowers at spring's first breath. The manor had seemed so full of life, then. 

Today, the manor was dead. The last rays of the setting sun died away, withering behind the steep shadow of the mountaintop. Marjorie - sweet, gentle Marjorie - was gone forever. No more would her laughter linger in the courtyard of Portoregne; it was taken away by the monster who robbed her of her future. No more would she greet Viviana with a smile on her face; that, too, was seized by the vermin who ended her life. 

The truth of the matter was that, despite all of Viviana's hopeless protestations, Marjorie was dead. She was dead and gone and all they had left of her was a single lock of hair to bury away. Eleven years of life and love, and all they had was a single ******* lock of hair. Marjorie's voice haunted the inside of Viviana's mind. 

Marjorie was dead.

But the murderer was not. Not yet, at least. 

"One year, five years, ten years from now - it doesn't matter. You will be brought to justice. I will see you rot."

A paper note, a lock of hair, and a splatter of blood; that was all that Viviana Ximena Vilac could find left of Marjorie. Who would hurt her cousin? Who would even dare? Marjorie was the sweetest girl that Viviana had ever known. She loved fashion, her fish, her family most of all - who would ever think to hurt her, let alone take her away? 

Viviana's memories flitted back to the party Marjorie had held just months prior; of the unforeseen guests, of the strangers she had never seen before that night. Her memories recalled the words and promises on the note left behind; of the people named therein who were her only clues to her cousin's disappearance. With these memories, with these clues, Viviana began to write a list.

"I should have been there," hissed the scion of House Vilac. "I should have saved you. The least I can do is find the ones who took you away." She held up her list of suspects, and pinned it against the wall with a dagger.

"All will be held to account, even the world. If I find it wanting, it too shall burn. I will bring you home, this I swear."

A lone librarian stared at the missive in her hand, the words lit up by flickering candlelight. Old memories flickered through her mind's eye: the screaming citizenry of Portoregne, slaughtered by remorseless Ferrymen; horror stories of kidnappings and maiming committed against her friends, her people, her Royal Majesty; the air of terror that loomed over the Marchlands and beyond. The missive crinkled under her tightened fist.

"You shall fight for pride," she murmured, "and you shall die for pride. So be it. So will I." 

Asya Carmesía got up from her chair, and set the crumpled paper down on her desk. She marched to her armoire and threw open the doors, revealing her armors, her sword, and her bow.

"I will help see this war reach its end. I will put your brigands to the sword. I will see Winburgh burn."

MC Name:

         mmjinae

Character's Name:

         Viviana Ximena Vilac

Character's Age:

         16

Character's Race:

         Human

What magic(s) will you be learning?

         Aeromancy/Voidal Air Magic

Teacher's MC Name:

         Rhettthecoldone

Teacher's RP Name:

         Faeran'duil Lunae-Reinhold

Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it:

         N/A

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your magic app?:

         Yes

Are you aware that if this magic is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

Link to the prerequisite Alchemy application: 

MC Name:

         mmjinae

Character's Name:

         Asya Carmesía

Character's Age:

         40

What feat(s) will you be learning?

         Animatii/Clockwork Artifice

Teacher's MC Name:

         SPACEODD1TY

Teacher's RP Name:

         Vicente von Distrugere/Distrugere

Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your feat app?:

         Yes

Have you applied for this feat on this character before, and had it denied? If so, link the app:

         No

Are you aware that if this feat is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?

         Yes

Late at night, long since the sun had set and the stars blinked awake, a redheaded librarian sat at her desk before a missive, high above in her residence in the attic of La Biblioteca Cittadina. After a moment of deliberation, Asya Carmesìa lit a candle, fetched her ink and quill, and retrieved a sheet of parchment. In the flickering glow of a burning wick, and amidst the whispers of a sleepy city, she set her quill to paper, and began to write...

