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[conclusively]

Type: Text
Sender ID: conclusively (Mycroft Holmes)
To: Public
Subject: Research Requests
Warnings: N/A


Greetings to my fellow travelers. I have recently joined your ranks, and am endeavoring to familiarize myself with what would have been unknown in my home realm but is remarkably common here. To that end, I am requesting aid in regards to texts on magical theory and the fundamentals of such. The Conservatory has been helpful in providing archives to sort through, but the sheer breadth of resources leaves me desiring some instruction on where to go for the most optimal education, as well as accounts from those knowledgeable that do not exist in a book's pages.

While magical theory is my primary focus, I would also welcome some direction regarding accounts of flora and fauna as well. They are no less critical to understanding this world, though the fundamentals of their research are not as opaque to me.

I am perfectly ready to negotiate for compensation to those that wish to lend their knowledge in this matter, should they wish.

-M.H.

Comments

[indispensable]

It tends to be the best place to start from, in my experience.

[Well his experience is really just where he lives but it does contain several lost civilizations so. Same difference right?]

That is my primary focus at the moment, so it would be where I am able to share the most relevant information, should you require it.

[conclusively]

Requirement or not, I'm still interested.

[and therefore the same proposal is on the table as to those who'd know arcane theory.]

[indispensable]

Then you can have it.

[Instantly Mycroft gets a list of books, including locations on where to obtain them, be it from bookstores or the archives or any other relevant places.]

Most of these that are marked as being sold should still be available, but on the off chance that they have run out somehow feel free to contact me.

[conclusively]

I may do so regardless to discuss their contents, if you would be amenable to it.

[indispensable]

I am.

[People!! Who want to talk about intellectual things!! Alhaitham is very pleased. Maybe there is some hope with this network thing after all instead of it being another Akasha.]

[conclusively]

Wonderful. Shall I contact you again once I have some of the texts in hand?

[his sleep schedule might suffer some, but without a formal government job to go to or a brother to harass, he's finding he has more free time.]

[indispensable]

[More free time is always good in Alhaitham's opinion. It's the reason why he's just a glorified pencil pusher back in the Akademiya instead of staying in his (unwanted, nearly not so tempoary) position of Acting Grand Sage.]

Yes, whenever you are ready.

[He is expecting a FULL DEBATE AND DISCUSSION here okay.]

[conclusively]

[guess who's kind enough to send a message later, after he's been thrown into a new Situation. which means there's definitely an IC gap on this.]

Apologies for my delay in following up with you. I've been recruited to help look for solutions to this strange sleeping curse befalling people in the world, and time for that research is cutting down into my time to pursue other avenues. That said, I'm finding the sixth volume in your list more troublesome to locate.

[indispensable]

[Alhaitham has indeed been aware of the strange sleeping curse, though he admittedly hadn't concerned himself with it too much since it hasn't affected either him or Kaveh. But he's definitely been keeping an eye on what's happening there, so this message isn't too much of a surprised for him to receive.]

There's a fair chance it might be out of print; the one I obtained had been a second hand copy.

[...]

Do you require it as part of your research into the curse?

[conclusively]

No, I only have some regret that I'll have to leave it unread for now. Right now, I'm looking at anything that speaks of curses of any type, as well as lesser known rituals that could have gone awry. Nothing's directly come up, but I won't stop looking. It can't have come from nothing.

[indispensable]

[He's certainly not wrong there. Alhaitham also can't imagine something having come out from nothing, it just doesn't make sense.]

I can make a list of relevant titles on the topic based on what I have right now and send those over to you, if it will be of help.

[Admittedly he hasn't been looking on it as thoroughly since he doesn't have a personal stake in the matter, but he recognizes the importance of helping here nonetheless.]

[conclusively]

You'd have the gratitude of not just me but those I'm working with for such a list. We can cross reference it with we've already got aboard.

[indispensable]

[Some time passes, but when Alhaitham responds again there is a new list of book titles attached relevant to Mycroft's interests, just as he said he would do.]

[conclusively]

Thank you. Both I and the others involved will benefit from this. We're indebted to you for it, and I recognize a few of these titles in the stack that we haven't gotten to yet.

[indispensable]

No thanks is necessary. As long as it is of use to you.

[Alhaitham has and will never be one to keep information away from others who need it. If anything that is the sort of act he despises deeply. People should never be barred from knowledge that they wish to learn, so long as said knowledge is something that does not harm others.]