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aefenglom2019-06-04 09:50 am
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Name: Zelda
Date: June 4th, i guess? sure why not
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[Zelda is no expert in how to use the "watches." She barely knows how to use them at all, actually. But there is no way in hell she's going to be able to keep a stoic face up while giving this message, so after several hours of fiddling, a new post appears on the network.]
i have been asked by miss nerissa bell to forward some information she has shared with me regarding any supernatural, magical, or otherwise extraordinary abilities those of our number might have possessed before our sudden arrival in the looking glass house. i wished to know if she had any theories regarding what has happened to these powers and abilities, and she responded that she did.
the following is an image of the letter in which she detailed her theory to me. please forgive me if it is illegible in any way; i shall transcribe it if necessary, but this form of communication is still very new to me.
[Fortunately it's not terribly unreadable; you might need to zoom in on some bits to pick apart the o's from the a's and so on, but Nerissa's big bubbly letters make it easier than it otherwise might have been. It reads as follows:
Dearest Princess,
You'll be right happy to know I may've got an answer for this one! Might not be the one you'd be happy to hear, but at least it's a question I've some familiarity with. I didn't pay too much attention in theory classes - I'm more a hands-on learner, and lectures put me to sleep - but there's one thing the Coven drills into its students more than anything else in the whole entire world.
"Magic comes at a price."
It could be that 'price' was the lot of you's native magics (or powers, whatever you'd like to call them) (incredible abilities?). Normally, magic's price is on a smaller scale - most everyday spells just tire you out, the price being your energy. Nothing a good nap and some proper food won't fix! Much larger and powerful spells require materials as their price, else it'll drain their caster of too much energy. It's not too specific, so most Witches buy a jug of animal blood and use that if they need to. Blood's powerful in magic, you see.
Other spells require more specific materials and handling - divination's usually the culprit here. I've joked it's the alchemy of magic and gotten a number of dirty looks, so I wouldn't say you should say that around in public, but it's true. Difference lies in how many times you can use a material though; alchemy tends to be one-use only, since they're transformed into something else, be it by actual creation or by potionmaking. Divination, on the other hand, has materials with an unlimited amount of uses, long as it doesn't break or anything like that. Crystals, cards, candles. All those kinds of things.
But back to the topic at hand: magic has a price, and that might be the answer here. We'll keep looking into it, of course, and should the trend continue we'll have no choice but to accept it as the most viable theory... Not like we can ask the world Talam herself, or talk to magic, or anything like that after all!
I hope that helps even a bit, dearest. Spread it among the rest of you if you would, too - I'm sure you're not the only one worried about your magics. Actually, if I recall, a few others seemed a bit at a loss about it back when you lot arrived...
Ever yours,
Miss Nessie ♡
Another slip of parchment can be seen covering up the very bottom of the letter after Nerissa's signature, but this is just because Zelda doesn't want the world to know the Coven headmaster asked her to pick up some tarts from the store for her. She still has her pride, okay.]
further inquiries regarding this theory should likely go to miss nerissa herself, as i fear my own understanding of this world's magics is still very limited.
Date: June 4th, i guess? sure why not
Format: text
[Zelda is no expert in how to use the "watches." She barely knows how to use them at all, actually. But there is no way in hell she's going to be able to keep a stoic face up while giving this message, so after several hours of fiddling, a new post appears on the network.]
i have been asked by miss nerissa bell to forward some information she has shared with me regarding any supernatural, magical, or otherwise extraordinary abilities those of our number might have possessed before our sudden arrival in the looking glass house. i wished to know if she had any theories regarding what has happened to these powers and abilities, and she responded that she did.
the following is an image of the letter in which she detailed her theory to me. please forgive me if it is illegible in any way; i shall transcribe it if necessary, but this form of communication is still very new to me.
[Fortunately it's not terribly unreadable; you might need to zoom in on some bits to pick apart the o's from the a's and so on, but Nerissa's big bubbly letters make it easier than it otherwise might have been. It reads as follows:
Dearest Princess,
You'll be right happy to know I may've got an answer for this one! Might not be the one you'd be happy to hear, but at least it's a question I've some familiarity with. I didn't pay too much attention in theory classes - I'm more a hands-on learner, and lectures put me to sleep - but there's one thing the Coven drills into its students more than anything else in the whole entire world.
"Magic comes at a price."
It could be that 'price' was the lot of you's native magics (or powers, whatever you'd like to call them) (incredible abilities?). Normally, magic's price is on a smaller scale - most everyday spells just tire you out, the price being your energy. Nothing a good nap and some proper food won't fix! Much larger and powerful spells require materials as their price, else it'll drain their caster of too much energy. It's not too specific, so most Witches buy a jug of animal blood and use that if they need to. Blood's powerful in magic, you see.
Other spells require more specific materials and handling - divination's usually the culprit here. I've joked it's the alchemy of magic and gotten a number of dirty looks, so I wouldn't say you should say that around in public, but it's true. Difference lies in how many times you can use a material though; alchemy tends to be one-use only, since they're transformed into something else, be it by actual creation or by potionmaking. Divination, on the other hand, has materials with an unlimited amount of uses, long as it doesn't break or anything like that. Crystals, cards, candles. All those kinds of things.