REGISTRATION FORM

Full name: Asya Casimirivna Carmesìa

Age: 29

Address of Residence: Johannes' Lane 1, City of Portoregne, Kingdom of Balian

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A tired scholar peered over the article that had reached her library. "Oh, finally," Asya murmured, "some good ******* scholarship. I haven't even considered some of these points before. Oh, I've been such a fool...!" She pulled out a quill and an ink bottle, and began to annotate the work in great detail, mumbling to herself in the flickering candlelight... 

Asya stared at the notice in front of the palace gates, then exhaled slowly. "É così," she sighed. "It is what it is. Not like I was going to get it, anyways." She rubbed her palms into her eyes. "Eugh. I will congratulate John. He deserves it. I'm just... Nen. I will be satisfied with how things are." She lowered her hands slowly. "Best to put on a happy face for John when I see him next. That's the way." She turned around, then shuffled down the road, headed towards La Biblioteca Cittadina once more.

Later in the day, Don John Augustus Galbraith (@TreeSmoothie) would find a letter in his mailbox, congratulating him for his new position!

Somewhere along the southern coastlines of the continent, surrounded by dusty bookshelves and the glow of candles, a lone librarian peered over a copy of these histories. "Remarkably well written," Asya hummed. "I will have to add this to my collection! I've not read a history nearly as enthralling as this. My compliments to the author!"

Aww yeah, I love DISTRUGESTADT! Ain't nothing ever happened at DISTRUGESTADT! Do you like DISTRUGESTADT? I do too, but not on this DISTRUGESTADT any more, because I want you to accept it! I'm talking no felonies! Evil? In this DISTRUGESTADT? Never heard of it. What is it? No one has ever explained it to me. Please accept this DISTRUGESTADT! Ay, psst, you like this DISTRUGEBOT? Well guess what, THE BARON's got two of 'em! 'Cause of... circumstances! Just accept this DISTRUGESTADT!

" Mierda! Why would I have done this?" Asya swore, reading through the missive. "I love sharks! I would never mutilate one for something as petty as this." 

She leaned back, sipping on the sugary sludge she called coffee. Who would do such a thing, she wondered. And with so little class!

LA BIBLIOTECA CITTADINA

ILLUMINARE LA PAROLA

Morning sunlight shimmered through stained windows, casting the entire room aglow with ochre warmth. You could still hear the muffled, waking sounds of Portoregne from outside: Armada guards taking the morning shift, the hustle of bakers preparing their loaves, the splashes of the water well. But in here, in this room, the troubles of the city seemed far behind you. The musty smell of parchment and ink lingered in the air, leaving ephemeral touches upon the shelves, the tomes, the furniture -- even you. Hundreds of years of knowledge hugged the walls, snuggled cozily inside their rickety bookshelves. Something caught your eye; an old friend from long ago, bound in leather and tied with twine, whose literary contents still lingered in your mind. You approached it gingerly, carefully, and you found your fingers latching onto the book. Slowly, ever so slowly, you pulled it from the shelf. 

La Biblioteca Cittadina -- the Citizen's Library -- is now open as the first public library in the city of Portoregne. Nestled cozily in the center of the city at Johanne's Lane I, the library is the prime location for reading, studying, or general socialization. Its catalogue boasts a wide variety of subjects, ranging from voidal theory, medicine, poetry, natural sciences, and alchemy, the latter of which being Biblioteca Cittadina's specialty, as well as many more. Please drop by for a visit, whether to peruse its stacks, chat with old friends, or simply enjoy the cute, homey ambiance. You may also make a donation to our ever-growing collection; we are always looking for more books, tomes, and scrolls to add to our catalogue. 

It is our goal at La Biblioteca Cittadina to open the gateways of knowledge and learning to all, regardless of social or economic standing. We strive to help further the enlightenment of not only the citizenry of Portoregne, or just the Kingdom of Balian, but the entire world. Please join us on our journey to spread knowledge to the world. Illuminare la parola; help us illuminate the world. 

Graza, 

Head Librarian Asya