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And it looked like... that hadn't worked at all. Weird, because Mo would have at least expected a reaction, even if it didn't totally break the weak rune and set the world on fire. Or whatever was supposed to happen. Instead, the wall was still zappy, the runes were intact, and Mo and Tag were just standing here being generally awesome.
"So... maybe something else?" Mo scrubbed his hair and was disgusted to discover how thin his hair was getting on top. This old man thing was just... well... old. "How about Thurisaz? I was thinking that Ansuz is about order and reason, and Thurisaz is chaos and destruction." Seemed kinda opposite to him.
"I'll try the incantation this time." Mo pointed his wand at the middle Ansuz and carefully traced out the shape of the Thurisaz over top of it. "
Intaglio Thurisaz. Intaglio Thurisaz. Intaglio Thurisaz."
At first, nothing happened. The Nauthiz rune produced no reaction. Once the Thurisaz rune started taking shape, a smell of burnt wood started to spread, followed by very thin smoke.
So Tag's rune gave the two sixth years no improvement. That was a shame. The blonde would've really liked knowing if his rune might've created a break in the wall. But nothing.
Though he supposed Mo had a point when he explained his reasoning for wanting to use Thurisaz. The leprechaun stood back a couple of feet, letting his classmate make his own attempt on the wall, and watched as he did it ever so easily.
Then it happened. The wall had a small reaction. Tag smelt it, the smell of campfire wood crackling, and then he saw it. A small puff of smoke came out of the wall, right over the spot Mo had been working on. Tag had
totally softened up the wall for Mo to do that. Cough. Cough.
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You did it, Mo. Brilliant, job." Tag said giving him an encouraging smile. Now they had to continue doing this, yes? The blonde tried to rack his brain to remember if Mo had said anything else about weak spots, but couldn't come to a conclusion. "
Are there any more weak spots we haven't seen, by chance?" Tag asked. He highly doubted the entire wall would break with such a small, yet, joyful, reaction.