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After Adarin and Isabella depart, Edarial gets back to juggling projects. Unsurprisingly, Iobel is a large help in this. Once she gets a handle on all of the things involved with being a monarch, he can not constantly be doing that alone. He still helps, he's still there doing monarch things and fixing the country, but now he's got a bit more free time to devote to other things.
Accordingly, there's a project he picks back up that he was only tinkering with before his marriage. He'd like to reinvent the fountain that heals familiars, have there be others in strategic locations, so that spellbinders don't need to rush to the capitol to avoid being unmade. Progress on the project's always been slow, there's a reason that it hasn't just been reinvented immediately after the spell charts were lost, but he's got some very good reasons to work on it with a near-obsessive zeal.
One day, to his utter surprise, when he goes to find another portion of the spell-chart to complete, he can't find it. He stares at the chart, stunned. Then he starts checking his work. It takes him a few days to finish the corrections.
Then he's done. He's remade a revolutionary spell chart.
He picks up the huge spell chart, does his best to fold it down to a reasonable travel size, and then heads off to show the nearest spell binder - Iobel.
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That's wonderfully straightforward. There are a few instances where a more delicate touch would have done more good, but as a whole everything Iobel did was helpful. He tells her so, and then thanks her.
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And then it's back to reading and spellchart creation, though he's got a faint smile on his face, now.
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Eventually Iobel says, "It's snug as I can make it, now. I'm going to see if I can get it down while it's coherent in my head."
come_midnight
"Mm-hm."
She pores diligently over the spellchart, muttering impromptu mnemonics under her breath.
She pores diligently over the spellchart, muttering impromptu mnemonics under her breath.
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He husband does the same, minus the impromptu mnemonics - he stares at it and frowns as he organizes it in his head to help.
come_midnight
It only has to come clear for an instant. Several times Iobel thinks she has it, pauses to see if it'll charge, and then mutters to herself and starts again.
And then when she tries her eyes go white and she punches the air and beams.
And then when she tries her eyes go white and she punches the air and beams.
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Edarial grins at her, says, "Congratulations! I'll keep trying, I think I've almost got it."
Then he goes back to trying to cram it all into his head. He tests it a few times to see if it charges, and then a little while after - his eyes go pale blue and he laughs.
Then he goes back to trying to cram it all into his head. He tests it a few times to see if it charges, and then a little while after - his eyes go pale blue and he laughs.
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Iobel claps her hands. "If I can do this maybe my teleport will behave at full size after all!"
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"Maybe!" laughs Edarial. "If you can manage it, I'd love to see that chart, too, teleportation would be so useful."
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"When I've filled in the bit about landing upright I'll let you look it over like I've just done this one."
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"And now," he says, grinning, "I'm going to get more spellcharts so I can make multiple copies. No more repeats of the spellchart of this being lost."
come_midnight
"I agree completely. And then we should head to - Panhar and then Forgrat, maybe, and put one in each?"
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He nods. "Yeah, those sound good - as soon as possible, I think, to prevent accidents."
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Musingly, he asks, "Do you think we could manage it today, or should we wait until tomorrow?"
come_midnight
"Then we might as well leave as soon as we've got one clean copy made and have put a staffperson on copying it from there. I bet we can hit both cities in one day."
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Edarial nods, giggling a little. "Be back with spellcharts to copy with."
He departs. A very short amount of time later, he returns with blank spellcharts. He starts copying immediately. Iobel's welcome to help.
He departs. A very short amount of time later, he returns with blank spellcharts. He starts copying immediately. Iobel's welcome to help.