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The Art of Magic << Ain Soph Aur >> (I)
"I need to learn magic."She said simply towards Nova. Nova on the other hand nodded his head. Nex decided to call the only one she knows who could help them right now. She patched a call towards Nick. However it took her three tries before the call went through.What answered her however was an extremely tired voice. It felt like he only had a wink of sleep. "Hello? Who is this?" He said as he brought the wrist drive near his ears like a cave man. Making Nex chuckle at his idiocy."Look in front Nick." She said. He groggily looked at the display screen and saw both Nex and Nova in his cat form as they watched him run his eyes."Oh, Hey Nex. Alessandra called awhile ago informing me about the gala. Or was it yesterday? There's no sun in this godforsaken dimension gap so I'm not sure..." He said as he checked the date on the display."How are you going to make it in time if you're off world?" She said as she looked around the screen observing Nick's laboratory-esque room. So many bottl
The Art of Magic << Ain Soph Aur >> (II)
[Originally mortals were created only with one magic circuit and that's it. However some would create more in attempt to become stronger, killing themselves in the process. It makes me wonder how you survived until now.]He said as he laughed, [It truly amuses me how amazing humans are at defying the gods! How beautiful! How poetic!] He then continued probing the second circuit.[Yours however was created naturally?...No. It isn't, someone perhaps tampered with it before you were even born. At birth it probably lay dormant until it was jolted awake by a stream of Mana. However it was nothing but Mana residue. It corrupted your Mana circuit turning it into something else entirely. It pulsates energy from the void. It's nothing and everything at the same time.I do not know of it's capabilities as of now, but over the years it has been trying to merge with your original circuit, It looks like a single circuit slowly being corrupted, but I assure you it's separate. Creating constant str
The Art of Magic Unexpected Meetings
The clock ticked by rhythmically. Only the sounds of the Holo-Clock echoed across the smoke filled room. The Bulky man named Desmond languidly sat at the large sofa barely enough to contain his large features.He kept staring at the clock impatiently, ignoring the noise of the TV. He's more focused on the time rather than actually watching, so the image on the TV slowly faded into the background.Finishing his stick he put out the embers on the small butt. Creating a tall pile of ashes on the small tray. His room then rang, notifying him on a visitor. He quickly stood up and dusted his ash filled shirt.A languid man in a black suit stood in front of his door. He ruffled his messy hair as he waved his free hand on the intercom. "You can come in Z." Desmond said over the intercom.As soon as he opened the door a pungent aroma assaulted his senses. The smoke and the slightly minty air entered his lungs making him cough several times.He carried inside a large case rather carefully. Desm
The Art of Magic Once a hunt Begins it Never ends (I)
Luckily as soon as Nex entered Nadja just pulled the operation blinders across covering Skadi's entire body. It hid her behind the thick fabric, making her heave a sigh of relief. However, knowing the Devil May Care attitude of Nex she still stuck her head inside to take a peek and see what's going on and she saw a tall masked woman lying down on the operating table.While Nadja wore a deadpan expression, "Nex! Manners please... I'm already trying to remove this killer hangover. Don't make it worse." She berated Nex slightly as she popped painkillers inside her mouth. Nex however just gave her a wry smile, "Naj, I have a better solution than those things. Why don't you grab the coffee grounds we got off world, The expensive ones..." Naj stared at Nex in complete disbelief, "I Don't think I need that, but whatever..." Yet as she said it she still went inside her kitchen.Nex on the other hand open the blinders fully. Revealing the full countenance of Skadi. She then drew her brand new
The Art of Magic Once a hunt Begins it Never ends (II)
Nex hummed along her way, feeling that everything nobody had said fell into place. Whether it's for the better however, nobody knows. Nova then came out of her shadow and asked her, [You're gonna carry that the whole time?]Nex raised her eyebrows towards Nova, "What else am I gonna do? Not have bullets?" Nova then chuckled in his eerie and gravely voice, [You can put it in my pocket dimension, you know?] He said in a confident voice.Nex put her hand on her face as she glared at Nova, "Now, how the fuck am I supposed to know that? If I knew that I would've stored a lot of shit in your pocket dimension." She then grabbed Nova and waved him around, "It would've made my damn shopping easier if I knew that you little twerp."[I was recovering most my energy these past few weeks. Trying to form a contract is hard work you know. Besides, now that I have absorbed enough mana of the world's and yours. I'm capable of doing a lot more convenient things.]He said as he hovered above her. She th
The Art of Magic Once a hunt Begins it Never ends (III)
Mica led the group along. They stopped at a large empty space near the docks. The large empty containers pile up on one another as they obscured the flickering lamp posts lined up to illuminate the Bayview. In front of them were rows of expensive black cars. Men in black suits came out one by one. They stood shoulder to shoulder wearing the same expression, Tense. The man in the middle holding a small briefcase slowly stepped forward. Mica mirrored the man as they faced each other. They were smack dab in the empty area at the middle separating the two groups. Nex on the other hand remained in the shadows observing the entire scene unfold. Chewing on her bubblegum she said to Nova. "Are you done yet?" Nova then came out of her shadow with a frown. [Yes, it's done. I won't do this kind of shit again! ever!] Nex chuckled softly, but she noticed a pale blue flame from inside the middle car. It vanished as quickly as it appeared. "Interesting. Nova go spy on the inside of that car." She
