The gathering of Allies

As per the usual arrival of the Rampart Oscuri, reality imploded and within seconds a rift in the life stream made its entrance- From it, Celeana Feuer stepped out. The Oscuri adorned the armoury of the Bulwark as always, her sapphire blue eyes immediately sat upon the Yokai Citadel with the intentions of approaching it.

She required Aita- If anything, she had to hand back what she had borrowed, for if she did not? He would probably ask for yet another favour out of the Oscuri- She hated being indebted in the first place, but having to pay 'interest' because of his lack of appearance? No way.

"Aita Kovac?" Sounded her voice, her eyes slowly averting from the Citadel onto the surplus of soldiers and yokai alike which roamed the vicinity- No response, instead they simply kept going on their merry way. Perhaps this was why remaining within New Alteros was a good idea, there they had to respect her and her questions.
(Celeana Feuer)

The notes... the notes had been intriguing if a little strange. Necromancy was indeed quite the strange subject. Carving off pieces of your soul to tether minions to your will and binding the long since dead to you. It was... Hmm, not quite what he had expected and would need to be, well, altered if he wanted to succeed, but the theory was sound at the very least.

Next would come the hard part. "I haven't seen Aita around in a while Celeana... he came a few months ago but since then, not much..." His voice rang out as he strolled over to her. His posture likely vastly different from when she last saw him. For one he seemed to be happy and smiling, though the smile had a coy edge to it.

"What do you need him for anyway? Oh, yes, actually I had a question for you. Your rift magic, I am not entirely aware of the specifics, but, well... do you reckon you could tear a hole into the spirit realm with it? I am entirely curious in that place and I do need a way in, or a least a window in. I need to find something rather specific in there."

"A new spirit to summon you see."
(Gorandis)

Gorandis- A person who had initially come across Celeana as simple entertainment, him being on the brink of insanity had certainly brought a smile to her lips, she was quite odd like that after all. But for him to actually 'conquer' it to some degree and now being relatively powerful? She had heard of his victory over the Knight of Nahele, granted Lasswell is quite an embarrassment to the title of Knight.

"Ahh, Gorandis. Really? How unfortunate, I have something I must return to him, you see- He is, however, extremely hard to get ahold of." Her voice was quite stern, indifferent towards his appearance it would seem, though her gaze did shift slightly as he questioned her rift- She did not like to disclose such details, it was, after all, what made her unique and special in comparison to others.

"In order to open a rift to a specific space, I require a sample of the mana in the vicinity- Everything on Eternia has a specific 'mark' per-se, I locate that and string two places together momentarily. I cannot go where I have never been, sadly." She shrugged, certainly Gorandis had already reached his maximum potential, no? It wasn't like anyone could truly learn rift from such redundant information.
(Celeana Feuer)

"Well I'm not after learning the technique myself, I just wanted to employ your help for a little ritual, but if you can't help then, hmm damn..." He grunted softly in frustration and sucked air between his teeth. "Well, hmm, I wonder. No, that wouldn't work either. Well, Rift magic is tearing a hole in the lifestream itself right, could that not mean you could, well, reach into the lifestream with it?"

"I-- No that would probably be too dangerous too." His fingers drummed over the surface of the Necromancer's tome. "You see, in order to bind a spirit, you need to know where it is in the spirit realm, but unless I can look there I can't identify one worth grabbing. This only really leaves me with two options... Doing it at random..."

The distaste with which he said this made it apparent what he thought about that option. "Or, using the spirit I have to draw in others, power him up like a beacon with mana in order to attract hundreds of spirits to it, hopefully the right ones. ANd then I can summon all of them at once and sift through them. Dangerous, yes."

"But, likely the most rewarding... I might need your help with that, you have great power and the ritual could do with your strength..."
(Gorandis)

Well, well, well... She had great power? Well he certainly knew how to properly appeal to her- Through her ego.

"Hm... Well, I once..." A shiver, she recalled the slight accident during her first attempt at rifting- For but a moment, she felt but the smallest possible part of the life stream and the feeling was... Overwhelming to say the least. It was what truly enlightened her to how dangerous Rifting could be. "Tried. It didn't end well. One should not play too much with the life stream- Even Rift magic is quite... Careful."

Eyes settled upon the Occultist once more, a smile slowly curving her lips once more, "But of course, anything to help a fellow Occultist and Azraelite." She spoke under the assumption he had not yet abandoned the word of the Morning Lord- At least one would not do so in front of an Oscuri, no? "It does sound interesting after all."
(Celeana Feuer)

"Ah, that's perfect, one more for the ritual... I shall have to see if I can drag Lorelei in too. Though I should hope not. In fact I believe your power alone will be enough to stabilise things I can get to work... But now I have to start the convergence of spirits. The warp the energy around in the spirit realm so that the beacon can be lit..."

His fingers drummed on the tome again sharply. "But that is for me to sort out. I thank you for lending me your aid for this. The ritual should be ready to start in a few months time if you can make it. I have traveling and preparations to do after all. And I need to examine this other book... The one Lorelei gave me. Including the steps and theories behind summoning her spirit..."

"Let's just say for the first time I am glad that I didn't straight become a magi... Being a bank clerk for a while... while it was a waste of my time, it did help me get used to numbers... and this summoning it going to require some... hefty calculations..." He frowned slightly. "Still, I have my urges in check now thanks to being here. It sure helps when I have people to beat up around here..."

"Both Lasswell and Alistaer really helped me deal with wanting to destroy..."
(Gorandis)

Celeana Feuer: Mhm, no problem- I am happy you have started to settle in properly.
Gorandis: Yes it has been quite nice.
Celeana Feuer: As for making it... Well I am a Rift mage.
Celeana Feuer: It should be quite easy.
Gorandis: Well it will take me a while to get these other runes in place... I will contact you when it is ready
Celeana Feuer: Very well- I suppose I'll take my leave again, seeing as Aita is not here.
Gorandis: Yes, I need to meet him at some point, I have heard a lot about him...
Gorandis: Well, again, thank you for your aid
Gorandis: Now I have my own preparations to do...