Mage Accession by Christopher George

Author:Christopher George [George, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Published: 2016-07-16T23:00:00+00:00

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The Occursus was tomorrow. The thought sent a shiver down my spine. I had no idea what to expect and I was terrified and excited all at once. All I knew was that I would be required to wear a mask -- all mages did at the Occursus. It was apparently a tradition that dated back to the first Occursus. It had been necessary for mages to hide who they were in polite society. Degs hadn’t known much about it, but claimed it had had something to do with witch hunts and the Inquisition back in the day. The Occursus was a masque that had been routinely held for the past five hundred years at least. All mages were required to attend. It was not optional. So Renee would be there. Master Marcus would not break so fundamental a rule. However, Renee would likely return with him after the Occursus had concluded. Marcus would have set some assurances in place to ensure that this happened.

That didn’t matter though. I would see Renee again, for a short time at least. Hopefully she would be able to give me more information about where she was being held and I’d be able to rescue her.

When I had woken up that morning, there was a set of fine clothes on the end of the bed with a golden mask placed on top of it. It was one of those Venetian-style masks that only covered half the face. It was covered in golden scroll work around the edges and the facial expression was one of sublime innocence. I briefly placed it over my face and looked in the mirror. It made me look like one of those cherub figures you see in classical art.

The clothing was also of a fine cut, far more expensive than anything I’d ever worn before. The material was so soft, it felt luxurious under my fingers. The tuxedo included a black silk shirt to be worn with black pants. Even for my end of year formal I hadn’t worn anything like this. It was immaculate.

“You get dressed now, I’ll measure for fit,” a voice cut in as I was inspecting the clothing.

Mika was standing in the doorway with a determined look in her eye. It didn’t take me too long for me to get dressed and I was soon standing with my arms outstretched while Mika took measurements to adjust the suit. It only took a few minutes for Mika to make her adjustments, which was all the more impressive as she did them by hand. Within a half hour or so I had my clothes returned and tried them on.

I’d never worn clothes that had been tailored to my shape before. I’d always bought off the rack and just made do. This meant that usually my trousers were a little long and needed to be folded up to prevent me from stepping on them. Properly fitted clothes were much different. I glanced at the mirror before me.

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