I can't say. I don't use organic materials in my wizardry. I assume if it is used in some way, it would simply be consumed like any other material would once the spell activates.
It would... just be the bug. Soul extraction is more of a... necromantic or clerical sort of magic. One utilizes darker forces to tamper with souls, and the other uses healing and divinity to bring them back. But they are never really a component of the spellwork itself.
I meant as a component, the bug is just a bug. What happens after depends on the rest of the spellwork. The verbal incantations, the somatic gestures. The bug is fuel for the spell.
This is also only in reference to the spellwork from my own world. I can't say if it functions the same way on other planes.
[ he is going to punch this brat into the ground with a mage hand. ]
For several months longer than when you arrived. We work as a unit for certain things, but there is a hierarchy of leadership where many of their secrets are kept. We were vocal initially about not using sacrifices for the summoning, so I imagine they aren't privy to allowing us information.
I agree: If I were them, I would have you guys killed. You know too much to just let loose into the wild, and you're known traitors. Kept inside, you'll only poison the group.
[ how is it that the cult hasn't had them all already beheaded ]
I said we were vocal about finding another way, not impolite. They don't know we're traitors unless one of you fools are somehow feeding them information, or being stupid in plain view.
We made a convincing argument about why we should take on this job to babysit you.
[ he laughs, despite the inexplicable feeling he has about frogs ]
That threat would've been a lot scarier if you could do that. Both you and I know that if you were capable of ripping open a hole in space right here and now, you would have far better uses for it than noodling me.
"If"? Aw, don't tell me you'll ignore my rocks? What if I need you?
[ he can imagine it, war seeing a rock and going "oh it's karma, fuck you" and not showing up, but what if it's important!!!!! surely war has a conscience and wouldn't abandon him out of pettiness alone ]
[ gotta get him out of the graveyard and back to the living in order to blow him up, nyeh ]
... That's actually not a terrible idea. You hand me over as a display of good faith, buy yourself a little more leeway from being under suspicion. As for me, I've wanted to meet these cultists for a long time coming.
[ he wants! to kill!! let him make good use of his schooling ]
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A stick bug.
[ WHY ]
That's so far removed from everything else. You know magic- how would you utilize a stick bug in a summoning ritual?
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[ why not...... ]
I can't say. I don't use organic materials in my wizardry. I assume if it is used in some way, it would simply be consumed like any other material would once the spell activates.
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[ do bugs have souls
this is so unscientific, he sounds stupid talking about this, this is why he hates magic ]
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It would... just be the bug. Soul extraction is more of a... necromantic or clerical sort of magic. One utilizes darker forces to tamper with souls, and the other uses healing and divinity to bring them back. But they are never really a component of the spellwork itself.
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This is also only in reference to the spellwork from my own world. I can't say if it functions the same way on other planes.
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[ WHY DID YOU JOIN THE CULT IN THE FIRST PLACE WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE ]
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For several months longer than when you arrived. We work as a unit for certain things, but there is a hierarchy of leadership where many of their secrets are kept. We were vocal initially about not using sacrifices for the summoning, so I imagine they aren't privy to allowing us information.
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I agree: If I were them, I would have you guys killed. You know too much to just let loose into the wild, and you're known traitors. Kept inside, you'll only poison the group.
[ how is it that the cult hasn't had them all already beheaded ]
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I said we were vocal about finding another way, not impolite. They don't know we're traitors unless one of you fools are somehow feeding them information, or being stupid in plain view.
We made a convincing argument about why we should take on this job to babysit you.
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[ like really? does anybody in the cult still believe they're babysitting? ]
You guys had "traitor" written all over you that first week. Being able to keep that concealed from the cult, miracles upon miracles.
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We took the necessary precautions to ensure our subterfuge. Are you really critiquing our efforts after all we've done to assist?
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[ it's just that their best is sort of. you know. ]
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Don't patronize me. I'll turn you into a frog and then throw you into a gravity hole so it can turn your entire body into a noodle.
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That threat would've been a lot scarier if you could do that. Both you and I know that if you were capable of ripping open a hole in space right here and now, you would have far better uses for it than noodling me.
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If we meet again, I will show you exactly how painful it will be to get pulled into a gravity sphere. You can mark my words.
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[ he can imagine it, war seeing a rock and going "oh it's karma, fuck you" and not showing up, but what if it's important!!!!! surely war has a conscience and wouldn't abandon him out of pettiness alone ]
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I meant if we meet in person when this is all over. I will show you what it feels like to be trapped and pulled apart by time and gravity.
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[ he'll take it if it means getting out of here, a win-win as far as he's concerned ]
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I think I might hand you over to the cult for sacrifice actually...
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... That's actually not a terrible idea. You hand me over as a display of good faith, buy yourself a little more leeway from being under suspicion. As for me, I've wanted to meet these cultists for a long time coming.
[ he wants! to kill!! let him make good use of his schooling ]
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They would eat you alive. Why do you want to meet them?
[He can guess, but still. Get in line, kid.]
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They can try, but I bite back~ We'll just have a friendly... talk. That's all.
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I'm sure that's all you'll do.
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[ it's still talking!! even if he uses his fists! it counts, okay ]