Neo ventured into the Great Hall during a low point of his shift working as city guard. He waved and smiled at everyone present, and then took a slow look around, absorbing everything that had been done so far. His job was special effects. Being the Keeper of Water, his would be water-based.
"This is awesome..."
"I concur." The Ring of Klytus voiced its agreement out loud, its gem flashing softly with each syllable. Talking out loud was a peculiar behavior that it had started just recently; up until then, it had only communicated with Neo in his thoughts.
"Alright, let's do this." He cracked his knuckles while taking another look around.
First up on the list was the columns throughout the room. He already showed Sivanna what he planned to do with them, as a proof-of-concept. He pointed his hands out toward the columns. Pillars of water rose up around them. The water would then continue to slowly rise, perpetually. At the top of the column, it would be instantaneously, stealthily transported back to the bottom so that it could restart its trip. Now for the next step. Small ice crystals started to slowly spiral upwards around each of the columns. Like the water, they would return to the bottom once they reached the top. He finished off the effect by creating lights at the bottom of each column, that glowed upwards, up the length of the column, gently illuminating it and the crystals. He'd spent last night studying magical light effects for this.
He simply stood there and watched for a while, making sure there weren't any errors or bugs in his spell. He walked over to one of them and stuck his hand through it. It felt cool, but not too cool. The ice crystals his hand would be blocking off simply vaporized and re-appeared on the other side of his hand, continuing on their way. Good, it works as expected. What next' He stroked his chin as he looked around a bit. The podium caught his eye, and he walked over to it.
He examined the glass podium. Maybe he could fill it with water" It had to be hollow. It'd be incredibly difficult to transport if it weren't. If he only filled it with water, though, it would be boring. What else could he do to make it more interesting, but not distracting" Ooh, an idea! He filled the podium up with water, and then an innumerable amount of tiny ice crystals, almost as small as glitter. And then at the bottom of the podium, he created a gentle white light that would glow upwards, illuminating the water and the crystals, like a lava lamp. The effect worked out quite nicely.
Was there anything else he could do' He looked around a bit, stroking his chin. There were a few blank areas on the walls. What could he do to spice them up" He's no artist, so it'd have to be something simple. Ooh, another idea! He points his hands at each one, creating small, slow waterfalls over them that functioned much like the column decorations. And like the other two, he added a bunch of tiny ice crystals. Unlike the columns, where they spiraled up uniformly, the ice crystals would appear in random locations in the waterfalls as they slowly glided down. When they moved back to the top, they'd start from a different location. He created light at the bottom here too, much like the columns. He tested it the same way, and it worked the same way.
He stepped back and took a look at all of it. "I must say, I am rather impressed."
"Are you complimenting me, Ring?" He smirked as he looked down at the Ring of Klytus on his finger.
"Do not make me regret it, you halfwit." Its snarky yet distinguished tone returned.
"Yeah, fine. I can count on you to help me hold these spells, right?"
"Of course. It is what we agreed on, is it not?"
"Excellent. Thanks a ton, Ring." He grinned at it.
"It is nothing." Its response was simply to flash as it usally does when it talks.
He then headed for the exit, to meet up with Jin to get tuxedos. He waved and smiled to all those present on his way out.
