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Current These things I have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. -John 16:33
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Raiya put a finger up to her lips, "indoor gardening? That's interesting... Do you think a bonzai tree would like whiskey?" She asked in a serious tone. She obviously didn't know the first thing about taking care of any living object, so she would fall back onto her default answer to everything, alcohol. The conversation reminded her that she wanted to drink. She summoned up a flask of her own whiskey and began to imbibe it quickly. "Or," Raiya asked after finishing swilling down the contents of her flask, "do you think a bonzai tree would be more fond of sake?"




Felix shrugged as he leaned back in his chair, "Well, if you think your rune is efficient enough to not be hindered by as fickle a medium as basic spell scroll paper, then I suppose I won't stop you. We could also use a steel plate as a tablet. It's your call either way."
Felix swiveled his chair around to face Travis. Flicking his wrist he conjured up the training vest that aprentice magi used for manalysis training. "I did some quick leatherwork on this piece," Felix began, "in order to fit it to my body size. The only thing now is for you to test out the rune with a basic medium and then inscribe the rune upon this vest, if the test is successful." Felix pursed his lips and raised his eyebrows in thought, "I am not quite sure what we would use as a test prototype medium for the runic formula. So let's start by brainstorming that, first."




"What I've experienced with nature," Raiya explained, "is a wild untamed harlot. Chaos in its finest. The order that exists within nature is only that of manmade invention. It's a necessary evil we must entertain if we are to have our opulence. Nature is a foreign realm that I stay away from as much as possible, because I know what will happen if I stray to far into it. I will become as unhinged and untame as nature itself if I allow myself to be consumed by it. Civilization is where I belong. I know the rules of civilization, and because I know them, I can bend it and break it, even build it back up. I understand civilization. But no one understands nature." Raiya finished.
"I don't think you understand me as well as you think," Raiya replied, "I indulge in the luxury of the manmade. Weapons, penthouses, the finest liquor, the controlled violence of a 750 cc as I ride down the street. The way I see nature, it's just untapped potential, a bountiful harvest of resources awaiting manufacture. Nature is nothing but a hindrance. An acceptable nuisance that I tolerate for what it will give me in the future." Raiya collected all of the dishes and brought them in the kitchen. "If nature isn't bent to the will and creative power of man, then what good is it to me?" Raiya walked over to the sofa and relaxed upon it.
Raiya finished her food and placed her chopsticks on top of her bowl. "I've had experience having to survive out in wilderness type situations. One of my Yakuza initiations involved me surviving on a deserted island for two weeks without using any magic," Raiya replied. "Although, I much prefer to use magic when in a survival or outdoors situation. Ever tried fishing with electricity destruction magic? It's pretty fun and easy." Raiya said matter-of-factly. "But... I don't much care for spending much time in the wilderness. Especially near water. Other than the fact that I don't know how to swim. water and my aura do not mix and it ends up shorting out my manawell unless I focus on suppressing my aura. Also, I love booze and it's not exactly easy to find much of that out in the wild."
Felix let out a big sigh of frustration. "You know, we sort of are fugitives. Wanted criminals hunted by the arcanocracy. As of now, the arcanocracy does not know where we are. You probably took every precaution leaving here and returning, but that will not work forever. There are spells that can track manawave through teleportation. It requires some sensitive equipment. Special sensory arrays in conjunction with the actual spell. The reason why I chose this location, the redwoods was two fold. One was because of the natural geological ley-lines located here, and two was because the arcanocracy does not have permission by Academia to place the sensory arrays for their teleportation tracking technology here." Felix gulped down some more coffee, "The thing is, there are only a few locations that are dark to the arcanocracy. These areas include such places as the are controlled by the witch hunters Salem, Massachusetts. Israel, Mecca, parts of India and of China. Because there are so few places that are dark to the detection of the arcanocracy, it would not be that hard to track us down from there. Fortunately enough the spell requires immediate action on the part of the user, they only have about a fifteen minute window from when we port out to track us. In every instance we have come into contact with them, we have been victorious, either killing them, or sending them back first with their tails between their legs. But if we grow sloppy, that could be the end of us." Felix placed his elbows on the table and folded his hands together resting his chin on his hands, "I'm telling you this because we need to lay low. Every moment we are outside the protection of the wards of this place we increase the risk of being discovered. So, please be more careful in the future. I am not going to stop you from leaving this place as you will, but know you risk the lives of everyone here each time you do."

With that said, Felix dispersed the paper back into his manadial and got up from the table. He placed the dishes he used in the sink, retrieved the rest of the pot of coffee they were drinking from and began to walk towards the lab. "Come find me in the lab when you are done eating, Travis. We need to finish our work today."




