[The trouble here is Barcus' mind immediately goes to Percy and his Residuum. It would be the perfect material for something like this, except 1. there's not much of it and 2. Barcus has been sworn to secrecy regarding the origins and processing methods.
So he can't offer that. He can't even mention it. Not unless Percy gives him a go-ahead, which seems unlikely.]
I...can make you lightning stones, but only in limited amounts. It takes a long while to construct a complicated crystal.
Let me do some research about the stabilizers first and get back to you. In the long run, it might be better to have a technological source to keep the island afloat, rather than pure magic. As a backup system if nothing else.
[The actual trouble here was the one that always happened when working with the Adeptus Mechanicus--they always thought their ideas were better, and they always tried to take control. What he would give for a proper Techmarine. ]
That may be true. [That's a lie. Nothing that is run purely by technology is better than something controlled by an actual sentient intelligence. ]
The difference is, I'm at least doing something about it. [His plan might be flawed, but it's a plan and it would work. Not elegantly, not without cost, but it would work. He hadn't heard anyone else even give a damn about the place, and he didn't even LIVE there.] I am easy enough to find. Should you need to.
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Date: 2025-07-21 10:11 pm (UTC)Storing spells within stones and gems is very common, though. Did you have something in mind you wanted done?
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Date: 2025-07-21 10:14 pm (UTC)Nymion's holding up Heaven's Bow with his sorcery.
He could withdraw that at any time. [Maybe because he's dead but maybe just because he seems kind of like a jerk.]
Someone needs to have something in place in that case.
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Date: 2025-07-21 10:18 pm (UTC)If you ask me, Salt Spire and possibly Ignacia's Cradle might benefit from similar emergency systems.
There are devices on one of the Sylph islands that help to to stabilize it. Beleth and I investigated them before, when they needed repair.
I would need assistance, preferably from multiple sources, but I assume this is something we don't want to advertise we're looking into.
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Date: 2025-07-21 10:22 pm (UTC)I wouldn't ask if I could do it on my own, either.
It's mostly sourcing the materials that's my issue. [Once he has those, it's just a matter of consecration and placement.]
If there are people you trust I will
grudginglyinvolve them.Only, do not let them know wholly how it works.
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Date: 2025-07-31 03:52 pm (UTC)So he can't offer that. He can't even mention it. Not unless Percy gives him a go-ahead, which seems unlikely.]
I...can make you lightning stones, but only in limited amounts. It takes a long while to construct a complicated crystal.
Let me do some research about the stabilizers first and get back to you. In the long run, it might be better to have a technological source to keep the island afloat, rather than pure magic. As a backup system if nothing else.
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Date: 2025-08-01 01:29 pm (UTC)That may be true. [That's a lie. Nothing that is run purely by technology is better than something controlled by an actual sentient intelligence. ]
The difference is, I'm at least doing something about it. [His plan might be flawed, but it's a plan and it would work. Not elegantly, not without cost, but it would work. He hadn't heard anyone else even give a damn about the place, and he didn't even LIVE there.] I am easy enough to find. Should you need to.