Spell Form

“It doesn’t make sense,” said Amenti quite plainly and with firm confidence in her stand on the subject. A long drawn out sigh was followed by moments of silence as the two continued to stare at the recreation of the spell form on the deep mahogany desk. The fireplace crackled softly and the candles were on there last stretches before the wicks would be used up. Along with the spell form draw meticulously on a weathered piece of paper sat tall stacks of ancient books the two had been reading through. Some were in their native tongue while others had to be translated very slowly and carefully by their trained skill in such arts. Other charms and trinkets of magic lay haphazardly over the desk, they all had something in common, they were each unique and worth fortunes.

“It must, it has to,” blurted the in the room, his brows drew together, his look seemed to be half trying to convince himself while the other half simply dismayed the possibility.

A long slender finger tapped 3 distinct lines on the spell, “these can’t be, they contradict the principles of binary spell casting. And here,” her finger traveled to a small circle sitting outside of the whole spell form, “this can’t be as well. See how it’s completely detached? It’s another false that would mean there is a space beyond the veil in which this, here,” she tapped a similar circle that was encased in lines and runes, “is present at any one time. To say that there is a place, or object that is identical in everyway somewhere in this world, and the world past the veil is like saying there is no veil at all. Once through the veil into the underworld, the rules change, but the great wizards told that no one thing can be reproduced outside the veil that is already within it.” Amenti Stood straighter and admired her point of view. It was true, the spell had functions within it that would be considered impossible, but Kai knew from experience that the rules change once you cross into spell forms and rune casting.

“You’re forgetting though. This.” A skilled finger lightly followed one of the lines that had been encasing the circle Amenti pointed out. “Inverse. The function states that no two objects or places can exist within the veil and out of it at the same time, but if the caster were to do this, simply invert the function, it no longer becomes the same object. It’s important to note, however, that when the object is inverted, it should lose all its current properties and be given a new set of ‘rules’. But, again, just because it’s inverted doesn’t mean its roots can’t be traced back.”

“What would be the point of that? It makes no sense!”

Kai smiled warmly at her frustration, he knew the feeling well and enjoyed watching her mind slowly turn the ideas behind her blue eyes. “To send information, of course. After the second war, remember how the Three started trying to bring back the dead? This was when they first realized that no object can be present both in the veil and out of it. The bodies, the people they tried to bring back to life, were never what the original person was like.” Kai turned from the conversation and walked to the tall dark bookshelf, moving objects and papers as he searched the shelves. Retrieving a very old, well kept book, he slowly paced back to the desk as he read. “I quote; Attempted one of the Ren he’Da. A young solider, Nydul Serev, first rank of the Dracona Army was assassinated while protecting the Shrine. A poison was slipped into one of his meals and night after was found decease where he slept, the assassin was..”

A story that I've played with for a while now. My motivation is to work towards making something like a "spell form" seem it could almost fit into the real world by describing it and it's terms. The form of speech is also essential in this attempt because it is very much like a math problem, mathematics requires a certain language and this is no different. A fun challenge.