DUNGEON LOG - TELOVIA MINES

[phantasmods]

The day dawns bright and early - the same as most every expedition. The only difference is that you'll need to take the teleportation pad to Lodestone as a starting point - the gliders and drones are already there. There's clouds on the horizon, though, so if you're going to take a glider and go, you'd better get going.

There's some new additions, though, to the usual group of androids seeing you off. Tau is checking over the drones ready to carry those who can't or won't use the gliders, and Muon is practicing opening and collapsing the wings of a glider with bright yellow sails. She grins at anyone who approaches, shooting them a thumbs up.

"Don't worry about getting lost or falling behind! As long as Tau's here, they'll keep us all together."

And with that bit of bright cheer, it's off towards the mountains you go...

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From the air, the remains of the mining town are almost impossible to tell from any other part of the forest. The trees - especially the old ones - are much thinner, and that's really the only sign of what's below.

But Muon's bright yellow glider, leading the way, dips down into the treeline before landing in an open space, and anyone who isn't paying enough attention to follow will feel their glider being herded in the same direction by Tau's power - control not outright taken, but more of a nudge, like, hey buddy it's this way. The group lands just beyond the border of the Fissure - a tiny stable spot in whatever's left of this world.

And a good thing, too, because landing in the Fissure itself could prove quite difficult...

Comments

[foolishjustice]

In effect, most likely. Aside from the fact that it comes from a Persona rather than my own hand, an Agi skill and a fire-based spell look remarkably similar.

[matchmakes]

Perhaps if I find a Fire tome you can try it out for yourself.

[ROBIN NO]

[foolishjustice]

It would be interesting to get to compare different types of magic. I have several forms of it by now, but Elemancy is the only elemental magic I have.

[matchmakes]

I haven't really gotten to teach someone to use magic for a while now... I have kind of missed it. Perhaps if I manage to get my hands on some other tomes, we could change that.

[...]

Definitely something other than that one there, though. Thoron's really not meant for a beginner's use.

[foolishjustice]

From the name, I'm guessing it's lightning?

[matchmakes]

It is. It's the most powerful lightning tome that can be bought in a store. The lightning tomes are named Thunder, Elthunder, Arcthunder, and Thoron. Similarly, there's Fire, Elfire, Arcfire, and Bolganone and Wind, Elwind, Arcwind, and Rexcalibur. Dark tomes don't have as consistent a name scheme as the others.

... Lightning magic is what my sister and I are most accomplished with. We can use any type of magic generally, but lightning is what comes most naturally to me.

[foolishjustice]

Rexcalibur just makes me think of a sword-wielding dinosaur.

[matchmakes]

[... Goro can probably practically see that comment going over Robin's head...]

The spell itself summons a massive whirlwind... I'm pretty sure there's small shards of ice in there too... At least I certainly felt them the last time I got hit by one.

[ROBIN...]

[foolishjustice]

From the name, I would've expected a sort of cutting wind. Is there a sword named Excalibur in your world?

[matchmakes]

Oh, the wind cuts too, it's just minor in comparison. I read somewhere that it has a different name in another tongue that translates to "great winter" though...

Excalibur...? No, I don't believe so. I remember reading something in a history book about a tome by that name, but...