we build and we play

[empyrean_mirror]

Who: Kaveh and you!
Status: Open
Where: Between Eltrut, Nogard and Elah. Sometimes at Sea.
What: Catch-all log for February
Warnings: The Naughtilust Exists, and probably gratuitous violence in bounty threads. Will Update as necessary!


Spelling Me Softly
[Kaveh was here for this one as soon as he heard there was beer involved, let's be real. But now he's left with a stack of scrolls and instructions to test them on things, which has resulted in him standing near the edge of town with a very LARGE flock of sheep that are all of them trying to hustle Kaveh for treats. He isn't quite sure how his life got to this point, actually.]

...Why do you even want treats? You were a chair!

Magitek Barrier Stresstest
[Well, of course, this has been put up by people Kaveh is fond of and he is an engineer no matter how much architecture is his true passion. So. Kaveh has aquired a very questionable statue, activated the shield around it, and is currently standing in ankle-deep water with thorny vines growing out around him. Which is causing a dendro reaction so there are a FUCKTON of bloom cores.]

Oh, could you stand back a bit?

[That is the only warning anyone approaching will get before all the bloom cores explode at once.

The barrier and Kaveh are fine.]

Beauty Banditry
[Kaveh has not been particularly comfortable boarding the Naughtilust for a variety of reasons. Skittish, and a bit flustered, but they're here to do a job and retrieve these things.

Of course, now they find out that the options for a peaceful solutions are...backrubs or a makeover?

Kaveh might almost be offended.]

...Are you serious? Fine. Give me the brush and a palette.

[He'll turn to his partner with a critical look in his eye.] This won't take too long.

[ooc note: kaveh will more than likely refuse the backrub option!]

She Sews Lovely

[As it turns out, Kaveh had only had a chance to explain what had happened when he washed and came to return the silks he'd...uh, borrowed. Apparently this explanation satisfied the Seamstress, because she's brought out a book of designs and Kaveh's been flipping through it.]

Maybe something a little more...androgynous.

[he'd prefer something in red, honestly, but these colors aren't bad. Of course, he'll look up the moment anyone else comes in for fitting.]

Oh! Sorry, I won't take up too much more time.



Lore Accurate Jellyfish
[Kaveh hadn't been ignorant of the sleeping curse. He'd been keeping an eye on the network posts about it, but he wasn't a doctor nor deeply involved with magic, and had felt pretty useless.

So hearing that a certain jellyfish's eyes could be used to treat the symptoms, well. He's managed to borrow a boat for the bounty, so now he's just waiting for his bounty partner before heading out.

...He kind of hopes whoever they are knows how to steer a boat.]

Home (With or Without Gnomes)
[For anyone who needs to find Kaveh at his home, while he's often out and very busy during the day, all it takes is a simple Shellphone message and he'll return to Eltrut and his house to meet up! You can also just show up and try your luck--there are a few days a week he's just laying about.]

Wildcard
[If none of these prompts work for you, please make up your own or hit me up to make a closed toplevel!

Also, if you would like to receive a dear ocean bottle in your inbox from Kaveh, leave a note here or hit me up on at moepuff, discord, or this journal's messages.]

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Spelling Me Softly

[yuezun]

They were a chair. They are now a sheep.

[Daqiang said, walking up behind Kavah to examine the large flock that had gathered out of seemingly no where. Their appearance explained by the scrolls and instructions, and Kavah's statement as he approached.]

Were they all chairs?

[He asked, head tilting to eye the suspiciously wood-like hooves on one of them.]

[empyrean_mirror]

Those two were chairs, this one was a table, the one in back was a lamp, and those four were frogs that were apparently asleep in the lamp.

[And all of them want Kaveh to pet them. Though the table seems to now be investigating Dongfang curiously.]

Watch your sleeves, they'll try to nibble on the fabric.

