[It's possible that the tree was magical and was wise enough to see the wickedness in others. But there might be some instances where a warden could be bad but hasn't committed any crimes, so they probably had to make it more simple for the tree to differentiate the two groups. Still developing these tools and this prison must be for a reason. The banyan tree must have a greater purpose than punishment with how elaborate and secure the prison is. They don't seem to want the prisoners to escape, but why? Too bad it's not really their mission to find out, but perhaps by destroying the roots they can uncover the truth.
As for their current task, it's not going so smoothly. Crow doesn't make much leeway with his root, and from the hushed shouts he hears from a nearby cell, Hijikata isn't very lucky himself. At some point, the idea of stealth goes out the window, the samurai is using his fire magic in clear view.
Though that's fine by Crow, it'll take too long to sever the roots if they were more careful. It's probably better to take care of this as quickly as possible. So Crow decides to use his dark magic to hex the main root. The stem starts to dry up and crack like all the moisture is evaporating from it. Eventually, the root starts to wither up. The rocker directs his attention to another root that weaves in and out of the cells, enchanting it to start to erode.]
This is much faster!
[Though, he's sure their actions won't go unnoticed for long. There's someone bound to notice a warden and a prisoner casting spells on their precious tree's weak point. As Crow expects, an alarm does go off, loud and jarring.]
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As for their current task, it's not going so smoothly. Crow doesn't make much leeway with his root, and from the hushed shouts he hears from a nearby cell, Hijikata isn't very lucky himself. At some point, the idea of stealth goes out the window, the samurai is using his fire magic in clear view.
Though that's fine by Crow, it'll take too long to sever the roots if they were more careful. It's probably better to take care of this as quickly as possible. So Crow decides to use his dark magic to hex the main root. The stem starts to dry up and crack like all the moisture is evaporating from it. Eventually, the root starts to wither up. The rocker directs his attention to another root that weaves in and out of the cells, enchanting it to start to erode.]
This is much faster!
[Though, he's sure their actions won't go unnoticed for long. There's someone bound to notice a warden and a prisoner casting spells on their precious tree's weak point. As Crow expects, an alarm does go off, loud and jarring.]