Greeting starter for @gravity-lord-rises
“...Lotus. It has been a while.”
The magician stood in the doorway of the Resistance’s small infirmary, the shining rod held at his side. His tense shoulders were indicative enough of his wariness towards the spirit, the memories of the crimes he and his sister had committed under the Black Mage still weighing on his mind.
Unlike Guwaru, Luminous could not be certain as to their allegiance. It had been easy enough with the nature spirit, its figure no longer discoloured with dark magic. It was harder to tell with literal spirits of darkness. Orchid may have saved the infiltrator and Edelstein, but were those genuine acts of goodwill or done out of mere spite for Gelimar? It seemed only time would tell.
Eyes were trained on Lotus as the mage left his stave at the door, his other hand going to slide a leather strap off his shoulder. The satchel, filled almost to bursting at the seams, would be placed on the edge of the hospital bed, its lid opened to reveal spines of books. They were all of varying thickness and age.
Alchemy 101, A Beginner’s Guide to Foraging, Monsters of Victoria Island, The Magic Porridge Pot....
“I was told you wanted more reading materials. We were unsure as to which genre you preferred but-” He pushed the satchel closer to the spirit. “We thought your namesake might point us in the right direction.”
Evan’s idea. The boy had wanted to deliver it himself, but Luminous was not going to let the last Onyx Dragon and dragon master walk into danger so foolishly.