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[ THAT'S NOT THE FACE HE EXPECTED!!! And of course he's going to stare because he's not polite ]

—Your real appearance?

[He sighs.]

As close as possible at this height. Does your world have ceruleam? It would be much like crude oil but blue.

[He'll conjure a clear jar of it on the table for Five to look at.]

[ making a vague gesture toward him ]

Excuse me for focusing on a startling development first.

But no, far as I'm aware we have nothing of the sort. Does it channel magic?

Hardly startling I should think.

And no. It could if you were careful but it is more capable of mimicking magic, with the right technology. Without the right technology it's simply a vaguely unstable combustible. Alas, if your world had it we could use that.

As it does not we shall simply fumble along.

Well, we have combustibles. Our technology might be different from yours and that of this place, but there should be a way to make it work. I mean. My mother is a robot.

It's not the combustible property we need, but the ability to mimic the affects of aether.

Still, I'll think of other common materials your world might have to test.

For now we'll work on what you can do right here.

Fair enough. If I can't actually make this work then everything else is pointless.

[ going to finally start writing down the formula, already integrating the corrections Emet-Selch and Lahabrea pointed out the other day ]

You could always do it as you usually do but that would only give you a few moments at best. A waste of your internal resources. We will find some method, we have the time.

... I appreciate your help. Lately it feels as though you both have been doing more for me than the other way around. We should test your abilities to grasp time travel as well.

[ once he's done writing down the formula, he gets up ]

Should I try it on you?

Mm.

[He stands and teleports to the center of the pit because who WALKS.]

When you are ready.

[ only losers walk, he agrees. So of course he's going to do the same - though he's staying at a distance. He doesn't bother waiting more after that, and he casts the spell — constructing a ward around Lahabrea, with no elemental properties.

It's not BAD, but it won't hold for more than a minute ]

[Like a cheater he could unravel it since he knows how it was constructed but that's not the point. The point is how it holds against raw power, and he does not holds back, casting Dark IV immediately.]

[ Unfortunately it does not hold very well, and it dissolves basically right away ]

Shit.

Indeed. What do you think failed? Your casting or the structure of the spell itself?

The structure of the spell is solid. You and Emet-Selch would not have missed it if there were more flaws.

So it has to be the casting.

Indeed. Where do you think you faltered?

[ he doesn't like being the problem!!! But he is thinking about it ]

Perhaps I was too hasty, and my concentration wasn't enough.

Perhaps. But it should be castable quickly. Haste, in your case, is essential. So, can you focus as well as make it at speed? Or would you like to practice more slowly until it is familiar to you, before trying again at that speed?

I thought I wouldn't need the practice but obviously I do. That was foolish of me. I'll take a few more moments for it, and then try again.

[He just ports himself back to his chair and book.]

When you're ready.

[ He stays IN THE PIT, practicing against the striking dummies and trying to get a proper grasp on the spell. He's not the type to lose focus and concentration so he's annoyed at himself, but honestly this is still new and using aether still doesn't exactly feel natural.

Rather than simply insist he's ready after a couple more tries, he takes the tame to make sure he HAS IT down, and once he believes it's good enough— ]

I'm ready.

[They skipped straight from level ten spells to casting complex high level barriers in an instant, he knows no one would have it down immediately. But he doesn't say so, only returning when Five says so. ]

Very well. Try your best.

[ look he's not just anyone, he SHOULD be able to do it right away who cares about normal people. But results is all that matters so he's willing to discard that in favor of actually making sure it works NOW, and since speed is essential, he won't waste any time and cast it immediately ]

Your turn now.

[Once again he tries Dark IV to see how it holds.]

[ it holds this time because he's a Good Student, but it's clear it still wouldn't last long against continued attacks, so there's room for improvement still ]

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