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voidtreckerexpress2020-08-04 05:37 pm
les_magique) wrote in voidtreckerexpress2020-08-04 05:37 pm
Detect Magic
Who: Samata Mahto and YOU, the reader
What: Samata gets some new glasses and a new spell. Sort of.
When: Grasshopper 18
Where: Quite Car, Standard Coach.
Warnings: Nothing as of yet
A package had arrived in the luggage car for Samata. A small one, but one she was VERY pleased to receive. A wizard's power came from knowledge, after all, and with these things, certain kinds of knowledge were VERY easy to get...
-Scouting-
Samata was sitting in the standard coach with a book, but she wasn't really reading it. She was just...hanging out and looking occupied, while wearing a new pair of fancy looking spectacles. She glanced up at everyone who came through, and took notes in her notebook as they passed.
The truth of the matter was that these glasses took magical energy and turned it into patterns of light. She could see the flow of energy through the train almost like everything was underwater. People became complicated trees of glittering energy that cut patterns through the current as they went about their tasks. People with inherent magical power held whirling pools of magic in a sort of stable orbit around themselves. Objects that contained magic glowed as brilliant silhouettes. There was no hiding your true nature from Samata's spectacles of Detect Magic. (as long as your true nature involved magic. They didn't do anything for warrior ki energy or psychic powers or alien technology.)
-Flash bang-
After the last mission, which had involved a whole lot of darkness and monsters that hated light, Samata had had an idea for a new spell. A relatively simple one, even. All she wanted was a magic lamp, that could let her see in dark places while keeping her hands free. Easy, right?
Well, compared to other spells, yes. But it still involved a godawful amount of math to figure it out. She was currently taking advantage of the extra quiet rooms to get some quality research time in without getting interrupted. She had gotten as far as the first attempt at casting the actual spell.
We'll play this out from a viewpoint in the hallway.
The room is soundproofed, so a hypothetical passer-by would not be able to hear her shout the incantation. But the shaded windows weren't light proof enough to hide the blindingly bright glare that suddenly shined through the room. It cast shadows on the wall across from the door.
A moment later it winked out as Samata slammed the door open and staggered into the hallway, cursing and covering her eyes with her hands as a cloud of smoke poured out after her.
A moment later the fire alarm went off.
What: Samata gets some new glasses and a new spell. Sort of.
When: Grasshopper 18
Where: Quite Car, Standard Coach.
Warnings: Nothing as of yet
A package had arrived in the luggage car for Samata. A small one, but one she was VERY pleased to receive. A wizard's power came from knowledge, after all, and with these things, certain kinds of knowledge were VERY easy to get...
-Scouting-
Samata was sitting in the standard coach with a book, but she wasn't really reading it. She was just...hanging out and looking occupied, while wearing a new pair of fancy looking spectacles. She glanced up at everyone who came through, and took notes in her notebook as they passed.
The truth of the matter was that these glasses took magical energy and turned it into patterns of light. She could see the flow of energy through the train almost like everything was underwater. People became complicated trees of glittering energy that cut patterns through the current as they went about their tasks. People with inherent magical power held whirling pools of magic in a sort of stable orbit around themselves. Objects that contained magic glowed as brilliant silhouettes. There was no hiding your true nature from Samata's spectacles of Detect Magic. (as long as your true nature involved magic. They didn't do anything for warrior ki energy or psychic powers or alien technology.)
-Flash bang-
After the last mission, which had involved a whole lot of darkness and monsters that hated light, Samata had had an idea for a new spell. A relatively simple one, even. All she wanted was a magic lamp, that could let her see in dark places while keeping her hands free. Easy, right?
Well, compared to other spells, yes. But it still involved a godawful amount of math to figure it out. She was currently taking advantage of the extra quiet rooms to get some quality research time in without getting interrupted. She had gotten as far as the first attempt at casting the actual spell.
We'll play this out from a viewpoint in the hallway.
The room is soundproofed, so a hypothetical passer-by would not be able to hear her shout the incantation. But the shaded windows weren't light proof enough to hide the blindingly bright glare that suddenly shined through the room. It cast shadows on the wall across from the door.
A moment later it winked out as Samata slammed the door open and staggered into the hallway, cursing and covering her eyes with her hands as a cloud of smoke poured out after her.
A moment later the fire alarm went off.
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Yes, it's a typical reaction from those who were born with it to not be able to imagine any other paths to power.
No, I have the inherent magical ability of a sausage. I have to do things the hard way.
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Oh... I see, my apologies. Magic is something that is a natural part of my home, of my people. I did not know there were other ways to achieve it. Please, would you share your methods of it?
[An attempt of a peace offering, to learn more, so she hopes.]
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Sorcerers, on my world, naturally absorb some of the magic from the environment around them and then can use it to express their will upon reality as easily as they can move their own body. They barely have to think about it.
But the magic is there, in the air and stones and rivers around us all, all the time, regardless of if you can naturally harness it. And it reacts to living things. To anything that has a will, or a sense of self. Which means even if you're not a sorcerer, if you know exactly HOW it reacts to you, you can still tie it in knots and make it do what you want. That's the fundamental idea of wizardry, anyway.
So that's what I am. A wizard. What I lack in bloodline power, I make up for with observation, experimentation, and calculation.
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I see, and are these sorcerers people who are... not thought highly of? Given your reaction? But, these ways to achieve magic is something I would like to know more of, to see how you do it. If you'll allow it, that is?
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Wizards are shaking things up now, though.