Ciro has been injured... once more. I am unsure of how he manages to prove so attractive to all forms of danger. The source of his current grievances is an assassin of unknown affliction who most definitely is not working alongside ‘Ciro’s long lost, evil cross-dressing twin’.
As a result, I find myself with the task of drawing up a rune or two in order to assist with castle security. There are of course two main issues, as there are with any rune. The first is that it requires a magical power source of some sort. Due to my personal preference towards style of rune encoding, magic from organic beings would be optimal. The second issue is, like all runes forced to handle decently sized amounts of magic on a constant basis, the encoding will wear away quickly.
For smaller enchantments such as a rune that prevents food spoilage, the degradation of the rune is more or less insignificant as the amount of magic used is small. However, a detection rune that can include an entire wing of the castle will expend magic quickly and requires a constant flow to be circulating around in order for the detection magic to work. Due to the fact that as far as my knowledge goes, I am the most skilled rune theorist currently in the castle, maintenance would fall to me and bloat my already over-cluttered research schedule. Although I am extremely reluctant, if there is a call for a situation where the runes are very urgently needed, I will have no choice but to relinquish my spare time.
The first issue could be solved by increasing the speed of the magical circulation. However, that would exacerbate the second issue. I am considering alternate sources of magic. Even though my runes are designed to run off of magic produced by living beings, different sources can be used to similar effect. The monsters contained in the dungeons and forest may possibly be viable as fuel for the runes. A wide magic drain could feasibly be placed around the castle and surrounding area.... No, that would cause far more complications than it would solve. If there were any magic-users taken prisoner in the castle, there stands the possibility of using them as resources. I shall ask the guards on the subject at a later time.
The second issue has no easily workable solution other than recruiting a fellow rune-hobbyist from someplace in the Kingdom. As well, the assistance would be greatly appreciated. Although I am the castle’s current expert on runes, compared to the society of runeweavers at large, I am nothing but a novice. More experienced enchanters could likely draw upon inspiration. For now, the closest resolution I have is to draw up another, smaller surveillance rune to monitor the larger rune, and have a volunteer check the smaller rune to see if it reports issues with the coding of the larger one. At least in that fashion I will not have to manually and near-constantly inspect the protective runes for defects.
On a more frustrating note, I now have a sizable backlog of research and projects that I simply cannot devote the needed time for. I have doubled down on my sleeping schedule so that I will not run out of magic at an inconvenient time, and with the needed surveys for the rune locations, the resulting lost time has taken a heavy toll on my schedule. Inconvenient. How utterly unnecessary.
But in the event of another attack on the castle or it’s personnel, sacrifices will have to be made. I will make moves to compact my routine even further. Some projects will need to be discarded, and others can be integrated into my most promising leads.
...I do so much wish I was on the Infinity Islands, now. Nothing of note ever does happen there.
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