The Art of Magic Requiem of Hate
Thunder roared across the skies as lightning fell relatively close to them. Mica opened his eyes wide when Nex came out and looked around as he bellowed, "What the fuck is going on? Are you controlling the weather!?" But the other party was equally clueless to what's happening. They immediately aimed their guns at one another as soon as they regained their bearings."What is the meaning of this!? Are you colluding with Magitech!?" The man in the black suit growled. "I assure you Mr.Habatake we have nothing to do with this."Then as Habatake was about to order his men to open fire. A large bolt of lightning hit the boulder blinding everyone present. When their visions cleared there was a woman clad in black leather clothes. Sporting a Pink rock shirt as she stood atop the boulder.It was Setsuna. She held the jet black blade tightly and swung it. Instantly cleaving the boulder in half. a small ball of lightning sparks came out from inside the rock. It sounded like thousand of birds wer
The Art of Magic Reqiem of Hate (II)
As the Icemage found an opening to shoot his shot a metal debris suddenly smashed a meter away from his head. It was lodged in quite deeply. As he slowly turned around he saw a woman clad in a black jacket carelessly chewing gum as she eyed him amusedly."So you can fire off Ice bullets huh? Something tells me that gun of yours ain't the regular kind. Mind if I take a quick look?" She said as she slowly approached the already wary man. "What's a guild lapdog doing in this small scale op? tired of getting scraps and want a slice of the meat?" He said as he aimed the gun at her temple.However this didn't deter Nex, she only smiled widely. "Don't be like that we're playing for the same team." The man however scoffed "My loyalty is to the clan not to some random weapon seller. Now step aside and let me do my job or we're feeding two corpses to the fishes tonight.""I don't give a fuck about where your loyalty lies. What I want?" She said as she slowly got even closer. When she was half a
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The Tour (I)
The trio circled back towards the entrance while celeste blabbered on about the buildings architecture and defenses. "Since you are guests of Sir Nicholas, I bet you already know that msot of the artifacts here are the real deal relics from the age of gods, the age of magic and so on and so forth."She said not notocing the glint on Nex's eyes. "Most of these artifacts are have actually been used to fend off the invaders during the war. Some were even personally used by the twelve." She said as she pointed towards a large golden shield and a golden spear with its tip burning with blue flames.
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The Great Library (IV)
Celeste carefully trotted along as she approached both Nex and Setsuna. The slowly hid behind the bookshelves as she peeked through the books.While doing so she listened in their conversation. Nex picked up books on whatever the hell caught her interest. However her eyes never stayed on one book for too long. She sighed as she closed another dusty tome. "If Nova was here I'd already fed him everything in this library." She said shocking Setsuna. "Feed him? Feed him how? like a fish?"Nex scratched her cheeks but before she could answer she spotted a fresh pair of eyes staring straight at them with unconcealed interest. Her eyes gleaming in curiousity as she leaned in the shelves much closer forgetting that she was concealing herself."Well... for starters nova eats for some reason like the rest of us who needs energy to survive. I remember him telling me he's converting the innate mana residing on things to fuel his energy reserves or something. I don't know. I'm not too sure on how
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The Great Library (III)
Nex peered over the gilded gates widely open as they could be. She scratched her chin as she looked around only to see gigantic shelves that towered over her containing various amounts of books. Rows of them that seemingly span towards infinity warding of any sane person who would wander the halls of vast knowledge.Ranging from dusty tomes to the more wierd and eccentric stuff like a crystal ball that could help them see the original owners memory. All of it were guarded by armed guards patrolling and keeping an ever watchul eye filled with vigilance.She turned around and saw various items incased in glass, while also engraved in glowing red magic circles. Setsuna stared at Nick once more and tilted her head as she eyed all the thing all around them. "This place is a library right?"Nex on the other hand approached the desk as her eyes darted all over the place seemingly impatient to just out right steal the things that caught her eye. Nick sensed this as the facepalmed and stared a
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The Great Library (II)
