Editing Runes (section)

=== Nettlewisp ===
A [[Faerie Magic]] rune rather than a [[Shaman]]ism one. By drawing the rune in [[glamour]] and saying a short incantation to describe the intended curse, one can lay a trap that blinds the person triggering it with glamour. Once primed, the glamour forms a flower waiting to go off.<ref>While they discussed, Lucy worked with the dust in her hand.  She ended up pulling out her wallet, pulling out her bank card, that she’d been given to open a beginner savings account, and then used the card to flatten out the surface.  She used the corner of the card to draw curves and lines.<br><br>Verona saw and took over.<br><br>“Nettlewisp, nettlewisp, nettlewisp,” Lucy whispered.  She looked at Miss, who wasn’t complaining or stopping her.  “I’ve tried being nice, I’ve tried being fair.  I’ve tried being even and I’ve tried being clear.  If that spying practitioner from outside Kennet keeps giving us the evil eye, staring at us with…”<br><br>“Ill intent,” Verona supplied.<br><br>“Ill intent and promised omens, repay them three times over in stings and pain.  And if it’s Just, if the karmic way is clear, and if the glamour heaped in my hand is enough?  Nail their friggin’ eyelids to their skull.”<br><br>The glamour twisted and shifted, gathering in her palm.  It condensed into a shape like a small flower, surrounded by twists of bristling leaves.  It looked like it was made partially of glass.  - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/04 Excerpt] from [[Stolen Away 2.8]]</ref> If not enough glamour is used, it can pull glamour from nearby sources.<ref>“Nettlewisp, nettlewisp, nettlewisp,” Lucy murmured, tracing the rune into place.  “Should we be away and others pry, could you put something sharp in their eye?  A little prick for the good-intentioned snoops, a gouging for menacing nincompoops.”<br><br>Verona jumped in, “Stain their skin and stain their hand, if they trespass, do as we command.”<br><br>Avery struggled to think of something to add, but she had to complete the set of three.  “And fill the air with a choking mist.  Cover the details until you’re dismissed.”<br><br>A trail of glamour from the stash Lucy had pulled from to make the charm extended out, feeding the diagram they’d just grown.<br><br>Seemed like Lucy had been too conservative, so the charm took more glamour.<br><br>Avery rubbed her arms, aware that in another situation, that could mean it’d take the glamour off her skin.  Right.<br><br>Lucy withdrew her hand with care from the rune etched in dust.  Then she moved the sheet, gently moving it so it was over the charm without touching it. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/10/31 Excerpt] from [[Cutting Class 6.2]]
</ref> If it isn't triggered, the glamour can be collected and re-used.<ref>Carefully, she moved a shirt aside.  There was a notebook lying flat, glamour arranged atop it, with a rune carved into it.<br><br>One of the big issues of attending the school here was that they had to ration out their glamour.  But this?  This had been essential.  She traced her finger along the rune, working backward, and undrew it.  Then she carefully lifted the book out.<br><br>Avery already had a resealable plastic bag held out.  Verona checked the coloration and everything matched, then tilted the glamour back in.<br><br>A little nettlewisp charm, to protect their stuff. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/19 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.9]]</ref>

Given to the [[Kennet Trio]] by [[Maricica]] on a gilded wedding invitation.<ref>“Here.  Lucy, a trick for defense and counterattack.”<br><br>She handed Lucy a slip of gilded paper.<br><br>“A wedding invitation, blown away by the wind, never touched by ground or water before I caught it.  I removed the writing and added my own.”<br><br>“Nettlewisp,” Lucy said.<br><br>“A trick.  A pinch of glamour, hold it in your palm and draw the rune in it.  Whisper your anticipation of the enemy’s attack or ploy.  If you’re right, you can temporarily blind them and confound their senses.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/06/13 Excerpt] from [[Stolen Away 2.2]]</ref>