But back to the topic at hand: magic has a price, and that might be the answer here. We'll keep looking into it, of course, and should the trend continue we'll have no choice but to accept it as the most viable theory... Not like we can ask the world Talam herself, or talk to magic, or anything like that after all!
I hope that helps even a bit, dearest. Spread it among the rest of you if you would, too - I'm sure you're not the only one worried about your magics. Actually, if I recall, a few others seemed a bit at a loss about it back when you lot arrived...
Ever yours,
Miss Nessie ♡
Another slip of parchment can be seen covering up the very bottom of the letter after Nerissa's signature, but this is just because Zelda doesn't want the world to know the Coven headmaster asked her to pick up some tarts from the store for her. She still has her pride, okay.]
further inquiries regarding this theory should likely go to miss nerissa herself, as i fear my own understanding of this world's magics is still very limited.
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the thing I lost wasn't something like being able to shoot some fireballs it was really REALLY important!
I didn't ask to come here and I DEFINITELY didn't ask to lose stuff to come here!
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neither did i. nor was the thing i lost 'something like being able to shoot some fireballs' either.
i do intend to get it back, though. the only question is in finding out how.
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It just doesn't need a physical catalyst to be used.
The energy loss seems like common sense.
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it is the idea that our native magics and our abilities to use them could have been the 'price' we might have been made to pay to fuel our sudden transport to this world.
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I realize that you wouldn't have the answer.
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a teleportation spell is a very simple one to those of this world. the amount of energy consumed - the 'price' - varies depending upon how far one wishes to travel, but it seems to be among the basics taught to new witches.
i would say to imagine our transport here as a sort of teleportation spell, one on such a grand scale that it cannot possibly be paid for by one witch. so the entity casting the spell reaches for the 'animal blood' so to speak - the burden of the price is placed upon something, or someone, else. the ability to use this world's magic is not what those of us turned into witches gained in exchange for our native powers; it is our transport to this realm in the first place.
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But since it's only been a month, I suppose the research just isn't there yet. I guess I can only thank her for the effort so far, even if it's not very helpful.
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but i can appreciate a starting point to work from, at least.
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Our old powers acting as a price would make sense though. At least, as much as any of this makes sense.
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hopefully, things will become clearer sooner rather than later as investigation proceeds. i do not much care for the idea that i was made to pay a price at all without my knowledge.
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Guess you could say I paid an arm, a leg, another arm, my eyeballs, and a few liters of blood so that I could learn to spin some spells with a fork. Neat! Now I get to relearn it all. bummer.
but hey,, an answers an answer I guess. you dont make the rules, and neither does little old Nessie.
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yes, i am not pleased with having to learn the basics all over again, either. the magic of my own world seems to function quite differently from yours, but i can agree with the sentiment.
i can only hope we find more concrete answers soon.
nobody: "henry please overshare weird thoughts!"
robin please come collect your dark mage
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Wow, Miss Nessie's a lot more relatable when it comes to studying than I realized! I really hope we don't need to bring in jugs of animal blood in to class anytime soon, though.
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it sounds to me as though that sort of preparation is only necessary in more advanced spellwork, fortunately. we are likely safe for the near future, at least.
but yes, it is easy to see how the coven has come to be so accommodating and tolerant, with her at its head.
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I like this world less and less.
Thank you for sharing this, Princess.
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a sentiment i find myself agreeing with wholeheartedly. you are welcome, lord francel.
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What I mean to get at is... I don't think I am the most powerful person here in comparison, when thinking of my abilities from my home, but what it must have "cost" to bring me here surely must have been much higher than to bring most others over.
I don't think everyone paid the same price. Isn't that strange?
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i cannot begin to tease out what it might mean, though. were some of us paying for the passage of others along with ourselves? could that be why there are so many of us?
it will certainly be something to keep in mind as investigation proceeds.
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i could not say for certain, but it is good to know at least one of our number can see a silver lining for themselves in all this.
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What was their "price"?
Not to mention, it suggests we arrived here willingly on our own. Normally it's the magi performing the spell that has to pay the price. Unless... well, we're the materials used! [ Like crystals or jug of blood mentioned in Nessie's letter—
—Sweet dreams ]
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until we learn otherwise, these are the assumptions we are going to have to work from.
as for those who did not possess magic before: it has been mentioned that clearly not everyone has paid an equal price. there could be some overlap, one person 'paying' for another's passage and so on. it is impossible to say for certain at this stage.
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have some options pick ur favorite
1 smth else was taken and we just havent found out what yet
2 our price is we can nevr go home
3 ppl with magic paid for us
4 other
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the idea that some of us may have paid for the passage of others does seem to be a common one, though of course the bulk of discussion here has been between those who have lost something both noticeable and identifiable.
what are your thoughts? [you strangely irreverent name on a forum, you--]
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If whoever - or whatever, for it may be a living being as well as an entity - has summoned souls here they'd have to prepare vessels for each, then it makes sense that vessels adhere to this world's rules rather than the worlds' that we've come from.
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[mmm, don't like that, don't like that one bit.]
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