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As Felix briefed everyone else, Travis peered over his findings with their most recent test. It was a success of course but it did introduce a slight snag. They had made the rune as efficient as it can be with only a necessary number of redundancies to have strong stabilizing influence over Felix's predicament. But after all that, the rune could only remain active for two hours. Felix described it more of a non-issue though Travis was hesitant to accept the fact outright. Considering just how long they were out on their last adventure to seize Fantasia, two hours may not be enough to cover their upcoming expedition, assuming of course that they just brought only one mana crystal. The only answer as Felix mentioned, was to bring a sufficient number of mana crystals to extend the time Felix could operate outside the mansion.

Travis took the time to study over Felix's training vest which was the object of which the rune would be applied to and produced a diagram on how it would the rune would inscribed. Much of the work however was done on the vest itself as he noted the focal points over the vest and the amount of coverage the rune would have. At this point, it was only a matter of simply applying the rune.

The Untalent then turned to one of his other projects; something he had been working on the side when he had the free time. While he and Felix's runic spell demanded the majority of their concentration and efforts, he hadn't forgotten about Zuri's condition. However her problem was complex and required a different approach than what he had took before. Zuri's problem was a curse of unknown origin being bestowed upon her. A curse. Travis didn't fancy curses too much. They had blaringly different behaviors when compared to a runic lock, despite some similarities. Additionally, curses held more rules, specific ones that defined how they functioned and usually benefiting the caster in the end or simply having a neutral yet long-lasting impact on the victim it was applied to.

When initially looking at the problem, Travis simply had nothing to go by; Zuri's curse was absolved of any distinguishable attributes he could go by.

That was however, until he had earlier on got in touch with some of his Academia team members. It was a yearly procedure where his research team would share their discoveries and other findings with one another to in order to critique and improve the new spells before being officially published. Travis had supplied his knowledge surrounding his mana-efficient formulae, to the group as his offering for the get-together. The rest provided their own work too and Travis then found what he had been looking for. A small collaboration had begun a year prior between two Scholars, a Ruin Mage, and headed by a Cleric. Their work was a formulaic spell capable of virtually surveying, probing, and even dissecting incantations and enchantments. This also included curses as well. Apparently, the spell, after analyzing whatever manaform invocation assigned to it, could then literally deconstruct it's target, effectively dispelling it regardless of any pre-established rules.

Their problem however was that the formula lacked a platform as the spell could only be deployed via a lengthy incantation. Travis, almost nonchalantly, offered to apply their formulae into his own runic architecture as a mode for better deployment. The others eventually agreed to this agreement and in turn, he would receive the perfected product after it had been finalized. After a month, he received the information dump gathered and issued by his Academia research team. The dump included a plethora of research notes and spells awaiting further testing. While the load contained many useful assets, it was the runic spell, the Causality Scryer, he had been waiting for.

At the work table while Felix still gave his announcement, he had the spell work against an incantation simulator at mastery level to ensure its effects were legitimate. Each night before, he would run a new challenge for the spell and by the next morning, Travis would find that the Causality Scryer was successful in its assigned task. Funnily enough, he found that the spell had would have finished minutes after initiating the test. From all the experiments, he couldn't find any reason for the spell not being up to trial of eliminating Zuri's curse.

After verifying the spell's repeated success, he turned to face Felix, having completed his speech, "The pretty much sums it up for me," he began, "however I am curious what kind of opposition we may run into."
Travis kept up the use of his manalysis while he and Felix past the time through chess. Every turn he took, he took the brief moment to gaze at Felix's mana flow and then turned his attention to the mana crystal powering their spell. About an hour of doing this routine, he began cutting back the need to check on the Magi having concluded that the spell was performing as expected, as long as it had a flow of mana energy to consume.

Another hour had passed and their spell had given out, due to the mana crystal it was pairing with having run dry. With their test complete, it was evident that they had no need to linger further seeing as Felix's condition becoming more apparent now. Travis rose from his seat, almost immediately as Felix recalled the chess set and furniture back into his inventory before processing to follow him back into his portal, back to the mansion.

"Now that we know that our rune can function for awhile," Travis began, "we'll certainly need to address power source problem and come up with an efficient solution if you're going to be operating outside the mansion for far longer than 2 hours."
Travis raised an eyebrow upon watching Felix not only summoning a table with a set of two chairs but a chessboard as well, covered side-by-side with fine-crafted pieces established within each checkered square. His gaze then shifted to Felix himself, "Is there honestly anything that you don't keep in your mana inventory?"

He then took his seat at the table, "sure, I'm game. It'll definitely pass the time while we're out here."
"I suppose that is a fair trial, given what we have at the moment," Travis replied, "it'll sure be like watching paint dry if it does last awhile though."
The moment Felix exited the portal, it didn't take Travis long to notice a slight change in Felix's physical condition. He watched as Felix's assured movements soon allured to enfeeble gestures. The hints were minor but added up after the former Arch-Mage instilled urgency to begin the experiment. Travis momentarily pondered how Felix got around as he rounded up everyone into this crazy quest, knowing that fact that leaving the protective perimeter of the manor would increasingly become taxing. Seeing Felix's condition immediately begin to deteriorate, even at a slow growing pace, it was more evident to Travis that their project had to succeed.

