[several hours after Cassandra's post]

[willyousee]

[Alcuin's voice is full of an icy fury that he's trying, and failing, to conceal.]

Avoid the color shifting rooms at all costs. If color magic is used there, all surfaces immediately shift to the matching color and lock into place, opening an adjoining adjustable chamber. In addition, all color magic of that color used in that room is doubled, at the very least. Thorne and I have both tested this.
Unfortunately, [spoken as though through gritted teeth] even destroying the contents lasts for no longer than the space of a blink. The Illuminants' influence is upon that place, and likely whatever poor, unfortunate world we next visit.

Which brings me to my next point:
Should you see anyone dressed solely in a single color, even if they are different hues, be extremely cautious of them. They are likely to be a powerful mage perhaps nearing the power of our patrons. They displayed themselves as weaker before, but depending on the timeline it is possible that now they are a great deal stronger.

There are eight of them: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, Rose.
Each has a different theme, and different emotions which govern their actions. Each has a positive and a negative aspect. I strongly suggest entering the Library tower and ascending to the first floor. On the shelves immediately to the right of the door on the lowest shelf are several treatises on Color Magic, the Illuminants, and the world in which we have encountered them. I have been host for the Yellow Illuminant twice now. I will eagerly answer any questions you might have.

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[butthemiracleneverhappen]

Hmn.

(There is, perhaps uncharacteristically, a moment of hesitation.)

Should it come to that, you have my scythe.

[bite_the_hand]

That's what the Network's for. You can call for help and not scream at the same time.

[lightnovelexperiences]

No long-term effects on memory or sanity that you can tell? Retrograde amnesia?

...I don't like this, Ser Alcuin. (Isn't that an interesting default term of address, especially since her speech is otherwise so informal.) But it really might beat becoming the fingers of an irresponsible god.

Are there any ways to disrupt Illuminant control over a vessel? Like an antimagic field or an... I think the term was unweaving? Hell, a factory reset?

[whatsina_name]

I try.

...I guess I should put my name out there for someone who you probably shouldn't remotely trust if they actually show up too, then.[Since. Does anyone else here even know Orange magic anymore?? And even if they had, he's the only one who's actually met Orange.]

[acapriciousthing]

If we encounter them and I'm not myself, someone please remedy that.

[The last thing they need is juveniler Arcana]

[bite_the_hand]

Good point. I'll use my gravity swords instead. I can make Liminal gravity work on Jaunts now, so if I wait to attack him in the right place that will make up for not being able to use my gear or wings. ...But I might have to use fire elementalism. I'm sorry if it comes to that.

You don't need to thank me. I know what it's like to be trapped inside an overlay I'd rather be killed out of. I don't want anyone else to be trapped like that if I can do something about it.

[failgoyle]

But it's psychically screaming!

[failgoyle]

And see, that's why my Court Mantle's so thin, I'm bad at the Winter stuff but worse at all the other seasons' stuff...

[bite_the_hand]

Yeah. That's the point.

[willyousee]

In this case in particular, that is certainly not a bad thing.

The more time we can buy where they do not realize that we recognize them, the better. It will give us an opportunity to plan.

[thornsofmalkav]

Durante.

[ALCUIN YOU ARE NOT PREPARED FOR THE SHEER FORCE OF LOVE AND GLEE THAT WILL COME FLOODING DOWN THE POGEBOND AT YOU.]

Holy shit, is this the first time you've introduced yourself with my surname too or just the first time I've heard of it because you are allowed to do it a thousand times more, oh my god, oh my god. Is this how it feels for you when I introduce myself with yours?

[protect_and_serve]

Blue was Grief, as I recall. Indigo was sorcery itself.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

...I fear I may be uniquely susceptible to both. Hmn.

[willyousee]

[Woah! Sweet Naamah's wings, that is a lot of joy! Forgive him for being a bit bemused.]

Is it? I suppose I've thought of myself that way for long enough that it didn't occur to me to do otherwise. [soft chuckle] I admit, there is a certain warm glow when I hear you claim the name for yourself.

[thornsofmalkav]

You have? Oh, Alcuin. I could just kiss you.

[... they haven't even bothered to private this. They're being like this in the middle of Alcuin's very public, very serious post.]

[protect_and_serve]

I'll leave those calculations to you. If I need to know anything, to help keep other Travelers safe, you'll tell me when I need to hear it.

[protect_and_serve]

If they're enough like the Arcana, every one of us will be vulnerable to at least one of them.

And of course, whether we are vulnerable to them or not, they are beyond us. Not as far as the Arcana, but - an immortal mage with an inhuman will is not a force to be trifled with. Not even by such as we are.

[willyousee]

[they definitely have not. but she's knocked him off his immediate warpath, so maybe that's good?]

[amused] Darling, I am always glad to accept your affections, but I must note, that is not so different from every other day, is it?

[thornsofmalkav]

[IT'S JUST FUNNY THAT'S ALL.]

I mean, I guess that's true. I'm just-- really giddy from the idea that you've thought of yourself that way. I know taking someone's name doesn't mean the same thing to you, exactly, as it does to me, but...

[Her love for him and her happiness is coming through so steadily across the Pogebond, it's hard for anyone to stay on the warpath, even a Camaeline.]