Omega and the clone inspected the rooms, they looked similar and would work just fine for what he wanted to do. It was a good thing he could just phase and go back and forth through the wall between the rooms, saved unneeded explaining why he was going in and out of the other room as the handler. As an explanation of watching over his protégé would work only a few times. No matter, Omega decided to make the room a bit more cozy, the clone would stay there as it recharged, but a small daily routine would be incorporated as to make the appearance that someone is living there.

As for the other room, Lucius, as he was still in that persona, would let it stay as it is, however he would need to move some things in there. After all he needed some of his tools and materials. It was a good thing that his suppliers were clean and as it turned out also supplied the agency. This meant he could get the stuff he needed the same day. He made the call and now all he had to do was wait….

One thing: [i]Paperwork is a pain[/i] Omega thought. Getting the stuff in was way more problematic since he had to explain why he needed the stuff. He should have asked Heinz to just get him the things. Well what’s done is done. He hoped he wouldn’t get unneeded attention because of it. Setting everything up and preparing the workspace took well into the afternoon even with Alpha’s(clone) help. Omega felt that actually making that clone may have been a somewhat good and bad idea… after all there was a spirit in it… which seemed to recall some experiences gaining hints of a personality. No matter if that happened then he’d have an ally… or enemy. Didn’t matter now.

Omega would have to make something to use in the handler persona as using his powers was out. But having weapons with similar abilities wasn’t. So creating something that bound powers into it and was still usable as a weapon would be best. Thinking about it Omega came to a conclusion he could make something with the materials he had, not to mention he had two spirits that would work nicely. Not to mention they were pestering him for something akin to a body for the longest while. This is what you get when you bind spirit familiars to yourself. With that he went to work.

The first thing to do was creating two items that would be able to draw out the power of the imbued spirits. A fetish would work, but it had a form already, no what he needed was more akin to a core, for storing energy and engraving the powers into them. [i]This is a hassle[/i] He thought to himself, but started choosing gems for both cores. Molding them together correctly was the tricky part. Not because of the way they interfaced with each other but the way the powers that would be engraved worked together. The most important however was the inner core where the familiars themselves would be housed, well more like their souls. 

As a failsafe Omega created two pearls of his own blood, solidified with his magics. They would be durable, but in the case of destruction, the soul would return to him, keeping his familiars of dieing. This was important as no matter how annoying they were, they were still important to him. Around the two pearls he created an array of container gems, which would store the magic matrix for each type of magic they would be able to use. However the one that was most important and at the same time biggest and most complex gem was the Matterialization matrix. After all, a sphere wouldn’t be able to be used as an efficient weapon.

The core of the weapon, which would be enclosed in a very durable and lightweight material, was about two inches in diameter. It seemed small but it would be enough. Any smaller or bigger would be a serious hazard to usability. There would be ten matrixes in the core, one for each fundamental type of magic and one as the spirit core. Once everything was connected, the enchantments made, not to mention all of the preparations, Omega could proceed to the final and most draining part of the creation. That is imbuing the crystals with magic, writing it into the matrixes and last but not least binding the spirits into the pearls.

Omega sat on the ground, drawing an array with shadows, it was something he was able to do with his magic, when done, he sat in the middle of it with a core in each hand. Concentrating he sent out a call, to spirits, ghosts and specters he knew of and was sure at least some would help. He waited, minutes, a quarter hour, half, but no one was coming. It was strange, this was the first time this happened, there must have been a ward preventing their entry. He had another way though, he renewed the call, but this time… he engulfed the whole room in shadows, which also canceled out any magic that could be detected from outside, and would allow a point of transfer for those he called. They came, more than he asked for. It seemed most were either nature spirits or those of the dead, some however looked like from a plain of existence outside of this one. No matter, he shared what he needed, his plan, his plea, some bargained some agreed, some declined. 

Those that stayed, agreed to let their powers be copied for an exchange of Omega’s power. After all it would leave them weakened and easy prey to what was out there. He had no choice but to agree. His powers would recharge, but it would take far longer for the spirits, thus the exchange was fair. Each of the ghosts embedded part of their essence into a gem, which was transcribed into the matrix as a template for the magic. While this happened, Omega used his magic powers to recharge that of the spirits, used in the process. This took hours as each core had to be charged separately as well as each gem. When they finished it was already early morning.

After thanking the ghosts and sending them back Omega could finally imbue the pearls and finish giving his two familiars their bodies. Transcribing their whole essence into the cores took another two hours, draining Omega completely. He knew it worked, but the only thing he could think of was to close up the cores in their protective enclosing and rest. Letting the two charge up in the mana released in the air. The way it worked was simple, for just materializing a body that could move the mana consumption wasn’t much, so that in the surroundings would suffice. Especially with how the array was built. But if more magics would want to be invoked then the user would have to supply the magic. This was good as Omega could use his reserves for the two cores instead of his usual magic. Not to mention only he could use the cores as they were still his bound familiars.

Falling onto the bed and dozing off as soon as he hit the pillow just showed how much energy it took to make these. Mental and physical exhaustion was easy to understand, after all he just spent over twelve hours on this project. With the last of his conscious mind he called out for Alpha to keep watch over the rooms and wake him up if something was amiss.