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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 8:08 pm
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Close enough, Jeremiah linked his arm through hers. "It's part of being a Noble of the Court of the Sorrowful One. You, actually, helped me settle an affair of the Court with the, ah, glitch." He still had no better word for it.
When she was ready, he smiled and it was the same as before: for her it was a blink, for him it was a breath. Before them were a pair of wide, ornate wooden doors (at the end of a hallway) before he glanced to Cass and his lips twitched up.
"Ah, I neglected to warn you. The magic of the Court dresses you appropriately when you come here." Jeremiah was no longer wearing the comfortable clothing he had been but instead something else entirely. It was not the comfortable clothing he had been wearing around the house but something more regal, befitting of nobility. If said nobility was perhaps a bit roguish.
Jeremiah was in a deep dark blue waistcoat with a matching vest and shirt. His cane had become something more ornate, fingers still curled around it while his other hand raised to the lace mask that was covering one portion of his face. He rolled them, realizing it was somehow part of the attached broken pieces of crown that were on his head.
"Technically I can adjust the clothing but it tends to make the magic get a bit ... ornery. If you want to change it?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 8:58 pm
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"Not entirely an inaccurate way to describe it," Jeremiah chuckle. "The magic of the Court dresses His hand merely hovered over the door handles and the doors swung open. A room, as large as a ballroom, was before them and everywhere along the walls were shelves upon shelves of books.
In the center of the room was a table, a chaise lounge, a couch, and a couple chairs. The table was covered in what looked like magical odds and ends. "Thankfully," he said with another chuckle, glancing towards Cass (the glow of his eyes brighter now), "we won't have to climb since we're here."
Jeremiah actually stood straighter here within the Court, as if some of the pain faded, but it was more than that. This was a man in his element, part of the world he had made a place for himself in.
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 9:29 am
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Well they'd just walked into Belle's Wet Dream with that library. Cass did a single turn as she looked up the walls, looking more intimidated than excited by all of it.
"Well, climbing wouldn't be an issue.." she looked down at her dress, then ammended, "Okay, climbing would be an issue in this, but...this is a lot of books, Jer. Where do we even start? Is there a magical like.." she went through the ctrl+f gesture with her fingers "find option that just goes 'Oh, these books mention the air element'?"
It would have been really convenient. Maybe if she just focused really hard....
Still, the library put a certain air (hurr) about Jeremiah that was refreshing for Cass. Seeing him hurt had definitely been bad for her hidden anxieties, but there was a certain power to him in this place she enjoyed.
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Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:22 pm
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"There's a ladder actually," Jeremiah chuckled, "though it isn't used a lot since Algie can float." His fingers tapped against the cane, glancing towards the table and what was left there before he looked to the walls themselves.
"If Alg was here, he could just pick exactly the right book we need. As he's not, we're better off consulting the section guide especially since this isn't all of the books or tomes that are here. This is merely the main room." As if sensing the need, a door to one of the side rooms opened (the shelving actually moved; it was a hidden door) and a figure stepped out.
She was small, barely five foot, and wearing what looked like a maid outfit, though the skirt was a bit elaborate and she had elbow length gloves that only went to her palm and allowed her fingers to be free. Instead of hair, it looked as if she had used silks to create something that looked like it and was styled into a braid. The same silks were also covering her face, only her sunken in eyes visible (one was a bright golden, the other entirely black). It was the pallor of her skin that gave her away in the end, that there was something not entirely alive.
"Constable Mercer," Fell said, a curtsy given to the both of them in greeting.
"Fell," he responded, head tilting in greeting. "This is Cass, the young woman that assisted me with the glitch," there was a flicker of recognition and a nod from the small fetch, "and we're actually here to locate books on the topic of elemental magic and the manifestation of." As obviously she would know since she helped curate the books.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," spoke Fell, looking towards Cass, "as anyone who truly supports Constable Mercer is welcome within. The books you would want would be in section thirty-seven. If you've something specific, I'll pull it down. Though some of those books are not filled in currently."
