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[lamb_of_gold]

[Time to get back to business. Mu shows up on the plane with about two-dozen Cloths in tow, all in various states of disrepair. Some have tell-tale smudges of the black blood given to the revived plane-goers.

The saint of Aries is sitting roughly in the centre with a list resting on his lap and a faint glow about him. When he speaks, he seems to be addressing the Cloths themselves, even as he takes a knife to cut the centre of his palm open again, laying it on the closest one at hand.]

I know you still mourn, but please, speak to me if your masters have found their way back.

[With him, as always is the Cloth of Aries, a single golden figure amidst a crowd of dulled silver.]

Comments

[lamb_of_gold]

Not strictly. Some Saints specialize in manifesting their cosmos in certain ways. The fallen Saint of Aquarius and his student Cygnus, for example, can use it to slow down the movement of atoms, effectively freezing their targets.

[clinical]

But not a matter of darkness, light, fire, water, air, and earth. Troublesome. [But he waves it off. He'll just have to do more experiments on himself, which is actually a bit fun.] The variations between worlds are interesting enough on their own.

[lamb_of_gold]

Certainly nothing quite like that, no. Have you noticed side-effects?

[clinical]

Just a few differences in how my body is processing the First Fonon, Shadow.

[lamb_of_gold]

I see. Is it a positive difference?

[clinical]

I haven't been able to determine that yet. It hasn't affected my casting, at any rate.

wth, gmail isn't telling me about new emails

[lamb_of_gold]

I suppose that is somewhat of a relief.

gmail wants to get in the way of magictalks!!!!

[clinical]

Did you experience a positive difference?

Or it hates me.

[lamb_of_gold]

It was initially awkward, but certainly not negative.

[clinical]

What changed? Don't worry; I keep secrets well.

[lamb_of_gold]

My telekineses and telepathy both grew more sensitive. Adjusting was strange, but now that I have, I hardly notice the difference.

[clinical]

[that flicker of curiosity] What an interesting part of abilities.

[lamb_of_gold]

Oh?

[clinical]

As far as I'm aware, they don't exist in my world. It's difficult to imagine a science that will facilitate them.

[lamb_of_gold]

I see. Even in my world they are rare, but no product of science.

[clinical]

[slightly amused] Yes, I've noticed that a few worlds seem to make a distinction between scientific and other forces of the universe.

[lamb_of_gold]

There is a science to my Cosmo, but my telekinesis and telepathy are skills I was born with.

[clinical]

That doesn't preclude them from science's sphere.

[lamb_of_gold]

If they do fall within it, I'd be interested to hear how.

[clinical]

Science is a process for understanding the world. If something can be explained and predicted in a testable manner, it constitutes scientific knowledge. I may not know how telepathy exist, but there is still the possibility of it being analysed by scientific method.

[lamb_of_gold]

I meant to say that I would be interested in hearing any results of such analysis.

[clinical]

I'd have to have a test subject first.

[Jade does love science...]

[lamb_of_gold]

I wish you the best of luck in finding one.

[clinical]

How heartbreaking. I hoped you were going to offer yourself to the cause.

[lamb_of_gold]

Unfortunately, I'm rather devoted to another cause at the moment.