[yuezun]

[A quick flare of blue fire along the edges of his sleeves and a sudden blast of heat from where Daqiang stood before he brought it all back under control had the sheep backing off. They may be sheep now, but they were also very much of the element of wood. Well... all but the frogs were anyway. Wood was afraid of fire because it would feed the fire. With Daqiang's nature know known, the sheep made of furniture moved to put Kaveh between themselves and Daqiang.

The former frogs, being aligned with water, were not so afraid and moved to take over the investigation without the same fear as their furniture brethren.]

Have you attempted to transform them back? Or only to transform them into...

[He leaned around to glance at the instructions and frowned.]

...this is not supposed to be a sheep transformation spell?

[empyrean_mirror]

No, apparently not. And I wasn't given a means to turn them back...magic like this isn't exactly common, where I'm from.

[He sighs, but he's being kind of shoved forward by the part of the flock hiding behind him. He is only one man and that is half a dozen sheep.]

Supposedly, it'll wear off within the hour.

[yuezun]

Transformation into animals is not commonly done in the Three Realms. Mortal forms are more useful.

[He means 'human'.]

How long ago did you transform them?

[The former frogs were getting a bit too nosy around his knees.]

[empyrean_mirror]

[They're looking for pockets. Surely this fire-man must have snacks.]

Seventeen minutes.

[Mehrak appears in all her floating suitcase glory to display a running timer! She's helping.]

[yuezun]

[He leans back a bit as the floating suitcase appears and starts displaying a timer. Which was... useful, actually. But unexpected.

Meanwhile, the sheep would find no pockets on Daqiang below the waist. The ones in his sleeves were qiankun (hammerspace) pockets and could not be gotten into by those who did not have cultivation or magic themselves. They may as well not exist as far as the frogs-turned-sheep were concerned.

At the continued nosing, Daqiang did eventually move to push at least one head away. Which the lot of them immediately interpreted as him giving pets and all of them started to crowd that hand.]

Attempt to reverse it, then. Even if it is only supposed to last an hour, reversing it should still be possible.

[empyrean_mirror]

I am an architect, not a sorcerer, sir.

[The frogs are growing more and more insistent about pettings. Kaveh leans back and ends up sort of resting his arm on one terrified chairsheep.]

The scroll doesn't have a reversal method. At best, I'd just be applying another layer of the spell, no?

[yuezun]

[If he was not a sorcerer, why was he playing around magic like this in the first place?]

The scroll doesn't need a reversal method written to reverse it.

[Daqaing's tone was definitely judgemental even as he pushed one of the frog-sheep's faces away from him. His dignity was not quite destroyed yet despite the efforts of the frog-sheep, so he managed to snatch the scroll up and hold it high enough to get a better read on it. The frog-sheep, taking this as a challenge, attempted to hop up to gain his attention and only succeeded in hopping past Daqiang as he side-stepped their new tactics.

After about two minutes of this back and forth (Daqiang studying the spell while side-stepping very froggy-like hops from the sheep at his feet), he rolled the scroll up and turned back to Kaveh]

It can be reversed, but may be better to re-cast it with the intention of turning them back into their original forms. To supersede the spell writer's heart's desire.

[empyrean_mirror]

[The posting listed beer as a reward, Dongfang.]

..Is that really all it takes? Pure intentionality?

[KAVEH HAS SOME DOUBTS ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTATION OF THIS KIND OF MAGIC SIR. HOW DO YOU DO QUALITY CONTROL ON FORCE OF WILL????

That said, he will hold a hand out for the scroll. Pause. Push the sheep trying for pets gently away and hold out the other hand.]

[yuezun]

[Clearly this whole quest with stabilizing the spell was how the spell-maker intended to quality control, Kaveh. Daqiang certainly wouldn't have crafted it in this manner.]

That is the how the spell was written. The one who casts it is to 'polymorph' the item it's cast on into whatever they want. It's sloppy, however. The spell-maker's desire is trapped inside the spellbase.

[He handed the scroll back, still dancing around the frog-sheep]

For some reason, the spell-maker wanted to see a sheep when they crafted the spell.

