ink has effects.
ink colors have certain effects on magic circles. however, despite common perception, it is not due to its color. rather, the effects of certain types of inks are associated to colors due to a system established long ago. for instance, the most common color of all, black. black is the jack of all trades, master of none. black is not too volatile but works with the spell perfectly well to produce baseline results. it is often used as a tester tool and is essential in any kit. grey is typically associated with weaker, child safe ink, as any circle created with it has its abilities massively damped so that it would not explode with the wrong move or with an activation on a messed up rune, oftentimes only producing bare bones of effects to signify success. red works best with the more explosive, violent spells. green syncs best with anything related to nature of the material world. every color has its use. however, not every ink of the same color has the same effects. it is well known amongst those who take runescript and circletaps as a matter beyond something of convenience that it is never the ink’s color itself that produces the effects. each and every color of ink is made of different materials that typically tend towards the colors that is represented by. however, it is possible that an ink primarily of thassofil (and other materials, though i would rather not go into it at the moment), typically tends towards green with the ability to bend nature to will. however, i have seen the prettiest purple, deep like the blooms of the moonvista, be made of the same materials, and produce the same, if not more potent, effects as the typical ink. it also must be noted that inks are not to be mixed. the disaster that comes of it is…
~■■■■■■, an archivist
(also a friend of mine has been threatening me to post my next chapter. hi friend. i love you. here’s some lore to tide you over since you be motivating me lmao)