*6 days later*
In the village hidden in the leaf:
"Damn it!!"
Inside a small restaurant on the outskirts of the village, a figure could be seen as the patrons who were eating turned their heads upon hearing the loud voice.
A man with a burly beard was currently seething, as he set down the cup he was currently holding.
"How the hell am I supposed to make the Hokage sign a partnership with us???"
A trail of alcohol traveled down his lips and drenched into his beard as he continued to ramble about his problems.
Gong Pildu, was a prominent business man whose merchant company manufactured steel in the Land of Iron. He was currently sent on a mission to the Land of fire to sign a deal with the Village hidden in the leaf, upon the command of the Daimyo.
In front of him, another man was sipping a cup of herbal tea. He set his cup down and sighed.
"Pildu... you know that the Daimyo had ordered it.... Before they officially meet up, the Daimyo wanted to make his conditions clear with the Hokage on the trade benefits.... so he spoke with the leaders of our organization remember?"
Gong Pildu let out a tsk. He raised his arm to drink from his cup again. After setting it down and wiping his mouth, he raised a finger and pointed at the sighing man.
"Of course I remember Isagi!! I'm just asking why send me of all people???? I'm the last person to make business within the Land of Fire, and I'm pretty damn sure you know it, and they know it!!"
Isagi put a hand to his forehead and let out another sigh.
"You were the only man available Pildu....Don't you remember that everyone's busy during this period in time???? So much people are contacting our organization for steel, that our leaders have their hands full." he said.
Pildu, not wanting to hear the other's man's nonsense anymore raised his fists and slammed them unto the table.
Then, Pildu covered his mouth with both fists, coughing hard. Between fits, he forced out a few words:
*Cough*
"Screw..."
*Cough*
"...you!"
Pildu then stood up from his seating position and left the restaurant as he continued to keep coughing.
Isagi was left alone at their table, taking another sip of his herbal tea. He sighed.
. . .
"He forgot to pay....."
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Gong Pildu walked down the street in a fit of anger, as those around him ignored his seething face and carried on with their business.
"Got their hands full... How about I give them something real to hold onto!"
As Gong Pildu put his hands in his pockets as he was walking, a sudden voice rang out.
"Hello Mister."
Pildu was startled and turned his head to look at the owner of the voice.
A young boy that seemed to be no more older than 7 or 8 looked up at him. He had black hair and was currently dressed in casual clothing.
"Hmmm?? What do you want brat?? I don't have any money." Pildu said as he looked down at the boy.
The child had a small smile as he looked up at the man.
"Do you want me to tell you your fortune?? You seem to be having some troubles...."
Pildu's expression turned ugly and yelled at the boy.
"Are you trying to scam me? SCRAM BRATT!!"
Pildu then turned to walk away.
Before Pildu could take more than 5 steps he heard the boy say the following words:
"Old man... You should see a Doctor, and have those lungs looked at."
Pildu ignored the boy as he continued on his way.
The young boy still had a smile maintained on his face as he watched the burly bearded man disappear into a crowd of people in the distance.
Then after standing there for a moment, he turned and walked in the opposite direction of the man.
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Lumian was furious.
He had gained the abilities of a Seer 6 days ago, but made little progress in the acting method in the following days.
[The Acting Method is the process of acting according to the potion's name in order to fully digest the Beyonder potion. This was done in order to digest their potions, and master their powers to its fullest extent.
For example, the Acting method of the Seer potion, was to act like one was a Seer. ]
He was either politely turned down, was given weird looks, or was downright insulted like Pildu who just walked away. He was forced to go by this method, as in the Naruto world, Seers didn't exist. Most people either never heard of what a Seer was, or those who claimed to see one's fate similar to what a Seer would do, were usually crazy.
Lumian sighed and raised his hand to touch his glabella.
Soon, the myriad of colors that expanded his vision disappeared.
That's right. Similar to how Klein activated his spirit vision, Lumian chose his glabella as the method to turn the spirit vision on or off.
