I Put a Spell On You [open]

[brynwieldr]

Who: Leo and whoever!
What: Two options: Leo working with his tome Brynhildr or Leo being exhausted in his temple.
Where: Odin's temple
When: May 11th
Warnings: None at the moment

Option One

[Leo couldn't believe it. He'd woken up this morning, expecting nothing in particular to be different, and instead found Brynhildr in his kitchen cupboard. How it got there was beyond him, but frankly? He didn't care. He missed having his tome handy, able to do something when his shinki were otherwise occupied.

And maybe it was a bit of a security blanket. So what?

Either way, he's out in the front of his temple today, making everything levitate or randomly growing (and dismissing) trees out of the ground while he practices to make sure he hasn't lost his touch. If you've seen his god power, it almost looks like he's using that except there's a distinct dark purple smoke around everything that's levitating.

Leo is also smiling. He so rarely smiles here.]

Option Two

[Later that day, Leo is considerably less happy. He'd taken a moment to check his phone to see if he'd forgotten anything important...and was hit by how crazy things are right now. Sora's annoyed at him, Saix and Niles are...Saix and Niles, he's still trying to learn more Japanese, the books he wants never seem to be available, and on top of that he's getting a headache that doesn't seem to want to leave. It was gone earlier today, but now it's back.

He can be found in his temple, either scribbling notes in his notebook on what he's reading or massaging his temples in an attempt to stave off the headache]

Comments

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[clothes_make_the_man]

[Forrest makes a point of coming to visit Leo every few days, both to check up on him and to make sure he's getting enough sunlight and fresh air. Today, though, it seems he won't have to drag his father out of the study. He recognizes the tome in his hands immediately, face lighting up in a bright smile as he crosses the temple's threshold.]

Oh, father! You got Brynhildr back!

[brynwieldr]

[Leo looks up when Forrest calls him, still smiling]

I did. Found it in my cupboard, of all places.

[clothes_make_the_man]

It's like when I woke up next to Selkie's pillow. Perhaps the gods have been listening to your prayers too.

[brynwieldr]

I haven't been praying since I arrived here. I've desperately wished for my tome, but that's hardly a prayer.

[clothes_make_the_man]

That's probably close enough to count. But at least you have it back.

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[onedrinkwithme]

[A part of why Aymeric wanted to see Leo was to ask him how he handles Sora in certain situations because how deal with that much energy. Another was to see how Leo himself was doing because they didn't speak since the picnic and since both were in the same group of gods, it would be beneficial to be on decent terms.

Except as he heads towards the temple of Odin, he can't help but notice that the young prince was not....looking too good.]

Is aught amiss, my friend?

[brynwieldr]

Hm?

[Leo looks up, momentarily not even sure that someone had spoken to him until he spots Aymeric.]

Ah. No, everything is fine. [More or less, but the bags under his eyes say differently.] Nothing's on fire, at any rate. Can I help you?

[onedrinkwithme]

[He knows that look but only because he hears it from Lucia.]

Your face says otherwise.

[Sorry Leo but he won't beat around the bush for this one.]

I was hoping to inquire about our elusive young 'god of light' [SORA] but it seems something else has piqued my concern.

[brynwieldr]

[Can you read what his face is saying now, Aymeric? It's "don't start"]

Who, Sora? What's he done now?

[Focusing on that topic yep.]

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[missingache]

[Roxas... kind of left without tell Leo. Which he feels awful about. At least he has gotten more rest sine a certain god-son of Leo's was now on good terms with Roxas again. Still, he comes over to Leo's to thank the older man.

He walks into the temple ground with ice cream in hand.]

....

[Why are things floating?]

[brynwieldr]

[Leo honestly wasn't too surprised when Roxas just up and left. That was just the kind of person Roxas was, he supposed, and any way that meant he was doing better.

He doesn't notice that he has an audience right away, too focused on his magic to really pay much mind to the footsteps. It's not until he lets the stones fall that he looks over, smiling a bit at Roxas]

Ah. Roxas.

[missingache]

[Leo wouldn't be wrong. At least Sora is better about it?

The magic is still impressive. When he's acknowledged, Roxas holds up the bag.]

