>;astrology
--- Lich: astrology active.
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[astrology]>release mana
You aren't harnessing any mana.
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[astrology]>prep AUS 12
You raise your arms skyward, chanting the equation of the Aura Sight spell.
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[astrology]>charge my cam armband 15
You harness a moderate amount of energy and attempt to channel it into your cambrinth armband.
You are able to channel all the energy into the armband.
The cambrinth armband absorbs all of the energy.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
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[astrology]>charge my cam armband 15
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You harness a moderate amount of energy and attempt to channel it into your cambrinth armband.
You are able to channel all the energy into the armband.
The cambrinth armband absorbs all of the energy.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
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You feel you have sufficiently pondered your latest observation.
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[astrology]>charge my cam armband 15
You harness a moderate amount of energy and attempt to channel it into your cambrinth armband.
You are able to channel all the energy into the armband.
The cambrinth armband absorbs all of the energy.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
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[astrology]>invoke my cam armband
The cambrinth armband pulses with Lunar energy.  You reach for its center and forge a magical link to it, readying all of its mana for your use.
Roundtime: 1 sec.
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[astrology]>cast
You gesture.
Your cambrinth armband emits a loud *snap* as it discharges all its power to aid your spell.
Your color vision blossoms with new depth.  The vibrant hues resolve into clearly defined auras that dance around everything you see.
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[astrology]>release mana
You aren't harnessing any mana.
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[astrology]>prep CV 10
You raise your arms skyward, chanting the equation of the Clear Vision spell.
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[astrology]>harness 10
You tap into the mana from ten of the surrounding streams and attempt to keep it channeling in a stream around you.
Roundtime: 2 sec.
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You've gained a new rank in using twohanded edged weapons.
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You feel fully rested.
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[astrology]>cast
You gesture.
You contribute your harnessed streams to increase the pattern's potential.
You feel more aware of your environment.
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[astrology]>release mana
You aren't harnessing any mana.
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[astrology]>prep PG 10
You raise your arms skyward, chanting the equation of the Piercing Gaze spell.
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[astrology]>harness 10
You tap into the mana from ten of the surrounding streams and attempt to keep it channeling in a stream around you.
Roundtime: 2 sec.
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You feel fully rested.
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You feel fully prepared to cast your spell.
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[astrology]>cast
You gesture.
You contribute your harnessed streams to increase the pattern's potential.
The center of your vision loses its color.  Adjusting your sight, you notice that objects you focus on become grey and gain a murky transparency.
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[astrology]>release mana
You aren't harnessing any mana.
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[astrology]>stance set 100 0 80
Setting your Evasion stance to 100%, your Parry stance to 0%, and your Shield stance to 80%.  You have 3 stance points left.
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[astrology]>prepare RtR 375
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You feel intense strain as you try to manipulate the mana streams to form this pattern, and you are not certain that you will have enough mental stamina to complete it.
You raise your arms skyward, chanting the equation of the Read the Ripples spell.
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[astrology]>remove my signet ring
You slide a brushed gold signet ring cradling an aurora tourmaline off your finger.
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[astrology]>invoke my signet ring
You lift your ring toward the sky and will the mana streams to bend into it.
Roundtime: 20 sec.
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You feel fully rested.
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You feel fully attuned to the mana streams again.
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Your ring steadily brightens, until it burns like a glowing white torch!
You direct the flow of power you've conjured up into your spell pattern, taking much of the strain of empowering it off you.
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Your ring fades over the course of a few seconds, returning to normal.
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[astrology]>wear my signet ring
You slide a brushed gold signet ring cradling an aurora tourmaline onto your finger.
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[astrology]>sit
You sit down.
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[astrology]>cast
You gaze towards the heavens seeking their silent guidance.
The mental strain of this pattern is considerably eased by your ritual focus.
At the ritual's peak, your prophetic connection blooms a thousand-fold.  You are alone.  An infinitesimal speck in space and time adrift in an infinite sea of possibility.  The course of your past, present and future are dictated by ceaseless currents beyond any mortal control.

But infinitesimal is not insignificant, and control is not understanding.  These are indisputable facts etched into the essence of every prophet.
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[astrology]>perc mana
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You reach out with your senses and see glowing (11/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Enlightened Geometry book.
You reach out with your senses and see lambent (12/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Moonlight Manipulation book.
You reach out with your senses and see lambent (12/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Perception book.
You reach out with your senses and see pulsating (10/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Psychic Projection book.
Roundtime: 12 sec.
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You regain your balance.
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As your consciousness drifts amongst the currents of Fate, you find yourself drawn towards the constellation of the Coyote.
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You feel fully rested.
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You regain your balance.
