[Can you spot the easter egg? Yes magic. Again see a mistake point it out in my grammar]
I followed my floating eyeball friend, and the little spider across the library path. It was hard to believe but this place was actually bigger than what I first thought it would be. I couldn't help but start asking questions about it, and this whole magic thing
"What exactly is this place? And why does it feel like it is getting bigger?"
"Inquiry processing. Statement: Current location was created by the original founders of Thaumaturgy to be a secondary Wanderer's Library. The goal of the founders was to create a safe place for individuals' practitioner to learn, train, and study all branches of Thaumaturgy. Inquiry processing. Statement: Current location is embedded with multiple runes to stretch the space inside the library. Statement: Current location diameter and measurements are constantly being changed."
"So…its constantly moving in a sense?"
"Inquiry processing. Statement: Yes, correct."
"Cool..Cool…so like when can I shot fireballs, and get a wand, or something like that?" When I asked that question, I kind of felt like I might have fucked up. The eyeball turn into a light reddish color and turned to me. I have seen a lot of new things today that I never thought I would see in my life, but here it was the disappointment of an eyeball. God…I don't know how to feel, and wish this would just go away. I want to hid in a corner.
"Inquiry: What is practitioner experience with Thaumaturgy?"
"I-I have see the small undead throw fireballs, waterballs, and stuff like that at me and the demons. Oh I saw a demon use shadows to move around in, and..and I saw a demon manipulate its flesh a couple of times. If that is what you are asking me."
"Statement:Incorrect. Inquiry: What is practitioner experience with Thaumaturgy that he has done?"
"I told you I have no experience with anything magic related."
"Statement processing. Acknowledged. Inquiry: What is practitioner educational level on Alchemical, and study of current and ancient runes."
"Not a damn thing. I don't know anything at all about, what you just said."
"Statement processing. Acknowledged. Inquiry: What is practitioner educational level on ancient language, current language?"
"Not a clue"
"Statement processing. Acknowledged. Inquiry: What is practitioner educational level on herbology, anatomy, physiology, biological and chemical makeup of different species?"
"Look the more you say the stupider I am starting to feel. Okay…just…I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ALRIGHT. I don't know anything about alchemy, or whatever else you said. I know nothing at all. NOTHING. Okay"
"Statement processing. Acknowledged. Re-establishing educational lessons. Statement: Please clarify are you illiterate."
FUCK! This thing is making feel like an absolute idiot. I went to college, damn it. I had a high GPA score and was going to go into medical school. I knew a bunch of small different things. Yet, this fucking mother asked me if I was illiterate. Sorry, oh great eyeball I don't know about magic. With a great sigh and clenched teeth I said.
"Y-yes"
"Statement processing. Acknowledged. Starting with basic linguistic education. Starting with basic thaumaturgy education. Starting with basic alchemic rune education. Starting with basic thaumaturgy mathematical education. Starting with basic biological, chemical and herbology education. Starting with biological energy theory education."
Oh..my god. I just wanted to learn a simple fireball spell. What the hell was all of this. I didn't know what half of this shit was. I seriously wanted to scream. This was magic, aren't characters suppose to be able to just focus on themselves feel the mana in the air and blast enemies. Wasn't there suppose to be a wand or focus point that let you shoot laser beams or summon cool shit. WHY! I like learning don't get me wrong, but I didn't want to do another few years studying basic shit.
We continue our walk down the corridors, and into a new room. This room, to my horror was a classroom. With desk, chairs, a chalk board, and everything else in between. It was a fairly decent size room with about 15-20 desk. The chalkboard was taking up much of the wall that it hung on, and there was a long desk to the side. Which had scientific instruments used for measuring, data collection and other stuff. It looked like my chem and bio lab had a baby together.
"Statement: Sit. Wait until resources provided."
Sit I did, in a classroom. Both the eyeball and the spider left the room. I almost wanted to start singing 'I am so lonely' but stopped myself from any further embarrassment. The way the eyeball looked at me before was the same look my mom gave me when I came home with a low grade. God..my butt cheeks still hurt from that ass whoppin.
I grow up in the ghetto with a single mother. When you grow up poor, you start to think to yourself 'man education aint shit' and then you see your friends selling stuff here and there making money. Why go to school, when you can be part of where the money was going. Selling and dealing with shit that could get you real money, that could get you and your family out.