Once the golden Barrier disappeared the entirety of the Hidden Grand Library of Alexandria was unveiled to them. Golden sparks of light scattered across the air creating a majestic sight to behold. A huge Fortress lay before them gilded in all its glory. Unblemished, Untainted, and Unseen by the unworthy. A towering drawbridge slowly lowered in front of them.What awaited inside was a large plethora of knowledge awaiting to be seen by curious eyes. NEx coudn't help but whistle in surprise, "You mages really know how to go all out." Nick coudn't help but scratch his nose in embarassment from her words. "Well, Faust can be a little eccentric but that man knows how to make things a little more grand than what they should appear." He said as he led the two inside the castle in the middle.Setsuna looked around and saw huge watch towers and wyverns chained beneath them. Gigantic ballistas that watch over the cosmic skies, ever watchful of potential intruders. On the pathways were infantrym
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The Great Library (I)
"One of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. Created by the nine goddesses of arts themselves. Regarded as the capitol of knowledge and learning. The central gathering of all the most rare and mysterious books in the world. Not only that everything in that place is disaster proof, especially fire!" Nick said as he stared the the two slacked jawed women. "I welcome you two to the Great Library of Alexandria!" He said as he spread his arms wide. He then slowly panned towards Nobody who was nodding along at the grandeur. "Can we find records of you in there?" Nick asked as he crossed his arms scrutinizing every movement of Nobody. However he just shrugged, "You'd be extremely lucky to find it when it's buried in all these books. However I'm fairly sure you've read most of the library's contents don't you Nick?" Nobody said as he tried to step inside however a huge golden barrier suddenly appeared out of nowhere barring his entry towards the library. Nobody fr
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The Wiccan Bazaar (IV)
The two finished touring around the Bazaar. They found Nick waiting for them at a bench with his arms folded in annoyance. The moment he saw them he raised his eyebrows, "So Did you enjoy the 'Bazaar that looks like the Golden Heart?'" He said as he scoffed. Nex scratched her cheeks, "Well, although it looks familiar. It's different enough to warrant exploring. Thankfully the roads are familiar to not get lost..." She said as her voice slowly shrank. "That's the point! Familiar enough not to get lost. But different enough to merit exploration!" Nick shouted at them. Setsuna crossed her arms and chimed in, "I still think it's a little lazy." Nick shrugged his shoulders, "Hey! if we could save money by just doing a simple palette swap and a small and minor adjustments then more power to it." He said as he snapped his fingers and showed Nex al the ingredients have been bought. "So should we summon it now?" Nick looked at Nex. However before she could answer, Nobody popped out of the sha
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The Wiccan Bazaar (III)
"It seems that only you are capable of summoning whatever this thing is. Hopefully not something truly bad. Who gave you this anyway?" Nex Shrugged her shoulers. "Where's Nova when you need him. His name is Nobody, and as far as I'm concerned... He's the one who has helped me the most in this long and arduous journey. He gave me those pages." Nick scratched his chin, "Not exactly a helpful pseudonymn." Nex shrugged her shoulders, "I feel like he's sort of sealed at the moment. There's like a time limit he could manifest himself. He is a tall man in a black suit, his face covered by the shadows, has glaring and ominous yellow eyes? This is his symbol." She said as she snapped her fingers and recreated Nobody's symbol.A Glowing Red Circle filled with undecipherable inscriptions that wriggle as if it's alive. In the middle of it all was an Inverted Ankh Painted with blood.Nick shook his head, "It's definitely not an egyptian god nor a mage of the same discipline. No one would dare use
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The Wiccan Bazaar (II)
"Well you're in luck kiddo. All the shit listed here is available in The Wiccan Bazaar! I just hope that this thing doesn't eat your face, Setsuna's, or mine!" Nex shrugged her shoulders, clearly not giving any fucks. Setsuna on the other hand took the page from Nick's hand. Then immediately passed it back to Nex, "Yeah... Have no idea what the fuck any of these mean." She said as she leisurely sipped her coffee.Blair handed them their breakfast as she prepared Nex's and Setsuna's clothes. "Eat up! It's gonna be a long day." He said as he and the gang chowed down on Blair's amazing breakfast. After a few minuites of lazing about Nick finally stood up and drew a magic circle on the ground. "This portal is technically encrypted and it changes on a weekly basis." He said as he snapped his fingers and a portal appeared beside the magical circle. Blair put her hands on her hips as she stared at Nick, "You do know, I have to clean your messes right?" Nick scratched his cheeks, "Uhh, everyt
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The Wiccan Bazaar (I)
Nex woke up feeling refreshed more than usual. She stretched her body and did some light exercise. She was no longer plagued by jolting pain everytime she woke up. She sucked in a batch of fresh air as she excitedly exited her room and almost bumped into blair on her way out.Blair's eyes were wide open as she stared at Nex awake and about. "Oh my, It seems you woke up on your own today Nex." She said as she put her hands on her hips. Setsuna came out of her door a little groggy, but awake nontheless. The moment she looked to her left and saw Nex energetically standing in front of her door all lucid, her jaws dropped. She tried pinching her cheeks only to wince from the pain. "What the hell? Am I in some kind of mirror dimension?" Nex chuckled, "Hey! no matter how thick my face is, I could still get hurt y'know?" Setsuna shrugged her shoulders, "Can you blame me? It's like a rebranding. It's almost freaky." She said as she moved towards the cupboards and start to brew herself some co
