>>5797586Distracted by the possibility of the book actually messing with you by taking information from the reader, you unwittingly unleashed the Trickster - something you realized too late, as it startled you by suddenly speaking from behind.
"Aww, little Craigy misses his rodentine paramour, are we? Can't have enough of her round, lascivious ears, hmm??" Ack, there it goes, teasing you.
"Worried about tricks in a book? You should worry more about me! Ha ha haa! Studying strange magics as usual, hmm? Not sure what to learn? Then what about... ooh, this one SLAPS! C'mon Craigy boy, take this one, and this one too!" Already, you can feel two spells' mana signature getting pulled from the grimoire and sublimated within your own mana - uncontested, unconsented. You just hope these are good...
The autowagon slows down, suddenly. You are back as Rosa Montagni, and you've figured you've reached Kyo-Edo by now. Only... you haven't passed through the city gates. Why haven't you?
"Hey Ling, what's going on?"
"Uh oh, bad news, boss - Kyo-Edo's gates are closed. What now?"
Huh, closed? They rarely close their gates - something big might be happening. You do notice one of the gate guards is motioning for the autowagon to come closer. What do they want?
>CHOOSE TWO SPELLS>□ Memoria: a spell that forces people to remember past memories, good or bad, by taking an item of theirs and turning it into a drink they can imbibe.>□ Sledgehammer: a metaphysical force that slams into mind and reality, allowing access to locked or hidden systems. Careful where you aim this thing.>□ Jack In: a magical cable visible and tangible only to you*, which allows you to connect your mind to someone else's stealthily. Doesn't stretch far.>□ Cryptix: a spell that turns a target's speech into one with hidden messages, lasts about two or three lines. Watch those double entendres.>□ Tulpa Double: materializes a psychic clone of yourself that must do a certain task, and disappears when that task is done.>ALSO CHOOSE ONE>□ Persuade the gate guard to let you in>□ Persuade the gate guard to give or sell you some fuel>□ Find another way to sneak into Kyo-Edo somehow>□ Bypass Kyo-Edo and hope your fuel lasts to Crypt>□ Other (fill in) 