( well, yuuta's idea of "parkour" incorporates the assumption that he can jump both horizontally and vertically much further than a typical human might be able to, when he reinforces himself with cursed energy... he just figured it was a much safer bet to take the more pedestrian route.
it's not like they're really in a hurry either way. yuuta smiles broadly, nods, and leads the way, across the bridges made of broad tree branches and haphazardly strung between trees, leading ever-downwards until they reach the ground. from there it's easy enough to find the narrow game trail cut through the undergrowth. fortunately enough, they don't seem to be intersecting with any moving herds of dinosaurs today. yuuta chatters with smalltalk up until the point where he can begin to hear the sound of running water, then he asks, )
Um... What exactly are you interested in learning about the curtains? Is there a specific one you want me to try first?
[ As good as Ernesto usually is at small talk, it's probably obvious partway into this conversation that he's somewhat distracted. A lot happened in pretty rapid succession, and his mind is trying to split its attention as he plots out the next step they should all be taking even in the middle of working through one of them.
He still seems a little surprised when Yuuta finally gets to business though, and hums as he tries to decide what the most important thing to start with is. ]
I guess we're looking to see what area we can still effectively cover, huh? You said it could keep people in or out? Might not be a bad idea to work on expanding it a bit at a time, and I can try my luck at leaving, then let it down, so I can try entering it after that.
( and yuuta, naturally a thoughtful sort of guy, picks up on it as they go along. he isn't a person that needs to fill every waking moment he spends with someone else with conversation. quite the contrary, he tends to benefit most from friends that carry a lot of that burden for him so he can enjoy the ride and contribute when he feels he should. but if ernesto seems to have a lot on his mind, he leaves him to think on it, instead applying his attention to the jungle around them. it's become more familiar to him over the last few months (astonishing, considering how much of a city boy he was based on his upbringing), but it's still a beast ready to bare its fangs at any moment.
the river is one of the few places where the sunlight filters more directly through the thick canopy, having been opened up by the water snaking its way downgrade on the forest floor below. he likes spending time here. there are plenty of perches around that he likes to stake out in, watching all the bizarre animals that call this place home approach to drink.
they seem relatively alone for the time being, which means nothing at all, except perhaps their wild company knows better than to draw attention to themselves. but he thinks it should be fine.
he jumps up onto a large, flat stone near the river's bank, one elevating him perhaps a few feet off the ground. he glances around, judging the space. size isn't really a factor he's put too much thought into for curtains. he typically uses them as a component of a domain expansion โ those, in contrast to curtains that windows usually put up, are fairly small.
he doesn't want to push himself too much too soon and have the thing collapse immediately. so he visualizes a curtain that will enshroud them and a section of the river, perhaps a hundred feet in diameter. a decent size, but not as large as, say, the curtain that getou had dropped over his entire campus.
he takes a breath, and then he raises his right hand in a symbol: fore and middle fingers straight and pressed together along with a thumb, the rest curled to his palm. )
Emerge from the darkness, blacker than darkness. Purify that which is impure.
( and then the curtain begins to fall over them, starting as an amorphous spot in the sky fifty or so feet in the air that slowly crawls down towards the ground like tempered chocolate being poured over a dome. translucent and somewhat dark, it changes the atmosphere of the once-idyllic riverside, making the air gloomy and still.
he glances to ernesto. ) This one should try to keep everyone inside from leaving. Give it a try.
[ Curtain is an usual way to describe a barrier, and because of that Ernesto really had no idea what to expect when Yuuta first admitted that he could create them. The reality is much subtler than anything he was picturing, but that might not be a bad thing. It seems like if they need to trap some of the Kenoma inside of one, they could do it easily without it being noticed until it was too late.
That is assuming that this barrier is going to work like it's supposed to.
A small shiver runs down Ernesto's back at the sense of disquiet being inside Yuuta's barrier brings him, but he ignores it as he slowly starts to move forward, hand out in front of him, so that that can bump into whatever edge of this barrier exists so he doesn't run face first into an invisible wall. ]
Oh, um, around maybe a hundred feet across, maybe? I was thinking something large enough to cover one building.
