A third lesson

[Skye]

Sitting on the base floor of her sanctum carefully working on a small wooden figurine listening to Baijia Jiangtan history pod in Mandarin from a speaker in a soft volume. Before her on the table a large simple wooden board with clearly marked out squares, and various kinds of figurines in both human, animal and things either belonging to mythology, fantasy or just whimsy. None of them seeming to be more than mundane work, not really a proof of her skill beyond being easy to distinguish and all of them having very clearly defined base sizes to fit into the right amount of squares.

Donning a large oversized white hoodie flowing out into a black and white dress which were clearly a tad to large on her barely stopping at her ankles, paired with two knives at her back. One leg across the other as she carefully adds small details to the figurine with her knife.

The door left slightly ajar along with a note atop of it.

Note

Just knock and enter M.

Having placed a partially hallowed out log right by the door, currently blocking anyone from really slithering through the small opening and needing to open the door proper to not bump into it.

Chambers ReubanBrightwood

[Chambers]

On his approach to Skye's sanctum the hierarch dismisses the three spell cloaked in his pattern. The arrow had registered this place official now under the new charter, it was more then a courtesy it was a show of faith in her ability to provide safety and the right of hospitality.

Wrapped up against the cold, mittens, a woollen hat with a bauble, scarf and overcoat had been added to the expensive three piece grey suit and right about now he wondering if wellington boots might have been a good idea. Oh well.

Reaching the door left so slightly ajar the note is read and he wonders what Skye is doing to keep warm. Still a padded hand knocks on the door muffled by the thick wool before he enters and making sure to leave his shoes where he did last time will find his host. "It really is a testament to you, not catching a cold with the door open like that." Sure Sacramento was no where near as cold as some places got and Skye was a Shaman so maybe not so surprising. "Would you mind terribly if we close it for the duration of the lesson, unfortunately I do not possess such resilience." A rare selfish request from the Moros.

[Skye]

Throwing an immediate glance towards the door at the muffled sound, not expecting anyone but her invited guest, no one else than someone invited really ever showed up. Even less so someone courteous enough to knock, a quick glance to his attire not that she could tell the value of a suit beyond if it was cheat polyester crap or not though.
”Welcome Mason, hope the track wasn´t to much of a bother?” Putting her figurine and knife down as she steps up motioning towards the stairs and turning the podcast off. ”I may have failed genetics, but fortunately a strong body.” Always nice with a bit of colder air instead of the blistering summer heats. ”Of course, and do not worry the upstairs area has nothing opened making it far warmer shall we?” Walking over to close and lock the door, not wanting to leave that open without her present. Nor having wanted to use any words from their world with it opened for that matter.

Beginning to lead the way upstairs, giving him the courtesy of showing her back towards him as she walks up the stairs. Opening its door to reveal the warmer living area of her home, granted a bit of cold air having leaked through. The home looking much like it had the last time, except now being adorned with a stationary computer placed next to the TV bench on its own little stand, along with a wooden carving of a poison bottle wrapped around a bat on the wall.
Sitting down on the couch herself, leaving the comfortable recliner along with its folded blanket and pillow open for her guest.
”I know you do not want anything to eat or drink but would you like a cup of tea or a warm water bottle to grab for warmth?” Taking out a notepad from beneath the table along with a pen and larger book to keep the paper steady against it, placing them in her lap and motioning towards four scented candles. ”I have vanilla, cinnamon apple, gingerbread, and jasmine any you would like lit?”

[Chambers]

A short shake of the head. "Not to much trouble no." Nothing he could not sort out very easily. As he is removing his cold weather gear he looks questioning at Skye. "Failed genetics? If you say so, something you have any plans on fixing?" Knowing what each arcana could do, it was within the power of a life master to alter genetic code. "Yes lets." But he will wait for Skye to lead up, it was her sanctum after all.

A warming smile couples with a short shake of his head. "It is kind of you but no I can not accept the offer." The Arrow had no idea the harm she would do him if he accepted, but that was part of the point. "I am quite relieved simply to be out of the cold, and a lesson learnt to being a Thermus of something with in the future." And maybe light up his pipe when he left a little extra protection from the cold.

[Skye]

”Thats good, I know the track is not always ideal for some.” Meeting the questioning look a tad unsure what might have caused it, eyes turning down to her hand and shaking her head. ”No, it does not weaken me or cause noticeable issues, nor hinder me in my duties.” And the few issues that did arise well they were easy to deal with now, and not like the most glaring things weren't noticeable at a glance.

Shrugging that choice was his and not one she would push to much.
”Well just let me know and I will light a candle of your choice, there are unscented ones as well but would have to get them from the drawer.” Quite enjoying to have fire around herself but that was her thing. ”Well then judging by our earlier sessions so can these matters take a while and get quite outdrawn so.” Raising her leg up and sliding over to the edge of the couch away from him, crossing one leg over the other with a slight look towards the skirt part of her clothes, not really accustomed to wearing clothes like these at all, adjusting the hoodie and looking a tad uncomfortable for a moment before adjusting the notepad properly against her legs. ”Would you like to get started?”

[Chambers]

While it was not on topic it did have him curious. "Why would you call them failed then? Simply the fallen state of things?" If they caused no weakness or hindrance then what other reason could there be? And regards a master of life could resolve anything they did not wish to suffer from genetically.

Finding a seat, ideally one by himself the Moros nods. "Yes lets begin." If he had noticed Skye's change in fashion sense nothing was forth coming on it. "You wished to know more of the iron laws and cabals if Memory serves, where would you like to start?" Both could be very involved topics.

[Skye]

Shaking her head just enough to make her long white hair lightly move.
”This is my natural hair color, and I do not utilize makeup to make my skin this pale.” Have I not told him that exact line once before or was it someone else? ”I have grown rather fond of it though.”

