driftfleet | in which things do not go as planned

Who: Kirito, OTA
Broadcast: Y
Action: SS Paisley
When: Today's fine!

( video )

[The view switches on to reveal Kirito in the Spriggan avatar, crouched low with the camera tilted up towards him. Looks like it's on the ground.]

Okay, I'm using the comm so I have a record of what this looks like. I tried to encrypt it to make it private, but that's not my augment, so who knows if it worked. Feel free to ignore!

[He finishes fidgeting with the comm, tilting it at just the right angle, then disappears behind it for a second before reappearing at a distance, one hand lifted above his head.]

Þeír hræða nótt dýpt, renn helvegr!*

[As he begins, the full spell materializes in front of him in gold text and rotates around his body; when each word is spoken, it flashes white and vanishes. Once the full incantation is done, his body is consumed by a tornado of dark smoke, obscuring him from view. There's a muffled roar, and a burst of fire immediately following, and suddenly the room rumbles, knocking the comm off-balance.

When the smoke is clear the only thing visible is the cargo bay ceiling. There's a moment of scuffling and an "ow, geez!" in the background before finally a thumping of footsteps, heavier than someone ought to have with Kirito's stature. Through the smoke, one might catch fleeting glances of curled horns, dark fur, and glowing red eyes.

When at last he speaks, his voice is oddly distorted, something off about it.]

Whoa, okay, uh- crap. ....Paisley crew? Maybe don't go to the cargo bay for a while...?

( paisley )

[Anyone who happens to feel like wandering into the cargo bay despite his warning will find a ten-foot-tall hellbeast hunched over in the corner trying (and failing) to look inconspiculous, chanting quietly and looking kind of pathetic, appearance aside.]

[*Kirito's spell is Norse. Meaning, "Frighten them, depth of the night, and chase them along the roads of Hell."]

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[... what the fuck]

Was that magic?

Edited 2016-08-07 01:42 (UTC)

[....crap, it was public.

He's not appearing on camera yet, so enjoy the nice ceiling view.]

Yeah, uh. Apparently?

[... she just sighs, loudly.]

Did you know spells could do that to you?

Teeeechnically, yes. I just didn't expect it to be so, uh. Overkill.

[He'd bumped up his stats since resetting them back home, sure, but he'd really expected his spells to take a dip as well. Maybe the form is dependant on play time, not actual level? Hmm...]

[Kirito...]

What are your HP and MP at?

[..........uh

Do menus work now?? Menus should work now, right?? Give him a second to fiddle with it, claws are in the way.]

Let's see... looks like HP 12000, MP 3800. So it's the same as my base stats back home... huh.

Is that current or maximum?

Max. Why?

Because if you're experimenting in ways that cost you some of your HP, you should do that with an experienced mage around.

Edited 2016-08-07 02:15 (UTC)

What!? I'm not! It's a spell! MP-only!

[He's not sure what he was expecting, but it's not that.]

And from the looks of it, it was AoE enough to fuck up that whole room!

It's not a damage spell, don't worry about it... it just looks flashy.

[Man, she takes this stuff really seriously...]

... Then what was it?

[of course she does.]

Metamorphosis! It's supposed to be like a transformation.

"Supposed to be"?

Hah, well... in truth, it's just an illusion spell. But you're not supposed to tell people that!

[Sort of wrecks the surprise- and the advantage, technically.]

An illusion... Can you show me? I can't see much like that.

Uh... yeah, hang on, I just- it's hard to move like this-

["Illusion", yes, but with certain limitations and effects, regardless. He fusses with the communicator so it's sitting up again, albeit at a jaunty angle, then steps back to reveal as much of the monster form that will fit.]

...Can you see it?

[Well, judging from the stunned silence, yes.]

... I have so many questions right now.

Edited 2016-08-07 07:58 (UTC)

Ahaha... fire away?

[He cannot promise decent answers for her, alas. That would be expecting him to understand this shit, and he does not.]

Does this increase your damage?

Nope. Zero stat change- all it affects is appearance and reach.

Affecting range is... pretty good, if it doesn't make you able to be hit from that range, too...

It sounded like it had a pretty long casting time, too?

Not too long? I mean, it depends on what your standard is. I went from a world with zero magic to that sort of casting, so I don't know.

It's a pretty short spell, comparatively... I was told that the high-ranking spells can have around twenty words to recite before they'll fire, and if you fumble just one you have to start over.

That's why incantations are bullshit.

But... Hm. It doesn't seem that powerful, either... Monsters don't get scared off easily, so it's only intimidating against other people, and those people would know what that is.

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