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[astrology]>get telescope in my backpack
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You get a rosewood telescope from inside your backpack.
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[astrology]>center telescope on Coyote
You put your eye to the telescope and attempt to center on the constellation of the Coyote.
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[astrology]>peer telescope
You focus your enhanced sight, through some of the cloud cover, upon the Coyote.
All but the smallest bit of the Coyote is obscured by clouds.
You struggle to make your observation through the clouds, but you manage to pinpoint the Coyote with the help of your telescope.
The Coyote, symbol of Be'ort, sits upon its haunches, head raised above in a lonely, eternal howl to the winter heavens.
You learned something useful from your observation.
Roundtime: 9 sec.
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You regain your balance.
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[astrology]>put telescope in my backpack
You put your telescope in your backpack.
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You regain your balance.
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You regain your balance.
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Your body below the waist is finally dry.
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As your consciousness drifts amongst the currents of Fate, you find yourself drawn towards the planet Amlothi.
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[astrology]>get telescope in my backpack
You get a rosewood telescope from inside your backpack.
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[astrology]>center telescope on Amlothi
You put your eye to the telescope and attempt to center on the planet Amlothi.
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[astrology]>peer telescope
You focus your enhanced sight, through some of the cloud cover, upon the planet Amlothi.
All but the smallest bit of the planet Amlothi is obscured by clouds.
You struggle to make your observation through the clouds, but you manage to pinpoint the planet Amlothi with the help of your telescope.
Amlothi shines a merry yellow-green as it keeps watch from above.
The insight gained from your prior observations floats gently through your subconsciousness.  You intuitively draw the relevant details to the forefront of your mind, using them to nurture your current efforts.
You learned something useful from your observation.
Roundtime: 9 sec.
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You regain your balance.
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You feel fully attuned to the mana streams again.
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You regain your balance.
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[astrology]>put telescope in my backpack
You put your telescope in your backpack.
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You regain your balance.
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[astrology]>perc mana
You reach out with your senses and see glowing (11/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Enlightened Geometry book.
You reach out with your senses and see glowing (11/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Moonlight Manipulation book.
You reach out with your senses and see lambent (12/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Perception book.
You reach out with your senses and see shimmering (9/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Psychic Projection book.
Roundtime: 4 sec.
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You regain your balance.
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As your consciousness drifts amongst the currents of Fate, you find yourself drawn towards the planet Amlothi.
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[astrology]>get telescope in my backpack
You get a rosewood telescope from inside your backpack.
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[astrology]>center telescope on Amlothi
You put your eye to the telescope and attempt to center on the planet Amlothi.
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[astrology]>peer telescope
You focus your enhanced sight, through some of the cloud cover, upon the planet Amlothi.
All but the smallest bit of the planet Amlothi is obscured by clouds.
You struggle to make your observation through the clouds, but you manage to pinpoint the planet Amlothi with the help of your telescope.
Amlothi shines a merry yellow-green as it keeps watch from above.
The insight gained from your prior observations floats gently through your subconsciousness.  You intuitively draw the relevant details to the forefront of your mind, using them to nurture your current efforts.
You learned something useful from your observation.
You believe you've learned all that you can about offense.
Roundtime: 9 sec.
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You regain your balance.
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[astrology]>put telescope in my backpack
...wait 1 seconds.
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[astrology]>put telescope in my backpack
...wait 1 seconds.
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[astrology]>put telescope in my backpack
...wait 1 seconds.
>;chat I just added support for telescopes to be tied or stored in a particular container. If you can test it, that would be good. It's not in the system yet, but the code can be found and brought into your system for testing.
[astrology]>put telescope in my backpack
You put your telescope in your backpack.
>;chat https://github.com/rpherbig/dr-scripts/pull/3850
You regain your balance.
>;chat Thanks for the help.
You regain your balance.
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Freezing water drips from your copper zills.
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As your consciousness drifts amongst the currents of Fate, you find yourself drawn towards the planet Penhetia.
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[astrology]>get telescope in my backpack
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You get a rosewood telescope from inside your backpack.
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[astrology]>center telescope on Penhetia
You put your eye to the telescope and attempt to center on the planet Penhetia.
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[astrology]>peer telescope
You focus your enhanced sight, through some of the cloud cover, upon the planet Penhetia.
All but the smallest bit of the planet Penhetia is obscured by clouds.
You struggle to make your observation through the clouds, but you manage to pinpoint the planet Penhetia with the help of your telescope.
Penhetia, 'The Stalwart Defender', has a brown, cratered surface displaying the scars of the many battles it has fought to protect Elanthia from harm.
You see nothing regarding the future.
Roundtime: 9 sec.
