Meditation alone is not enough to anchor the monks mind and as he dwells into the god mind and seeks the collective knowlage his mind is drawn in to many directions, it ends in a backlash that leaves the monk with no memory of the English language. (Though it will start coming back to him and by 30 hours or so he will be speaking it again)

Nothing, he'd failed... the worst part was he'd promised his avatar to do this but had been unable. The backlash was a minor sting to him compared to the dishonour he'd caused by being unable to do the task he'd been set. Being too prideful maybe of having the mind sphere part of his heritage, a monk of it. Though he tried to rise above it, he'd recover and learn from this. Shaking his head to those present, trying to convey that he'd failed. "[Language unknown: Ceceie riunsa. P io onfiin ai ersherone.]"

(edited for language group...)
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The child looks confused at Huoshui's words. She looks back and forth between Huoshui and Amp to see if the bastet understands. "What was that?"

She shrugs some. Lucy tones in though <He is speaking Chinese, he said 'Sorry friends. I was caught off guard.' >

While inks can't sense paradox, she can see the affects it has on the patern when it backlashs with prime... so she can likely guess some paradox backlash happened.

Huoshui nods, and continues in that manner. "悖論有我。我的陰氣是不夠的。" Taking another breath, "謝謝露西。我需要你的幫助。直到這變淡。" Hoping that mental talk might help the gap of his loss of English, he opened up to Amp trying to convey in thought and emotion rather than words. That he had failed, his magic not enough and his will not tempered enough for the Akashic record.

Thinking he might have to be more specific, needing some clue. Maybe he should have focused on the man behind the 13th sphere seat more. The Akashic record was beyond all comprehension as a whole, foolishness was his undoing and being too ambitious. At least he still would be able to help them against the mechanical sphere, this was not taken from him.

Inks will fire up some prime sense to check. Smiling up, "How many languages do you know, Luci? I missed that too, Please translate what we say, english to chinese, just in case." Looking back to Huoshui, "What were you caught off guard by?"

[Curently I have 34 language cotexs, I can acsess more if I am able to interface with the infosphere, it seams a paradox affect has damaged the patern of his speach center, it may be a while before he can speek anything other than his native language.]

(Lucy will translate, I'm switching speaker/communication/computer and the like to [ ]'s and you can use < >'a for something translated by some one/thing else)

<One day I will learn to not reach for the sun...> Huoshui sighed out in his native tongue, translated by Luci. <I had not thought fully of what I was doing, blindly charging forward to what I believed was what my avatar was trying to tell me to do. Maybe it was what I am meant to do, but I lacked focus of mind and of objective.> Seeing that Luci was now translating for him, which in his mind was a miracle at this point. <Thank you friend, as always you are a gods' send.>

Looking to Ama, <This will not have an affect on my ability to aid in the task ahead, and hopefully this god's curse will leave me soon.>

She smiles "All magic, even ours, is best approached with time and preparation. The more difficult the task the more we must take time to wirk reality to our ways. Think of it as a potter working with clay, some times the clay is soft and wet, while other times it is dry and you must kneed water into it, others too wet and it must dry, and it my be full of air bubbles that need kneeded out but if you do it wrong your indexing air bubbles in." She chuckles some. "Then there is the work itself, it may be easy or require lots of detail, if you spend to much time on the details your waisting everyone's time, but If you don't spend enough then your work will not be satisfactory. All can be changed though before you fire your work, if you are to quick to throw it in the fire then what you pull out might now be what you hoped for"

inks tilts her head with a small smile, "Falling for our melting wings, fortunately, does not often cost our lives. Perhaps we can make a ritual to appease your avatar. What were you trying to do? Mayhap we can create a ritual and find some tools to aid in your quest. It appears we have some time before your allies reconvene."

<You are of course correct, as to what I was attempting was to dive in to the akashic record. A sort of overmind, a mix of memories of all life and especially those of my order.> It was no secret, at least to his knowledge gaining access to it was different. <I do not believe my avatar is angry, this is more the universe rejecting my request. It is not so bad, with Luci here you can still understand me. And last I was stuck by this, well my arms became as wood and my hair as grass. I shall attempt again when I have prepared more... thank you all.>
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"I would rather you not beat yourself up, you have reached a level you can acsess it which in and of itself is a feat, being able to weed through it is something that likely just takes more preparation.  I have been told all rats have the same blood as the rat totem, and the blood connects them in a similar way, but seams to observers the more in touch with that they are the more insane and mentally unstable they are. Five or six thousand years of dead rats and totem is a lot for a mind to handle. It seams to me it is a good thing you have to try and look into your record for it to affect you, and all your training has likely partially been so when you do it don't drive you insaine. But yes diving half hazordly into it seams foolish, from what I know of magics I would suggest some ritual componiates: something that anchors you to this reality, something that connects you to the record, and something that grounds you to yourself. Try creating a ritual with these three things."

Well it was said cats knew magic and her story spoke of them being made from an early Mage and a saber tooth, but that was a bit of impressive knowladge.... She must practice some form of static magic herself.

