Taking advantage of having time today, Shade went out with Leisha. Their first stop was Old John's pawnshop. He not only spent over a hundred pounds to order a sufficiently powerful Alchemy Crossbow from the old man, but also purchased the materials needed for "Moonlight Water" and "Sun Fire."
Shade already had the gemstones himself, having gained quite a lot in Huntington. As for those special materials, they might have been cheaper in Coldwater Port, but Shade had no patience to wait at the moment.
He decided to arrange the ritual in his attic. Its windows would allow the noon sunlight and midnight moonlight to shine directly onto the Ritual Matrix. Since the angles at which moonlight and sunlight entered differed by season, Shade went with Leisha to find Luvia, lest he make a mistake about the positioning.
The Girl with Purple Eyes was proficient in astrology. Upon learning that Shade needed help, she took leave and followed him back to 6 Saint Derain Square.
Shade and Leisha constructed the main body of the ritual, while Luvia used the astrological equipment on the third floor to calculate the best position in the attic.
In the end, Shade brought up a round wooden table. Luvia used a file to trace a Star Chart onto its dark brown surface, filled the grooves with silver powder, and finally poured in mercury. After being treated with special techniques, the entire tabletop took on an unusual silver beauty. At two symmetrical points on the round table, circular areas outlined in mercury had been left empty, where the rituals related to the Sun and Moon would be arranged.
This made the tabletop look even more like the back of a Rhodes Card, but in truth, the "Sun, Moon, and Stars" pattern on the backs of Rhodes