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 8:42 am
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Cass was about to point out that she couldn't float when she remembered the court was technically located in a place where if she'd really wanted to, she probably could. Which meant she'd probably give it an attempt at some point.
"There's more?" she probably would have cried at the idea of going through all of these books if it weren't for the fact that she was distracted by a new face entering the room. The young woman (????) didn't immediately strike Cass as odd, except the longer she looked, the more little things seemed to stand out more - the hair, the eyes, the skin. She'd never actually seen a Fetch before, and Cass found herself looking to Jeremiah to see how he'd react.
It seemed he knew this one.
And she tried to not giggle at Jeremiah being called 'Constable'. It was so...stuffy. She failed, a small noise barely muffled into her hand and a half-smile smothered into it.
"Sometimes I think Jeremiah supports me more than the other way around," Cass replied, "though I do try my best." Her skill set consisted of birds at the moment though. Birds and keys. She needed to go see how her tiny bird friend was doing soon, on that thought. "We're specifically looking into the Air Element, if that's specific enough."
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 6:22 pm
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Jeremiah had gotten better about not making a face about being called Constable. There was little to be done about it since Fell had settled upon it and it was, in his opinion, better than being called Lord Mercer.
His lips twitched a bit at Cass's stifled laughter, a quick look given - a definitely bemused look.
Fell's gaze on Cass seemed to be approving, though it was hard to tell given most of her face was hidden. "Then you'd want subsection four," she said, gesturing for them to follow. She seemed to move without a single noise made, walking towards the previously mentioned section. "You'll find the coverage of specific elements therein."
"That should help speed things along." Jeremiah was looking towards the numbers up towards the top of the shelves. "As there's not much time left."
"You're looking to create an item attuned to air, yes? Have you decided upon what it shall be? Or where to look for materials?" Fell actually came to a stop, looking between the pair of them.
"Not yet, not until we've done some more research. I was wondering, however, if you knew of a market that might be occurring?" An eyebrow raised, Jeremiah looked expectantly at his fetch. (After he would explain, of course, to Cass about the nature of Fell but not right now.)
"There is actually but I have to find the location as it is a floating market. The location changes depending on the phase of the second moon and I've not been in some time so I cannot say off the top of my head." Fell's tone was thoughtful. "I'll leave you to your research and return shortly." Which meant in those same unheard movements, she turned to leave.
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 6:40 pm
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"Any uninformed decision made by myself would be....well, I'd rather see what we have to work with first," Cass said with a smile, trailing after Fell as she headed in the direction that they apparently were meant to be checking into. She looked back to Jeremiah when he spoke.
A floating market, hmm? That sounded kinda fun. "How do they make it float? I mean, besides magic." Cass asked, her tone somewhat obvious in her inquiries; floating was air, and maybe such information would be helpful to their own task? Maybe there was something in a book or someone at said market they'd be able to ask.
But first, she was at least going to pretend to look professional and browse through a book or two. "This is section four, year?" she asked, more towards Jeremiah this time with a puzzled expression.
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Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 8:04 pm
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"I can cover Italian, Spanish, and Russian as well as sign language but hopefully that will not be what a book is written in." Just the idea alone was something else. Jeremiah would have definitely been the one to protest if that had been the case but he also had a reminder, a very heavy one, that Fell was not truly loyal to him but the Court and, through actions, the Spinel Lady herself.
"Essentially. If it was anything else, I'd not ..." He shook his head. "I would not approve of it in the slightest." See? Definitely not down with slavery (even if, in a way, his own tithing was like that).
He looked to the book as it was held up and looked it over. "No but you could hang onto it if you want to understand what we're going to be doing at some point." A soft breath escape. "This is similar to the method Alg and I used when we were imbuing items with our consent."
Then, as if realizing it: "... and, yes, you can hold onto the book. It must be returned, of course, but you can hang onto it for reading. I think there's likely something to what it seems to be describing and goes together with your idea of having an item or object manifest the air itself?"
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