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[klutziness]

[rikku is lying in her bunk, the comm propped up on some scrap of metal beside her because she's too busy playing with her garment grid to hold it herself. she looks thoughtful, and gently runs the pads of her fingers over the spheres locked into the grid. the five of them, each a different color (lighter shades of red, blue, yellow, etc.), seem to glow with some sort of inner light. it's a very, very faint glow, but it's still there.]

How many of y'all have magic in your worlds? Like, not that hocus pocus "pick a card, let me saw you in half, i've got a dove up my butt" sort of magic. I'm pretty sure almost everywhere has that kind of magic. But I mean real, true magic.

[a beat]

Well I guess "real" is kinda relative, considering how many different kinds of magic there could be, but I think you get the gist. And if you've got magic--is it something everyone can do? Or do they need training or some kinda help to use it?

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[anon text]

[coldhardy]

There's magic in my world, but it's rare.

Why do you want to know?

[klutziness]

how rare we talking?
just curious mostly
i know that everyone's home is at least a little bit different
i just like to know how different sometimes

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[brassbucket]

There was magic in my world. I have none, but there is.

[ ... never mind that what he does can be called magic, if you squint hard enough. ]

[klutziness]

what sort of magic?

[brassbucket]

Far as I know, different kinds. Some are out and out reality manipulation. Some have spells and symbols and power objects. Some are just...

[ Sorry, Rich's not really that into magic. Per se. He shakes his head. ]

Wish there's somebody who actually knows more to explain it. But I think there's different kinds.

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[jurisimpudent]

"Magic" is a term that's set up in opposition to "science." "Science" is everything that can be explained by intellectual exploration; "magic," therefore, is what cannot be explained. As I believe firmly that there is nothing that cannot be explained, I believe that there is no such thing as magic at all.

[klutziness]

not a bad answer
but where i'm from, magic and science can go together pretty well

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[sacrifica]

There's a lot of magic in my world.

[klutziness]

what kind?

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[last_ofthe_jedi]

I guess the Force could be considered "real" magic. Where I come from only a few people are born with it and it's usually hereditary. I got it from my father.

It's... [he shrugs] I think I always knew I was able to do things that other people couldn't. Sometimes I'd know something was going to happen before it did. I could guess what someone was thinking. I could find lost things just by thinking about them. And I've always had really fast reflexes. But now that I've had training I can do so much more.

The training helps but I bet someone could figure it out on their own.

[klutziness]

that's super intense
like, there isn't that kind of magic in my world

i've never thought about magic being hereditary though
that's interesting

[darkart]

Only some people are born able to use magic in my world. We live apart from those who can't.

For us, magic is the ability to directly manipulate reality through a combination of willpower and methodology. Different people are capable of different things based on their own competency, affinity, and drive to learn.

[klutziness]

why do you live separately?

that sounds like what we've got in my world
but magic is usually elemental in nature or used specifically for healing

text; anon

[de_void]

sort of.

text; anon

[klutziness]

oh anonymous texter, even though i super appreciate your response i'm curious for specifics
you know, as specific as you wanna get

grumpy voice

[judex]

They need containment.

threadjack, srynotsry

[championofkirkwall]

Now you decide to use this thing?

[klutziness]

why do you think so?

threadjack

[spellmight]

The level of tolerance in your voice is truly overwhelming! We are improving.

[alsohawkeye]

Richard up there and I are from the same world. Like he said, there's magic. It's very rare, and as far as I know you have to be born with it.

[klutziness]

you know anyone who was?

[Video]

[sophically]

There is real magic in my world. [Well one of her worlds.] And, no, not everyone can do it. You have to be born with the ability. Sometimes, even if you have the ability, it's not enough to qualify you as a full Witch or Wizard.

[She looks thoughtful for a moment, shifting her weight to her other foot. It seems Rikku's post got her attention while she was walking down a hallway.]

Schools exist in my world to teach those who are gifted. The one I attended was called Hogwarts.

[klutziness]

a school, huh? that's convenient
back home the temples took care of teaching some specific magic users
everyone else basically learned from their family or on their own

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[spellmight]

Yes, it does! It's something a person is born with, and it usually manifests early. When it does, it usually does so with a bang. And then cheerful men in armour come to whisk you away to the life you never knew you'd craved in a stone building far from home after waving good-bye to your family.

They lock the door, and throw away the key; and there, you learn how not to be a living weapon! Wonderful, is it not?

However, some like to be rebels and live illegally on their own. Why, I have no idea how they can function on their own, where they might actually learn life skills and how to interact with normal people.

( cheerful sarcasm is also bitter sarcasm. )

[klutziness]

[she did not plan for this]

so i take it using magic is sort of frowned upon where you're from