Well..I did. Stopped paying attention at school, started hanging out with 'friends' making money. My mom found out about it when she got my record card, and beat my ass. She reload when she found out I dealt in drugs too. I will never forget that ass whoppin nor will I forget her words
"MAX! I didnt raise no ungrateful nigga in my house. Them drugs aint going to do shit for you, thinking you over here making money. Nigga you aint making shit. You need to get your ass in school, and learn something. Be something with yourself. Make real money, get out of here. You over here just like them other niggas in this place. Look at them, they be selling and moving shit too. But, do you see them doing anything, going anywhere. No. you don't see them niggas doing nothing but being lazy good for nothing. Nigga I better see you getting 'A's and I better not see no god damn drugs in my house. Now, get your ass to that room and study"
The talked had helped, the ass beating was a bonus. The real kicking was her face of disappointment in me. Somehow, someway the eyeball had that same feeling to it. Disappointed that the only living, person to have found this place was…well..me. Someone who didn't know anything, about anything regarding magic.
The eyeball came back with multiple spider friends. All of the spiders had books in their front claws, it was a sea of bookings coming into the room. My face froze, and as the books started piling up on the empty desk where the instructions were I said.
"Hmm…what is all of this?"
"Statement: Founders and creators believed that all thaumaturgy practitioners should have a basic understanding of all of its branches."
"B-but..fireball? Wand?"
"Statement: Elemental manipulation is currently no advise to student. Statement: wands and other means are…Accessing records of founder Archwizard Frostwhisper thoughts on foci points and wands…"
The eyeball went silent, and then a hear a voice. It was an old man voices, who talked like my grandpa who hated everything about life
"UNLESS! WORTHLESS! BARABARIC! MORONS! No sane practitioner of the arts should lower themselves to such a pathetic pitiful degree as needing something to practice their studies. An artist does not use just a single paint brush, but uses their mind their creativity their imagination to form perfect works of art. Any respecting artist should be able to use anything to form their own works of masterpieces. NOT something as senseless as needing a 'special' paint brush to make their art. Why, if I ever hear another unless practitioner say 'I need a foci point' to use my art then I will personally educate them on the disciplines of frost magic. Maybe, they can be useful as a frozen statue."
That sounded like a grumpy old man…grandpa is that you? Here I am in legit new world, and hearing this old man grumble about this…kind of makes this place lose something. I don't know what is lost, but it lost something. I cant imagine having this guy as a teacher, he probably literally freeze your ass for being late.
"Duly noted. Is there a reason for it…or what. Also why can't I use a fireball again?"
"Statement: Foci points weaken practitioner. Statement: Practitioner`s current body is not strong enough to handle backslash of spells. Practitioner does not currently know the steps, language, runes and other necessary stages to increase temperature safely using mana."
"Backlash…what is that, and what is mana"
"Statement: Backlash is the term used by archwizards to define what happens when a practitioner uses a spell or magic. Clarifying: Every spell has an equal or opposite reaction. If practitioner uses a spell to make a…'fireball' the energy is drawn from the practitioner or environment. However, the temperature loss most come from somewhere. This may cause the user to either lower their body temperature or lower the surrounding temperature. Statement: Thaumaturgy basic theory of energy is that all forces have an equal or opposite reaction that must occur at some point in time during any spell craft."
"So..what if I do a fireball, waterball or something then something might backfire on me?"
"Statement: Correct. Fireball will cause individuals to have lower body temperatures or have surrounding temperatures lowered. Statement: waterball' spell will either dehydrate user or will have water taken from the surrounding space. Clarifying: Thaumaturgy theory of energy. Energy can not be created nor completely destroyed only moved or changed."
"What does that mean?"
"Statement: 1 unit of energy can only make 1 unit of energy spell. Practitioner can not change this formula or law. Statement: This information is provided more information on in the book title 'Thaumaturgy basic laws' on page "164"
"You got to be kidding me….well.. where do we start."
"Statement: I have found the most and complied the most well-rounded study program. Based on students potential, educational level, and personality. Statement: We will begin lesson on current alphabets, and numbers."
One that sounded like an insult and two…ABCs, are you fucking kidding me. I want to learn magic, and I am told I need to learn AB fucking Cs. I just wanted to shoot magic from my hands, be that OP anime magic character, be a fucking badass…Not a fucking nerd who knows their ABCs. I can alright see a wizard duel now
'hmm actually..you cant do that. Its not scientifically possible'
'hmm…actually, that spells needs 2 units of energy and you only have 1'
FUCK me, and my life.
Sigh
"Okay, lets get this going."