Hey! I brought ice cream. Thanks for letting me stay.

[brynwieldr]

[Oh! Frozen milk treats, he remembers that. Leo nods and gestures for Roxas to follow him inside to put that away before it melts]

You're welcome. I trust everything is going well now?

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[revolutionfalcon]

[Given Shun likes to keep an eye on things around the Far Shore to make sure they're not getting yet another surprise attack, the sight of what appears to be levitating trees in the distance gives him pause for thought. Though it seems a little absurd to be an actual threat, it bears investigating, and he follows the sight and sound until he finds the source of it all.

Watching a tree grow out of the soil and then be dismissed once more with a look no more interested than calculated observation, Shun turns his head towards the caster, eying the book in his hands.]

That's a hell of a lot more genuine a magic book than the last one I heard about here. [Though the one from the school attack hadn't been false, per se, it didn't seem to have any inherent power. And Shun can't see why this guy would be holding a book if it wasn't somehow relevant to all this.]

[brynwieldr]

[Oh, someone new. Leo sheathes Brynhildr in the straps he got from someone advertising "cosplay supplies" a few days ago (originally for Niles's shinki form) and turns to face his guest]

That's because it's the sacred tome Brynhildr, the strongest magical tome in my homeland and notoriously difficult to use and control.

[revolutionfalcon]

[That explains a lot. Though Shun still doesn't look impressed, the information is noted with a short nod.]

This place seems eager to return people their weapons from home when we have to turn to our shinki most of the time anyway. [Though he doesn't enjoy equating shinki with weapons, it's an odd thing to note when ayakashi are so resilient to anything else.] At least magic on that level has other uses, but the amount of people who talk about getting back things as simple as swords is almost ridiculous by now.

[brynwieldr]

It's likely a...a case of attachment to the weapon in question, if it's a simple sword or whatever. People do get remarkably attached to things that save their life repeatedly, after all.

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[oathkeeper]

[Sora has a lot of different things in his head when he goes to see Leo. Lots of things he wants to say and get off his chest. He knows Roxas told him not to be mad at Leo. He’s trying but it still hurts to know how everything had been kept from him and everyone just let him worry and freak out.

Despite it he's tried of being upset and he brings a small gift for Leo. He’s grateful he did when he peeks in to see Leo looking exhausted.]

Leo?

[brynwieldr]

--ah, Sora.

[Leo tries to smile at the other god. It doesn't work too well]

Can I help you?

[oathkeeper]

I think I could ask you the same question.

[Sora shoots back, rolling his shoulders. He comes in and sits down, trying to peek at what Leo is working on.]

[brynwieldr]

[It's just notes on Japanese history, with some idle thoughts jotted down in the margins]

No, not really. I trust you're willing to speak with me now, however.

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[volksdaemon]

[Schuldig doesn't take random walks. He makes sweeps around whole areas and looks for anything of interest before deciding to stop by somewhere. This time, it's not something so much as a lack of something that gets his interest. There's little dark spot outside of a specific temple.

Alright, that's worth investigating in person. With a strong measure of caution, of course.

So Schuldig approaches and stays a long distance away, near the next building over, just walking along the nearest sidewalk in front of the temple as casually as he can. Then, once he gets in front, he takes notice of the guy there and uses the moment to look closer telepathically. Ah ha, there's his blank spot.

He keeps his distance, and then decides to call out, genuinely impressed at the levitation as the most obvious show of power and knowing how long it took for Nagi to master that power.]

Now there's something you don't see every day, stranger.

[brynwieldr]

[Leo, for a moment, senses someone rooting around in his head but the sensation quickly vanishes. Still, it's enough to put him on edge and so when the stranger approaches Leo doesn't let his magic fade. He may want it.]

It's not every day I find my tome returned to me.

[volksdaemon]

Tome?

[He's visibly curious, which he knows isn't unusual. He allows himself a few steps closer.]

That's the book you've got there?

[brynwieldr]

Yes. This is Brynhildr.

[He doesn't make a move to show the stranger his tome. He isn't afraid of anything happening, it's not like anyone other than maybe Forrest could even use his tome, but still.]