SoC: Contract Records- Connection

"It is said from the earliest roots of contractor mythology, every living thing is born with a living clock; sometimes the clock just ticks meaninglessly till it stops, it feels like it isn't even ticking at all, the person never finding their fufiling purpose in life. The contract system and contractors was started as a way for individuals to make up for what they lack alone by having someone else help and show them a path that they never could have found on their own, giving them a second chance obtaining purpose. It is a symbol of trust and dedication, a connection of both the contractors' souls. Every aspect of their lives become connected through the contract; joy, traumas, hope, ruin, dreams, reality, life, death, the contractors share a symbiotic relationship, each gaining new insight through the other by carrying the weight of the others life. When bounded, both can be at their most powerful, but also at their most vulnerable. Strength gained is countered by the conflict of trying to fully understand the other not from a personal point of view but also from the other’s point of view.

It is also true that the contract is designed to empower the new contractors with the skills and knowledge of their contractors, but the contract system isn't just some simple one sided learning mechanism; The role of master in the contract is fluid and shifts constantly, the contractor is the master and student to the younger contractors as the younger contractor is the student and master to their contractor, both gaining something new.

Dispite all the eras the contractors have lived it, all the aspects of the contract remains the same, we help the new generations to obtain what we did with our contracts. All contractors are a living legacy; they carry the legacy of their contractors and all the connected contractors of the past, joined together with a bond even stronger than family. For them, even when their former contractor’s body return to ashes, their spirit shall forever remain alive within them, it remains an unbreakable connection”

------Fedelis, 2nd guild master of the Aran Tribe,

_{o3o well if you wanted a super simplified version of that first text above it goes like this, “Contractors and their wielders are like a parent and a kid, so they argue and have disagreements from time to time, and they learn new stuff from each other but in the end contractors are going to be so inspirational to their ‘children’ that they become awesome useful people when they grow up and will want to show the inspiration they got from their awesome contractors to their ‘children’, making the world better one person at a time“}
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_{Omg....Why is it so hard to write theoretically while still being understandable at the same time.....oel}

This pic was done listening to Gundam 00 songs, especially the full version to this one “friends” youtu.be/08PWkxmY1i0 it really inspired me*listened it on repeat too many times and those lyrics ;w;*

owo well I wanted to draw Mavis and Ira’s human face in the same pic for a very long time already……so this is a metaphorical pic since his face doesn’t exist anymore X’DDD and don’t worry the stuff that are happening in this pic are for metaphorical reasons, no chance of them happening ……..yet.

and for those who can't seem to find the other meanings themselves from the pic and text above *further summary*

Additional explanations:
That glowing line there is what the most standard mana chain looks like and if the meaning of it is still not obvious enough, it means they are connected |DD

All contractors are categorised into guilds with their own distinct colour code. During formal or ceremonial events they will wear a uniform adorned with these colours to represent their guild, though the rules for the overall style of the uniform vary from guild to guild. In this case, the Aran Tribe has a colour code of blue, silver and white. They are pretty laid-back with their dress code and greatly encourage creativity, allowing members to customize their uniform style anyway they want as long as white makes up most of the outfit and they wear armoured boots. (|D I was setting them up for a initiation ceremony for a wielder to graduate and become a full-fledge contractor in this pic)

When a wielder graduates and becomes a full-fledged contractor, they are automatically recorded as a contractor from the guild of their former contractor came from.

If you didn’t know, theoretically Ira is just living because of his huge mana supply, once that runs out, which who knows when; he’s as good as dead as in that real dead. But he doesn’t mind that too much, he just wants to at least see Mavis becomes a full-fledge contractor before he goes. But Mavis isn’t taking as well as Ira, she is afraid of the thought of Ira disappearing one day without a word, so she’s secretly doing research behind his back to find out away on how to fix that problem. Kinda explains the positioning and expressions.

And.............I think that’s it for now, but you are free to ask questions if you want on the pic though lol ^^a

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art, Mavis and Ira (c)