10/7 1:14 (Autumn, Day, Midrar)
Luna turned her attention back towards her Mates from the depth of her own Soul, having finished finding and isolating the part of it that was trying to lead her to what she was almost certain was a trap, while examining every single one of her thoughts to search for any other extraneous ones within her head by using her "Parallel Processing" Skill to examine them and work out their origin.
Once done for the moment, she turned back to her sleeping Mates and started to poke them on the cheeks repeatedly to wake them up, hearing them groan to being woken up.
"Why are you so excited right now…?" Sabel, the one more accustomed to waking up early, sleepily asked her fully awake Mate.
"Because someone made a trap for me and is trying to guide me there without my knowledge!" Luna exclaimed, excited for the incoming fight.
"But you know about this trap. What do you plan on doing now?" Amber asked, fully awake upon hearing what the Lunarian just said.
"I am planning on waiting until well after my little Human's birthday and then spring the trap on them at my convenience. If they want my attention so much, they can wait for it, can't they?" The words may have seemed to be surprisingly gentle but all three of her Mates could feel the murderous glee hidden underneath those.
"Don't Compulsion worsen over time?" Mafel questioned, well aware and worried from the memories she eredited from the Elf Paladin.
"Yes, at least normally. However this Compulsion was made particularly weak to try and escape my notice, thing it failed at, and because I am aware of it's existence, my Status Alteration Nullification would lenghten further the time before it would matter. And because of what and who I am, it will not be able to interfere with me by the time it should be able to." The Vampiric one explained.
"I see. Who do you think is trying to… find you?" Sabel hesitantly asked the red-eyed one.
"They could be after me because of what I am, because of who I am, because of who I know or because of what I did. All the same, it doesn't particularly matter to me the reason or even who it is." Luna indifferently explained, before she fully rose up from their bed, stretching shortly before extending her left hand to help up the Human.
Said black-haired girl was easily pulled up by her physically more imposing Mate, being securely held in her arms before their lips met in a short kiss before she was gently set on her feet.
Afterwards Luna did the same with both Amber and Mafel in the place of a "good morning" before moving towards the Runic Array's Keystone functioning as its controller.
Once there, after a brief look over it, she confirmed the changes she intended to make.
First she Converted her own Vital Mana's imprint to match Mafel's own and then she very carefully started to make change in the Runes under the focused gaze of Mafel and Amber that were making sure to memorize the changes, noting how she was mostly affecting the Energy Well of their base.
"I calculated these alterations while I was sleeping, based upon mostly my Unique Skill with some details from various memories I acquired."
And almost as if to congratulate her for her research and planning for it…
*Luna Gains the Ability Skill "True Calamity Runic Supremacy" E.
Luna instinctively understood the Cipher she acquired at the same moment as she gained her new Skill and the Runes she just learned together with it.
Beyond the Runic Language belonging to the World, every single Being has their own Runic Language based on their understanding of Reality and even if Luna could access only a small part of her own Cipher, based upon her own nature as a Lunarian, her past lives, her twin Authorities and her Unique Skill, that was more than enough for the red-eyed one to seek within the Keystone every single Concept they shared and integrating them together.
This increased the complexity of the Runic Array and needed her to give up even more Vital Mana to finalize the changes, sure, but on the other hand the Array became much more efficient in the long run when it comes to the creation, storage and use of Energy.
In addition to that her changes increased the defensive measures of their base, both by reinforcing them in Durability and by creating a paper-thin membrane around it to absorb Energy.
Mafel and Amber analyzed the changes, noting how Luna's personal Runes were all made out of single, flowing movements that spiraled towards their center while seeming to lean on each other to make a greater whole than its component.
The Phoenix quickly tore her gaze away from them, embarassed by the insight she gained towards the way her Mate understood Reality, the only one of the four that had been taught that this was an incredibly intimate gesture, a very deep look at the inside of the red-eyed one, fleeing deeper in the base with a slightly flushed face, joining Sabel.
