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[fellpool]

[Today, Leon is practically living in one of the battle dome rooms. How many times now had he put off actual combat practice? There had been a few distractions here and there, but he had to admit to himself that a good majority of the time was spent tinkering with symbols and gems in his lab.

When was the last time there had been a large draft? Four months ago? Was that the last time he had swung his sword around for any good reason for more than a few minutes? His lack of practice shows in his awkward test swings. Even with a practice simulation to fight, he's quickly tiring. Claude would probably laugh at the mistakes he was making.

Leon huffs and moves on to Symbology practice, switching from the Claude's Silvance to his own Heraldry blade. Even within the barrier and with the lower augmentation of his sword, he's able to quickly form ice needles and arc black sabers across the room. When he switches to one of his Symbology tomes, he increases his range and covers the walls in a thick layer of ice. And then shatters the ice with a decisive flick of one hand.

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Later on, towards the mid-afternoon, Leon trudges over to the plaza to go looking for something to eat. First the bakery to check out the pastries for the day, then the coffee shop to order something cold, and then over to the grocery store to grab something for the inevitable midnight munchies.]

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[fellpool]

[His lips quirk into an unsure frown, brows knitting together.]

I've never done it before, but theoretically it's not dissimilar from the kind of symbol work I'm already doing. [...] That is to say, I've put symbols on things, but never tattooed them on people.

[musubi]

Do the symbols relate to the sort of magic being used? Would you have to know about the magic from my world before you'd be capable of adding the appropriate markings?

[Because if so, then he's out of luck. However, he might be able to grab someone from a place that's similar to lend him a hand...]

[fellpool]

The symbols are the related to the symbological arrangement of elements; the entire basic array is tattooed on a person because there's no way of knowing a person's elemental affinity until they've started practicing.

There's really no way to know whether or not you'll be able to perform Symbology without having you actually try; even if you do have potential, there's no telling how well that'll translate into another world's system of elements, you know?

[...] Basically, it'd be difficult. No telling how difficult.

[musubi]

[Of course it would be difficult. No source of power had been easy for him to gain here. Then again, it could be said that he simply hadn't been trying hard enough. Or that this place was trying to tell him something.]

But it can be done? You can help me with it?

[He'd already decided on one tough path. This one would at least get him some interesting ink for the deal.]

[fellpool]

[He had to admit to himself that he was curious; this wasn't exactly something that had been experimented on in Luceti. There had been symbols created to improve the way of life within the village, but ... improving things for individual people...]

Yeah. Yeah, I can help you with it, if you're willing to see this through until we know whether or not it works.

[musubi]

If I've been here this long, I think I'll manage sticking around for a bit longer.

[He smirks.]

It's for my benefit, so I don't know how I couldn't see it through.

[fellpool]

Well, if you've lasted this long in Luceti... [He shrugs and nods, silent for a moment.]

I'll have to do some research into the tattooing process. In the meantime, you can figure out where you want the tattoos.

[musubi]

Right on.

[Isamu is... actually excited. He'd come here for some physical training, but he knows he'll be too distracted for that now. He'll run a scenario and then maybe check out the library on his own.]

I'll let you know, okay? Leon, right? I'll look you up.

[fellpool]

Yeah. [He nods again, already becoming lost in his own thoughts on the matter.]

Let me know when you're ready; it shouldn't take me too long to do the actual research.