Fire Flowers
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:11 pm
Ashan 102, Arc 720
“It seems as if we still have a few bits left before our time together ends”, the Mortalborn spoke, smiling very lightly, and let his gaze drift across the students that had gathered in the classroom that trial in order to attend his guest lecture on Blood Magic before he removed a metal box from the bag that he had brought with him and that had been lying on his desk for the past break and a half. He had decided to save his little surprise for last as they might not be able to focus anymore after seeing it. Even Faith Augustin, one of the most famous women in the world, had been amazed by it, after all.
“I am not only visiting your island in order to talk about replicating the effects of domain magic and blessing abilities with alchemy”, he told them. He spoke in a calm and measured tone; the light twinkle in his blue eyes betrayed the fact that he was almost … excited about the little demonstration that he had planned though. “I also want to share some of my inventions with you all. Follow me outside, please. I cannot conduct my demonstration inside a building, for safety reasons”, he explained and grasped the box, carefully, as if its contents were quite fragile – or maybe somewhat dangerous.
The students quickly started to stuff their books and papers into their backpacks, and they chatted so loudly that he couldn’t help but furrow his brow a little. Not so long ago, he might have reprimanded them and told them to be quiet; nowadays, he didn’t mind their behaviour as much though; in fact, their speculations as to what he would show them amused them. Of course, none of them had even come close to guessing the truth.
He led the students – about thirty of them in total – through the hallways of the university and to a large courtyard. Having done that, the Mortalborn who was dressed in an elegant bespoke suit of coal and crimson, as was his habit, looked at them once more before he set the box down on the ground and opened it in order to reveal what looked like small balls that were wrapped in colourful paper. The students who had become a little quieter during their walk through the university immediately started to talk again.
He smirked slightly before he explained to them, “These are fire flowers, one of my more recent inventions and an attempt of mine to make the stars shine during the trial and light up the world.” That statement earned him a few confused looks – and more excited chatter. He decided that he had kept them on tenterhooks long enough though, so he gestured for them to step back, removed one of the fire flowers from the box, put the box away, set the fire flower down on the ground, lit the fuse that was attached to it – and quickly stepped back as well, covering his ears with his hands as he did so.
A moment later, there was a loud boom, and then a shower of brilliant golden sparks rained down on the courtyard, and countless excited oohs and ahhs could be heard. The Mortalborn smirked as he noticed the look on the students’ faces before he lit another fire flower, a red one this time, while they looked on, their eyes wide with surprise and delight.
“It seems as if we still have a few bits left before our time together ends”, the Mortalborn spoke, smiling very lightly, and let his gaze drift across the students that had gathered in the classroom that trial in order to attend his guest lecture on Blood Magic before he removed a metal box from the bag that he had brought with him and that had been lying on his desk for the past break and a half. He had decided to save his little surprise for last as they might not be able to focus anymore after seeing it. Even Faith Augustin, one of the most famous women in the world, had been amazed by it, after all.
“I am not only visiting your island in order to talk about replicating the effects of domain magic and blessing abilities with alchemy”, he told them. He spoke in a calm and measured tone; the light twinkle in his blue eyes betrayed the fact that he was almost … excited about the little demonstration that he had planned though. “I also want to share some of my inventions with you all. Follow me outside, please. I cannot conduct my demonstration inside a building, for safety reasons”, he explained and grasped the box, carefully, as if its contents were quite fragile – or maybe somewhat dangerous.
The students quickly started to stuff their books and papers into their backpacks, and they chatted so loudly that he couldn’t help but furrow his brow a little. Not so long ago, he might have reprimanded them and told them to be quiet; nowadays, he didn’t mind their behaviour as much though; in fact, their speculations as to what he would show them amused them. Of course, none of them had even come close to guessing the truth.
He led the students – about thirty of them in total – through the hallways of the university and to a large courtyard. Having done that, the Mortalborn who was dressed in an elegant bespoke suit of coal and crimson, as was his habit, looked at them once more before he set the box down on the ground and opened it in order to reveal what looked like small balls that were wrapped in colourful paper. The students who had become a little quieter during their walk through the university immediately started to talk again.
He smirked slightly before he explained to them, “These are fire flowers, one of my more recent inventions and an attempt of mine to make the stars shine during the trial and light up the world.” That statement earned him a few confused looks – and more excited chatter. He decided that he had kept them on tenterhooks long enough though, so he gestured for them to step back, removed one of the fire flowers from the box, put the box away, set the fire flower down on the ground, lit the fuse that was attached to it – and quickly stepped back as well, covering his ears with his hands as he did so.
A moment later, there was a loud boom, and then a shower of brilliant golden sparks rained down on the courtyard, and countless excited oohs and ahhs could be heard. The Mortalborn smirked as he noticed the look on the students’ faces before he lit another fire flower, a red one this time, while they looked on, their eyes wide with surprise and delight.