[ Author's note: Cogitation, also called Meditation, is the state and act of spiritually concentrating on a certain target (object/scene/being) to centralize the thoughts and retain rational focus. It is highly used with Spirit Vision and a fundamental skill in mysticism ]
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(Beginning of flashback)
When Lumian had woken up from the couch after drinking the Seer potion the night before, he had been bombarded with a myriad of colors once again.
Remembering what Old man Niel instructed Klein to do in the book, Lumian had pushed aside his thoughts and turned his mind blank.
Following the book's instructions, Lumian himself imagined a blue sphere along with 3 orbiting purple rings that formed a oval around the sphere. After imagining the object, Lumian's thoughts gradually turned ethereal and afloat.
Afterwards, Lumian had focused his gaze on a spot behind his hands and then, slowly moved his fingers and maintain the same pose without touching them.
Upon doing so, he was able to complete the step of Spirit vision
When exiting the spirit vision he had to think of an item to divert his attention in order to bring him out of Cogitation.
Lumian Closed his eyes and controlled his spirituality and told it repeatedly to end. When Lumian opened his eyes again, he found that Spirit Vision has ended.
Afterwards, learning a thing from Klein, Lumian chose his glabella as the method to turn the spirit vision on or off.
(End of flashback)
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[Author's note: I'm going to try to explain this as simply as possible:
(I'm going to admit I had to do some research to break down this information.....)
In Lord of the Mysteries, the mainstream way of mysticism is to split non-physical parts of a human into four levels. At its core is the Spirit Body.
The spirit body is your innermost self, the core of your spirituality.
(Think of it as your essential soul or consciousness.)
The Second layer is Astral Projection.
The Astral projection is an extension of one's Spirit Body, used to communicate with the spirit world or stellar space.
It reflects your ambitions and emotions.
It's how divination (seeing the past/future/symbolic truths) and some magic spells are performed.
Interpretations are key, as what you see in the spirit world is symbolic, not literal.
Astral Projection is also distinct from the Spirit Body it's more like its messenger or interface with the universe.
(Author's note: When I was looking through the internet I was surprised to see that the Naruto world did have a spirit world. However, it isn't as prominent as the one in Lord of the mysteries, as Lotm has a much, MUCH higher cosmology than Naruto)
The Third Layer is the Body of Heart and Mind.
This layer is linked to one's brain and physical body.
It governs your thought processes: analysis, inference, observation.
The Fourth Layer is Ether Body, which is the outer layer.
The Ether body is a manifestation of your life energy and physical state.
What you see as auras (colors surrounding a person) come from this body.
The aura's color, brightness, and thickness reveal someone's health, mood, or vitality.
When a Beyonder digests their potion well enough and have a strong spirit vision they can:
- See others' Ether Bodies.
- Detect illness, emotions, even lifespan.
- Eventually, view Astral Projections, gaining deep insight.
- See through space and time.
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The aura colors are as follows:
Red – Limbs/movement
Purple – Brain/head
Orange – Waste excretion areas
Yellow – Digestive system
Green – Heart/regulation systems
Blue – Throat/nervous system
White – Total balance and health
Changes in color (e.g. fading or darkening) mean dysfunction or illness in that area.
Inner emotions that color one's Astral Projection are as follows:
Red – Passion/excitement
Orange – Warmth/contentment
Yellow – Joy/extroversion
Green – Calm/peace
Blue – Thoughtfulness/coldness
White – Enlightenment/improvement
Dark shades – Worry/sadness/silence
Purple – Spiritual dominance, detachment
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(Author's note. I'm definitely going to have one hell of a time trying to remember this information.... I'll put slight indicators when something happens in the story so you guys don't have to remember this either.)
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When Lumian had seen Pildu walking down the street, and upon closer inspection of Pildu, he had seen an unhealthy dark green color (lungs) around Pildu's chest.
So as, Pildu had started to walk away, Lumian made sure to remind Pildu to go visit a Doctor.
Remembering how Pildu had insulted him, Lumian was starting to regret helping the bearded man out.
"I hope you have a stroke after sleeping with a prostitute...." Lumian internally lampooned.
. . .
Soon enough, Lumian had found himself standing outside of a hospital.
