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Sender ID: astudyinviolet (Sherlock Holmes)
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Subject: Magic: deciding, gaining, learning
Warnings: none atm

[ Perhaps this was inevitable given recent events and Sherlock's insecurities about his worth and ability to have purpose in this world. ]

I have a small series of questions to ask those who have gone from not having magic to having magic. Of particular interest are those who have only gained magic from this world, but I will not turn away answers from others either.

The reason I ask these questions is I come from a world where magic is usually a trick using sleight of hand and obfuscation. I inherited my brother's notebooks covering magical theories of this world, but they do not go into the more practical applications or personal aspects of magic. Surely the tattoo is only a single step among many.

How did you decide on what magic to learn?
How did you learn to control that magic?
Do you feel who you are fundamentally has changed? How so?
Have you created any contingency plans in case something goes wrong with your magic or yourself?

[ He... really hopes no one reads too deeply into that last one, but it is a worry Sherlock has given family history and having others within his head before.

And because he learned from Alhaitham's survey... ]

I understand that such a topic might be very personal. Respond anonymously if you desire and only what you are comfortable with sharing. If you'd rather meet in person, I can arrange that as well.

S.H.

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How the tattoos function here is fairly different from how Visions work,
will that help?

Some of these I can also answer from when I initially received my vision at home.

I could not say. It might. It might also be information not applicable to my case. I still welcome what information you can offer.

[ He's spent enough time with people from Teyvat that, by now, he's had to pick up on a Vision being something received and having to do with what Sherlock would call magic. ]

I received my vision a couple years ago, so I still remember it pretty clearly. There is some intuitive sense on how to use them, but it's not comprehensive, and no two Visions work the same. I suppose it would be blasphemous for a gift from the heavens to come with an instruction manual.

It's less that the Vision fundamentally changed me, and more because I changed, I was granted the Vision.

As far as the magic here...I can channel it through my Vision to an extent, but there's a heightened sense of the energy inherent to this world, which is what the tattoos seem to draw on. So controlling hasn't been difficult, but it does feel strange, and is far more tiring.

Anyway, I decided on plant magic because I come from a jungle nation, and I wasn't quite sure what to pick. While my vision was active, I couldn't use it until I got the tattoo.

And of course I have plans. I did back home, too--I don't use my Vision primarily for combat.