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[crimeson]

[YOU GOOD????]

Hmmmm. The diner is probably fireproof enough.

[BACK TO WHERE WE MET.]

[alienation]

[ I'M GREAT THANKS!! ]

...it must be so exciting.

[ FIREPROOF? Anyway. He's on the way there already. ]

[crimeson]

Ehhh, I still need to level the quartz so it can only do Fire Bolt and Forte in terms of arts. I'll get more eventually.

[alienation]

You know, if you had told me nothing further, you could have just showed off and I'd be none the wiser.

[crimeson]

Oh, when I wanna show off it won't be with Arts.

[alienation]

I've little idea of what that is supposed to mean. But the way you say it is exciting nonetheless.

[crimeson]

I'm more of a physical kinda guy.

[into the diner we go.]

[alienation]

[ Staying away from the evil milkshake machine (for now). ]

"Arts" does make me think something along the lines of painting, writing, those sorts of hobbies.

[crimeson]

Hmm. Makes sense! It's not like that at all.

[pulling what almost looks like another cell phone out of his pocket, and he looks to be concentrating.]

[alienation]

[ He's going to go manspread in a chair and watch from nearby. ]

[crimeson]

Forte!

[well

hope he doesn't spook when he's briefly wreathed in fiery particle effects. they're only pleasantly warm, though, and leave him feeling stronger.]

[alienation]

[ why does nobody warn me about anything. ]

What is... this...?

[crimeson]

Forte. It's a buffing art. You have more strength for [4 turns] now.

[alienation]

[ Looks at his hands. ]

...perhaps I will take you at your word, rather than testing it in here. What a useful ability that is.

[ He's already really strong................... we don't want to ruin the diner that badly. ]

[crimeson]

Haha, fair enough. The other one I can do is a lil fireball. Thought I'd launch it into the oven, buuuut maybe best to just not.

[alienation]

And you can do all of this with that machine?

[crimeson]

Yeah. It lets me use the power of the quartz. Here.

[flipping it open (though it only has the center quartz right now.]

This is a Regulus Master Quartz.

[alienation]

[ He's leaning in, curious. ]

Do you know how the power is filtered through it to you?

[crimeson]

Nnnnope I am not an orbal engineer!

[alienation]

[ ... ]

I am also not an engineer of any kind, but... I wonder if I could acquire one of these, now that I have seen it. I'd like to take it apart, but have no wish to harm yours in my tinkering.

[crimeson]

Thanks. Fingers crossed you can get one.

[alienation]

What all else is it capable of?

[crimeson]

Well it's got slots for 8 other quartz. Each of those slots can basically do only one thing. This one [taps the one under the master quartz slot] can hold a secondary master quartz, but it has reduced effectiveness compared to the first. We can't get Arts off it, for instance.

Past that, it can make calls and send text and video messages.

[alienation]

Those are two vastly different functions. How clever.

[crimeson]

Yeah, they sorta tacked on the communication functions when the ARCUS came out. This is the ARCUS II.