0-1, Network, UN: Anonymous

[goldwraith]

I want to start with a brief apology for this being an anonymous post. But there are several factors that are, in a way, forcing my hand.

[she's looking at you Viktor]

Despite that, I will answer anything you inquire with sincerity and knowledge I am privy to. Answering this anonymously in return is acceptable.

My question is, perhaps for many people here, quite simple: What is magic to you?

The follow-up questions that you can answer, but don't have to, are: How do you control it? Do you have a trigger for it, like heightened emotions and danger-sense? Or does it come from understanding and logic? Did you learn it? Or were you born into it?


I appreciate any and all insights you can provide me with.
-m

Comments

[goldwraith]

[She should've suspected something like that. Most magic, even hers, is mostly aggressive.]

A lot of people from where I'm from would consider not using it a waste. But, I suppose that's because it's not accessible to us.

[battlefieldbrat]

it has applications for civilian life. but as a civilian, rather than going to the trouble of spending several years learning to use it, you would just hire a squad from the military to come do whatever you needed doing. so in that sense, it's not wasted.

[goldwraith]

Your military must be well-developed if you can provide civilians will such help. Is joining restricted or open to all? Are there schools where you learn how to use 'magic'?

[battlefieldbrat]

open to all, but we don't get as many civilians because you have to commit to joining at a young age. civvies don't like that for some reason. but if you commit, you go to school to learn that and other skills, yes.

[goldwraith]

Knowing in advance you have the ability to nourish for something more than civilian life gives you an option. Some people don't belong in military, for one reason or another; if they don't feel like contributing, they shouldn't hinder either.

[But it's never that easy, she knows]

[battlefieldbrat]

it was never a choice for me so i wouldn't know. i was born to a military clan. but i know some good soldiers who were born civilians. it's complicated i guess.

[goldwraith]

[This makes her think of her mother. Of herself. Being born in a country where strength is everything- something Mel apparently didn't have until recently...]

I have no doubt.

But thank you for sharing this with me. This is something completely different to people and magical events that happen in my world. It puts things into perspective.

[battlefieldbrat]

sure. there's no harm in giving people knowledge here. it's not like you'll ever go to my world to see it for yourself.

[goldwraith]

That is true. This place would need to do something extremely drastic to send us all there. Unless it is a conscious choice.
There's a lot to think about.