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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

[netherese]

[It's understandable heresy, at least.]

Fortunately for all those magically-minded, there is a fair amount of literature on the subject available in some of the shops in Eltrut, and any number of riftfaerers who bear some sort of magic ourselves to offer our input. It is, in many ways, like any other science.

[conclusively]

Would a scientific approach assist in grasping the shape of the thing, so to speak? The two seem to be at odds, with one relying on mystery and the other hard facts.

[netherese]

Oh, very much so! Though the idea of magic may seem foreign and fickle to many, it is a natural force to be harnessed. Just as we use air and water to provide energy, magic, too, can be used to suit many purposes by those who take the time to understand it.

[conclusively]

[and just like that, things start connecting.]

So it's not so much defying reason as it is operating as its own force. A matter of physics as opposed to simple belief.

[netherese]

Exactly right! That is precisely the approach that is taken in wizardry. It is not some unknowable power, but energy to be conducted. We, ourselves, are the conduits.

[conclusively]

If I was to ask you all the questions that sprang to my mind upon reading that, you would simply have to remove yourself from the conversation.

[just. fair warning.]

[netherese]

Something we have in common, it would seem. People have oft remarked on my boundless curiosity as well as my inclination towards verbosity. I will gladly field any questions you may have, now or any other time.

[Nine hells, there's two of them.]