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Mist City Story: An Urban Fantasy Mage RP

Gonna chuck something up soon.

Mist City Story: An Urban Fantasy Mage RP

@VitaVitaAR@Aviaire@KoL@Chi
"Yeah, I guess I'll have to..." Leo sighed as the girl said he should try to look up the legality of fishing in the Thames. "Dunno how though... Maybe they'll have a big book of laws at the court or something? Ah well, I'll figure something out..."

He drifted off for a little, only kind of listening to the others explain what was going on. However, he did notice when Arinne started grumbling to herself, glaring at the rest of them with narrowed eyes. It took him a few seconds before he figured out what she was grumpy about, eyes widening slightly before quickly being replaced with an impish smirk. Of course, this was quickly replaced with a grin that was a little less obvious, and he picked up one of the biscuits and walked over to the girl.

"Hey kiddo, I snagged you a biscuit. Probably shouldn'tve, too much sugar can be bad for young children after all, but I guess I'm just a bit of a bad influence. Only one though, otherwise you'll spoil your dinner!"

Of course, he knew exactly what he was doing, and that she'd probably be pissed. And of course, this was the goal. He already knew that this one would react gloriously should he manage to find an opening.

He also finally managed to look up at the newcomers, and for just a moment he actually felt a little nostalgic, a genuine smile appearing on his face. However, it was quickly hidden just as the others were, replaced by another smirk. He walked back to the plate of biscuits, grabbing one and chucking it to the swordswoman.

"Geez, lighten up a little will ya Gawain!" He called. "No need to be so formal, 'specially if we're all gonna be on a team together!"

He also passed a biscuit to the other kid, but he refrained from any smartass comments with her, pretty sure that teasing her would probably just leave him feeling like a jackass. And while he did consider mentioning something about the homunculus that had been piling the biscuits in like a goddamn cement mixer, he also got the feeling that, for some strange reason in the depths of his psyche, he really, really didn't want to...

And so, instead of doing any more teasing for now, he walked over to join the other two members of the group he'd been assigned to. One of them was the girl who had... well, at least she'd tried to help him figure out whether he could fish in the Thames or not, so she'd probably be easy enough to get along with. The other member, a young Japanese man, didn't look that bad either, and he was also one of the ones who seemed to know the most about the situation, so this might help out a lot.

And if he knew about that kind of thing...

"So, you look like you might know a lot about this place." Leo asked Jun. "Do you know about any good fishing spots around London? Just in case the Thames ends up being a dead end."

Mist City Story: An Urban Fantasy Mage RP

Sorry for holding everyone back. I'll make one last post for Leo to annoy Arinne in the meeting area tomorrow as soon as I get the chance.

Mist City Story: An Urban Fantasy Mage RP

@KoL
Well, they were hiding on an isolated pacific island for the last eight years, and calling themselves the McGillis family instead of the Vadris family, so there've only really been a few particularly bright and dedicated assassins they've had to deal with in the past. As far as everyone else knew, the Vadris family had been wiped out entirely, and it's only because Arinne activated the contracts that he's been forced to reveal that they weren't, otherwise he probably would've lived out the rest of his life on the island, fishing and sleeping.

Mist City Story: An Urban Fantasy Mage RP

@KoL
I should probably also mention while we're on the subject that the Vadris family was a pretty powerful household as well before the parents were killed, and Leonardo and Elise were sent into hiding.

Mist City Story: An Urban Fantasy Mage RP

@KoL
HAHA, I hate to break it to you, but Leonardo still has Grain beat when it comes to the whole 'doesn't understand modern technology' thing! Poor idiot barely even knows what the internet is!

Mist City Story: An Urban Fantasy Mage RP

Alright, posted. I can't see this going any other way than well.

Mist City Story: An Urban Fantasy Mage RP

@VitaVitaAR

It was only upon hearing Arinne's voice that Leonardo jumped awake, having drifted of to sleep due to both the length of time he'd been waiting and a particularly nasty case of jet lag. He looked around the room and noticed a few things. The first was the girl Luna had told him about, Arinne Ar-Rynesarte, standing in the room with a Homunculus of her own, and he decided she was probably the voice that had woken him up. The second was that there were significantly more people in the lounge than there were when he had fallen asleep. Like, at least four more.