Lumian walked through the entrance and smelled the scent of the waiting room.
He walked up to the Woman who was sitting behind a counter and asked:
"Hello, is Audrey Yamanaka present?"
Before the woman could respond however, a voice interrupted.
"Seriously Amon? You know its my working hours..... I don't want my superior to end up yelling at me!"
Lumian smiled and turned to look at the pouting brown-hair Nurse whom had her arms crossed.
"Hi Audrey," he said with a wave.
Audrey huffed and let out a smile.
"So whats the occasion?" she said.
. . .
Lumian shrugged and walked up to her.
"Nothing, I just wanted to visit you before I start at the academy."
Audrey looked into his eyes and cheerfully said, "Don't worry! I'm sure your going to be fine! When I was at the academy I made a lot of friends back then!"
Audrey Yamanaka was currently a Genin and was working within the Medical Corps. She was 12, and is currently without a team ever since her squad had failed the Graduation exam.
"Ganbatte!" Audrey encouraged Amon.
Amon smiled at Audrey's encouragements and nodded. Then he spoke out part of the reason why he visited Audrey.
"Hey Audrey, want me to tell you your fortune?" he said.
. . .
Audrey stared at Amon and looked at him weirdly.
"This again?? I don't know why you keep doing this...."
During the week, although Amon kept failing to convince people to let him divine them as a Seer, he had some success with his potion's digestion, as he reluctantly was able to convince Audrey to let him divine her, disguising it as a weird game.
However, he couldn't exactly abuse this Strat, as Audrey was always busy working as a Nurse. He too knew that Audrey didn't actually follow up on his advice after he divined for her.
Perhaps I could just switch targets to Obito when I start at the academy.... Lumian thought.
Audrey sighed, and after looking around for a bit, she shrugged.
"Alright, but just for a few minutes alright? I need to get back to my duties."
Afterwards, they both walked up to a pair of chairs that were used for visitors that waited in the lobby.
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Sitting down, Lumian pulled out a piece of paper and a pen.
"Write down your name, date of birth, and address."
Audrey looked at him and questioned.
"Didn't I already write down that information yesterday?"
Lumian let out a nod and refused to clarify further.
Audrey sighed and wrote down her information.
Looking at the information, Lumian quickly calculated her birthday's day, month, and year path number.
Then he pulled out a wierd circular object. In the middle, a stick that seemed to serve the purpose of a watch hand of a clock lay on it, while wierd patterns and numbers were enscribed on it.
This was an astrolabe.
Thats right. Since Divination didn't exist within Naruto, he painstakingly created one himself. If Lumian didn't have the mind of a Seer, he couldn't have possibly been able to design one. He knew the astrolabe had worked, as the Naruto world seemed to be similar to Japan's design of mysticism.
He had spent an entire day in the week, trying and failing, until he created this monstrosity of a astrolabe that barely worked.
He turned to Audrey and said,
"Alright, now close your eyes and try to sleep."
Audrey tried to retort. "Bu-!"
Amon interrupted her. "I know. I'll wake you up in 5 minutes." he said.
Audrey hesitated, but she underestimated the fatigue of a Nurse. 30 seconds later, she was snoring as she leaned back on her chair.
Lumian amusingly shook his head, as he too closed his eyes.
He didn't actually need Audrey to fall asleep. Having the vital information to perform a divination, he only had to fall into a vision himself. However, as he was maintaining the acting method of a Seer, and the fact that he didn't want Audrey staring at him while he slept, he told her to just rest.
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Lumian then had a vision.
Audrey seemed to be in what looked like a staff room. She was talking to a fellow Nurse, who was holding a cup of tea, when she accidentally spilled in onto Audrey's clothes,
"Oh! I'm so sorry I-!" the nurse tried to say. Audrey smiled and spoke "Don't worry! Its not a big deal. I can change clothes in the next room."
As the nurse was still bowing in apologies, Audrey left the room.
Then the vision ended.
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Lumian woke up and recalled the details.
Then looking over to the sleeping figure of Audrey next to him, he gently shook her awake.
The process went like this.