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[astrology]>put telescope in my backpack
You put your telescope in your backpack.
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You regain your balance.
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You regain your balance.
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[astrology]>perc mana
You reach out with your senses and see glowing (11/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Enlightened Geometry book.
You reach out with your senses and see glowing (11/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Moonlight Manipulation book.
You reach out with your senses and see lambent (12/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Perception book.
You reach out with your senses and see shimmering (9/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Psychic Projection book.
Roundtime: 8 sec.
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You regain your balance.
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You regain your balance.
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You regain your balance.
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[play]>play elegy on zills
Your zills's dirtiness may affect your performance.
You begin a quiet elegy on your copper zills with only the slightest hint of difficulty.
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The light snow falls silently down on the surface of your copper zills.
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As your consciousness drifts amongst the currents of Fate, you find yourself drawn towards the red moon Yavash.
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[astrology]>get telescope in my backpack
You get a rosewood telescope from inside your backpack.
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[astrology]>center telescope on Yavash
You are a bit too busy performing to do that.
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[astrology]>stop play
[astrology]>center telescope on Yavash
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You continue playing on your copper zills.
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You stop playing your song.
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You put your eye to the telescope and attempt to center on the red moon Yavash.
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[astrology]>peer telescope
You focus your enhanced sight, through some of the cloud cover, upon Yavash.
All but the smallest bit of Yavash is obscured by clouds.
You are able to sense Yavash lurking somewhere behind the clouds.

You struggle to make your observation through the clouds, but you manage to pinpoint Yavash with the help of your telescope.
The insight gained from your prior observations floats gently through your subconsciousness.  You intuitively draw the relevant details to the forefront of your mind, using them to nurture your current efforts.
You learned something useful from your observation.
Roundtime: 9 sec.
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[astrology]>put telescope in my backpack
You put your telescope in your backpack.
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You regain your balance.
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You regain your balance.
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[astrology]>perc mana
You reach out with your senses and see glowing (11/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Enlightened Geometry book.
You reach out with your senses and see glowing (11/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Moonlight Manipulation book.
You reach out with your senses and see lambent (12/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Perception book.
You reach out with your senses and see shimmering (9/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Psychic Projection book.
Roundtime: 12 sec.
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You regain your balance.
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As your consciousness drifts amongst the currents of Fate, you find yourself drawn towards the constellation of the Unicorn.
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You regain your balance.
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[astrology]>get telescope in my backpack
You get a rosewood telescope from inside your backpack.
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[astrology]>center telescope on Unicorn
You put your eye to the telescope and attempt to center on the constellation of the Unicorn.
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[astrology]>peer telescope
You focus your enhanced sight, through some of the cloud cover, upon the Unicorn.
All but the smallest bit of the Unicorn is obscured by clouds.
You struggle to make your observation through the clouds, but you manage to pinpoint the Unicorn with the help of your telescope.
Symbol of Hodierna, goddess of life in all its many forms, the Unicorn is formed by a brilliant display of sixteen stars, the largest of which is Hodyrn, a blazing yellow giant which crowns the beast's horn.
The insight gained from your prior observations floats gently through your subconsciousness.  You intuitively draw the relevant details to the forefront of your mind, using them to nurture your current efforts.
You learned something useful from your observation.
Roundtime: 9 sec.
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You regain your balance.
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[astrology]>put telescope in my backpack
You put your telescope in your backpack.
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You regain your balance.
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A cold grey light slowly lays bare the landscape about you as the sun rises, hidden behind heavy clouds.
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You regain your balance.
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As your consciousness drifts amongst the currents of Fate, you find yourself drawn towards the planet Merewalda.
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[astrology]>get telescope in my backpack
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You get a rosewood telescope from inside your backpack.
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[astrology]>center telescope on Merewalda
You put your eye to the telescope and attempt to center on the planet Merewalda.
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[astrology]>peer telescope
You focus your enhanced sight, through some of the cloud cover, upon the planet Merewalda.
All but the smallest bit of the planet Merewalda is obscured by clouds.
You struggle to make your observation through the clouds, but you manage to pinpoint the planet Merewalda with the help of your telescope.
Merewalda blazes a fierce, deep blue in the skies above.
The insight gained from your prior observations floats gently through your subconsciousness.  You intuitively draw the relevant details to the forefront of your mind, using them to nurture your current efforts.
Although you were nearly overwhelmed by some aspects of your observation, you still learned more of the future.
Roundtime: 9 sec.
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[astrology]>put telescope in my backpack
You put your telescope in your backpack.
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You regain your balance.
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You regain your balance.
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[astrology]>perc mana
You reach out with your senses and see glowing (11/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Enlightened Geometry book.
