futurology | video 💎 un: Tohsaka Rin

[the video opens to display the... somewhat incriminating desk of one rin tohsaka. are those vials and knives? yes, those are vials and knives. a few of the vials contain weird-colored liquids but don’t think about it too much.

apparently this is no reason for a tiny cygnet not to be hopping all over everywhere, chirping happily and nibbling away at a slice of apple rin holds between chopsticks. the gray downy baby swan wears a black collar inlaid with beautiful amethysts and diamonds. lazily leaning her cheek onto her hand, she speaks.]

I’ve developed a means of repelling that godawful holiday plant and withering any sprigs of mistletoe in your immediate vicinity. Simply state clearly,

"Verkümmern, Mistel."

And they’ll die. The catalyst for the enchantment has been sprinkled all across Chantes, so the spell should work wherever you are. Just don’t say the words wrong; I can’t be held responsible for what might happen, in that case.

[r.i.p. thirst. anyway, rin reveals a strange object that those more modern-familiar in alastair will recognize as a bedazzler gun.]

Now, then.

[rin sets down the apple (much to baby swan's dismay!) and calls to the servant carrying a tea tray behind her.]

Archer.

[a tall man in black armor and a pink apron glances over his shoulder. only his back is visible.

she spins her finger, gesturing for him to turn around. he does so with a rather impressive line face. there's a sword bedazzled out of shiny silver rhinestones stuck right to the front of his apron, just at chest level. rin faces the network again.]

Can anyone tell me what this [she lifts up the bedazzler gun and frowns in disgust/confusion.] is? The designs it creates are awfully tacky.

((OOC: The mistletoe-deactivating spell words will actually work, per discussion with the mods! Feel free to do whatever you want with it. Archer may reply to some tags/threads in this post.))

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[Thinking abstractly about magical constructs... He's not even sure what using magic would entail, let alone how to do it. (Could it really be as easy as a few words?) The only thing he'd have the experience to compare it to is shifting—which is a lot more explosive and gross than saying a few magic words to kill some plants. How could they use one of her abilities?

There's a smallish pause while he tries very hard to understand this.]

You can just hand it out like that?

[As if it could be broken up and shared. (There is some precedent for people getting new powers after all.)]

Well— [rin pauses.] It's not exactly handing it out, Eren. I've placed the "potential to use my magical energy" in the mistletoe residue I sprinkled all over the city.

Once someone speaks the activating phrase, the magical energy flows up, and it draws moisture and life force away from the fresh plants surrounding you, killing them.

[she's patient, taking the time to slowly recount how the magic works in basic terms. even if she jabbers on like she assumes everyone should just know and not ask questions, she's actually quite willing to explain her reasoning.]

The magical energy was only ever my own. You're "borrowing" it, and it's a very casual sort of borrowing, at that.

[ty for your patience rin. He hums a little as he turns the concept over. That's a whole lot of words about magic that he only sort of understands. But the more people like Rin bother to explain it to him, the less stupid questions he'll ask in the future. Probably.]

So it's a trap? And it springs when you tell the plants to die.

[Or something like that. They're just setting off what was already there instead of doing any actual magic themselves. Though now he's wondering.]

Is there another sort?

[Of borrowing. Besides the casual.]

A trap waiting in plain sight. But you've got the right idea. The material and magical energy to start the spell are already there; you cause it to wilt the mistletoe on demand.

[he has the right idea. he's definitely not... completely stupid. he could be catching on faster than shirou would, though if he wasn't, he still proposes ideas and concerns that follow logically.]

As for the borrowing... Certainly there are other types. They're much more involved.

Still looks pretty involved.

[If the mess on her desk is any indication. (Vials and knives and weird colored liquids and alchemical instruments...a syringe might concern him tho tbh.) He's not as stupid as his bullheaded nature can make him appear—hell, he can't stand willful ignorance, makes it a point to better himself and seek out new things that ping his curiosity. After a pause—]

Is that normal?

[Sharing her power, that kind of thing.]

The creation of the mistletoe enchantment in itself was very simple, requiring few materials. [so if he thinks everything on her desk is associated with or was used for the spell she's presenting here, he'd be wrong.

—it's up to him if that's more or less reassuring, however.]

Do you mean the more complex sharing of power? I'd say it's hardly rare for a magus to throw negligible amounts of her mana around. I exude mana just by living, Eren.

video 💎 un: Tohsaka Rin

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