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[4got10]

Greetings.

While I've been getting wizard training at the wizard school - which, wow, I never expected to say that - I've been thinking about something lately. Really, it's kind of been on my mind since I got here and talked to some people.

I'm curious. How many of your worlds have magic? What's magic like there? Is it the same here in any way?

How are people who use magic treated where you're from?

Only monsters use magic where I'm from, though monsters where I'm from aren't like the monsters here.

Basically this is scientific curiosity. Or magic curiosity, I guess.

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[saint_sami]

Magic? Wow, that's... I'm not entirely sure with where I live. I guess it depends from place to place for me.

[4got10]

That's sort of a confusing answer. How many places have you lived?

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[charming_jerk]

i think it definitely does exist where i'm from, but it's mega super rare, and like 99.9% of people don't know anything about it

[4got10]

Have you seen any kind of magic before then?

Most people where I'm from don't know anything about it either. It doesn't keep them from being afraid of even the mention of it.

[charming_jerk]

maybe magic, maybe supernatural powers, i don't really know where you draw the line, you know? i know about it because i had them. most people are just human where i'm from, but i'm not. i don't think it's a thing humans can do

[4got10]

I think that might be more common than not in a lot of places. There's always that small fraction that's human, but not quite.

Did other people know? Can I ask that? How'd they treat you?

[charming_jerk]

did they know i wasn't human? oh yeah. it's really obvious when you see me. i kinda scare the shit out of people so they usually reacted kinda bad.

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[rivieran]

My homeworld has magic, and in a superficial manner, very similar to the magic on Vaikuntha. But here, magic feels more... artificial, I suppose. While technology seems much more advanced here, I have yet to meet anyone native to this realm that was born with magical abilities. It seems to me that anyone that wants to cast a spell must obtain an asterisk and join a guild first.

Magic is organic in my world, however. I, for example, was born with the innate ability to use it. It was quite the shock when I first arrived here.

I hope this answers your question.

[4got10]

That helps.

It's weird, seeing just anyone get to use magic and sort of just taking to it. Most humans where I'm from distrust magic; it's weird seeing so many take it to when they can.

I guess it helps when magic is available to everyone, instead of just a few being able to use it. Makes it, and those using it, less frightening.

[rivieran]

I suppose that's also an interesting facet. Though magic is natural in my world, there are peoples and cultures that are wary of it as well, and those like me will actively hide their talents.

But yes, in a way, you're right. I have yet to see a passer-by throw a dirty glance at a Mage's Guild, or look at anyone with a Job with a dirty glance. For a world where magic is so manufactured, they certainly treat it like it's natural.

[4got10]

I'm sorry. I know how hard it has to be to hide something like that, hoping you won't get chased off for it.

I guess it doesn't have to be that way here, which I guess should be nice. It's really more bittersweet when you think about it.

[mech_and_mutt]

We had magic... Sorta. It was nothin' like the kinda stuff you see here with fire and lightning or anything like that.

Wasn't really the sorta stuff I was any good with, either. Magic was really more of a Felineko thing.

[4got10]

What was it like where you're from?

Ah. You prefer more direct means, huh?

[mech_and_mutt]

It was...

[He blinked. He'd only seen it used in the raw a couple times, but it felt like there was something far more important he was forgetting-- in fact, he was almost sure of it. He falters for a good few seconds before he gets his train of thought chugging again.]

...it was like this energy that flowed through everything, and they could stop, move, and 'read' it if they really knew what they were doin'. But it's nothing I ever was able to learn.

[Or at least consciously control.]

Well, a mecha is more to-the-point, I guess.

[4got10]

Wait a mecha? Like a full sized anime mecha?

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[garyoutensei]

Magic's an energy source where I come from. Kind of helped solve a few global crises awhile back. Helped cause a few, too. I wouldn't say it's the same as here, but it's not too dissimilar. I don't use it, personally.

[4got10]

That's the way that magic seems to go. It solves all kinds of big problems, then it breaks down into its own.

Seems that it's kind of everywhere somehow, though.

[garyoutensei]

I don't even use a spellphone back home, but it's pretty much completely impossible to avoid magic completely back home. Even here, the monsters have a magical nature to them.

[4got10]

From what I'm hearing, magic is more common than not.

I'd like to say that's comforting but I'm not sure.

[failtsuninari]

Magic does exist in my world and in the beginning, everything lived in one realm. The problem was interactions between humanity and things considered fantastical, supernatural, and mythical escalated into a hot mess and that's putting it lightly.

So now my world is split into two realms. One realm is for the humans and other non-magical creatures, while the other is where gods, supernatural beings, and souls waiting to be reborn reside. Humans with special abilities do exist but even that number is dwindling.

Elemental magic like this world's does exist but I never had a knack for it. We do have another thing that could be considered magic, I guess. Except not many people are able to tap into it because it does involve a lot of training to unlock it.

[4got10]

I'm not sure about the beginning of everything, but hot messes seem to follow humanity wherever it goes, when forced to deal with something else. So that at least isn't any different. The separate realms part sounds familiar too, even if there aren't any gods or reborn spirits there. At least, none that I've seen.

Magic is pretty rare where I'm from. There are humans that have special abilities where I'm from too, but they're even rarer. Which is probably better for them. Humans don't tend to treat humans who can use magic well.

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[findingbeasts]

My world has magic though it seems to be quite different from how magic works here. It's rather limited, where I come from, who can and cannot use magic whereas here it's simply a matter of learning to use it.

[It's rather fascinating. Oh and then there was the whale's world which was just as fascinating to hear about--]

The magic and non-magic worlds were kept separate back home. Those of us with the ability to use magic kept it to ourselves and had a world that existed parallel to the non-magic world, I suppose you could say. It..was unfortunate but wizards and witches, and other magical beings, have faced persecution through the years.

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[4got10]

[A wizard. They're another wizard. A wizard from another WORLD, sure. Not one who knew what Chara knew, had to go through what they went. But then again, by the sounds of it...it sounds like no matter what world they were on, the wizards and their descendants ended up facing some kind of persecution themselves.

It takes them a moment to respond to Newt's message. When they do, they don't give a video message, but they do switch, at least, to voice.]

...There are wizards where I'm from too. They're very rare, but humans with some magical powers did exist. It was the wizards who helped the humans end their war with monsters in my world by using their magic to seal the monsters away underground.

But then, since the wizards had magic like the monsters, people began to consider that they were only a step away from monsters. And because of that, they and their families should be treated like the monsters had, less the wizards decide to eventually strike against them.

...Humans are....kind of unique in how awful they are.

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[findingbeasts]

[Newt can't help but frown as he listens to the story, a thoughtful one but a frown nonetheless. It's..not surprising to hear that beings of any magical nature were seen as something to be feared. Sad, but not surprising.]

Fear of what one does not understands seems to be a common occurrence across universes unfortunately.

[People hunt beasts here just as they do back in his world, for example.]

Humans are a species that build their society on fear, at least from what I've observed. Not all of them. There are those that stand out and are just as open minded as those of us aware of the magical aspects of the world. [Like Jacob.] But fear of the unknown drives them to be very harsh in their judgement unfortunately.

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[4got10]

Sure. Not all. But it's enough.

[Chara is quiet for a moment. They need to think, because the only thing they can think to say is undeniably cruel.]

...I can't blame them. Sometimes...fear is something that we need.

But being feared is the worst thing in the world.