Custom Blood Magic: Ritual

Intermediate

Seshat, Daughter/Wife of Thoth ((Stories greatly conflict in this area)), is a Goddess ((Aeon)) rarely worshiped, but who touches the lives of every man, woman, and child every day. She is the Goddess of Astronomy/Astrology, mathematics, and measurement of time.

Sealing away Seshat is a Milk of Set to distance oneself or another from the influence of Seshat, who has locked us into a never ending cycle of rules and mandates dictated by clocks, watches, and timepieces everywhere, and thus enforces and strengthens the law and order imposed by Ma'at.

For the eternal, the strict adherence to the concept of time, the measurement of which was invented by Seshat and taught to mortals, only stands in the way of their progress and development.

To anyone under the effects of Sealing away Seshat, there is little difference between an hour, day, week, or month. If they do not choose to spend the willpower to stay awake during the day, they will awake the next evening feeling as if they had just dozed off for a moment, and should they happen to glance at the newspaper to note the change of days, within minutes they will simply forget their revelation.

To create a  preparation of Sealing away Seshat, the Lector-Priest must create an infusion of Skullcap, Valerian, Blue Lotus petal, and Psilocybin mushrooms, all of which have a notable effect on how the body perceives time. This is added to ink, bestowing upon any book written with it a measure of it's power. A book, scroll, or other document so inscribed will confound the readers sense of time until the reader has finished reading it in it's entirety, and the reader will be unable to skim or skip through it, as the trance causes them to read and understand every word. Nothing short of a situation in which the reader is placed in direct danger will awaken them from the trance caused by reading the book. This application does not, however, increase or decrease the amount of time the reader will take to read said book. After this effect has ended, the effect of the Milk shall be used up, however as the ink remains in the pages, should the book be soaked in a preparation of Sealing away Seshat, the book will 'drink' the Milk in to recover it's properties until read again. This may also be done to add additional uses to the book.

While under the influence of Sealing away Seshat, which lasts up to one week per preparation, the imbiber will have no concept of the passing of time. There are a number of benefits and drawbacks to this, many of which are at Storyteller discretion, however it is advised that the character only needs to spend 1 willpower for every 3 hours to stay awake during the day, so long as they are never exposed to combat or take damage, which will instantly negate this benefit. Sealing away Seshat has no ability to mitigate or reduce the effects of exposure to sunlight, however if the user remains indoors they may very well not realize that night has become day, and vice versa, and may continue their activities unhindered by the lethargy caused by the sunrise.