⍟ OCCULT CLUB MINGLE ⍟

[sunstead]

Who: OCCULT CLUB and whoever wants to drop in!
When: All through August
What: Catch-all mingle post for occult club activities! Anyone is free to make a toplevel here for all your occult needs, hell yeah hell yeah
Warnings: Paganism?? please try not to murder anyone in occult club, will update this if needed


The Occult Club can be found set up in room 1-C or 3-C after the normal class hours, marked by a magically glowing paper sign tacked to the door and the ever-present scent of candles and herbs. Though it may not be an "official" club, anyone is welcome to drop in or ask for help with whatever they might need, be it learning about magic, warding against something, or requesting aid or supplies for spells of their own. The club leaders, Clamor and Lucifer, will usually be around to answer questions or help out as needed.

Those looking to join the club, or those who are just curious, can find magic affinity tests stacked neatly near the front of the room... which is really just a fancy way of saying "sheet of paper with a simple spell circle drawn on it". All it does is glow when activated, but hey, you have to start somewhere, right? Not everyone can use magic, but you won't know unless you try. Why not give it a go?

Those who find themselves unfortunately deemed non-magical won't be turned away, either. Anyone can benefit from the pursuit of knowledge! And besides, magical items can be used by anyone, and Yogen seems to have an abundance of them. Bring in your latest weird find for an appraisal, or maybe just mess around with it and hope it's not dangerous!

There's also a pot of tea set up on one end of the room, in case anyone wants to try their hand at tasseography... or if you're thirsty. Actually, it's just for drinking. But the pot seems to stay piping warm no matter how long it's left sitting there, so if you need an example of the wonders of magitech, well, there you go.

Comments

[carpevinum]

[There are such things as gentle hexes, like the fact that Lucifer could very easily teach Clamor how to make someone feel like there are bugs crawling all over them but then there are no bugs to be found (spoooooky), and other such things used as pranks. It won't really protect Clamor should someone try to maim him, probably, unless they have a debilitating fear of insects, but...

...it's simple? He supposes? Lucifer sits down across from Clamor, legs crossed, reclining just slightly in these uncomfortable-ass desk chairs.]

Prank-type hexes might serve as a more basic starting ground, admittedly. Where I hail from, words are power, which is why our spells are based in incantations of that length, though borrowing the incantations of another may not make such things suitably "powerful" enough in your case.

I have a couple suggestions. [and then he explains the whole bugs thing because I am too lazy to type it out again, following it up with,] I suggest you also find what words are "powerful" to you and employ those in your technique next time.

[sunstead]

Oh... that doesn't sound so bad. [both in the difficulty learning it and what it can do to people, but y'know. both of those things are concerns of his. he perks up a little, at least.]

Haha, incantations aren't much different from sigil-based magic! If you think about it, speaking the words aloud serves the same purpose as writing out symbols... there are some forms of magic in Elrios that work better with incantations as well, but those are usually a lot more simple than this. Most combat magic relies more on spoken commands and a focus like a wand or staff. It's not really practical to run around with a book in your hands in the heat of battle.

[... which is kind of why they're doing this is the first place, right. maybe what he really needs is a good staff.]

[carpevinum]

It makes sense. Our pact seals we make with non-demons are similar, though there is still a verbal component needed to call us to our pact-bearer's side. The sigil does add to their power, though.

[Lucifer, however, is not a man in the habits of making pacts, lest control be taken from him.]

It might be simple to craft you a wand. Wood from the wisteria tree should suffice, [that thing outside is going to kill them,] and a small stone set into it from what we have on-hand here. It won't be the most elegant thing, but items made by hand are more powerful than those you can buy from traditional shops anyway.

[But that's not for now, and Lucifer smiles, perhaps a bit deviously.]

That said, are you ready to try again? Little spells like this aren't too difficult. I can demonstrate.

[Get ready for Bugs™.]