( it's harder to tell walking towards it, but as ernesto gets closer, he will be able to find the border of the wall easily enough. it's just like they're insects trapped under a tinted glass bowl. there's a faint visual warping, like the world outside bowing strangely across the curved surface, that one can typically pick up on before they run straight into it.
when reached out to, there's not too much to say about how it feels. it just feels like a smooth, sturdy wall. but it doesn't necessarily give the impression of being indestructible. like a thick pane of glass, one might feel like they could shatter it if only they gave it a strong enough hit with the right weapon. )
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[ On one hand, knowing where the edges of Yuuta's barrier will help their allies know exactly where the limits are, but on the other hand it's kind of a shame they probably won't see any Kenoma smack comically into it as they charge at it.
Still, nice to know he won't also smack into it as he reaches out his hand, running it along the "wall" thoughtfully. It definitely doesn't give the impression of being that sturdy, but it is nice that it's doing its job of keeping him in.
He calls back to Yuuta as he stays standing by the curtain's edge. ]
( if they're going fast enough, it might be possible that they could smack into it...
the question seems odd to yuuta. )
Huh?
( he jogs from where he was standing near the river, arriving to stand alongside ernesto. he reaches out to place his hand on the surface of the curtain, even going so far as to tap it. his face screws up with confusion. )
Well... That's kind of new. I mean, there are a few methods of taking down a curtain โ knocking out the sorcerer that's casting it is the main one, though sometimes you can disrupt it by breaking its rules. Like, say if I made a really restrictive barrier to keep just you in, but then someone else rammed their way through from the outside. In instances like that, they can pop like a bubble...
But this, um... Honestly, I don't really know. ( a pause... ) Do you wanna try - hitting it?
[ Ernesto considers that for a second, his hand drifting to the hilt of his sword, and his fingers tapping along it. Truth be told... ]
I don't really want to mess up my sword on a magical barrier, though I wonder...
[ He looks down at the ground around them, walking a few paces before he picks up a pretty decent sized rock, and tosses it up into the air for a second, catching it a second later to check its heft. ]
This only works on people, right? So if I were to chuck this at the wall would it smash into it because I threw it, or would it go right through?
( this is going a bit beyond the specifications that the canon gives me for how curtains work, so this will simply have to be my best on making sense of how it works... )
Ah. Yeah. There's a chance it could damage it.
( there's a reason why yuuta typically reinforces not only his body but his sword as well โ it prevents it from chipping or snapping when using it against things that... swords probably shouldn't be used against. like concrete, cars, reinforced bodies of other sorcerers...
he looks at the rock, and he has to really think about it. )
I think it... depends. It might go off of intent. Like - if you're just throwing the rock to see how far it goes, it might go through. But if you're throwing it with the intent of trying to damage the barrier, it'll probably absorb the "attack"... if that makes sense.
[ Working off of intent, huh? That's an interesting way for this to work, and that could make this trickier too, because now his question is less about intent and more... ]
If that's the case, then what about if we're not aiming at the barrier itself...
[ He looks at a tree that's a little distance past it, closing one eye as he tries to take good aim. ]
But aiming at something on the other side of it?
[ And with that question ask he lobs the rock as hard as he can with the full intention of hitting the tree.
It's not a person, so who is to say if it'll work? Might be nice to know beforehand before they're trying to ward off an attack, and people are firing arrows at them. ]
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it's not like they're really in a hurry either way. yuuta smiles broadly, nods, and leads the way, across the bridges made of broad tree branches and haphazardly strung between trees, leading ever-downwards until they reach the ground. from there it's easy enough to find the narrow game trail cut through the undergrowth. fortunately enough, they don't seem to be intersecting with any moving herds of dinosaurs today. yuuta chatters with smalltalk up until the point where he can begin to hear the sound of running water, then he asks, )
Um... What exactly are you interested in learning about the curtains? Is there a specific one you want me to try first?
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He still seems a little surprised when Yuuta finally gets to business though, and hums as he tries to decide what the most important thing to start with is. ]
I guess we're looking to see what area we can still effectively cover, huh? You said it could keep people in or out? Might not be a bad idea to work on expanding it a bit at a time, and I can try my luck at leaving, then let it down, so I can try entering it after that.
