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I managed to sneak one more umbral workshop session in before the moon got to the halfway dark phase again. This time I worked with sound (and brought earplugs!), and it was easier than when I'd worked earlier with light. (Probably because I've done it once before.) I formed a beachball-sized container in the air about 100' up off the ground and began absorbing ambient sounds into it. After about 30 minutes, as the pressure was building, I released the energy.
WHOOM!
I did it a half dozen more times, examining the look and feel of the energy releasing from a small, confined area as it radiate over a larger area. Watched it flow backwards through time, and then tried mimicking the "reverse flow" on ambient noise in the clearing. I could feel the energies pulling together. It was weird hearing the ambient sound fading away and "stretching" into weird tones--crickets chirping in a sluggish bass, almost making them sound like cartoon bullfrogs. I got close--really close--but I think I was too tired. Spent. Hell, the sun was about to come up. I crossed back to the real world and hit the hay.
THANK GOD that vulgar magic like that works like it's coincidental in the umbra. I'd have been dead otherwise--or that would have taken half a year and a lot of paradox to accomplish. That little talisman is a total godsend. If it ever breaks, I'll have to start learning more Spirit magic.
Jesus. How much longer until the next half moon?
In the non-magic side of things, I've not been as busy as I'd have liked. I've been working via Skype with Riley to help prep her for her Private Investigator state exam. Val's at the end of her rope with all her commitments, so I told her to take a break from the PI biz for a bit. The way the biz is run, you get a percentage cut of the total profit, so.... Technically, Val shouldn't be pulling down a paycheck from the biz if she's not working, but I'm writing her half-sized paychecks out of my own pocket. Here's hoping she doesn't notice that I'm circumventing the system, because I know she needs the money. Charley seems to have gotten his priorities straightened out recently: he's spending less time at work, more telecommuting, and working on Prime magick. (Wish I knew more about Prime so I could make more permanent magical items rather than just fueling effects and "enhancing" characteristics.) Thomas showed up while I was talking with Charley, they introduced themselves to one another (skipping over anything other than being kinfolk), and I didn't sense either doing anything funky towards one another. Charley really didn't seem to even care for talking about vampires, though. Wonder why?
