[He should be nervous. Kaneis told him about the arm thing, didn't he? If he didn't, he should. Christ.]
Right!
[He stands in the middle of the hallway and concentrates. Runes form in the air around him. He holds his hands out, an imaginary wind nipping at his black and gold robes. The runes gently coalesce into a tightly-wound ball of light, which Belth takes into his hands and turns over. It becomes a gem like cloudy amethyst. It's made of mana-- pulsing with energy now, a gentle shine.]
I've inscribed it with the runes for channeling but I also added a renewable helix that takes in the light around it and converts it into mana like a plant. I can't believe I didn't think of that sooner. Regardless, it has enough power in it to make one of your machines run, I think-- though of course it'll need a few more tests, a little bit of tweaking, perhaps some kind of failsafe so that it doesn't start channeling when some unsuspecting mage touches it. Runes are very finicky and the last time I tried to make a knot to prevent that sort of thing it ended up not working at all but I feel very good about this. It might even solve my mana problem!
If you want to access the power all you have to do is touch it like so--
[He touches it with his fingernail, intending to siphon a little bit of mana from it.]
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everydayhero) wrote2015-03-10 04:41 pm
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Right!
[He stands in the middle of the hallway and concentrates. Runes form in the air around him. He holds his hands out, an imaginary wind nipping at his black and gold robes. The runes gently coalesce into a tightly-wound ball of light, which Belth takes into his hands and turns over. It becomes a gem like cloudy amethyst. It's made of mana-- pulsing with energy now, a gentle shine.]
I've inscribed it with the runes for channeling but I also added a renewable helix that takes in the light around it and converts it into mana like a plant. I can't believe I didn't think of that sooner. Regardless, it has enough power in it to make one of your machines run, I think-- though of course it'll need a few more tests, a little bit of tweaking, perhaps some kind of failsafe so that it doesn't start channeling when some unsuspecting mage touches it. Runes are very finicky and the last time I tried to make a knot to prevent that sort of thing it ended up not working at all but I feel very good about this. It might even solve my mana problem!
If you want to access the power all you have to do is touch it like so--
[He touches it with his fingernail, intending to siphon a little bit of mana from it.]