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the river is one of the few places where the sunlight filters more directly through the thick canopy, having been opened up by the water snaking its way downgrade on the forest floor below. he likes spending time here. there are plenty of perches around that he likes to stake out in, watching all the bizarre animals that call this place home approach to drink.
they seem relatively alone for the time being, which means nothing at all, except perhaps their wild company knows better than to draw attention to themselves. but he thinks it should be fine.
he jumps up onto a large, flat stone near the river's bank, one elevating him perhaps a few feet off the ground. he glances around, judging the space. size isn't really a factor he's put too much thought into for curtains. he typically uses them as a component of a domain expansion โ those, in contrast to curtains that windows usually put up, are fairly small.
he doesn't want to push himself too much too soon and have the thing collapse immediately. so he visualizes a curtain that will enshroud them and a section of the river, perhaps a hundred feet in diameter. a decent size, but not as large as, say, the curtain that getou had dropped over his entire campus.
he takes a breath, and then he raises his right hand in a symbol: fore and middle fingers straight and pressed together along with a thumb, the rest curled to his palm. )
Emerge from the darkness, blacker than darkness. Purify that which is impure.
( and then the curtain begins to fall over them, starting as an amorphous spot in the sky fifty or so feet in the air that slowly crawls down towards the ground like tempered chocolate being poured over a dome. translucent and somewhat dark, it changes the atmosphere of the once-idyllic riverside, making the air gloomy and still.
he glances to ernesto. ) This one should try to keep everyone inside from leaving. Give it a try.
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That is assuming that this barrier is going to work like it's supposed to.
A small shiver runs down Ernesto's back at the sense of disquiet being inside Yuuta's barrier brings him, but he ignores it as he slowly starts to move forward, hand out in front of him, so that that can bump into whatever edge of this barrier exists so he doesn't run face first into an invisible wall. ]
How far out did you make this one?
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( it's harder to tell walking towards it, but as ernesto gets closer, he will be able to find the border of the wall easily enough. it's just like they're insects trapped under a tinted glass bowl. there's a faint visual warping, like the world outside bowing strangely across the curved surface, that one can typically pick up on before they run straight into it.
when reached out to, there's not too much to say about how it feels. it just feels like a smooth, sturdy wall. but it doesn't necessarily give the impression of being indestructible. like a thick pane of glass, one might feel like they could shatter it if only they gave it a strong enough hit with the right weapon. )
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Still, nice to know he won't also smack into it as he reaches out his hand, running it along the "wall" thoughtfully. It definitely doesn't give the impression of being that sturdy, but it is nice that it's doing its job of keeping him in.
He calls back to Yuuta as he stays standing by the curtain's edge. ]
How much of a beating can this take?
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the question seems odd to yuuta. )
Huh?
( he jogs from where he was standing near the river, arriving to stand alongside ernesto. he reaches out to place his hand on the surface of the curtain, even going so far as to tap it. his face screws up with confusion. )
Well... That's kind of new. I mean, there are a few methods of taking down a curtain โ knocking out the sorcerer that's casting it is the main one, though sometimes you can disrupt it by breaking its rules. Like, say if I made a really restrictive barrier to keep just you in, but then someone else rammed their way through from the outside. In instances like that, they can pop like a bubble...
But this, um... Honestly, I don't really know. ( a pause... ) Do you wanna try - hitting it?
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[ Ernesto considers that for a second, his hand drifting to the hilt of his sword, and his fingers tapping along it. Truth be told... ]
I don't really want to mess up my sword on a magical barrier, though I wonder...
[ He looks down at the ground around them, walking a few paces before he picks up a pretty decent sized rock, and tosses it up into the air for a second, catching it a second later to check its heft. ]
This only works on people, right? So if I were to chuck this at the wall would it smash into it because I threw it, or would it go right through?
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Ah. Yeah. There's a chance it could damage it.
( there's a reason why yuuta typically reinforces not only his body but his sword as well โ it prevents it from chipping or snapping when using it against things that... swords probably shouldn't be used against. like concrete, cars, reinforced bodies of other sorcerers...
he looks at the rock, and he has to really think about it. )
I think it... depends. It might go off of intent. Like - if you're just throwing the rock to see how far it goes, it might go through. But if you're throwing it with the intent of trying to damage the barrier, it'll probably absorb the "attack"... if that makes sense.
sorry about that!
If that's the case, then what about if we're not aiming at the barrier itself...
[ He looks at a tree that's a little distance past it, closing one eye as he tries to take good aim. ]
But aiming at something on the other side of it?
[ And with that question ask he lobs the rock as hard as he can with the full intention of hitting the tree.
It's not a person, so who is to say if it'll work? Might be nice to know beforehand before they're trying to ward off an attack, and people are firing arrows at them. ]