"Does it have to be a person who smudges the chalk? Is there an intent component? If not, why not just throw or otherwise transport a bucket of water onto the inner circle using these pushing and calling circles?"

"There's an intent component," confirms Keo.

Keo casts a spell, again with the gesture and some gibberish the translation doesn't catch. Numbers appear in the air. "This is a split, this is a tick, this is a degree, this is an angle. Five splits to a tick, twenty-five ticks to a degree, twenty-five degrees to an angle. Twenty-five angles in a day."

"Sounds like I'll be waiting a little while then. Enough time to get in some reading, listen to some local music... Though I'm unsure where you'd find a band, under these unusual circumstances."

"We have recorded music."

"I'm assuming not on paper. I had heard of some devices capable of such a thing starting to be manufactured, but they're highly exclusive and rare on my world as of yet." She half-smiles. "At least there are some benefits to this situation."

Keo smiles a little. "Not on paper. Audible. Although I don't know if you'll like what's locally available."

Isabella shrugs. "It will be an adventure." She hides a smile. "Though I'm not certain more adventures are really what I need today."

"Understood. Oh, also - it's entirely possible to summon your belongings from your home, if you want those in addition to local objects."

"My adolescent daughter and her twelve-year-old roommate summoned you," Keo points out.

"I was not within my castle, I was out on the balcony. That said, your magic is interesting and foreign, and I've already been wrong about it multiple times. I suppose you could try..."

"You would have to specify the items in sufficiently unique detail, and I'd want to check you regarding their safety, of course."

"Well, let's try something simple to start. I have a potted rose I keep on my desk in the conservatory; I should be able to remember it in sufficently precise detail. You have permission to grab your search image from my mind."

"And the safety scan?" inquires Keo.

Isabella waves a hand. "Yes, yes, of course."

"I am also concerned about unforseen interactions," remarks Keo a moment later.

"As I said, my residence is not your average castle." She hides another smile - the motion has a little upward shift to it that suggests she's most used to doing it with a fan.

"I'll talk it over with research types and get back to you; it doesn't sound like you urgently need anything from home."

"You'll be able to hear music even without the crystals being in the circle with you; I'll go get a selection." Keo casts a spell and vanishes.

Isabella waits patiently for the crystals, neglecting to breathe and have a heartbeat while Keo is gone. It gets tiring to have to look alive all the time.

Keo comes back a degree later with a boxful of long crystals. "We can put these in the circle with you later but for now I'll have to operate them." She picks one up and strokes one of its facets. Music plays.

Isabella listens. She's really remarkably still when she wants to be.