With a mana crystal in hand and in position, Felix activated their rune with the inscribed text emitting a calm blue glow. Travis immediately began jotting down notes and while he didn't find anything visually remarkable, through the use of his manalysis, he could perceive Felix's aura and mana traces improving from an apparent lessened state. While Felix seemed more lively and confident of their success, Travis didn't express the exact same tone.

"It does appear that our runic spell is doing its job, see as your cheerful attitude it back," Travis began, "though I am still concerned how long it will hold up. I'd rather it stay functioning for least several hours rather than a few short minutes, or even for a moment."
Travis briefly watched as Felix took passion of the scroll before generating on of his signature rifts. After Felix made his welcoming gesture, Travis stepped through the portal and exited into the Redwood forest. The Untalent took the moment to scan his surroundings, noting the massive base of each of the trees that surrounded and dwarfed him, all the way up to their towering apex. Eventually, Travis turned back and faced the portal, awaiting Felix to exit through.
Travis eyed Felix only momentarily having noting the Magi's second gesture of indifference, "Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's give it a whirl!" he exclaimed while he rolled the scroll into a more portable shape.
"Honestly, my prototype was seemingly more complex than what we have here and it functioned just fine and typical mediums. I wouldn't see the problem with our rune working in the same manner," Travis replied while gathering their documents and drafts on the new rune, "plus, I aim to make my spells applicable as possible."

Having sorted out their illustrated designs and the proposed final product of their research, Travis produced a blank scroll from the pile and propelled it into the air with a levitation spell, "since we're not being picky, I suppose this should do. Think of it this way too; we can at least it properly documented."

As he held the scroll in the air, Travis channeled additional mana and began projecting the rune into the air. Having the rough designs to go by, it didn't take him long to complete it. Though even he would admit that he needed to make sure that that oriental nature of the rune was properly applied to the rune. With the holographic rune now manifested, he completed his part and had it imprinted into the scroll. Each character and symbol dematerialized as it itched into the fibers of the scroll.

Travis took hold of the scroll and momentarily gazed upon his work, checking for any unlikely inaccuracies may have occurred. Feeling satisfied, he recalled his attention back to Felix, " I do believe we're set with the medium; what's next?"
Travis eyed Felix for a moment before giving his reply, "a medium, huh? I believe we have a few candidates that we could use unless you have something specific in mind."

He then transitioned over to their work-table and pointed out a few of the items he had brought down to the lab days before, "we already have a few blank scrolls we can inscribe the run to. I even have a couple of vessels here that the rune could be stored to and casted too, same one I used during the last mission with my initial prototype spell."
"Huh," Travis took a quick witty glance at Felix and back to Raiya regarding her descriptive retort, "ain't that so?"

He eventually filled his mug and after adding creamer to the contents and took a big gulp. While he indulged in the fine items of his plate, he listened to the brief exchange between Felix and Raiya though found one part of the dialogue regarding the Academia amusing upon Felix stating those of the organization could study with little sleep needed through the process, "tell me about it..." he openly commented.

The conversation evolved and now involved the Holy Grail, a subject Travis wouldn’t normally care so much for however it has recently become an interest in their mission. As he recalled Felix explaining earlier, they were hardly ready to try and seize such an important relic, not with the other Paragons unclaimed. It was Nemo whom started the topic and queried if it could be used against the same society that revered it so. Felix replied though as Travis could have surmised, he only held speculation.

A minute later and a new discussion went underway but not exactly how the Untalent expected it. Just a moment after he noticed Felix bringing up a newspaper article via his manadial and taking a swig from his coffe-filled mug did he suddenly eject its contents from he mouth, "Jesus-!" Travis yelped as he reeled away in surprise.

Once again, it was Nemo had started the new conversation, although indirectly. Apparently, their white-haired talent, as Travis learned further by pulling the same article from his own manadial, had been on a late night killingspree that involved eliminating a rival gang in violent competition with Raiya’s. The feat was undeniably impressive Travis had to admit but rather extreme and bloody at the same time. He closed the article down, not wishing to no more of the exact details. Meanwhile, Felix reaffirmed the importance of making sure they keep their presence here a secret, using whatever discrete methods they had at their disposal.

Having said that, he watched as Felix rise up from his seat and departed to the kitchen and momentarily returned to inform Travis to come to the lab when his was finished, “y-yeah will do, I’m almost done here.”

Quite frankly he wasn’t too sure is the discussion became awkward or not but it unsurprisingly seemed that Nemo and Raiya were on to another conversation, thankfully one that didn’t involve arguing. Just as he has said with Felix, Travis finished his meal before they got up and dropped off is dishes in the sink as well and made his way to the lab.

Shortly after arriving, he poured himself another cup of coffee from the pot Felix had brought with him, “Sorry if I kept ya; so, what should we get started on first?”
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