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[blitzcheer]

magic question

say there's something that keeps someone alive in their world and if it doesn't exist, they don't

do you think it's possible to still exist in another world without it? like there's any chance that they just can

or does something have to keep them there on purpose

i get this is weird but i don't know a lot about magic

anyway thanks

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[be_notorious]

[Hmm.]

Maybe.

There's a few tests that can be run.

See if you're on the same plane of existence as us.

See if your body chemistry is about the same as most other people's of the same race.

If you got abilities, see if they're comin' from the same place.

[blitzcheer]

hold on let me pm you

[ He wants some privacy, even if it doesn't take all eyes off them (really, the pair he should care about). But, after a few minutes: ]

-i have no idea how to do the first thing you said

-i doubt there's anyone here like me. i look human but i'm from a dream. that's why i need help sticking around [ And what delayed him the most in sending this message. ]

-i can use magic but i don't know if it's working the same it did back home. it's part you and part the pyreflies in the air. but i've never seen any pyreflies here and my magic is harder to use anyway

[ He knows why that is, but if there's actually more to it...? It's hard to say. And he doesn't want to admit to it getting better over the network. ]

[be_notorious]

Hold on, hold on.

So tell me about your world, and how you found out what you were attached to before. Because it could be as simple as looking at your cells through a microscope or it could be as complicated as seeing if you leave a temporal imprint.

[He doesn't mention the chip. Not topics for network conversation.]

[blitzcheer]

[ temporal what even ]

okay. this is the best i understand it

we have summoners and then something called the fayth. they're the souls of...people that help summoners create things. i think? there was a giant summon taking place that made an entire city and that's where i come from. the rest of the world didn't know about us and the fayth called us a dream

when the fayth woke up the city and the people disappeared

i ended up outside the dream and found out later what i was when the fayth told me. that was before they woke up

[be_notorious]

Have you found any references to this 'fayth' here?

I've got some experience in the residue souls leave. Sounds like a strange thing to know something about, but there are alien scholars that can teach you some things.

[Though the Hive aren't exactly pleasant about it.]

So you only knew when the fayth told you? No sign before that?

[blitzcheer]

like what, references in a book?

that kinda sense to me. don't know if it's the same but there's ruins where the things called pyreflies gather. they repeat the memories of the people who went through there

[ Maybe it was similar, maybe not. He still isn't sure he fully understands his own world. ]

i had no idea until then. no one else knew either. they said being touched by sin (long story) made me real, but i think that just meant i was able to exist outside the dream. i still went when the fayth woke

[be_notorious]

Well. That is sort of sticky. But I'm gonna suppose that if you're here, you had to be transported onto this plane and reconstructed. Atom by atom, chock full of whatever energy that passes as an equivalent of your old magic.

So as of now, I'm guessin' your anchored the same as the rest of us. But check in with a doctor to look at you under a microscope. Maybe a friend who can do some energy research. And if that ain't enough? I'll take a look too. I got a pretty useful scanning device.

[blitzcheer]

okay. if i go to a doctor what should i ask? what i'm made of?

[ Not really a visit he's ever had to have. ]

i know a guy who knows magic pretty well. i'll ask him if he can help. but i'll ask you if we're not sure

which thanks. for the offer and all this help

[be_notorious]

Ask for any sorta blood test. Anything to get 'em to look at your blood and go, 'well those cells look normal'. That should at least cover you for physical presence.

Yeah, no problem.

Honestly, Brother, any place that pulls from so many realities and maintains powers has gotta have a hell of a convoluted sense of physics. Sounds like a fun thing to dig into once you get going.

[blitzcheer]

if that's your thing, knock yourself out. i didn't know anything about magic or summoners until a few months before i showed up here so that stuff goes over my head.

maybe it's why the city's so weird. i haven't got a clue

[be_notorious]

City is weird for all of us, kid. Pretty sure you cram a buncha people in a melting pot like this and make them all get along? Bound to be strange, reality changing or not.

[blitzcheer]

i mean more the different people...different energies kinda thing? you see buildings you know sometimes too right? it's gotta be something weird

i like the people part. i don't always get what's normal for other people but i never thought of life outside the city i grew up in. i never questioned it

now i'm reading someone telling me about someone jumping around time to save a friend

it's wild

[be_notorious]

Gotta admire a man who can look on the bright side.

[He's sure they're both very aware of this place's shortcomings.]

Too bad he ain't here. He gets real talkative about this kinda thing. Full of himself, too. His buddy's quick to put him back in his place, though.

Figure the universe knew they needed to both be around to keep things in balance.