Augment

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{{Spoiler|Prison of Plastic}}
★Augment★, in it's simplest form, is an [[Epithet]] that allows its [[Inscribed]] to add things to the world. [[Lorelai Blyndeff]] is the user in present day.<ref name="PoPProC">[[Prison of Plastic]], Prologue C: The Rabbit Knight</ref> She uses it to create candies, toys, weapons, and creatures that she can command and play with. ★Augment★ can make sounds louder and add complexity to things. Lorelai uses her Epithet to larp, roleplay, and as an escapism from her possible part in her [[Calliope Blyndeff|mother's]] death as well as her [[Martin Blyndeff|father's]] incompetence. She is able to simplify things like making lines straighter, or making things disappear. This only happens when inside her bubbles.<ref name="PoPCh11">[[Prison of Plastic]], Chapter 11: Judgement</ref> This is likely because her bubbles are more easily affected by ★Augment★ than the real world. It could also be due to her general magic theming and abilities.

==Capabilities==
The main power ★Augment★ grants it's [[inscribed]] is the ability to make '''Dream Bubbles''' that look like soapy ivory bubbles, yet they are as hard as iron and impervious to intruders. Inside these '''Dream Bubbles''', the inscribed seems to have more control and use less stamina (energy) then in the real world. This is shown when [[Lorelai Blyndeff]], who has four stars of stamina, is able to sustain games for days in her bubbles.<ref name="PoPCh3">[[Prison of Plastic]], Chapter 3: Distance</ref> She can make things outside the bubbles but often chooses not to. Ever since her [[Calliope Blyndeff|mother's]] death she prefers to stay in her bubbles. ★Augment★ can change peoples clothes, appearances, powers, and other permanent factors. Whilst by the end of the [[Prison of Plastic]] all physical changes to characters given by ★Augment★ have disappeared, this could have happened because Lorelai chose to take them away or stop supplying them.<ref name="PoPCh13">[[Prison of Plastic]], Chapter 13: Wrecking Ball</ref> It is unknown if ★Augment★ could give someone an [[Epithet]], if the Epithet could be permanent, and of it could give someone the Epithet that is currently inscribed on someone else. ★Augment★ doesn't just change things, it often physically adds things to cover them up. Like the layer of good looking cookies covering up Lorie's burnt cookies. The added layer could be physically scraped off and had a worse taste and texture to the burnt cookies, likely because it was only meant to make them look good. ★Augment★ also gives someone the ability of '''Looking Glass'''. '''Looking Glass''' lets the inscribed use mirrors and reflective surfaces like portals. They can appear from them, look through them, speak through them, and hear through them. It is unknown if this is something ★Augment★ can do specifically or if Lorie chose to make this power inside her '''Dream Bubbles'''. [[Molly|Molly Blyndeff]] says Lorelai cannot make something smarter than her, but it seems as if she can make things with more factual information than her. An example of this is the magic dictionary she uses.<ref name="PoPCh6">[[Prison of Plastic]], Chapter 6: As the Crow Flies</ref> This line from Molly likely means that Lorelai cannot make something with more problem solving capabilities than she herself has.

==Weaknesses==
The weakness of ★Augment★ are very limited. The only known two are the [[Epithet]]: ★Dumb★, which is owned by [[Molly Blyndeff]] in present day, and the [[Inscribed]]'s own emotions. The Epithet ★Dumb★ and likely other un-summoning or simplifying Epithets can destroy most anything ★Augment★ creates. The Inscribed that has ★Augment★ can also be persuaded to stop using their Epithet or be made so sad, they must stop. This is less so a weakness of the ability, but more so a weakness of the inscribed. A limitation of ★Augment★ is that it cannot create real food. The food made with ★Augment★ tastes good, smells good, and apparently has great mouth feel.<ref name="PoPCh2">[[Prison of Plastic]], Chapter 2: Vincent Murder</ref> Yet it cannot give someone energy or stop them from starving. ★Augment★ can be used against its Inscribed. Magic the Inscribed puts into the world or their '''Dream Bubbles''' can act without their say so as long as that is how the magic was created. Her creations can talk back to her and can argue with her. It is even possible that weapons, magic items, potions, and such can be used against the inscribed. This is shown as a possibility when [[Giovanni Potage]] uses Lorelai's wand without her permission.<ref name="PoPCh11" />

==History==
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No one is known to have had ★Augment★ before or after [[Lorelai Blyndeff]]. Lorelai discovered her [[Epithet]] before she was nine.<ref> [[Molly and Lorelai at the Zoo]]</ref>. At that time she could make small things appear outside of her bubbles. It is unknown if she had the abilities '''Dream Bubble''' or '''Looking Glass''' at this time. In these years she used her powers to play with her sister outside her bubbles, making them toys instead of worlds. One night, two years before [[Season 1]] and [[Prison of Plastic]], Lorelai's home caught fire and her [[Calliope Blyndeff|mother]] died of asphyxiation. It is unknown if the fire was caused by Lorelai [[Epithet|Sleep Inscribing]]. After this incident, Lorelai mostly used her powers in her '''Dream Bubbles'''. She used them as escapism and a substitute for good interpersonal connections. Lorelai used her powers almost all the time for two years to cope, giving her an unprecedented level of power with an unstoppable Epithet. When [[Vincent Murder]] came to the [[Blyndeff Toy Emporium]] to ask [[Molly Blyndeff]] to join his new [[Giovanni's Villain Group|villain group]], Lorelai had a proficiency in the high sixties. This allowed her to make multiple free-thinking minions that think freely enough to work against her. This is shown when the [[Spelling Bee]] argues with Lorelai.<ref name="PoPCh6">[[Prison of Plastic]], Chapter 6: As the Crow Flies</ref> It is also shown at this time that Lorelai needs to put some motion, wording, or other action to cast her magic. This could also relate to her theme as a witch in Prison of Plastic.

==Trivia==
===General===
*Augment can be a noun or a verb.
*[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/augment Verb]: aug·ment, ȯg-ˈment, '''augmented; augmenting; augments'''
transitive verb

1: to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense

2: supplement

3: '''grammar''' : to add an augment to (a verb form) (see augment entry 2)

* [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/augment Noun]: a vowel prefixed or a lengthening of the initial vowel to mark past time especially in Greek and Sanskrit verbs

*The word "Augment" can be traced to the year 1400. It was a late Latin word "Augmentum" and referred to an increase in quantity, size, quality, and more
*The word "Augment" became more popular in the renaissance when Latin words were more heavily embraced
*Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that changes the physical world by putting a digital image over it. An example of this is Virtual Reality (VR). This is likely the inspiration for some of the powers ★Augment★ grants
*In Scrabble, "Augment" is worth 10 points

===Speculative===
*The connection to Dream Bubbles looking like ivory could be a reference to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey Odyssey] where false dreams are said to come from a gate of ivory.

==Gallery==
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File:Spelling Bee KS Trivia.png|Summon 1
File:Scaregrow Trivia KS.png|Summon 2
File:Graham Trivia KS V1.png|Summon 3
File:Lorelai Trivia KS V1.png|Costume 1
File:Lorelai Trivia KS V2.png|Costume 2
File:Prison of Plastic 1.png|Dream bubble
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==References==
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