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Sender: Phantom
To: Everyone
Subject: Healing Magic

Good evening. I write to ask if there are any amongst us dreamwalkers who may be able and willing to teach the healing arts.

The ability to mend wounds and cleanse poisons is a valuable skill that can help us prepare for unexpected events. Owing to the varied forms of dreamwalkers, I believe that magic would be more effective, as well as more accessible, whether drawing from magical aptitude or from our own dreamotion energies.

Please let me know if you are interested in teaching. I can offer some compensation for your time. I also encourage fellow prospective students to write in, I shall keep you apprised of any developments.

Thank you for your perusal, and I wish all a pleasant sunset.

Phantom

[ ooc: Sometimes I render Phantom's network posts with 𝔣𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔶 𝔣𝔬𝔫𝔱 to emphasise his handwriting and/or way of speaking. It's opt-in since I understand it can be kind of illegible! Let me know via PM if you want the 𝔣𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔶 𝔣𝔬𝔫𝔱. ]

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sender: Shigeru

[mysophobic]

I have my own type of healing magic from home...but I don't think I can teach you that.

I have been experimenting with supplementing my own powers with dreamotion healing, so if you'd like to work on that together I'd love that! I'm still getting used to it myself, it's different from my own kind of healing, but I think having both handy is never a bad thing. Learning something like this together is also a good idea since people can weigh in on what they do to tap into their own healing abilities.

Sender: Susato Mikotoba

[judicialassistant]

[ Mr Phantom is still an enigma to her, but even she knows what this is really about. It takes a moment for her to get the courage to reply, but she'd always meant to see how everyone involved was recovering anyway.

... ]

I've used dreamotion to heal before, but only once, and I have struggled to replicate it. I would also like to learn.

sender: beat | use the script HAHAHA

[stillarhino]

cant ya just make a buncha healing potions or something
oris just been handing out a lotta them

sender: shirou

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I think I was able to manage some healing with dreamotion but I think that's just luck.

It'd be nice to be able to rely on it more and not just pray it'll work. Did you find someone who can help you with healing yet?

sender: Oriphi

[hearthwarming]

Phantom,

Teaching others the healing magic I learned in my realm hasn't been successful, but... Trying to recreate it with dreamotion has been more or less working. I'd be happy to try and impart some wisdom.

[ She can't blame him for wanting to try. It must have been horrifying to come back in that icy cavern to find everyone absolutely battered—

Anyway, way to call her out, Beat. She was still making her way around to everyone...! ]

Speaking of, I have some healing potions for you...

Ori

OK LOLL

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𝔓𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢 𝔞 𝔡𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 𝔬𝔣 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔡𝔞𝔪𝔞𝔤𝔢𝔡 𝔡𝔲𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱. 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔰𝔬 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔞𝔰 𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔢𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔞𝔰 𝔠𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔩𝔩. ℑ𝔣 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔤𝔢𝔱𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔭𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔤, 𝔬𝔯 𝔯𝔲𝔫 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔭𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔩𝔶 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔡𝔦𝔯𝔢.

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ℑ 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡. ℑ 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔨𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔬𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔯 𝔡𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔬𝔭𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔰.

im cursing you with 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔫𝔱

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ℌ𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔩𝔩 𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔭 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔩𝔶, ℑ 𝔟𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔢.

ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔰𝔲𝔠𝔠𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔶𝔢𝔱, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 ℑ 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔨𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔡.

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[ Ori gets him. It was crushing to return and find that he could not do anything. ]

𝔜𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔩𝔶 𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡. 𝔓𝔢𝔯𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔰 𝔴𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔰𝔢𝔱 𝔞 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔢𝔢𝔱 𝔲𝔭?

𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔰 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔬𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰.

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[ His own kind of healing, huh? Consider his interest piqued. ]

Yes, that would be greatly appreciated.

If you would not mind sharing more about your magic from home, I would be interested in learning about its principles as well.

[hearthwarming]

You're very welcome! It's the least that I can do, really...

Would you prefer to meet at your studio or elsewhere? Wherever is most convenient for you.

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𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔦𝔬 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔣𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢. '𝔗𝔦𝔰 𝔪𝔶 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔞𝔰 𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔩.

𝔚𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔟𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔪𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 ℑ 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔢?

[hearthwarming]

[ Oh. That makes sense. ]

There's no need for that, but I appreciate you asking! Everything's already been prepared. I just need to drop them off... And I'd like to speak with you about your wanting to learn how to heal and other things, too.

I can be by in the afternoon, if that would be alright with you.

[judicialassistant]

Thank you.

In the meantime, may I ask how you are faring?

oh my god

[projections]

Thanks, I'd appreciate it.

I don't know if it's related to anything but I think I might be able to self regenerate because I'm a magus. Can you use any magic apart from healing?

That's the only explanation I can think of but it could really just be luck.

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𝔚𝔢𝔩𝔩 𝔢𝔫𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥.

ℑ 𝔥𝔬𝔭𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔩.

[ Phantom is by far the person who got off the whole noctaere episode with the least injuries and trauma, so he only really needed to recover from the physical exertion. The others didn't fare so well. ]

im cool

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ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔩-𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔡𝔬𝔴𝔰.

𝔓𝔯𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔢𝔩𝔩, 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔰 𝔞 𝔪𝔞𝔤𝔲𝔰?

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𝔜𝔢𝔰, 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔣𝔢𝔠𝔱. ℑ 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔦𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔡𝔦𝔬. 𝔑𝔬 𝔯𝔲𝔰𝔥.

[ Miss Christine would be around to show her to the attic where Phantom lives. While there are many students around at this time of the day, the entrance is concealed using his abilities and they would not notice Oriphi going over. ]

Sender: Amy Rose

[pricklybloom]

I'd be willing to try. I have healing magic from the last place I was in, so I don't know how that will carry over here. But I'll still give it a shot.

cursed font!!

[projections]

You can control the shadows? That sounds complicated.

Magus are people who can use magecraft. Magecraft is an application of magical energy but its usage can vary. Basically the Magi are a bunch of crazy people. They think you can do whatever you want as long as you don't get caught.

My father was a magus so I learned it from him.

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Could you tell me more about the nature of your magic, and what sort of resource it requires?

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[ ..................................................... is this why you're so reckless too...... ]

𝔇𝔬 𝔪𝔞𝔤𝔦 𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔯𝔢𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔟𝔬𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔰?

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[ perhaps

maybe

yes ]No. They're just like humans but they have different abilities.

I had a contract with a Servant before so that could be why I had those powers. Do you mind if I ask you a question too? Can shadows devour people?


[ THIS IS SUCH AN ODDLY specific question. ]

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[ Well, Shirou already stated a plausible theory, so Phantom sees no reason to deny it. ]

𝔓𝔢𝔯𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔰 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔡𝔲𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔱, 𝔶𝔢𝔰.

ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔞𝔣𝔯𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔫𝔢𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔣𝔦𝔠 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫. 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔡𝔬𝔴𝔰 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔰𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔡𝔢𝔳𝔬𝔲𝔯. 𝔚𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔡𝔦𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔡?

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[ Ori is all smiles as she walks past the students working hard at their instruments; she thinks that it really is quite wonderful that a place like this exists here, and that's thanks to Phantom, isn't it?

Miss Christine very much gives her the impression of a familiar, which tells her that she needs to follow along. There's a bit of a strange shift in the surroundings as they step over some kind of concealed threshold, and in that moment Ori realizes why it is she's never figured that Phantom lives right here. Curiously, she glances back over her shoulder at some folks milling about - and they seem none the wiser. Interesting. ]

Mister Phantom? It's me, Ori.