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Headmage's Office
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Hey, Headmage, what's the deal? What does fightin' ghosts got to do with blot? |
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Direct your attention to the magestone on your collar, Mr. Grim. |
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Myah?! My magestone looks all grungy now. ...MYAH?! It won't rub off! |
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Precisely. That inky black stain is the byproduct of spellcasting known as "blot." |
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There's some grime on my magical pen, too! |
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Ewww! This is capital-G Gross! |
| Will it come off eventually? | Is there some way to get rid of it? |
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With sufficient rest, blot will vanish from your magestone. This is why a magestone is so valuable to magic users. Not only does it aid your casting, it also serves as a lightning rod of sorts, to prevent blot from accumulating within the caster. |
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I see. So when our magestones start to get cloudy, that means it's time for us to ease off. |
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Correct. Eat well and get plenty of sleep, and most of the blot will clear away. |
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Gotcha. So when I become an even greater mage, I'll be able to fire off spells left and right! Pa-PEW! After all, I do plenty of sleepin' and eatin'. |
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People vary greatly in their capacity for magic. However, save for a few key exceptions, there is little variance in most mages' tolerance for blot. |
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What's that mean? |
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In essence, it means that those who possess a great capacity for magic must be meticulous in their efforts to avoid accumulating blot. Like Mr. Rosehearts, for instance. |
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So folks who know their way around magic gotta lay off once in a while. Seems simple enough. |
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Correct. That said, it isn't anything that mages at YOUR level need to worry about. How very fortunate for you! |
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I...guess that's only kind of an insult? |
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Anyway, I think I get it. Use magic, get blot. Blot bad. Sleep and food good. But is that really all it took to make Riddle activate berserker mode? |
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The accumulation of blot is significantly affected by the sorcerer's mental state. Anger, fear, panic, sorrow... Harboring those sorts of negative energies hastens the accumulation of blot by a significant degree. This, in turn, leads to the dreadful state known as "overblot." |
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"Negative energies," huh? Interesting... |
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Do you recall the giant shadow that appeared behind Mr. Rosehearts? Such manifestations are believed to be the result of a fusion between blot and negative energies. I'm afraid that's the extent of what current studies have revealed to us, however. There remain many mysteries surrounding overblot. After all, there are not many opportunities for study and observation. |
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Let's hope it stays that way! |
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It is fortunate that we were able to snap Mr. Rosehearts out of it so quickly. If that had been allowed to continue... AAAH! It is a prospect too terrifying to consider! |
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GAH! W-what's your problem?! Yellin' outta the blue like that! |
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| Yes, sir. |
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Thus concludes your special lesson from the headmage himself! How wonderfully kind of me. Now, back to your classrooms with you. |
| So have you found a way to send me home? | Aren't you forgetting something, sir? |
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Ahhh, yes... A means to send [MC] home. Right, right. I have been diligently searching for one, of course. I have certainly not forgotten! It is merely that I've been quite busy of late. |
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Your eyes got all shifty all of a sudden. |
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I-I'm certainly not lying! The October interdorm Spelldrive tournament is consuming a great deal of my attention at the moment! In fact, I've a meeting with the assembled housewardens immediately after this. |
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What's a "Spelldrive tournament"...? |
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