[center][h1][color=CC7722]Icarus Ochre[/color][/h1][h2]Seidoujima Island - Ringo Avenue[/h2][img]https://66.media.tumblr.com/51fc61ac770a524e9468f174afa94d7f/tumblr_inline_n1xc79Kcic1rb3m8r.png[/img][/center]

It had not taken long at all for him to get a few books from the library, but he'd had to retreat so quickly from the silence that it shocked himself. Icarus wasn't sure what was wrong, but the nice, orderly silence of the stacks had been oppressive in a way that it never had been before. So now he was sitting at an excessively-tall table in an equally-excessively-tall chair with an assorted lottery of things set out before himself, not just books, but also an inkwell, a flaming red quill of dubious origins, and a lovingly-crafted banana split that served as the centerpiece of his organized chaos.

One might think that ice cream and phoenixes were a poor combination. But Icarus had learned how ice cream worked. Waiting for the cold to go away, or worse, [i]taking[/i] the cold away left one with just a poorly-flavored slurry that no one in their right mind could enjoy. No, he had learned, through experience, that somehow, despite all logic, that cold was an absolutely vital ingredient to the dish. But that just meant proper pacing.
It's not like a little cold could kill him anyway.
Headaches, sure, but eating it fast but slow was a well-tempered skill.

With the sheer volume of it behind the counter, though, he'd ended up spending most of his time at the table wonder just what kind of spell they had to have on this side of the gate to make so much of the sweet treat. And keeping it all cold too, there was just so much of it after all.

Even if the ice cream soothed his nerves a little bit though, he was mostly just happy to be in a place where there was some background chatter going on. Hopefully there wouldn't be a repeat of last night anytime soon.

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Getting this out of the way so I can't forget later
Minor Skills (10 points total)
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[*]Charger 1 (2 points)
[*]Multiplier 2 (4 points)
[*]Piercer 1 (2 points)
[*]Spellcaster 1 (2 points)
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Known Spells
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[*]Dragon's Breath
[*]Barrier
[*]Call of Might
[*]Elemental Blast
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Stretch Goals (things Icarus is working on if he can but his player has deemed not his yet, because he really should just try harder)
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[*]Major Skill - Study of Fire Magic
[*]Spell - Rallying Banner
[*]Phoenix Spell - Elegant Vermillion
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