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There was a farm that had a dog
[Throughout the day on Monday, everyone still left in the building will find a handwritten invitation delivered to them at some point or another, along with a bonus sheet of paper.
There aren't any decorations upstairs, but there will be food and drink as promised, and lots of variety. Curry, soup and sandwiches, parfaits, homemade potato chips, a cheese plate; Rin went all out. For sweets, there's chocolate chip cookies and a lemon meringue pie, with milk or juice (that looks like it was made from scratch) to wash it down with. Alcohol too, if that's your thing. There's even a bloody mary for Elda, somehow.
As you might guess from the invitation, the bonus piece of paper delivered with the invites is a blank bingo sheet! Whether it's when the invites are delivered or when they come to the party, Rin will give everyone instructions on how to fill it out, and how the game is played.
HUMAN GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BINGO
That should about cover it. But yeah, it's a game designed for the group to maybe get to know each other a little better. Discussion is encouraged, not just for what you have in common, but what you don't! What's most important is everyone have fun.]
WHO: You!
WHAT: Fun and games!
WHERE: The roof
WHEN: 6 o'clock
Hey, everyone. It's been quiet around here lately, so let's keep our spirits up and have some fun! The sun might not be shining, but we still have a great view of the stars, and somewhere warm to watch them from. Food and drink will be provided, so just bring yourself (and your bingo sheet!), and we'll enjoy each other's company.
- Rin Tohsaka
There aren't any decorations upstairs, but there will be food and drink as promised, and lots of variety. Curry, soup and sandwiches, parfaits, homemade potato chips, a cheese plate; Rin went all out. For sweets, there's chocolate chip cookies and a lemon meringue pie, with milk or juice (that looks like it was made from scratch) to wash it down with. Alcohol too, if that's your thing. There's even a bloody mary for Elda, somehow.
As you might guess from the invitation, the bonus piece of paper delivered with the invites is a blank bingo sheet! Whether it's when the invites are delivered or when they come to the party, Rin will give everyone instructions on how to fill it out, and how the game is played.
- Fill out the sheet with 24 simple facts about yourself! They should be anything you're comfortable sharing with others, and most importantly they must be true
- Share sheets with one another! If you have something in common with what's on another person's sheet, you can sign off on that square.
- Players may sign up to two squares on one another's sheets, but only two! Normally you'd only collect a single signature, but this is a small group.
- When one row has five signatures horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, that's a BINGO!
- Whoever has the most BINGOs at the end of the night wins!
That should about cover it. But yeah, it's a game designed for the group to maybe get to know each other a little better. Discussion is encouraged, not just for what you have in common, but what you don't! What's most important is everyone have fun.]
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Okay, if you were comfortable enough writing it down, I have to hear about this one.
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Sure. If you tell me about yours in return.
[He figures Rin won't have an issue with it, so he goes on.]
It is called the Chromatus. It's what allows me to traverse dimensions. That is why I asked if the person you painted had a similar ability. I am obviously very familiar with it.
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You can just do that innately? Since it was connected to your job, I thought all this time it must have been something achieved by a group who studied the process!
[Rin looks a mix of excited and flabbergasted here, honestly, like Rideaux just casually said he could turn water into wine. Maybe that's not the best comparison, tbh; Rin would find that to be a mere parlor trick in comparison.]
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Yeah, it's something that I was born with. Most agents in Dimensional Affairs have it as well. It's obviously necessary for the central part of the job.
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The Second Magic, to be precise, which is definitely in my wheelhouse of interests. The man who introduced magecraft to my family all those centuries ago is the only known wielder of it in the modern world.
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[That's an intrigued "huh". Really, it's not incredibly far off from how he ended up with the Chromatus. Still...]
But it was not something that could be passed down?
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Honestly, I'm not even sure if magic works in the same way that our spells do, for that purpose. Even if he did, he wasn't the Tohsakas genetic ancestor. The way we pass down our knowledge and spells is very precise; it's more like transplanting an organ. It has to be done with a blood relative, and even then the Magic Crest might reject the new host if it's not a perfect match.
[She's rolling up the sleeve of her left arm as she says all of this.]
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How was your family able to acquire magecraft from him in the first place, then?
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Spells can be taught to people the old-fashioned way. So long as they have the talent for it and you're selective, it's common to take apprentices and pass down the art.
But it's like anything you learn; it can take years or even a lifetime of study to reach the pinnacle of your career. In the world of mages, preserving your magic is more important than preserving your life; they found ways to ensure not only that, but that their children could immediately pick up where they left off. That's how Magic Crests came about.
[As she says this, something interesting will happen with her left arm. At first the skin looks bare, but a moment later lines begin to form, etched on all sides of her forearm from the length of her wrist, to her elbow. Like an intricate, glowing tattoo that seems to be lighting up from under her skin rather than over it.]
All of the magical knowledge my ancestors acquired and the spells they created; all of them are inside of this.
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I see, now I understand. So each generation of your family builds upon the work of the previous, and you've got several centuries' worth of progress to work with. That's... That is certainly something.
[A pretty damn amazing something.]
Though I have to say, I am surprised that it seems to be fully functional in this place. Or is that not the case?
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Oh, far from it. Getting the Magic Crest to glow like this so I could confirm it was still in my body is the only thing I can manage. Normally I'd be able to access the spells or knowledge in there just by thinking about it, but I haven't been able to do that since I arrived. It's like being locked out of my own library.
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True. I suppose you would've had a lot at your disposal to deal with the situation.
[...]
Being locked out...that is a good way to phrase it. I have felt similarly about my Chromatus. I've had my watch back for the longest time, but I still can't use it.
[Not that he has any desire to, but he'd like to at least know it's there in a pinch.]
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Is that how you use it? With a watch?
[...oh, she should find another thing on this bingo sheet to fill out too. Rin glances between it and him.]
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[He reaches into his jacket pocket and pulls out a pocketwatch. It has a clockwork gear design etched into it; a symbol of the spirit that the ability came from. As he shows it to Rin, he considers the fact that he's never actually...presented it like this to anyone yet. He never liked the idea of people having that information. But now that he has all of his memories back, and after Rin showed him her Crest, he's loosened up on it.]
Strange as it may sound, when I said I was born with the Chromatus, I meant it quite literally. I was born with this watch. It's the telltale sign of a Chromatus bearer, though my family did not know that at the time. I only discovered its use after I was taken in by Spirius Corporation.
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So either it was a familial trait that hadn't been seen in a great deal of time, or you inherited it through something else.
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Something like the former. It has trickled down the Kresnik bloodline for centuries, producing an actual Chromatus bearer every so often along the way. It happens more often for direct descendants; my family was distantly related.
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Her hand moves to sign "was quite wealthy" instead, and she looks back at him.]
That's pretty amazing. [A smile.] If you're comfortable with it, could you tell me more about how it works someday? Even if we can't successfully convince the Coordinators to send us home by their means, maybe something can be achieved through your power.
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[That said, he'll finally take a look at Rin's card.
...Wow, he can't find much to sign off on here. Not to mention some of these sound insane. If "favorite color: red" isn't taken, he'll start with that.]
Sounds like you've lived quite the life. [He's being a little sarcastic here since he's long figured that the two of them have been in situations that forced them to grow up long before they should've had to.] So what is this war?