Hows The Civ-suit Coming Along? :3

hows the civ-suit coming along? :3

It's....progressing.

Sleeves are done, and the paws are sewn, but I've been having problems with the claws. I tried 3d printing and using magnets, but they aren't secure enough. I need to look at new options for the claws. I also haven't gotten around to fixing the tail yet. It's on the list, but Imma be honest: I haven't devoted a ton of time to it since I've been focusing on The Search for Civ.

The Search for Civ

Lye's Personal Log: 9/15/2024

Civ has been missing for almost a week now.

His disappearance was completely random. Checking his belongings and room, there was no signs of him saying where he would be going. His friends and coworkers said he had gone home with no word of him planning on anything. When I awoke on Tuesday, we was nowhere to be seen, though I had noted he had come home the night before.

The cops have made the missing persons report. The local diviners are unable to find a trace of him. Even my own magical efforts show him to have all but been home one moment, and then gone the next, with only a magical error that seems to think he's somewhere in the sky. No magical teleportation traces or dimensional portals to be found. By all accounts, it's as if he simply vanished.

I wonder if the procedure I did was the problem. A month ago, I had found magical traces of the monster we encountered in the ghost town known as Echo within his mind. A slow leaking magic, one that started to get stronger with time. Nevermind Civ's mental state deteriorating over the course of the month, but I feared if this continued that the creature from Echo could be using Civ to expand its territory, which I had to stop.

I had performed a magical removal procedure to remove this magical infection. Alas, this procedure removed his memories of his visits to Echo, which I thought was a happy side effect, but it successfully removed the magical infestation. It was contained and safe.

But Civ was magically vulnerable post-procedure, and it wouldn't take much for an entity to overpower him in his state, something I'm starting to worried may have happened. Even now, I worry that targeting him with strong divining magic may harm him.

However, I've run out of options.

At this point, the only way to reach Civ would be to use something magically connected to him. As a magic-less being, Civ would typically make this inordinately difficult.

But...

This magical infestation, it has parts of Civ in it. Memories, a connection, the strongest magical item connected to him. It might be the only object capable of this level of magic.

To make matters better (but also somewhat worse), Kerry put me in contact with her families...special resources. Dealing with them will be dangerous...but they might be the only way to save Civ.

I will begin preparations for this magical ritual, but it will take time, time I will use to exhaust all other search methods first. I am fearful of what may come in the future, but hopefully it will be worth it to get Civ back.

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What are those Adastra opinions you mentioned, otter boy?

Well, I was kinda opening up the floor a bit, since I wasn't gonna just impose my own takes on yall.

There's quite a few things you could bring up, so feel free to send me some asks on particular takes.

Here's some teasers/starters of my thoughts:

FVN protags are idiots, but also insanely smart

Amicus is given a lot of leeway and forgiveness

Cassius has some valid points

Space god has a lot of implications in master/servant relationships given sci-fi empires (this is my favorite)

The Search For Civ

Lye's Personal Log: 9/17/2024

It's hard to keep a full time job and continue searching for Civ, but I'm making it manage. Luckily it's not only me who's searching, but most of the help I've gotten are from other non-mages, and can only help cover physical ground.

In the meantime, I've taken the time to deeply magically search Civ's room and belongings, trying to find anything that could lead me to him. However, other than a few 'undesirable' things I found (and will be performing a memory removal spell on those memories once this is all over), it got me nowhere.

I even took time to check the athletic club where Civ swims and works out. I found a few other regulars who knew him, but each said that he was not out-of-the-ordinary that day. It turns out that no one was using the lane he tends to use, which made it feel rather empty to the other regulars.

I tried one last time to perform a tracing spell, and I pulled out my most powerful boosting components for the spell. But yet again, I only got the strange "UP" response again. I'm starting to think that he somehow IS up in the sky, and that an unscheduled sky mote is floating overhead invisibly.

I've run out of options. It's time to perform that ritual I was trying to avoid.

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I have been informed that I have passed inspection.

I have no idea what that means, but it sounds like a good thing.

Pardon me, just the FBI coming through

Submit your underwear whenever it is convenient

A visit from the Federal Bulge Inspectors! Oh!

Oh...uh....reporting for .... inspection then?

Unless you want me to literally submit them? What could you possibly need them for?

The Search for Civ

I recited the incantation and spoke the summoning phrase for Kerry's contact. I am not versed in the Diabolic language, but Kerry ensured me that it's English translation was along the lines of: "I call upon you (Name in Diabolic), heed my call, for I have a proposal."

I was not ready for the response I got.

A dull laughter filled the room, and it became cold in the room. I now felt like I had made a mistake, but it was too late. The incantation remained, and despite my expectations, nothing came into sight.

I sure felt a presence though.

"Hmmmmm, interesting, mortal," a strangely smooth yet chilling male voice said in my head, "I would not have expected one of your like to call directly upon my service."

"And to whom do I have the pleasure of asking for assistance?" I asked the presence.

"Hmm, it would seem you were not informed of who you speak to," the voice continued.

"I..."

"I am Asmodeus, Lord of the Hells."

"And I have come to hear your proposal."

My heart stopped cold. The room seemed to spin, and soon it felt as if the only light in the room was the glowing red of the demonic circle on the floor. The air became suffocating.

"Oh," I tried to speak to a non-existent figure, "I...I would have liked to have known it would be...Asmodeus I was contacting..." I tried to stammer out.

"Hm Hm Hm," the voice chuckled, "Well then, what is your proposal?"

I swallowed hard and tried to speak through the now-molasses-like air.

"I...I am looking for a dear friend. My magics have failed me and I need help in finding him," I stated.

The room was silent except for the buzz in my ears from the circle.

"Hmmm, that can be arranged," the voice said inquisitively, "But you should know there is a price."

"And I'm ready to pay a great deal of things for your help," I responded hastily, only afterwards kicking myself for opening myself up to a bad deal out of desperation.

The room was quite again.

"I want that orb you hold, and one future favor to be paid to my underling."

I had expected him to say something about a soul, or even a first born or one of the other stereotypical 'payments' for powerful services. But his statement almost confused me.

"That all? The orb and to help a guy?" I said, biting back my hesitancy thinking there was more.

"Yes."

"Done," I spat quickly.

As soon as I uttered the words, the orb I was holding shot towards the summoning circle. It spun violently, glowing brighter and brighter, until I had to shield my eyes. I heard a strange piercing noise in the air, followed by a thunderous crash.

The room slowly grew quiet, and the light died down. But instead of the just the summing circle...

'He' was standing there...

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