Lumian would carry out the acting method of a Seer, and start the process of interacting with his customer. Afterwards, they would carry out a certain form of divination to be enlightened. Then he would tell his customer on what he learned. In conclusion, if the process went correctly, the acting method would be complete and his potion would digest.
However he had to keep in mind that the Seer's role was to help others interpret revelations and guide them in a better direction; yet constantly maintain one's fear and respect towards fate. One cannot be too egoistical, too proud, or blindly believe one's interpretations.
"Hu- What?" Audrey groggily open her eyes as a small bubble seemed to form on her nose.
Then Audrey widened her eyes and immediately stood up.
"Oh crap I gotta get back to work!"
She was just about to rush away when Lumian hurriedly called out to her.
"Wait!"
As Audrey looked back, Lumian stared into her eyes.
"Make sure you avoid spilling any tea on your dress" he said.
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Looking at him dumbfoundedly at his seemingly random comment, she broke out of her expression.
Shaking her head she walked away while saying, "That's a wierd thing to look out for, but sure...."
Before she turned the corner to walk up a set of stairs, she smiled one last time at him.
"Good luck at the Academy!" She said.
Lumian waved as she disappeared.
After a while he too left and walked out of the hospital and walked through the road to reach his apartment.
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Later in the day....
"How's your patient Mikasa? Audrey said.
Mikasa was holding a cup of tea, while she gently sipped it.
"He's going to be discharged tomorrow!" Mikasa responded with a smile.
Both girls were currently seated around a table in what looked like a staff room.
Suddenly, staring at the cup of tea in Mikasa's hand, Audrey had a sudden precognition.
Just then, Mikasa's fingers slipped on the handle of the tea cup which splashed towards Audrey.
Thinking quickly, Audrey had already stood up to dodge the liquid as they spilled onto the floor from the chair she was just sitting on.
Mikasa shocked by the turn of events grabbed a paper towel that was nearby. She moved to clean the mess she made while apologizing. However she was secretly shocked as to how Audrey reacted so fact.
Inherently unknown to Mikasa, Audrey too was shocked.
"What th-"
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Lumian was laying down on the broken couch back at his apartment as he felt his potion digest.
The hut of the discord mob, now seemed to look more cleaner, and could now barely be called a normal home.
Lumian was currently questioning something he had in mind.
" In Lord of Mysteries, Beyonders who relied on visions usually drew from the Spirit World to guide them to look at Fate. Higher Beings could rely on their own power to make stronger changes to fate and time.
However, in the world of Naruto the spirit world was isolated from the real world. The spirit world in Naruto was actually considered the resting place of the dead. The people that could instead draw in the normal amounts of spiritual energy in this world, were sages that mastered sage energy or cases such as the Elder toad in Mount Myoboku who used his powers to gain visions of prophecy.
So then how was Lumian able to carry out his divination powers of a Seer? Lumian knew that he wasn't at the level of mastery as sages or anybody else who used spiritual energy in this world.
Perhaps he could in the future, when he breaks the laws of the Universe... but right now?? Hell nah.
So then where am I drawing energy out from???" he asked.
Lumian pondered inwardly and unable to find a answer, he sighed and closed his eyes to sleep.
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The next day he found himself outside a old school building as different kids of different ages were currently inside.
"The Shinobi Academy"
Lumian walked into the building, and upon entering, saw an open door.
He walked in to see a man with a chunin vest looking over some papers.
The man looked up and widened his eyes in realization.
"Amon Tsuchi?" he asked.
Lumian nodded, and the Chunin pulled a drawer, and looked over a document.
"You're in class 1-A. Just walk down the hallway to the left and you should see the letter on a sign above the door.
Lumian nodded again and thanked the man before walking out and heading towards the classroom.
He stopped just outside the door as the sign above read:
1-A
Lumian readied himself and opened the door.
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"Oh?" ?????? said.
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PHEW. Damn I had no idea that Lord of the mysteries had this much info too it... Well I did know but it seems that I have failed to even glimpse the boundless being that is Cuttlefish...
As always, leave me any criticisms or suggestions you have for the book.
Thank you and POWER STONES!!!!