NeedleTeeth
Certified Trash Mammal
- Joined
- May 3, 2021
Ezra wrinkled his nose as he flipped through the book, images of runes and nonsense words filling the pages. No books on summoning were supplied at the libraries, none that actually taught one how to do so that is. They were meant to be gifted to a student once a professor confirmed they were ready for such magic. It was a dangerous feat to reach into another world or plane and drag it back into your own, not just anyone could have the power to do so. There have been way too many accidents of young, over-confident mages summoning demons on purpose or by mistake and creating a huge mess others had to clean up. However, Ezra was one of those young, over-confident mages with an additional critical trait: impatience.
He had been told he was not ready to summon anything yet, that he had not studied enough and lacked the proper temper. Deep down he knew he was proving them right when he stole a summoning book from his professor, but he knew their mind would change when he was the first of his level to get an otherworldly familiar. Others had their cats and mice, but he needed something more imposing, more unique to fit him. Perhaps a hellhound or some type of fae creature that he could bend to his will. However, getting one was much more complicated than simply transporting an apple from one side of the room to another.
Every rune and summoning circle had so many strict rules, one wrong smudge of chalk creating a whole new circle. It didn't help that so many runes looked near-identical, yet could summon something drastically different from each other. He didn't have time to study and dally though, having until morning to return the book before his professor noticed it was gone. So he set to work in his small dormitory, drawing a large circle in chalk on the wooden floor. The warding symbols were relatively simple since he was planning to summon something weaker, needing very few runes in place to make a hellhound obedient. It was the specificities that were more complicated, to make sure you summoned exactly what you were looking for. Ezra was rushing it, making some details too long and others too short, squishing runes too close together when he ran out of space, it was nowhere close to code. Yet, Ezra was happy with it when he stepped back and observed his work, unaware he had created an open door for something way beyond his power.
He paused, taking a deep breath before reciting the activation incantation, the chalk starting to heat and smoke like angry coals in response to his words. Slowly, the runes started to glow, engulfing the wooden floors with a harsh red light. For a moment he thought he caught the whole academy on fire, but no flames spread. It would only take a moment for his familiar to appear before him, his heart racing in anticipation.