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[enterpainment]

[filtered away from alan and mae | so hackable it's barely even a filter]

So... magic. I've heard a lot about it here, and I was wondering... what's magic in everyone else's world like? Dangerous, or common, or... er, not so common? It's a universal word, but it seems to mean a lot of different things.

I was just... curious.

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... I think I'm cursed.

Well, not the kind of curse that usually goes on here, but actually cursed. I swear three toasters this week have disappeared! One minute they were in the kitchen, and the next they'd just gone. Either I'm living in a sentient apartment that eats toasters, or I have an... an anti-toaster curse on me. Or maybe the toasters are alive. It's all probably possible, in a place like this.

All I want is toasted bread in the morning! Apparently that is too much to ask for.

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damnnnnn you, I was JUST ON THE WAY TO BED.

[veritaphobia.livejournal.com]

I do hear that these things happen.

THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR PRESSURING ME TO POST 8|

[enterpainment]

... You're my number one suspect.

[THE MOST UNIMPRESSED.]

I ~convinced~ you. Terribly different story.

[veritaphobia.livejournal.com]

No--I see why you would. But you must understand, even toasters have to think of their own welfare.

... it is the same story worded differently 8|

[enterpainment]

Well, maybe the toasters should have a little more faith in me. I can toast bread. Sometimes. One time out of ten, it's not completely charred! That is an awful lot of progress.

... Anyway, I still think you did it.

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

They're probably running from you and your rice-eating needs.

[enterpainment]

... That was only one time! And I have learned my lesson since then. Putting rice in toasters only ever leads to fire and small explosions. [Whine whine.]

[brobeforehos.livejournal.com]

It might be a toaster rebellion. [although...] Which is fine and dandy when I don't want toast.

[enterpainment]

They're liberating themselves by escaping our kitchen? [... underhanded!] I suspect Alan's the evil mastermind behind this, though. Do you know what he was keeping under the sink?

[Because Jamie doesn't. But he's curious!]

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[gaiustavarus.livejournal.com]

What is a toaster?

There is nothing called magic in my world, though the Canim possess sorcery and the Aleran, my race, all have what we call furycrafting and what you might call magic.

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[enterpainment]

It's an... appliance. You put the bread in, push the lever and a couple of minutes later, presto! The bread is toasted. Well, usually. Sometimes it's just burnt. Or on fire.

[Pause.] Furycrafting? So... I guess it's a good thing, then, if everyone has it.

[risetwice.livejournal.com]

Someone is stealing toasters?

[enterpainment]

I think so. It's a terrible tragedy!

[risetwice.livejournal.com]

The toasters but not the bread?

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[7thborn.livejournal.com]

Common and uncommon. It can be dangerous depending on who uses it. But those answers can apply to any world.

[Pause.]

So why're you asking?

voice | private;

[enterpainment]

How can it be both common and uncommon? [... unless it's like it is in Jamie's world. Hidden.]

Well... just out of curiosity! Academic curiosity? Or, er, maybe just the general kind. In my world, people who use magic are generally... [evil? corrupt?] hated.

voice | private;

[7thborn.livejournal.com]

How else can it be common and uncommon?

[This pause is the equivalent of a shrug.]

Some secrets've got to be kept for the good of all involved, and even those who aren't, in a roundabout sort of way. The magic could be there but most don't know about it, maybe.

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[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

In my world, not so common but dangerous definitely. Magic always costs something. The bigger the magic, the higher the cost.

Voice

[enterpainment]

[He winces. And then, hopefully:] Always dangerous, all the time? Not even safe, maybe... one out of ten times? Those are low odds. You never know.

[... but the real world doesn't work like that, Jamie.] What would you say the cost is, usually?

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[whattingawhat.livejournal.com]

It can be good and good things can be done but that doesn't make it any less dangerous because of the cost and magic can be addicting.

Willow, who's a witch and my best friend, used to say it cost pieces of yourself every time you did magic.

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[adamantined]

That depends. What do you consider magic?

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[enterpainment]

Er... well... making objects move without touching them, that sort of thing? Anything people can't do usually.

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[adamantined]

Even if it's something that's not... I mean, something genetic. Something you wouldn't typically consider magic. There's no wand waving or spells involved. That kind of thing?

[fatespoken]

Anti-toaster curse? Next thing you know, your turkey baster's going to attack you.

[enterpainment]

[Frooown.] What's a turkey baster again?

[fatespoken]

You already know what turkey is?