The Prism of light refracted a rainbow directly into the dark ring. It vibrated, humming and resonating powerfully with the impressive cast of magic!-... Yet something wasn't right. Likewise the humming melody seemed to resonate, and yet... it was wrong, somehow; a key that didn't fit.
A moment later the seals rejected both spells.
The melody--mercifully, a weak cast--crashed out in a brief, discordant echo, roaring past their ears, in a way that would deafen all nearby Gembound for a few moments--temporarily.
But the prism: that flashed back, a bright and blinding reflection straight into Qisziux's eyes!
Qisziux will be blinded for two days before the powerful, backfired spell's effects wear off.
@Qisziux @Pip
Wilder, at first, quietly considered the images she was seeing but then she stumbled back with alarm as pain bolted through her head. She let out a loud yelp as she stumbled back, the magic doing funny things to her head. For a second, she felt a dip in her consciousness but she regained control only a moment later, standing up with her fur puffed out. "Ow," she hissed, shaking out her head.
A familiar voice suddenly touched her ears and she froze. Oh no. Not right now. She looked up just a little and saw Aure there, looking away from her and she felt a crack ripple across her heart. She couldn't do this right now, she was about as ready as Aure to have this conversation. And, besides, there was something else right now to worry about - the rings. And probably the fact that there were a lot others around. They couldn't just start talking about matters like that in front of everyone.
And it didn't seem like Aure was ready for that conversation either.
She glanced at the cat that had stepped up to her, a little surprised by their sudden appearance, breaking through her dark thoughts and she nodded. "Y-yeah! We're both cats!" It was a bit of a lame excuse for her usual peppiness but it was the best she could do right now.
She stepped forward to touch the wall again, trying to activate her magic to reveal what was going to be happening in the future, but the magic lashed back at her, ripping through her head and, instead of seeing the possible futures, she watched her worst fears become reality.
Aure, standing over her, crying. "You betrayed us," he whispered. "I can't stand to be near you. I can't stand to even look at you. All you do is hurt me and my family." She pleaded and begged back, saying that she could fix this, that she could do better, that all she wanted was to have a place in the Bonebound and to help them. She promised that she'd get to know everyone better and contribute to them, to really be a part of his family but he shook his head. "Go away, Wilder. We don't want you. All you do is bring misery."
She was frozen in front of the door, eyes wide and glimmering with tears as she came out of her own vision, not realizing that any time had passed at all.
@Aure
Aure stared down, mild confusion in the furrow of his brow - "right there. All of these rings on the wall." His gaze traveled up their upper half, tracing them until black started to come into his periphery. He stilled abruptly, ears pinning back as a deafening drone came from the rock's surface. Screwing his eyes shut to keep such an obnoxious sound out (as if that'd work) he grimaced.
Ringing punctuated the return of his hearing, and he shook himself off.
"Hold - hold on, guys," his voice twittered out, gaze flicking to and fro - ears still making his voice ring and muffle inside his head. (Thank the bones there's another cat - to keep Wilder distracted away from me.) "Let's think... how does it feel when you - cast at it?"
The wyvern focused, again, on the bone-interspersed wheel, ears flicking back. Aure stared long and hard at the sixth ring. It called, and -
His magicka felt out, tentative and hesitant compared to the full-throttle casts being lobbed at it, fully prepared to withdraw the moment some noisy or blinding repercussion danced his way.
Aure's spell almost seemed to take root, at first: a faint crumbling, the wet sound of consumption--and then it fell away.
There was no backlash, but the outer rings--one through five--briefly hummed, and faintly glowed, before going dim and mostly-still once more.
@Aure @Seshat @Soumak @Pip
That big crystal with wet eyes had screamed, and it hurt Pips ears. She could still feel the ringing. She thought that atleast the chiming of her crystals would be soothing. Nice for Pip to hear! But the chiming attacked Pip's ears too. It ruined her sense of balance. She tried and failed to cover her tympanum, but everything was so loud. Disoriented, Pip lost her balance and fell.
Pip's balance was back almost immediately as the ringing ended. She landed on her feet gracefully, balanced upon pebbles at the base of the wall. "That hurt." Pip piped up.
Pip thought they'd got off lucky, though. Another gembound--small with pebbly skin--their spell reflected right into their eyes. Pip would've grimaced if she had lips. "Are you okay pebble tree?"
Pip thought about going back to Seshat--but what if Seshat screamed again? They didn't want that again, not so soon after the wall screamed at Pip too. But the big tree covered in orange and white leaves got a good reaction. The ring thingy glowed. No screeching. Pip flicked her abdomen in thought.
"How'd you do that orange tree?" She said. Pip wanted to do that! Maybe Pip did it wrong. Cautiously, Pip began to scale the wall once more. She settled on the bone ring, and tapped it with her feet. Nibbled it.
The feeling of pride at his success only lasted a moment.
The beam of light he'd cast so easily and perfectly went flying right back at him, right into his eyes. This combined with the deafening echo that rushed past completely disoriented him. He stumbled back, blinking rapidly, trying to clear his vision.
His eyesight wouldn't clear, no matter how hard he blinked. Of course this happened. He thought bitterly, Even when I succeed at a spell, it backfires.
He was reminded he wasn't alone when someone spoke to him, "I'm.. Fine." He replied, very poorly masking the fact he was not, in fact, fine. "I uh, Have to go.." He said hastily, before quickly walking away. Despite his newfound blindness, he managed to not run into anything.
"Spoken Words."
Thoughts
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