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Klarth F. Lester ([personal profile] fightingofthespirit) wrote2009-04-08 11:08 pm

Breakthrough!

A-At long last! I have nearly completed my goal!

The impossibility of ever making sense of the island's conglomeration of magic initially seemed an insurmountable obstacle; there were far too many cultures and worlds to accommodate. It hardly seemed as if there was even a system at all! Working towards a solution from this angle, of course, eventually proved to be nothing more than an extremely frustrating headache; one would have to eventually account for every single known world's system if one wished to reroute the currents as one desired -- But lo! Upon rethinking my initial analysis of the entire project, a single point jumped out at the brilliant mind of Klarth. The indiscriminatory nature of this magic! It had been noted previously that those with absolutely no previous magical aptitude could simply take a scroll and perform the most elementary of magical feats without so much as breaking a sweat. Though I had somehow managed to miss it before, the obvious conclusion drawn would be that the source of magic upon this island -- perhaps a stream of mana hidden either high above the island or below, or perhaps simply a new source as of yet undocumented in the texts -- did not flow from being to being as I had previously thought! Instead, it seems obvious now that each being can tap into the source individually, and it was only after he had done so that the magic would convert to the system he was most familiar with. Rather than a long, intertwined chain of mana running throughout, each person was free to dip into this stream, a far more efficient system! Going on this principle, it was hardly difficult at all to tap into this stream myself!

Now behold! The fusion of supreme intelligence, craftsmanship, and art -- The Magic Cannon!

Here goes no --

FWOOMPH

.........ow........

*thud*

[identity profile] allnaturalmagic.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
A few, but... I don't want to cast them on you. Or anyone. And the ones I would cast aren't applicable at the moment.

[identity profile] frumpyface.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 07:34 am (UTC)(link)
Wait, you came to that conclusion and then managed to get that far on an experiment without the slightest knowledge of your own world's magic?

[identity profile] prayfortomorrow.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
mii... Are you not hurt? That sounded ow ow bang bang nano desu...

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Your dying will.

. . .

Tsuna! Don't do it; you have so much to live for! Like Mist! And home and careers class! And, umm. Mist!

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
i think i'll be ok now that the fire's gone out. thank you for the concern, rika.

. . . You wouldn't happen to know any first aid, by any chance.

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
The true scientist cannot be stopped by such trifling things as complete and total amnesia!

. . . Actually, I believe I would be one of those born without the 'potential' we spoke of. It simply doesn't work for me.

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahh, I know -- I'll attach a muffler! . . . Once I finish taking apart that car engine.

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I understand. Perhaps we may locate a suitable . . . test dummy of sorts later. Ahh -- And what of the stones?

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Elephants.

Berserk elephants.

[identity profile] frumpyface.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Difficult to tell. I wasn't capable of magic before I remembered how either.

[identity profile] no-good-tsuna.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
What? NO!! You've got it all wrong! It's not like that at all! And as if home and careers class would help convince me to live!

Jeez. It's more of a determination thing. You stop doubting everything in your life and just focus on doing what's really important. What you would regret not doing if you died right then. Then you can do all sorts of amazing things to make things right. You get stronger, faster, and with the right equipment you can do other stuff using your Dying Will as a power source.

[identity profile] unnatural-20s.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, to each his own.

[identity profile] kihaku-madou.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
O_O

Um...are you all right sir?

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, good. Rule #3 of Home and Careers: Suicide is bad for your health.

Huh. That sounds . . . interesting. A type of magic catalyzed by adrenaline, it seems -- Perhaps it does have more to do with science than magic.

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, truly? That's a bit of a relief! . . . Though I wonder why this place would remove magic potential as well.

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Everything.

I'm be jumping on ahead to this 'eckeltricity' nonsense after I finish up with magic.

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course.

. . . And what of your own plans for 'mass genocide'?

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
M-Merely a minor setback!

. . . You're a new face. Will you be joining my class?

[identity profile] frumpyface.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
In my case, I don't believe it was potential. I think it was specifically knowledge about Elibean magic. Once I recalled how to cast my own magic, other forms were a breeze.

[identity profile] unnatural-20s.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that? They're nothing. Probably.

[identity profile] kihaku-madou.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
If you're sure you're okay.

Class? As in school? Well, I have a job so I'm not sure.

Do I need to join?

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . Do I need to inform the city guard?

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Well. I don't believe it was ever stated as mandatory. And Home Ec is probably the most useless of any class you could possibly take.

You would probably meet some kids your age, though.

[identity profile] shoukanjutsu.livejournal.com 2009-04-09 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
So it was the specific knowledge you were missing. I understand.

I've attempted to learn from the books in the library. They have a fairly thorough collection -- Elibean magic, you say? Then yours is the world where magic is divided into three major classes.

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