willyousee: (Hurt)
willyousee ([personal profile] willyousee) wrote in [community profile] synopsychic2019-11-25 03:41 am

[several hours after Cassandra's post]

[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.
butthemiracleneverhappen: (:bored)

[personal profile] butthemiracleneverhappen 2019-11-30 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
Well done in discovering this, Alcuin. I can only hope we are prepared for... a fight over control over the Arcana's gameboard.

...What is the purview of Blue and of Indigo?
protect_and_serve: (troubled)

[personal profile] protect_and_serve 2019-12-03 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Blue was Grief, as I recall. Indigo was sorcery itself.
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[personal profile] butthemiracleneverhappen 2019-12-03 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)

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

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[personal profile] protect_and_serve 2019-12-05 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
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.