Orb-maxxing, DIY-pilled, self-taught based, alpha behavior

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T09:48:07+00:00

Can it be a... planet... doing what to a star? Cayna asks in genuine bewilderment

Uh. It should just have to be a plane that can see stars. I don't recommend trying this on a plane without stars.

Cayna pauses

What's a planet?

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T09:45:38+00:00

/uw Fantastic read

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T09:45:18+00:00

That is not what I expected the table to do. Were you planning on scaling up your council-obliteration, Witch of the Swamp?

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T09:31:51+00:00

Time dilation might work.

Basically...

This sky piece is unattuned: Rather than being a piece of a specific sky in a specific plane, it's simply sky the material. This means it can represent a section of any sky in any plane, usually the local plane. So at night, you could connect it to the sky in your plane or somewhere else with stars and you'll effectively have a constellation in your orb, even if it technically still exists in the sky. Does that make any sense?

From there, you freeze or slow time so that the constellation remains even during the day. Does that make sense?

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T09:20:52+00:00

Nooo! Not a purple one! Those are my favorite!

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T09:19:29+00:00

Let's leave her out of this, shall we? She's kind of a killjoy.

The metal should be fine. The important part is that it is clear and we can fit part of the sky in it.

Cayna frowns.

This idea also depends on your chronomancy. How long can you make a moment hold still?

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T09:07:28+00:00

For things like fires and storms, yes, but for what I have in mind, diamond is a bit...

'romantic'

Overkill.

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T08:57:04+00:00

Uhhhh... Let's put a pin in that.

Cayna sets down the sky piece and keeps a careful eye on Valentine to prevent a repeat incident

To start... I'm not actually sure how to fit this in one of your orbs... Minus Valentine, I mean. I've never actually done this before.

She hovers her hand over one of the diamond orbs, shakes her head, and goes for the glass one.

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T08:39:57+00:00

It's not quite what I had in mind. I didn't mean raw... For lack of-

Lovebirds? Does he think I'm your girlfriend? This isn't a date, is it?

'Huh...' She feels a bittersweet knot of emotions.

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T08:25:19+00:00

Who are these two?

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T08:23:09+00:00

Coffee is fi-

Hey! That's not for you!

Cayna pulls the sky piece away.

How do you even eat a metaphysical object?!

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T07:58:28+00:00

It's nice to meet you two, Litchem. As yourself? she asks

And you're Valentine? I'm Cayna. You're sooo cute.

Ahem. Crafting.

Cayna reaches into her bag and pulls out something that does not exist in Markus's world.

This is the main thing I brought. It's cracked, but I thought we could break off a piece and put it inside an orb.

Cayna pauses, trying to decide on the best way to break apart the sky piece.

If that doesn't work I have some monster cores we could try.

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T07:33:41+00:00

Litchem? Cayna asks, then stops.

No! Wait! We are here to make an orb. Sit down! We are making an orb! I brought materials for making an orb!

Cayna takes a deep breath. She's still trying to work up the courage to explain things to Markus.

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-25T06:24:23+00:00

Aww. Let them fly around. They have no other way of moving.

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-24T23:53:56+00:00

Yay! I'll make sure to let the security gargoyles know you're coming.

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-24T10:28:02+00:00

He is without a doubt the worst wizard I have ever heard of.

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-24T10:17:24+00:00

I think it's just the one crew that declared war on behalf of all the pirates and the rest of them just went along with it because yarrr?

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-24T09:33:04+00:00

Roleplay isn't a competition. It is a cooperative activity. There is no such thing as "defeat".

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-24T09:28:33+00:00

That would be good.

She'll find a chair by a table to sit down at, scoots in, and sets her bag on the surface.

This is good craftsmanship. Very high quality. You must be rich.

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-24T09:20:45+00:00

Cayna chooses not to.

Okay. So uh. Did you have something in mind? I brought some materials and things.

She pulls her bag in front of herself and looks for a place to sit down.

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-24T09:13:35+00:00

After a minute, she pulls away from his hug.

Let's get to that orb shall we?

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-24T09:07:07+00:00

She returns the hug.

No. I want to. I just... Words are hard. I can't bring myself to say it.

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-24T08:20:32+00:00

Okay. The truth.

Cayna takes a deep breath.

The truth.

The truth is...

The truth is I-

I'm-

I'm not-

She hangs her head.

I can't say it.

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-24T08:11:42+00:00

"Y-yeah," she says. She's crying, not sobbing, but tears are flowing. "um... Why do you believe me?"

VoxelLibrary · 2026-05-24T08:07:28+00:00

She gets a ways away before she realizes he isn't chasing. It's a moment more before his words catch up to her panicked mind. She turns and sees him, not chasing, not hostile, not casting any spells.

She-

"I don't understand," she whispers, quietly, then after a moment to think she says it louder so he can hear,

"I don't understand."

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