Flipping her pen around and putting its tip less state against the paper.
”Yes those were the parts we did not get to last time, seeing where we left of so would iron laws be a natural continuation, would it not?” Rounding out the laws aspect of the topic before circling back to cabal aspects feeling more natural.

[Chambers]

She had told him as much before, but still it made no sense to him. "If the colouration is all you referred to why call that failed?" He was no scientist and genetics he knew next to nothing about but people had differing colouration of skin, hair eyes and so on. Yes all of that was under the lie so in a way all genetics failed to live up to their true potential but he also had no context for what a human body free from the lie would look.

The irons laws it was then. "Still a large and heavy topic, what do you need help with regarding the iron laws?" Better to have a starting point.

[Skye]

Not having expected a push to go that deep into the topic, no one ever really tended to ask further.
”The underlying causes, an offset factor within my genes, and whilst not bothering me so would any children I would conceive run a risk of inheriting aspects of it.” The exact likelihoods not really something she had the medical knowledge to grasp, only recalling a bunch of fancy medical words that meant nothing to her in the end. ”But not like I ever planned of being a mother anyway.”

Looking over towards the man and placing the pen by her lips.
”To the best of my recollection so have we not really touched upon the topic as of yet, so going over their relationship to the Gold, Silver and Bronze. Along with its distinction from them.” Taking a momentary pause. ”Considering their functions and the names so does it sound as if the iron laws serves under the other three, however them not making a part of the Consilium charter leave a couple of areas unexplored.” Tapping against her paper as she draws out her symbols before her eyes reading down across the patterns for a moment. ”However and I might just be going completely off base here so would it be odd if they were ironed out laws, Gold being the ones that does not change with both Silver and Bronze differing between Consilias. And if only the laws found by rediscovered knowledge from before the fall were solid why would iron hold that status.
Punishments being a possibility given it´s name but that is covered by the Tetragrammaton, instead its symbology could link to the unaffiliated awakened, those who belong to no Consilia. But that would mean that every awakened would serve under a set of laws that every Consilia would have to recognize in manners that no other aspects of the Lex touch upon, which I find unlikely.” There were already aspects, laws, and quite frankly enough force pushing down certain truths that it felt wrong.
”You choose to wait and save the iron laws and cabals paired up, so the likelihood of their connection is not one I would look away from. However that would leave two areas unexplored, and whilst one is likely by design so should the iron laws like Silver and Bronze not be set in stone, opening up the possibility for them to be larger without being confined. As such cabals or groupings, we might not have such matters lacking in both clear groupings that remains long enough, and cabals alike.”
Letting her pen fly over the paper without writing anything upon it, eyes following it along with the symbols swirling around the papers opening up trails for her eyes to see.
”Whilst the link there feels like a logical conclusion so does it also leave a possibility in symbology, Iron serving as the bound, being bound, bound to your word, bound to the duties you have sworn to adhere, but that would leave a gaping hole so whilst a possibility so does it feel like something is off with such a path.”

Turning her eyes back towards the Hierarch.
”So with the topic large and heavy do I have anything solid in my reasoning here to create a starting off point to discuss them in a manner that will encapsulate the core of them like we did with the Gold, Silver, and Bronze previously?” Not sure if she had needlessly complicated the question. ”Or would you have preferred the simple answer of trust in your tutelage and start from the proper beginning to ensure each part would be taught properly and correct?”

[Chambers]

Th reasoning behind the words of more interest then the topic itself Chambers drops the topic, it seems to filter back to the idea that the human body is not in its true state and Skye's paleness just one of many many variations on that.

Now the Lex itself that he listens to her musing politely trying to keep each thread in question in mind. "In Terms of their relationship think of it in terms of scale." Pausing to run through his own thoughts. "Gold applies to all awakened all the time." The laws handed down from Atlantis itself. "Silver applies to mages of a specific Consilium all the time." Their charter so on and so forth. "Bronze apply to all mages but only come into effect when their is a point of contention or conflict, the yare a means of resolution. If say the rights of hospitality and sanctuary come into conflict a hierarch or council might look to the bronze to aid in a fair ruling." And then of course. "Iron apply only to the mages directly involved and only for the duration agreed." Which could be forever but it could also not. "The Iron are oaths sworn by mages, agreements, contracts so on and so forth. Because our words carry more weight then sleepers it became important to have fail safes and make sure these agreements were honoured." Many a mage would happily get one over on their fellow awakened for a leg up, more power and so on. "But no law of I shall say lesser standing may violate a law of higher standing. That is to say no silver law may force a mage to unfairly accept damage to their sanctum or allow for the breaking of the precept of secrecy." Each layer of the lex was bound by all that was above it.

He frowned slightly. "It was you was it not that set the iron laws and cabas as topics for today's lesson. I am equally happy to discuss them on separate days or the same." Unsure of what Skye was trying to infer here. A small shake of his head. "The name of the metals used do have symbology but it is to the weight each is given supernally, but that I will not go into." Lessons of the matter arcanum would come with a price. He had said enough to correct the misconception made it clear there was more but that he was unwilling. How very Mysterium of him.

To start with. "Skye I am learned in the lex, but I am not a member of the ladder. I can explain purpose, I can explain function. I can use examples and know when to use each law and to whom is bound by what. But if you are looking for deeper connections." His hand s part in a small shrug. "I am afraid I do not have it." And even if he did that was more then the basic understanding required to smooth existence in their world. "The iron laws are nothing more or less then the oaths and promises made by awakened, formalised and given security." Pausing. "The agreements surrounding a duel arcane for example constitute an iron law." Pausing now for questions or clarifications.