"What were you doing when reality tried to turn you into a meadow(^^)?" Looking to Amp, "It seems like the cost for insight into the future is often sanity. Of course that may be part of interpretation as well. Asking questions you don't want to know the answer to. That would explain much of the stranger aspects to that rodents nature." inks considers the ritual recipe. "It is my understanding that others aid in such a ritual can be helpful, as well. I'm not sure what is involved but I might be able to help. Are there any others among your group that could help?" to the bastet, "I have worked with few and never with a fera, do you know how well magery and your own talents mix?"

<Yes this act might be more suited to a ritual... It is an act of mind and spirit. I was also trying to use my medium nature, with entropy and prime. I hope was to reach out to the universal mind and grab the information I am meant to find. If others are able to help maybe it would be good for their part to be to help anchor me here, The record is connected to I believe my oaths made to my order and heritage and as you said anchoring myself to my own being... I will add again this is for future, our task at hand is still the sphere and our...> Hand coming unconsciously to the box they were given. <current plans are at hand.>

Looking up, not sure still where to look when talking to Luci. <Could you contact our allies at all? Tell them that we've made preparations. I feel that I could myself but... you are already translating for me.> Shaking his head, laughing and pulling out a bottle of his wine, pulling the cork out with his teeth and taking a swig. <Well friends, thank you, all, once again. I know not to beat myself up, and shall try not to. I shall have to join in with our friends questioning, though I understand if you shall speak no more but you seem well versed in will workings. Is this only academical?>

"There are many things the spirits teach us that mages dealing with spirits can also learn. Our magic can be supported by yours as well."

[I will let them know]

inks smiles with Houshui's laugh, and listens to Amp. Takes another sip and looks around at Luci. It is a general look, but she is specifically looking for sensors. Is the child familiar with any of the tech here? Did she see anything along those lines while exploring before tea?

Putting his drink back in his bag, knowing that too much in front of the current company would be ill on him. <I am coming to learn that spirits are a great source of knowledge. It was known before to me, but you can never truly know I guess till you experience it.> Placing the box they were given with on the floor and pushing it to Amp, <You yourself I believe have a task to do before we head off, will you be needing help or privacy?> Knowing he could not speak specifics but he hoped that just this was enough to keep their contract and his honour. Not knowing how long she'd need to do her preparation.

"Some spirits have wisdom few mortals would think of. Getting them to talk(^^) is the hard part. It is good to see from their point of view. Look at the 'verse sideways; their(^^) straight away." Her eyes follows the box as it goes to Amp. inks looks to the bastet for the metis's answer.

She hands the black wooden box back, it's quite ornate with egypition markings. "No it should wait till it is needed, what I must do wont take but a few seconds. Remember the rock? It is the same power I used to shape that." She nods some and turns to the conversation "Many spirits have there own way of doing things, the older and wiser they are the more often you must appease there ways to learn from them." There was the book on the info sphere that talked about a woman who spent a few years trying to speak with the high courts of the spirits in the asteral reaches, beings of thought and consept quite alien to men. In the end she got there attention by seeking out the asteral construct of the consept of Occman's Razor and using it to kill Schrödinger's cat, sybiolicaly putting an end to there unsertainty about her and in turn gaining there acseptaince. Put such odd tails as that with there's of the ice lord and it becomes clear that those of the spirit courts exspect much of humans, even those like the woman who wished to go through the proper channels and speek with lesser spirits who would the. Speek on her behalf and the like.
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<Well I am honoured I am trusted to hold on to it for now.> Nodding, looking to the box as he hold it in his hands gently. It was the most precious thing in the universe right now, a promise made to spirits and fera, friends and allies, and when it comes down to it this thing should be their chance to end the sphere. Placing it back carefully in his robes, he would keep it till the time and this meant he'd have to be right by her so he would of course keep this in mind when coming to combat plans. <Well Inks, I've found it more easy to talk with them as I said I've experienced a change but I am sure Amaphutha could give you some tips. I've seen her weave far greater relationship with the spirits than myself.>

"Would you share some of your knowledge Amp? I can pool some of mine for a trade if you like." If Amp agrees ink's would likely use wits + enigmas to figure out what she knows that Amp may want and inks has not promised secrecy on. If something comes up that she has vouchsafed she will say so.

wits + enigmas will likely also be useful in inks establishing her level of knowledge with Amp, and figuring out Amps level of knowledge.

"What is it exsactly you want to know?"

<Maybe the young one wishes to learn of life, the universe and everything.> he smiled adding to the conversation, not wanting to discourage more keep things light after his own failing and fall from grace. <Stories are nice to share might I suggest the exchange of those? I do not mean to talk down so do not take offence, but I find that my people take pleasure in exchanging knowledge in such ways. As before when I told of one of the will working techniques I've been working on, there are stories behind all lessons be it when we first learnt them or how the lesson came to be formed and passed from teacher to future teacher.>

She smiles "I simply wondered if there was any particular stories she would like to hear"

"Now we need but know the question, Huoshui(^^). I would know many things, Amp. Do you know of ascension? I know little of the fera and some of the Umbra near and far. I would be happy to share knowledge that I can share. I can but share what I know though(^^)."

ooc: inks likely knows more than I do. These are her general areas of interest as applied to Amp from my knowledge. Her skills may provide her with more focused insight.
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