Raiya visibly shifted her body nervously at Nemo's comments. Raiya was particularly dense when it came to social situations, but even she was beginning to realize that Nemo's cordiality towards her was indeed abnormal, and that perhaps his infatuation with her could be dangerous. Raiya decided to tread very lightly and watch her step. Clearing her throat she said, "Well, uh- I certainly do appreciate the help. Saving the world is important and all, but there is only so much that I can sacrifice without it coming back to bite me. I have an ultimate goal that requires me to remain affiliated with the Yakuza. So, even if it really was your fault, you did me a solid." She said. Then quickly returned her gaze to her food and began to eat the rest of the rice, violently, in an attempt to hide her embarrassment.
"They are sushi and sashimi knives. Actually, they were a gift from the chef I spent so much time with back at the Yakuza. He gave them to me after I was assigned to New York, before I left Japan. They are enchanted, and never lose their edge. I don't get many opportunities to actually use them for culinary purposes, though." Raiya finished her fish and moved the bowl of rice in front of her to begin devouring that, "I just use them for murdering people mostly. Sushi and sashimi knives have to be extremely sharp, you see. So they unironically make decent weapons."




Felix shook his head. "If, and that's a big if, we did capture the Grail, it would take me some time to figure it out. I'm not certain if the Grail will interface with any of us. I have a hunch that the covenant's curse is only able to be activated by the papal magi. Though, if we did have it in our possession, we would have time to figure it out, perhaps even modify the conditions and rules of the covenant. This is all just pure speculation." Felix said as he poured himself some coffee, the plate in front of him already empty.

Felix summoned a newspaper from his manadial. Sipping some coffee as he read the head line and turned the page. Some moments of silence were had as he sipped on his coffee reading through the article. About five seconds later as Felix took another sip of my coffee he immediately spewed the mouthed coffee violently out onto his manaconstructed newspaper, coffee dripping off of the sleek surface and into his lap and his shirt staining his clothes. He folded the paper backwards to give a look of awe at Nemo. "W-what in the hell were you up to last night?" Felix stammered in a mixture of awe and mild irritation.
"Interesting." Raiya thought aloud, "I learned cooking from a chef the Yakuza had. Of course, he was a member of the gang too, we all were, but he mostly kept to himself and the kitchen. I found myself hanging around him often when I wasn't earning my reputation." Raiya had continued her spiel as Travis sat down. After she finished her statement, she looked over at Travis, "You and Felix are looking much better than you were yesterday. Though, Felix still looks like he was run over by a semi-truck," She turned to look at Felix, "Maybe you are getting old." She smirked evilly.




"Ah, Travis, good of you to join us. Take a seat and have some food." Felix offered a place at the table next to him with a motion of his hand. Felix then turned his attention towards the others. "I don't actually think that's it," Felix was addressing both Nemo and Raiya, "I've known many in the greater context of academia that have spent their entire lives dedicated to books with very little sleep in between. I think the illness that has befallen me through the severing of a portion of my manawell is actually having physical consequences. This never happened to me before I used that unfinished spell to sever my covenant with the Holy Grail. But soon afterwards, I started noticing an increase in fatigue and loss of stamina. I can't be for sure, there is not enough conclusive evidence, but that is my hunch."
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Felix sat down at the table. Rubbing his groggy eyes, he then looked down at a massive plate of food. Zuri then showed up, echoing the same feeling Felix had, as his stomach mildly rumbled. "I'm fairly certain," said Felix, "that Nemo didn't go through all this trouble just for us to look at the food. So, I say dig in." With that Felix began to eat. Everything was well seasoned, it was obvious that Nemo knew how to cook.

"Yeah, Nemo. I would have woke up earlier but this old body isn't what it used to be. I'm only 31 but I feel ancient. I used to be able to go without sleep for days and be fine after a good nap. But I feel like a frat jock at the end of spring break." Felix said. He sipped on some orange juice, hoping some rehydration would quell his headache. "But, the good news is, we finished the bulk of our project. Just a bit of assembly here and there, and I will be able to join you all on missions from here on."




Raiya looked down at the unique eastern cuisine. It had been a while since she'd had a truly Japanese styled meal. "Wow. Uh... thanks Nemo." Raiya replied before digging in. Everything tasted wonderful, and there was enough of it that Raiya knew that she wouldn't need to ask for seconds. "Where did you learn to cook, if you don't mind me asking?" Raiya asked Nemo between bites.
Felix awoke tired. It had been about three days before he had gotten any sleep, but when he was learning at the Vatican in his youth, he used to stay up even longer. Even though Felix was only 31, he felt like he was 50, and his exhaustion after awaking reminded him of how the years had weighed upon him. Checking his manadial it read August 16th 3:09 PM. He had slept 19 hours and still wasn't fully recuperated. Felix hopped in the shower, and got dressed in a sky blue skin tight t-shirt and blue Levi jeans. Looking in the mirror, his blonde hair was becoming shaggy and a little longer than he had normally kept it. Purple bags under his eyes reminded him of just how long he had been awake before. The long stubble on his face was also a reminder of just how long they had been at it. Felix took a moment to shave before heading downstairs.


Raiya had been training longer than she had anticipated. She entered the chamber at around noon, leaving the chamber her strapless manadial read that it was around 3. The new jacket held up well, even though the paragon lacked to power to kill someone should they get into too much trouble, it was able to wear and tear down things like clothing, but the jacket was as resilient as Nemo suggested, maybe even more. Raiya plopped the paragon back into its box and began to head upstairs.
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