And the third was that there was now a delectable-looking plate of biscuits on the table, which in turn caused him to realise how hungry he currently was.

He didn't even think twice before he pushed himself to his feet and took one.

"Hey, hi, I'm awake." He said, as if to reassure everyone that he really was, in fact, awake. "So you're my boss now? A little short, but I've met enough scary short people that I won't judge."

He took a bite out his biscuit, before continuing to spe-oh wow those biscuits were good.

"Anyway, I guess we're here to catch a murderer?" He half said half asked, looking around at all the other people who'd already said so. "I'll admit, I don't know all that much about the situation here. My plane only landed last night, so you're probably gonna need to fill me in on all the juicy deets."

As he spoke, he stuffed the rest of the biscuit in his mouth.

"Also, on an unrelated note, fishing in the Thames, legal or illegal?"

Mist City Story: An Urban Fantasy Mage RP

Leo

Name:
Leonardo Vadris

Age:
Nineteen

Gender:
Male

Appearance:

Lotsa big pictures

Personality:
Generally laid back and somewhat snarky, the majority of people meeting Leo for the first time would probably walk away thinking of him as an extremely annoying person. Honestly, they wouldn't really be wrong to think that either, as he is one hundred percent the kind of person who finds the fact that people find him infuriating hilarious, and it often seems like one of the only things he will actually put effort into is finding gaps in peoples armour and teasing them relentlessly with them. And yes, he won't deny that he greatly enjoys his rest and relaxation time, certainly far more than he enjoys hard work.

However, when it comes down to it, Leo always at least tries to be a good person. It isn't rare for him to pick up on whether or not someone is feeling alright, and will sit with them and help them work things out to the best of his abilities, even if that means he has to skip work. Especially when it means he has to skip work. All in all, he's someone who believes in not stressing over the little things, and will help people he sees doing so get over it. Hell, get him in the right mood, and he might even do something constructive!

Abilities:

Too much rambling

Affinity: Words
Mana Quantity: High
Mana Quality: Slightly below average
Leonardo has access to two kinds of magic that have been passed down through the Vadris family for generations. The first has been given the nickname "Word of God", and allows the caster to speak a number of words in an forgotten language that may or may not have been created by the Vadris family itself. Each of these words represent a concept, and most of them are simple modifiers placed around the core word of 'unity'. As the words are spoken, the runic version of the word appears in the air around him, flowing towards the unity runes to take the form of a phantasmal object made of the runes. The form the runes take depends partly on the original intent of the caster, and partly on the modifying words being used.

The second is runic enchantment, and is quite similar to Word of God. However, in addition to speaking the words aloud, the caster must also somehow inscribe the runes for the word being used into an object. This causes the object being enchanted to take on that aspect, allowing for a lot of versatility. However, enchanting usually takes a large amount of time and even more intense focus than Word of God, and must therefore be done only in a safe, secure location.

In both cases, there are limitations to wordcasting. The greatest example of this is the mana cost of each word, which fluctuates depending on the word and it's effects, but can often be quite high simply on their own, let alone combined with several other words. This is compounded by the fact that many modifying words have little effect on their own, and often need to be repeated multiple times in a single construct to actually accomplish the intended results. For example, one instance of hunt in a construct will usually cause it to simply arc gently in the targets direction, which in some cases might be enough, but this is rarely the case. A safer bet would be three or four uses of hunt, which makes the seeking aspect far more accurate, but uses significantly more mana than just one use would.

Skills:

Even more rambling

Hand to hand combat:
Ever since his parents death eight years ago, Leo has trained in various combat skills in order to better defend himself in case he and his sister are also attacked. It isn't his best skill, more just something that he's thrown together, but it works fine against opponents who don't focus on close combat skills.

Firearms training and maintenance:
A fair sight better than his hand to hand skills, Leo has spent a large part of the last eight years training himself in the use and maintenance of various types of firearms. He's no master sniper or anything, or even particularly good with a sniper rifle, but with regular rifles and pistols, he can be quite formidable.

