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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A possessed spell book? Maybe I will. But at least I know what Clow Cards are and how to deal with those!

Yes. On Syaoran-kun's mother's side, I think. They moved from China to Hong Kong. But then he came to Japan, to Tomoeda when he heard about the Clow cards I was collecting.

Those cards come up again. Why don't you explain them to me? I'm curious.

Ah, sorry. They're...the Clow Cards are magical cards made by Clow-san years ago. They're unique, combining both Eastern and Western magic together. There's nineteen of them in all, I have all of them. I can list them, show you sometime if you wanted. There are some offensive ones, some binding cards, some that are more support or defensive, it varies in their use.

[There's a pause then, as she takes a breath, worrying at her bottom lip as she continues.]

Once the cardcaptor has all the cards, that's when Yue-san, one of the two guardians, gives them a trial. Disaster is said to follow, if the one collecting the cards fails and isn't seen as being worthy.

[it sounds like a lot.]

So it's not actually your magical power that you're using, but the spells inherent in the cards.

[feel free to correct her if she's wrong, sakura.]

I guess? I have my own magic, but I don't need to tap into it so much with the cards exactly. Not yet anyway....I'm not sure what will happen with Yue-san's Judgement.

[Because that certainly does seem like quite a big game changer of sorts, to say the least. Not that Sakura herself is aware of the details in the process and aftermath of that yet.]

Well, why don't you describe to me the nature of that magic?

I'm not really sure how to describe it. I think my magic might be similar to Clow-san's, but it's not quite the same either. Clow-san has a similar magic to what I sense from Syaoran-kun too, but I guess that makes sense if he's from Clow-san's family. Clow-san's magic is based off of the power of the moon and the sun. Both Eastern and Western magic. I'm not sure what else he was capable of, but even the cards are very powerful! And he made Kero-chan and Yue-san too.

[She would possibly be a lot better at explaining this if she remembered even a little more of the events back home, once she is granted a new staff formed from her own power of the stars. Once she meets Eriol.]

[at the end of that long explanation, rin sighs a bit.]

It seems as though you have your work cut for you, Kinomoto-chan. I'm sorry to make you fuss over trying to form some answers for me. I don't think families with a magical heritage—or the expectations they put on us who can use magic—ever change.

N-no, it's okay! I'm just sorry I can't answer better. I'm sure if Kero-chan or Syaoran-kun were here they'd be much better helping with this sort of thing. I guess I wouldn't really know about expectations from magic though. Dad's never even been able to see g-ghosts, like my brother or anything.

[Which is hilarious but also makes sense with later revelations, really.]

Well, sometimes even magic skips one or more generations.

[she's not that surprised to hear about it.

shirou supposedly came from a not very magical background, but he still possessed the circuits.]

I admit your system of magic is hard for me to follow. That's fine, as long as you don't enter into any very dangerous situations here.

It might be easier if you come by sometime and I show you.

[Ha. Sakura not entering dangerous situations though. Others that have been here, especially from the start, can probably already attest that Sakura has decidedly gotten involved in all of this mess in some way or another. But she herself doesn't voice that, simply looks a little sheepish and just gives a nod.]

Yeah, we'll have to arrange that.

[that's that, then. ~~don't tell her about your dangerous misadventures, sakura.~~]

Just let me know where and when!

video 💎 un: Tohsaka Rin

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