Curb Your Enthusiasm, I’m Begging.
starter for @forlornwyvernrider
ᵃ ʳᵉᶜᵉⁿᵗ ᵗʰᵉᵒʳʸ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᶜʰᵒˡᵃʳˢ ᵃᵗ ᶠʰⁱʳᵈⁱᵃᵈ’ˢ ˢᶜʰᵒᵒˡ ᵒᶠ ˢᵒʳᶜᵉʳʸ ˢᵘᵍᵍᵉˢᵗˢ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᵃ ᵖᵉʳˢᵒⁿ’ˢ ⁱⁿⁿᵃᵗᵉ ᵉˡᵉᵐᵉⁿᵗᵃˡ ᵃᶠᶠⁱⁿⁱᵗʸ ⁱⁿᶠˡᵘᵉⁿᶜᵉˢ ʷʰᵃᵗ ˢᵖᵉˡˡˢ ᵗʰᵉʸ ˡᵉᵃʳⁿ, ˢʰᵒᵘˡᵈ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᶠᵒˡˡᵒʷ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵃᵗʰ ᵒᶠ ʳᵉᵃˢᵒⁿ ᵐᵃᵍⁱᶜ. ᶠᵃᶜᵘˡᵗʸ ᵃⁿᵈ ˢᵗᵘᵈᵉⁿᵗˢ ⁱⁿᵗʳⁱᵍᵘᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ᵗʰᵉ ⁱᵈᵉᵃ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵍᵃᵗʰᵉʳᵉᵈ ᵗᵒᵍᵉᵗʰᵉʳ ᵗᵒ ʰᵒˢᵗ ᵃⁿ ᵉˣᵗʳᵃᶜᵘʳʳⁱᶜᵘˡᵃʳ ᵖᵉʳⁱᵒᵈ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵘʳᵖᵒˢᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵖᵘᵗᵗⁱⁿᵍ ˢᵃⁱᵈ ᵗʰᵉᵒʳʸ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ᵗᵉˢᵗ—ᵉᵛᵉⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ˡᵉˢˢ ᵐᵃᵍⁱᶜᵃˡˡʸ ⁱⁿᶜˡⁱⁿᵉᵈ ᵃʳᵉ ʷᵉˡᶜᵒᵐᵉ ᵗᵒ ᵃᵗᵗᵉⁿᵈ ⁱᶠ ᶜᵘʳⁱᵒˢⁱᵗʸ ᵖᵉʳᵐⁱᵗˢ. ᶠⁱʳᵉ, ᵗʰᵘⁿᵈᵉʳ, ʷⁱⁿᵈ, ⁱᶜᵉ, ˡⁱᵍʰᵗ, ᵈᵃʳᵏ… ʷʰⁱᶜʰ ᵒⁿᵉ ᵈʷᵉˡˡˢ ʷⁱᵗʰⁱⁿ﹖ [ᵍʳᵃⁿᵗˢ ʳᵉᵃˢᵒⁿ +¹]
Talking to Laurent about his own honed skill and trade was not exactly a death sentence. He was devoted to magic, cultivating whatever might he could muster towards the art every day he could. Yet, this seemed to be the one thing he bit his tongue about, perhaps out of fear of being too cocky in his own work.
This said, it must have barely come up in passing conversation, but when Gerome stated he was to be tested for a magical affinity by the hands of the Fhirdiad school, Laurent was enthralled to know more. He could have smothered and suffocated Gerome with inquiry then and there, but Gerome would also probably never speak to him again if he did.
So, instead, Laurent offered himself as a well versed companion while Gerome was to be evaluated.
And time passed, no one can halt that, as the two found themselves pulled from their regular schooling schedules to pursue the theory to it’s fullest.
“I mean no intention of unnerving you, Gerome,” Laurent said, a slightly pessimistic look on his face, “but have you learned any sort of means as to how this all works? I definitely have coincided more credit towards Fodlan’s odd system of magic, yet...”
Laurent trailed off and thought over his options. If this went as planned, Gerome might have some sort of interest in magical teachings. But, at the same time, Laurent was a skeptic to it all.
“It seems somewhat too good to be true?”