Handwriting:
The guys got neat handwriting.

Fishing:
Leo is good at fishing. Leo likes fishing. Leo has ignored important household tasks in the past to go fishing, because fishing lets him sit around doing nothing while still technically doing something.

Sewing:
Leo likes sewing too. It lets him save money, and is one of his few actually productive skills. He uses it to make small charms with weak, almost undetectable enchantments and sell them as a small side business.

Gardening:
Again, Leo likes gardening because it let him save money when he and his sister are low on funds. If he manages to grow enough at one time, he can even make some money selling them at the market.

Assets:
Most of the little the Vadris family owns is back at their home on the island, but he has managed to bring a few things with him. These are a small Beretta pistol, a sewing kit, his fishing rod and supplies, and a small ink brush to write runes for enchanting.

Brief Backstory:
Leonardo was born to the Vadris family, who despite their great age had managed to remain out of the spotlight for much of their history. While expectations were high for Leo to master the art of wordcasting as soon as possible, his situation was not nearly as bad as is so often the case with other mage bloodlines. He and his parents were quite close, and he was allowed time to pursue his own hobbies where others might find themselves completely tied down. The birth of his sister Elise seven years later only served to bring the family closer, and his ambition to improve largely focused around making them proud.

However, disaster struck when Leo was just eleven years old, when his parents were both killed in a terrible 'accident'. Leo and Elise were never given the details of the accident, other than the fact that it probably wasn't actually an accident, instead being quickly shepherded away from their home in Ireland to a small, unassuming island in the middle of the pacific ocean, where they have spent the last eight years living as the lower-class McGillis family with their homunculus caretaker Luna. Times have been tough, with Leo having to dedicate the majority of his time to helping raise Elise, and eventually assisting in bringing in an income for the three to live off of. So far he has managed that, but along with the self defense training, it has taken a heavy toll on his magic education, having made very little progress in expanding his magic vocabulary other than a few words he can use to subtly make money. Without revealing the existence of magic, put away the pitchforks...

Honestly, despite life just above the poverty line being a little bit difficult, Leonardo felt like he probably could have kept going with it. He had gotten used to it, he knew what he was doing! And then he was called back to London by their families ancient contract with the Ar-Rynesarte family, meaning that not only would he have to reveal the fact that he and his sister actually survived their parents... 'accident'... but he would also have to put his limited understanding on how to act as the head of a mage family to the test.

Mist City Story: An Urban Fantasy Mage RP

Ok, here's Leo! He probably sucks, but let me know if he doesn't suck enough for you to ignore him and let him through!

Name:
Leonardo Vadris

Age:
Nineteen

Gender:
Male

Appearance:

Lotsa big pictures

Personality:
Generally laid back and somewhat snarky, the majority of people meeting Leo for the first time would probably walk away thinking of him as an extremely annoying person. Honestly, they wouldn't really be wrong to think that either, as he is one hundred percent the kind of person who finds the fact that people find him infuriating hilarious, and it often seems like one of the only things he will actually put effort into is finding gaps in peoples armour and teasing them relentlessly with them. And yes, he won't deny that he greatly enjoys his rest and relaxation time, certainly far more than he enjoys hard work.

However, when it comes down to it, Leo always at least tries to be a good person. It isn't rare for him to pick up on whether or not someone is feeling alright, and will sit with them and help them work things out to the best of his abilities, even if that means he has to skip work. Especially when it means he has to skip work. All in all, he's someone who believes in not stressing over the little things, and will help people he sees doing so get over it. Hell, get him in the right mood, and he might even do something constructive!

Abilities:

Too much rambling

Affinity: Words
Mana Quantity: High
Mana Quality: Slightly below average
Leonardo has access to two kinds of magic that have been passed down through the Vadris family for generations. The first has been given the nickname "Word of God", and allows the caster to speak a number of words in an forgotten language that may or may not have been created by the Vadris family itself. Each of these words represent a concept, and most of them are simple modifiers placed around the core word of 'unity'. As the words are spoken, the runic version of the word appears in the air around him, flowing towards the unity runes to take the form of a phantasmal object made of the runes. The form the runes take depends partly on the original intent of the caster, and partly on the modifying words being used.

