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expiationnet2025-02-13 01:41 pm
goldwraith) wrote in expiationnet2025-02-13 01:41 pm
0-1, Network, UN: Anonymous
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
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
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[ And that's why she keeps quite a bit of her family at a distance, but that has more to do with politics and whatnot. It isn't her style. But she's familiar with the way the dynamic changes, to an extent. ]
The burning thing is par for the course. Or you might be like me; I froze something to a table and couldn't pull it off for a time. You live and learn.
Most mages in my world, when their magic manifests, are put into what's called 'Circles' where they are able to learn in a safe environment and master their abilities as they show themselves and as they are tutored. I was lucky; my city treats magic with prestige and like the gift it is.
Most of the rest of mages in the world are forbidden from ever leaving those Circles once they enter.
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No, my magic was, is, odd. It shields me, and at times reflects things back to the original caster. This is why it's inadvisable to jump-scare me, I sometimes do not have full control of it.
Circles. Unfortunately, magic is not so organized from where I come from. And there are way too many different types of it with different sources. Mine was unknown to me until recently and I'm in my 30s.
...why would you be forbidden from leaving? From what I heard magic can be very useful.
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[ Her own shields reflect her element of choosing, so not always the best in terms of robustness. ]
Magic may be considered useful on its own but in my world, outside of a single region, magic is abhorred and considered dangerous. Circles are used, therefore, to essentially imprison people. Mages are more susceptible to demonic possession than the average person, so they are kept there. It's a horrible system.
Templars are a part of that. They serve the faith and act as jailors in most of the world. In my region, they're little more than guards that investigate potential magical abuse. They are often easy to pay off. [ And so corruption becomes a cycle. ]
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Okay, that doesn't sound as impressive anymore. I understand the fear of being possessed but if you're a dedicated person to study and wise enough not to yield to random offers that seem too good to be true, you should be given the benefit of the doubt.
The endless imprisonment will just brew resentment.
[Which will, sooner or later, reach a boiling point.]