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[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.

[alienation]

Does the name stand for something...?

[crimeson]

All-Round Communication and Unison System.

[alienation]

[ ... ]

... I do not really know what I had expected. That's an incredibly apt name for it.

[crimeson]

--Oh, right, I didn't mention combat links!

[alienation]

You did not. What might that be?

[crimeson]

A system where you can sync up with an ally.

[alienation]

How does it work?

[crimeson]

I can show you if you get one.

[alienation]

[ He waves a hand—there's a bizarrely bright flash of hot pink and suddenly in his hand is a sword, glowing pink where he holds it. ]

Perhaps next time. I was reminded that I still needed this.