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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 2228386" data-attributes="member: 29014">*Vayj becomes more alarmed and uneasy than ever when he notices that she is so entranced iby his research*--She's interested in my theories?-- he thinks --But...there was never anyone outside of the Academy of Se-Heton who really cared about them-or understood them, even if they asked, except....No, I can't dwell on such things.  Happy thoughts, Vayj!  But...I know that I am considered quite long-winded when it comes to explaining my research...in fact no one would even bother to hear me out to the end except....except...Nooo!!!  Varyzan, Glespyrak, Zarynel!--  *He tries to wipe his thought process away by concentrating on runes, but it doesn't work very well now.  His mind becomes a bit feverish, whispering to him that perhaps some kind of demonic presence was teasing him with this.  Perhaps another metarunic influence?  He clutches at his locket with one hand to steady himself, feeling a peaceful feeling of love sweep through him as usual.  He feels that he is able to continue speaking, at least for now.*"I have many reasons for adventuring, though none as happy as in the days of my youth.  Certainly proving my theories was one of my initial reasons to venture forth, and helping those in need, as my martyred father had done before me.  Then there was a wanderlust, and, more importantly..."--Steady Vayj.  You can handle this.  It has been over 10 years now; the wound is hardly fresh-- *He clutches the locket tighter*"...Camaraderie with...travelling companions who shared in my joys, and perhaps convinced me to more mischief than I should have partaken.""But no longer.  Now, I must search for Ra-Pharod, who holds the key to what will be my salvation or my damnation.  Tales of the great steward have reopened a deep wound in my heart that I had hoped to begin healing.  I must find him!  I must before I die from the tension warring inside my heart.  And even if I do find him, his tidings may simply mean that my fate is to die, entwined with his.  Ah, cruel metarunic guardian, what a sick sense of humour you have!  If I had just been a simple skyship merchant, not a magister or a would-be-hero, how happy and carefree would my life had been?  Why am I here now, bereft of everything that has ever mattered to me, with so little in exchange?""I'm sorry...pondering my past and the metarunic influences can often bring me deep anguish."*At this point, he is clutching the locket in a near-deathgrip, his arm trembling and shaking with the strain, but he tries to bring himself to laugh*"You should count yourself lucky though.  Last time I gave that speech of my theories as a guest-lecturer in Se-Heton, they made me lengthen it to 80 times as long, with just the same material, only more filler space and examples, and then they charged 500 queens entry fee to any who would listen, and called it a bargain.  Not that I saw almost any of the money, of course.  But the condensed version is much more elegant; it is the heart of the theory.  That puts you in a group whose only former members were some forty or fifty of the top minds at Se-Heton who heard me speak on this theory and...and...the best person in the entire world, quite an honour, I would think!  Of course its mostly because whenever I begin to talk of it, most folk find the effect soporific and begin to doze.  There are very few who appreciate the intricacies of runic magic at all, let alone metarunic influences." *Vayj seems oblivious to the argument that is brewing in the tavern*</blockquote>

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