I was working on my Mind Reading report and my thoughts kept drifting away. If what Chris said was true, then there was someone else who knew what had happened between Sameyra and Samey. It did not matter who it was. What else had happened that day?
And then, there were Memory Stones. They could be used as messaging devices. They worked on projector's signature. They were designed to sense the projector. Now that was complicated stuff. If the magic signature was faked, would they work? Magic Stones were used for many purposes and this specific one was unknown. There could be many things which were forgotten because of no written accounts.
Then I got an idea.I could ask someone about magic stones. Now where would Lucas be?
I waited outside his class room. My specialization class did not have many students, so we had lots of free time. But others had many assignments and many shifts. I waited for 5 minutes and then sat on the nearby desk.
"What brings you here? Not that I'm not happy to see you here."Lucas was standing before me. He looked tired which was a surprise.
"Actually I wanted some information."
"We can talk on our way to the cafeteria."
"Fine by me." I needed a snack anyway.
"So what do you want to know?"
"Magic Stones," I said. He abruptly turned towards me.
"Why sudden interest in this?"
"I was reading an article and thought I could learn more. You made a Light stone in the contest. Won't you teach me?"
"I did not say no. So you want to know its theory too?" I nodded.
We found a table in the corner and started eating our sandwiches. It was really quiet. Most of the projectors were busy at that time of the day. Lucas removed a journal from his back pack. That journal had his notes. He had a messy hand writing.
"You can read this, later. Now for the most part, Magic Stones are like normal projections. You make an object work according to your requirement. But in this magic, you have to infuse your magic in the object. This would be a hard part. It involves projecting both inner and outer aspects of the object. Take the light stones for example. I had to make them absorb the bioluminescent quality of the plant and make them glow. Absorbing part was inner aspect and making them glow was outer aspect. Again it would depend on the type of projection being performed."
I asked him then the question I really wanted answered.
"Can we use the stones to project a situation? Like the entire cafeteria in the form of a recording."
He frowned. "It is plausible in theory. I never thought about it, let alone tried it. This seems like a nice area for my study. Would you mind if I worked on this? "
I would have to talk to Chris about that. I did not think it would be good if this information got out.
"We can work as a private study group. I want to know more before making this information public."
"I understand. So this would be our secret project. Cool."
"Yeah.Thanks for your notes."
"I guess I'll see you later."
We parted, and I moved towards Chris's room. I stood outside his room and heard talking. Carl, was there too. I was contemplating whether to knock or not when the door opened.
"You can come in." Chris said.
"I did not want to intrude."
"You are not. We were just talking stuff. So what's up?"
I settled myself on the chair beside Carl wondering what stuff they were talking. The room was clean and organized. I faced him, weighing my options. I could not tell about my so-called research on Memory stones so telling Chris about Lucas's book was not an option.
"I would rather listen to what you guys have been up to."
"Then you would be disappointed."
"Why is that Carl?"
"You would not find that interesting.Anyway, I have news which would interest you.Actually, I wanted to tell you tomorrow in the class."
"What is it?"Chris asked.
"We got permission to go to the Archive.I don't know when we would get to go.It is sort of like a field trip."
"Did you talk with my parents?"I could not help asking. It would have been better if I had asked them first.
"Yes.They seemed fine with it, but some of the other Council members were not.It would be helpful for your Specialization. They cant say "NO" to that."
"Whoa.Thanks.When are we going?"
"Soon.I should get going.See you later."
With that, he got up and left.I placed Lucas's journal on the table and told Chris what Lucas had told me.
"So, it is entirely possible because we have evidence.The only problem is that we could not recreate it to that extent yet."He said about Memory Stones.
I nodded."Then again there are not many Mind Readers and Mind Shifters now.If there were, working on these types of projections would have been widely known."
"Would you mind if I give you the journal tomorrow?"
"I will take it tomorrow.No problem."
"Okay.And what?"
"What?"
"I don't know.You have to say something now."
I smiled."How are things with your music?"
"They are fine.I am still working on my song writing, though.Lately, there is no enough time for that.With classes and the thing with that note. "
"Yeah.Keep working.I am sure we will find something soon."
"Let's hope so.I think you should go and complete the report."
"Thanks.I completely forgot about that."
I worked and completed that report before dinner time.My parents were surprisingly not busy when I met them.
"Hey Aria.You are a tad late today."My mother observed.
"Uh.I was working on a report."
"That is good.And you did not tell us about your wish to go to the Archives. "
"If I asked, would you allow, Father?"
"I don't think so.That is not accessible for you at this moment.The things there are kept secret.So you would have to take a high-ranking official with the Council's permission to even visit."
"So do I really get to go then?"
"It depends.Carl made a good argument about you needing to go there for your Specialization class.Let's see what happens.And you got access.Though it will take time for you to actually visit."
"Why is it so secret?What is in there?"
"Just some documents and stuff."
"What documents?"
"The kind which can harm the proper functioning of our Council."My mother said.I turned towards her.
"We want to know more about Mind Reading.There is no book which explains that stuff in our library."
"That's why you are allowed in only one section.The others are off limits."
That put a dampener in our plan.
"The Archives should have something about our past, right?"
"Why are you interested in that all of a sudden?"My father asked.
"Just that it should have some unknown books which are not present in our library,I think so."
"It has many unknown things.Things which would be misunderstood when known."The Archives should have something about our past, right?""
"You can tell us what it is all about, right now."
I could tell and get grounded again, or I could not.I chose the latter option.
"I just want notes about my ability, that's it."
"I would like to believe that.Because there are things other than books there kept in maximum magical security.The magical barrier seriously messes with brains of those who come in without knowing how to break the protection ring."
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