"What do you want for breakfast?" The black-haired one asked, smiling at the blonde when she saw her enter the kitchen where she was currently preparing to cook their first meal of the day.
After all Sabel was the only one of the four that would think about their meals, Mafel adapting too well to company to the point that she required someone to look after her needs, Amber being able to feed off either fire or Energy if necessary and finally Luna did not eat, except for sweets, and actually hated the act of eating itself.
"You know how to cook?" The orange-eyed one wondered, curious at the fact a noble knew it.
"I learned from Hale, my Party's cleric, how to cook. He himself learned while working to help various churches where he helped out and he taught Jay and me after he recovered from a sickness and us "Outrejects" needed to spend a lot of money in food. Fortunately, even if he is terrible with money, Jay is rich thanks to the combination of an eidetic memory and very high artistic talents." Sabel explained calmly.
"I see… In that case I don't particularly mind what you are doing." Amber answered calmly, moving closer to observe and trying to learn how to cook from her Mate's example, mostly to pass the time.
The Human offered her affirmation with a thumbs up, starting to properly cook breakfast for all four of them.
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10/7 1:28 (Autumn, Day, Midrar)
Luna and Mafel looked up from their now joint project, the two having expanded because of their excitement, working to refine the Runic Array together, their Aura flaring in a single blaze of power.
Vital Energy and Mana within the Spectral Elf was quickly Converted into Vital Mana, joining the Lunarian's before gradually filling the Array to the limit, the Energy being digested to finalize each change.
"Here." Sabel gently placed two different plates on the table supporting the Runic Keystone, one full of various fruits carefully cut into small slices before Mafel while the other before Luna had some pieces of hard, but not too hard, pieces of sweet candy for her to chew while she worked on the Runic Array.
"Thank you." The Curse-Holy User expressed her gratitude while instead the No-Attribute Sorcerer immediately took one of them, tasting them while analyzing the Runes, her gratitude being sent throught their Mark to both of her swordswomen.
Amber sat down too, posing her own and Sabel's breakfast on the table before, after thinking about it, releasing her Aura in full, trying to get used to the feeling and strain of it.
The black-haired one looked up, confused before understanding downed on her and she herself released her Aura in full.
The four of them, Vital Energy and Mana being taken in by Luna before being turned into Vital Mana and fed to her Mates and then to the Runic Array, started to talk with each other, planning what to do in the future.
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10/7 1:29 (Autumn, Day, Ocean)
Sider, currently using her [Living Stone] Technique, was meditating deeply, her eyes closed as she circulated her Qi at high-speed, her Qi smashing against her Meridians at as a high a speed, while being careful to tear but not to shred them, as possible.
Meanwhile her Vital Energy and Mana was slowly, very inefficiently, being mixed with the Energy of the World all around her, forming Qi that was then split between her Living Weapon resting on her lap, her Necklace and her own body.
This process was only possible because of said Necklace around her neck, the only thing she was currently wearing, an Artifact made out of Living Stone with the express purpose of slowly making Neutral Qi for her to take in.
From her body, currently naked except for her Necklace to maximize the rate of absorption and minimize both the Qi that was returning to the World and the damage her clothes would suffer, liquid stone flowing down as small parts of her body were being melted down deep within her body, replaced by stronger parts before being sweat from her body, impurities being expelled from her system.
This last part was caused by one of the two Major Paths of Cultivation, not Qi Irradiation but Qi Reformation, more specifically Body Reformation, a process to melt and then flush out impurities in the body to substitute them with more effective ones, depending on the Cultivator.
This was a process that a Cultivator at her level normally would not have done, or at least they would have been much more careful than she was currently being however she had no need to worry as her [Living Stone] Technique and her Skills working in tandem meant that at least for a little while she could safely Reform herself, accelerating her growth for the future.
Ten minutes later she stopped, slowly and gradually returning to her normal state before dragging herself towards her meal that, considering how she was forced to use her Form Skill, was consisting mostly of meat to help her muscles to recover faster.
Sider then started to eagerly devour her breakfast.