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Name: Zelda
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.
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.
oh henry
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!"
[hmm]
robin please come collect your dark mage
miss nerissa certainly seems fond of the hands-on, experimental approach to learning, so long as it is done safely. i am sure the teachers of her coven would be interested to hear a new perspective regarding the nature and logic of magic.
[Please do not blow up the Coven, good sir, they need that--]
personally, i am hoping that we will not remain her long enough that i will have the chance to obtain new skills i have never possessed before, but i suppose there will always be something new to learn no matter how long our stay in this world becomes.
no subject
[But he's not exactly sure what he'd do if he found himself in Ylisse again. Still, he's aware enough to comprehend that plenty of people have their callings in their home worlds. Once again, he's a bit of an odd one out: no family, no country, no definite future.]
They have a limited pool of magic to study here, if you ask me. Alchemy, abjuration, and stuff. But it is different, I'll give it that. Say, IF you had to stay here for long... What do you think you'd want to specialize in?