Crios and Cameron skipped through the trails, oblivious to the dangers that lurked through the woods. To be fair, these aforementioned ‘dangers’ weren’t actually posing a real threat to them, as the two weren’t provoking them. The bustling halfling village opened up through the paths, as the number of fireflies decreased and the lights glowed brighter in the distance.
“We should cause some trouble there. It would be funny, and we’re only here for a short time,” Crios interjected.
“You sure?”
“Absolutely. Besides, it’ll be fun!... and both of us have our magic completely under control. Maybe we should stick to Academy-taught spells for now.” He flicked through his spellbook and checked for any interesting spells. These spellbooks had gone through several changes, and many spells added in and removed almost from existence. However, Academy custom spells had a striking difference between advanced magic: rather than an incantation and a rune, you merely had to say the name of the spell alongside the rune as well.
Crios flicked to the Shadow magic page. Ever since the Puppet Master had been defeated (heheheheh Metallica), Shadow magic had become more widespread and commonplace among wizards in Prodigia - though it had never really become… contraband, in a way, outside of Prodigia. Magic was magic, and those living outside Prodigia weren’t about to let one little spanner ruin it for everybody.
The village teemed with activity - halflings, which really looked just like humans but shorter, of all sorts of professions walked around the square. Some were blacksmiths, working away at the forge to craft all sorts of tools; some were farmers, picking all sorts of mystical crops - the Glowroot and Whispering Peas from the stands Crios saw with Whami and Paddy, and some other vegetables like Black Durian and Amber Celeriac, which Crios only knew the names of because that was the label of the boxes they were going into.
Barrels of fish and all sorts of produce were being lugged around by fisherman and merchants, as the children played in the village square, chasing each other in circles. Crios almost felt guilty causing trouble here.
Morals are for fools. Crios readied his wand, told Cameron what to do after the initial spell, and smiled - not a cruel smile, but the smile of a prankster knowing the consequences of what he will do and still enjoy it. Crios was not a cruel person. He was merely a comedian, which basically equates to the same thing.
He drew the rune for a thick fog in the air, providing a warm purplish glow that was just dimmer than the light of the fireflies.
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Crios and Cameron finally piss off the halflings - this time, covering more chapters! They will have to go to Xeter very soon, and we will begin to see the Gemigang again!!
I'm thinking how Amari, Josh, Dave, and Paul will try and get Sterling's attention will start with posters and flyers, then a billboard advertisement, which pisses off Gemini slightly but she doesn't do anything about it, culminating into Amari, Josh, Dave, and Paul performing on the roof of Sterling Enterprises.
Excited!!!!!!!!!