You reach out with your senses and see glowing (11/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Moonlight Manipulation book.
You reach out with your senses and see lambent (12/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Perception book.
You reach out with your senses and see shimmering (9/21) streams of cold, white Lunar mana available for the Psychic Projection book.
Roundtime: 12 sec.
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You regain your balance.
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As your ritual ebbs away, you find yourself returned to a world of immutable, indisputable facts.  Things that are, are, and things that are not, are not.  A faint dissatisfaction lingers with you, for you are still alone, infinitesimal.
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You regain your balance.
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[astrology]>predict state all
You consider your recent observations:
You have a modest understanding of the celestial influences over magic (34-44%).
You have a decent understanding of the celestial influences over lore (45-55%).
You have a complete understanding of the celestial influences over offensive combat (100%).
You have an insightful understanding of the celestial influences over defensive combat (78-88%).
You have an insightful understanding of the celestial influences over survival (78-88%).
You have no understanding of the celestial influences over future events (0%).
Roundtime: 14 sec.
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[astrology]>align Scholarship
You focus internally and align yourself for a prediction on Scholarship.
Roundtime: 2 seconds.
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You no longer feel as strong a connection to the web of fate.
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[astrology]>predict future
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You look inside yourself in an attempt to see beyond the now.
After a few moments, the mists of time begin to part.
You see a stand of frost-covered pine trees.
You see a bee buzzing around flowers in a field.
A woman stands in darkness reading a book.
A sudden feeling of warmth pervades your soul.
Roundtime: 10 sec.
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You regain your balance.
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[astrology]>stand
You stand back up.
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[astrology]>align Arcana
You focus internally and align yourself for a prediction on Arcana.
Roundtime: 2 seconds.
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You regain your balance.
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[astrology]>predict future
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You look inside yourself in an attempt to see beyond the now.
After a few moments, the mists of time begin to part.
You see frost obscuring a window pane in a small cottage.
You see a summer storm battering a small town.
A woman stands in darkness holding a hunk of cambrinth.
A sudden feeling of warmth pervades your soul.
Roundtime: 10 sec.
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[astrology]>align Outdoorsmanship
You focus internally and align yourself for a prediction on Outdoorsmanship.
Roundtime: 2 seconds.
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[astrology]>predict future
You look inside yourself in an attempt to see beyond the now.
After a few moments, the mists of time begin to part.
You see a billowing chimney in a country home.
You see a man and woman exchanging wedding vows.
A man stands in darkness surrounded by wildlife.
A sudden feeling of warmth pervades your soul.
Roundtime: 10 sec.
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[play]>play elegy on zills
...wait 3 seconds.
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[play]>play elegy on zills
Your zills's dirtiness may affect your performance.
You begin a quiet elegy on your copper zills with only the slightest hint of difficulty.
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[astrology]>predict analyze
You are a bit too busy performing to do that.
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[astrology]>stop play
[astrology]>predict analyze
You stop playing your song.
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The world around you fades from sight as you turn your gaze inward.  A handful of images flutter in and out of view and you pick out the following:

A solid cerulean (good polarity) tree that shifts into a mushroom.  It shimmers and fades from view.  A Human man stands in the background, watching.

A flickering sapphire (good polarity) spellbook that disappears and is replaced by a rune.  It seems to vanish almost immediately.  A Human man stands in the background, watching.

A quivering sapphire (good polarity) tome that transforms into an open book.  It shimmers and fades from view.  A Human man stands in the background, watching.

Roundtime: 8 sec.
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--- Lich: astrology has exited.
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[walkingastro]>get telescope in my backpack
You get a rosewood telescope from inside your backpack.
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[walkingastro]>time
It has been 432 years, 21 days since the Victory of Lanival the Redeemer.
It is the 1st month of Akroeg the Ram in the year of the Emerald Dolphin.
It is currently winter and it is dawn.
You're positive it's exactly the Anlas of Hodierna's Blessing.
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[walkingastro]>center telescope on elanthian sun
You put your eye to the telescope and attempt to center on the Elanthian sun.
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[walkingastro]>peer telescope
You gaze through the telescope at the Elanthian sun.
You focus your enhanced sight, through some of the cloud cover, upon the dawn sun.
All but the smallest bit of the dawn sun is obscured by clouds.
You struggle to make your observation through the clouds, but you manage to pinpoint the dawn sun with the help of your telescope.
The sun shines with a steady, yellow light.
You have not pondered your last observation sufficiently.
You are unable to make use of this latest observation.
Roundtime: 9 sec.
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[walkingastro]>put telescope in my backpack
You put your telescope in your backpack.