The second is runic enchantment, and is quite similar to Word of God. However, in addition to speaking the words aloud, the caster must also somehow inscribe the runes for the word being used into an object. This causes the object being enchanted to take on that aspect, allowing for a lot of versatility. However, enchanting usually takes a large amount of time and even more intense focus than Word of God, and must therefore be done only in a safe, secure location.

In both cases, there are limitations to wordcasting. The greatest example of this is the mana cost of each word, which fluctuates depending on the word and it's effects, but can often be quite high simply on their own, let alone combined with several other words. This is compounded by the fact that many modifying words have little effect on their own, and often need to be repeated multiple times in a single construct to actually accomplish the intended results. For example, one instance of hunt in a construct will usually cause it to simply arc gently in the targets direction, which in some cases might be enough, but this is rarely the case. A safer bet would be three or four uses of hunt, which makes the seeking aspect far more accurate, but uses significantly more mana than just one use would.

Skills:

Even more rambling

Hand to hand combat:
Ever since his parents death eight years ago, Leo has trained in various combat skills in order to better defend himself in case he and his sister are also attacked. It isn't his best skill, more just something that he's thrown together, but it works fine against opponents who don't focus on close combat skills.

Firearms training and maintenance:
A fair sight better than his hand to hand skills, Leo has spent a large part of the last eight years training himself in the use and maintenance of various types of firearms. He's no master sniper or anything, or even particularly good with a sniper rifle, but with regular rifles and pistols, he can be quite formidable.

Handwriting:
The guys got neat handwriting.

Fishing:
Leo is good at fishing. Leo likes fishing. Leo has ignored important household tasks in the past to go fishing, because fishing lets him sit around doing nothing while still technically doing something.

Sewing:
Leo likes sewing too. It lets him save money, and is one of his few actually productive skills. He uses it to make small charms with weak, almost undetectable enchantments and sell them as a small side business.

Gardening:
Again, Leo likes gardening because it let him save money when he and his sister are low on funds. If he manages to grow enough at one time, he can even make some money selling them at the market.

Assets:
Most of the little the Vadris family owns is back at their home on the island, but he has managed to bring a few things with him. These are a small Beretta pistol, a sewing kit, his fishing rod and supplies, and a small ink brush to write runes for enchanting.

Brief Backstory:
Leonardo was born to the Vadris family, who despite their great age had managed to remain out of the spotlight for much of their history. While expectations were high for Leo to master the art of wordcasting as soon as possible, his situation was not nearly as bad as is so often the case with other mage bloodlines. He and his parents were quite close, and he was allowed time to pursue his own hobbies where others might find themselves completely tied down. The birth of his sister Elise seven years later only served to bring the family closer, and his ambition to improve largely focused around making them proud.

However, disaster struck when Leo was just eleven years old, when his parents were both killed in a terrible 'accident'. Leo and Elise were never given the details of the accident, other than the fact that it probably wasn't actually an accident, instead being quickly shepherded away from their home in Ireland to a small, unassuming island in the middle of the pacific ocean, where they have spent the last eight years living as the lower-class McGillis family with their homunculus caretaker Luna. Times have been tough, with Leo having to dedicate the majority of his time to helping raise Elise, and eventually assisting in bringing in an income for the three to live off of. So far he has managed that, but along with the self defense training, it has taken a heavy toll on his magic education, having made very little progress in expanding his magic vocabulary other than a few words he can use to subtly make money. Without revealing the existence of magic, put away the pitchforks...

Honestly, despite life just above the poverty line being a little bit difficult, Leonardo felt like he probably could have kept going with it. He had gotten used to it, he knew what he was doing! And then he was called back to London by their families ancient contract with the Ar-Rynesarte family, meaning that not only would he have to reveal the fact that he and his sister actually survived their parents... 'accident'... but he would also have to put his limited understanding on how to act as the head of a mage family to the test.