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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Binder Fred" data-source="post: 6170168" data-attributes="member: 63746">Antares, Muzdim, Stellan"Perhaps you are right, master Stonehand," admits Antares after a *very* pregnant pause, giving credit where credit is due. He sinks back down onto his seat, an amount of tension leaving his over-tensed muscles with a long, slightly-shuddery breath. "I- I had almost fully convinced myself, in that last heartbeat, that strange link had been established by foolish use of substances too personal; that *I*, myself, was the one going to be cut, each slice an echo onto my own flesh," he confesses with a weak, embarrassed titter after the fact... But of course, his once and future Teacher would not have allowed such, if there had been anything but remotest possibility! (And perhaps not even then.)"Is not the almost-severing of your greatest friend excitement enough for the now?" The young mage raises both eyebrows, gently mocking his own sudden fright: sovereign medicine, he's finding out, to forcefully wash out the last tastes of it from his mouth!<Response Stellan?>It seems news of the runes power over even his own mind had affected him deeper than he had first thought, led to wild, alarmist imaginings, to grave over-estimation of their power... Still, the lack of the more than half-expected pain is a relief in and of itself! (Would it have been his wrists, does he think, or the whole of him that was cut? He's not sure what he imagined exactly...) The last of his tension goes out as he squares himself in his chair once more, contemplating what they have accomplished: two cylinders of rolled parchments, one slightly longer than the other..."This is good news, I think?" he communicates to the others. "For it means the runes - and their creators? - can be thwarted, circumvented by even such simple physical means as this...?" Right? inquire emerald eyes. "Truly, if we can but correctly inform the descending party of the nature of these runes... Then a great deal of the power of the unknown entity might be stripped from it before it can ever be brought to bear?" He leans forward: "Who here would know more of such things, Teacher?" Hopefully: "Perhaps some document in Lord Romani's collection?" With permission, Antares borrows some ink (he must really replace his old, travel-worthy inkwell), and inscribes titles on the outside of each half of the newly-severed parchment -- carefully marking orientation and identifying top and bottom halves, lest there be some confusion at a later date?<Response Dysare?>[OOC]While he's at it he'll also check that the runes are still there, intact, though just with a corner of the lower scroll.[/OOC]</blockquote>

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