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[sasha-rochester]

Log #3 - The Homunculus project

18th Sun of the Sixth Umbral Moon, 1579

I have communicated with the creature. He insists on calling himself by X’elo’s name, so for the sake of practicality, I shall call him Maimhov, for now.

Maimhov is perhaps the most narcissistic, arrogant, stubborn and bitter prick I have ever had the pleasure to meet in my entire life. You give him an ilm, he seeks to take a malm. Like an imbecile, he seeks to make an enemy out of me. Me. The person who is granting him a body. If anything, he should be under my thumb.

I’d use the soul of someone more pleasant, but that would require me to actually kill another person or use a voidsent soul. Frankly, neither option seems safe or practical. I’ll use the soul of this little stain of shit even if it means making him utterly miserable. Perhaps I’ll tolerate him for a week and then kill him off once he has the body, nobody will know or miss him, anyway. All I need is the reassurance that I can successfully construct a body. He’s merely a test subject at this point. Twat.

No wonder X’elo dislikes him.

If he continues like this, I will make his life here the embodiment of hell. Perhaps I should build his body with the tiniest penis. Or I should give him breasts, though he might enjoy that.

The base of the scroll is half completed, so at least that’s good news. I just hope this homunculus learns manners before I grant him the benefit of life. 

[sasha-rochester]

Log #2 - The Homunculus project

14th Sun of the Sixth Umbral Moon, 1579 A lot has happened in the past few days, and I can only boil it down to one word: Messy.  Stabbing X’elo was... Unpleasant. I had to do it during a very vulnerable moment for him, both emotionally and physically. It did the job, however. He is alive, no longer possesed, and I now have that entity trapped within the crystal dagger.  A piece of the dagger shattered within his body, so I had to surgically remove it without any magical assistance, as the bloody thing kept absorbing my aether. To make matters worse, I had to watch him groan and writhe in pain during the procedure, as I didn’t have anything around to help nullify it without magic... There was so much blood, I was so scared he’d die, but he’s fine. I managed to pull off the last piece before I could finally use magic to seal his wounds. It took a lot of energy from me, however, as I fell unconscious for seven days after the procedure, apparently my body isn’t taking such extents of aetherial exertion too well. I’m not surprised. It keeps getting worse.  I only need to transfer the entity from the dagger to a more malleable aetherial space, a black crystal sphere. Also known as “The crystal of dreams”. I should be able to communicate with him through this while the body is under construction. I have begun measuring, carefully scripting and drawing the scroll for the base, but it’s nowhere near finished. I haven’t told X’elo of my project. I won’t tell him yet. I don’t think he’ll take it too kindly if he finds out I’m giving life to a creature that actively sought to kill him before attempting to possess him.  I’ll keep it on a leash. He wouldn’t understand... I need this project. Not for the academic community, but for myself. If I can build a body for this creature... Someone could build a body for me, a body without this horribly detrimental condition. The ends justify the means. If I am careful about this... I can save myself and everyone I have wronged. Including X’elo.

[sasha-rochester]

Log #1 - The Homunculus Project

6th Sun of the Sixth Umbral Moon, 1579 I have been blessed by the gods with the opportunity of a lifetime. The dagger has been delivered to me, and now I will finally posses a soul to take over my small project: A body. Not just any body, but a body purely constructed with aether. Some brutes would call it a golem, but this project is so much more complex than that! It will be an actual being, with the physical refection of your average Ul’dah citizen. After I absorb that... Entity from X’elo’s body, I will use it to give life to the aetherial substitute, making a homunculus that can think and feel while retaining the memories of the fresh new soul... Two birds in one stone! I will save X’elo from possession and give this creature the body it has craved for so long! I have spoken to it, when it momentarily took control of X’elo... He’s intelligent, passionate, and creative, albeit unpleasant. He’s the perfect candidate. If he tries to rebel, I could always take his precious new body away.  I only pray I can purge him from that thing without killing him in the process! But if I do nothing now... I will lose him to that vile creature. I can’t afford to lose. May Thaliak and Nymeia smile upon me tomorrow and during the entirety of this project, because if I miscalculate anything, everything will go to hells really quickly, and I will lose everything. From my integrity as a scholar, to those I love... I could even lose my life if I’m not competent enough. But I am competent. I’ll prove them wrong. My blood isn’t cursed. I will be one of the greatest mages this realm has seen, even with my condition. I will survive this. I swear on my ancestor’s grave, and I’ll swear on my own.