The panel that returned... was incredibly ornate!
In Rorschach's view, it was no longer the cafeteria table, but a complex casting table.
At the center of the table was a blank Magic Circle, waiting to be filled with spell units. In its top-left corner rested a closed Magic Book—the very form it had when Rorschach first encountered the panel, except back then, it had been wide open. In the top-right corner were three circular slots, each with a complex design:
He had seen the first design when he was promoted to Middle Level Mage; it was the Magic Circuit from the Magic Guild's emblem. Hues of blue, purple, and red light flowed through its lines. In this slot sat a hexagonal Amethyst;
The second was one Rorschach knew well. It was the totem symbolizing Deryats that he had been researching recently. An emerald and blue fluorescence alternated within it, and in this slot lay a deer's skull;