[empyrean_mirror]

...Well. Sheep are cute, I suppose.

[He grabs the scroll and starts to focus. It's going pretty well, though he can only do it one at a time. So there is a table, and then a chair, and then--

a sheep headbutting him and distracting him so now there is a very friendly leopard among the sheep now.]

...Ah.

[Oops.]

[yuezun]

[This is the face of judgement, Kaveh.]

It seems the spell maker isn't the only one with a beast in their heart.

[Daqiang made a hand seal and focused his own casting on of the spell on the frog-sheep that had decided to jump at him from behind. As it went past him (he was adapt at this side-stepping shuffle) it turned back into it's original form and landed with a loud and wet whump against the hard-packed dirt.

It's landing was followed after a moment of silence with a loud CROAK.

Granted. Daqiang had also turned the sheep into an animal. But in this case, it was the animal's original form.]

Try again.

[empyrean_mirror]

Leopards are cute.

[Hmph. He already told you he wasn't a sorcerer, sir. But fine, he'll take the scroll and try to cast again, which is very difficult with a happy leopard leaning it's entire weight into you.

Especially when it becomes a lantern right after and Mehrak has to catch it before it drops to the ground. Just...levitating that lantern in a beam of green light, as suitcases are won't to do.]

--Ah, thank you Mehrak. Set it on one of the chairs for now.

[yuezun]

[The strange magical case that acted in it's owner's stead was, well... strange. It didn't seem to have a spiritual presence of it's own. Rather, it felt like an extension of Kavah's spiritual presence. And yet, Kaveh treated it like it was a separate entity. Had he split a part of his... cultivation was not an accurate description, but it would work well enough... to create it? Curious. Especially for someone who claimed not to understand magic of the more common variety.

Daqiang watched the case do as it was told and then made the same hand seal again as he cast the spell on the second of the frogs. Followed by the third. When there remained only one frog turned sheep begging for his attention (ignoring the three frogs turned sheep turned back into frogs that had decided to come croak at his feet and continue to demand attention), he gestured at it.]

You have returned nonliving objects back to their true forms well enough. Try on a living creature.

[empyrean_mirror]

[He wouldn't be wrong about the energy that powers Mehrak's core, dense elemental energy that comes from Kaveh himself, but as to how it works...

Well. Those are questions for another time. Kaveh has this distinct feeling like he's in a class he does not remember signing up for, and he's giving Daqiang a very long look before he sighs.]

Right. Okay.

[Let's have an attempt at this frog...what could possibly go wrong?]

[yuezun]

[Depends on how much you like leopards, Kaveh. Is this frog going to become even more of a menace to Daqiang?]

[empyrean_mirror]

[that's the problem he thinks the leopards are cute. and foxes. and fungi--

Pop.

There is a giant fungus with a funny hat staring up at Daqiang with nothing but love in it's eyes.]

...Uh...

[yuezun]

[Daqiang was not moved by cute things.

He was moved (physically) by cute things hopping in an attempt to push themselves into his arms. Eyes going wide with surprise, the Moon Supreme's dignity takes it's last hit of the day and crumbles under the weight of an adorable fungus half his size as he is toppled to the ground.

The other frogs-turned-sheep-turned-frogs took the opportunity presented to join their frog-turned-sheep-turned-fungus on Daqiang's chest.

Meanwhile Daqiang let himself lay there for a few moments trying to figure out how his life had come to this.]

[empyrean_mirror]

Are...you alright?

[There's a strange green energy bracketing the fungus and then lifting it clean off Daqiang, to be followed with Kaveh peering worriedly down at him. The kind of fall that inspired philosophical contemplation was never a good sign.]

[yuezun]

[He blinked and looked up at Kaveh. Blinked again. Shut his eyes and took a deep breath.

And disappeared in a puff of dark black smoke.


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He reappeared just down the road, where the frogs could not immediately reach him and he could gather up the shards of his dignity and try to piece them back together. Clearing his throat, he turned to start walking away.]

You should practice more. This venerable one is done here.