[Ianthe gathered her hair up and twisted it around, tying it with itself so it wouldn't get in her way. She then settled down to Alina's side. She ran both hands along Alina's clavicle, mapping the bone and ligaments, taking in the anatomy as she could really only do through touch. As she did, a cool sensation filtered across the area as one by one, she impaired the nerves starting with the skin and moving deeper into the muscle tissue.]
We'll do one side and then the other. For balance. Try to lay still.
[Splitting the skin and muscle from SC to AC joint was easy, the tissue parting to the bone cleaner and better than any blade could. Blood welled up, but Ianthe halted that with a wave of her hand, exposing the white bone of the clavicle. Fingers dipping inside the long incision, she widened it and then took a slow breath.
This next part was the one that was going to hurt the most, as she curled her fingers around the bone, flesh magic at her fingertips moving the tissue, blood vessels, and nerves aside so Ianthe could get the thoracic outlet clear - truly creating a hollow between clavicle and first rib so she could wrap the bone around. She swallowed as she narrowed her focus, feeling Alina's thalergy so much more intensely now that she had her hands inside the sun summoner.
Her eyes flickered up to check on Alina as she reached for the first of the amplifier bones. Just in case there was a conductive charge about to be passed between Alina and the amplifier while Ianthe had a hand on both, she braced herself and murmured more to herself than Alina.]
First, preserve the source with memory intact. [Already done as bone was peak storage material.] Step two, analyze it - understand it's structure and shape. [The magic inside the bone, the way it was layered, and the essence of the bone itself.]
cw: homebrew surgery, blood, pain, flesh magic
[Ianthe gathered her hair up and twisted it around, tying it with itself so it wouldn't get in her way. She then settled down to Alina's side. She ran both hands along Alina's clavicle, mapping the bone and ligaments, taking in the anatomy as she could really only do through touch. As she did, a cool sensation filtered across the area as one by one, she impaired the nerves starting with the skin and moving deeper into the muscle tissue.]
We'll do one side and then the other. For balance. Try to lay still.
[Splitting the skin and muscle from SC to AC joint was easy, the tissue parting to the bone cleaner and better than any blade could. Blood welled up, but Ianthe halted that with a wave of her hand, exposing the white bone of the clavicle. Fingers dipping inside the long incision, she widened it and then took a slow breath.
This next part was the one that was going to hurt the most, as she curled her fingers around the bone, flesh magic at her fingertips moving the tissue, blood vessels, and nerves aside so Ianthe could get the thoracic outlet clear - truly creating a hollow between clavicle and first rib so she could wrap the bone around. She swallowed as she narrowed her focus, feeling Alina's thalergy so much more intensely now that she had her hands inside the sun summoner.
Her eyes flickered up to check on Alina as she reached for the first of the amplifier bones. Just in case there was a conductive charge about to be passed between Alina and the amplifier while Ianthe had a hand on both, she braced herself and murmured more to herself than Alina.]
First, preserve the source with memory intact. [Already done as bone was peak storage material.] Step two, analyze it - understand it's structure and shape. [The magic inside the bone, the way it was layered, and the essence of the bone itself.]