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[analogthis]

Hey! This is Max, though probably most of you don't know me. I've been kind of a lurker on here for the most part. But I wanted to ask a question of my own, if everyone's cool with that.

So here goes, I guess:

I know some of us seem to have some powers during our particular moon phase, but I wanted to talk about possible powers you guys might have had before coming here? Back in your own world.

Specifically though, I'm interested in knowing if anyone has any experience with manipulating time, and any possible consequences you know of that came with using that power. First-hand experience or otherwise, either would be useful.

Thanks!

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[truehawk]

i had a goat named max a long time ago, probably got eaten by darkspawn when we left lothering

anyway where i'm from, magic is more about physical aspects of the world, like nature or the elements or the human body, so i can talk about that. there's been theories and studies done, but as far as anyone knows, time magic isn't possible

that being said, the inquisitor and company evidently did something time magicky not too long ago, so you may get a better answer for that out of them

[analogthis]

Max is short for Maxine, but nobody really calls me that.

So you have more people from your world here too?

[Her heart kind of breaks every time she hears this from someone, because what she wouldn't give to have her best friend from her own world here with her. Alas, the multiverse is too cruel.]

That's pretty much the same for my world, too. Science has tried to mess with time but so far there have only been theories. And a lot of fictional stories.

[Except for her own powers, but she's keeping that under her metaphorical hat for now.]

[truehawk]

i don't know if i'd say that. so far none of them recognize me as myself, they seem to know a different person in my place.

[ chin up, kid. at least the multiverse Maxes are recognizably Max, right? Hawke is still dealing with the existential "here's another Hawke, he's supposedly you but beardier" crisis. ]

well, if something ever rips open an enormous magical hole in the sky, maybe their theories will bear fruit too. evidently stranger things have happened.

[analogthis]

really? that's the first I've heard of that happening here, but I guess it makes about as much sense as everything else

enormous magical hole in the sky?? was there a storm too?

[truehawk]

i did hear it was raining demons for a while, but i wasn't in the immediate area at the time it tore open so i can't say for sure. smaller holes started opening all over the world after that, but i don't think they caused any storms either.

have a lot of experience with unusual weather, i take it?

[analogthis]

jesus. do you mean actual demons were appearing, or just that it was raining super hard?

well, maybe just really *bad* weather. it was probably in something i read, about frequent time travel causing a storm or something.

[Gawd, she's having to lie so much thanks to posting this question. Maybe it wasn't the greatest idea.]

[truehawk]

yes, they were actual demons.

sorry, that sounds too academic for me, i don't know anything about abstract or theoretical magic. there's spells that can affect the weather, i could cast a storm in a local area and enough mages together with enough lyrium might be able to extend one over a city, but i wouldn't know how "time travel" would connect to that.

[analogthis]

[well at least now she's learning some people come from way scarier worlds than hers. causing a huge storm somehow seems to pale in comparison to summoning actual demons, at least to max.]

does the magic you use come with any other consequences? asides from the demons, which admittedly seems like a pretty huge consequence already but I'm guessing that's not an all the time thing, right?

[truehawk]

philosophical question for the ages. in my experience the real consequences come from seeking power, not from the act of magic itself. the demons aren't that big a problem if you know what you're doing and don't listen to their offers, it's just that they're clever enough to target the desperate and the mad often enough that the problem seems worse than it is.

[ as far as Hawke knows, this is a huge long shot, but "asking for a friend" and "I read it in a book" are kinda obvious lines, so: ]

if you know someone who's struggling with their magic, let them know i'd be happy to help however i can. it can be a frightening thing to deal with alone, and i'm good at keeping secrets. no pressure.

[analogthis]

[max isn't the absolute best at keeping this all hidden and hypothetical anyway, so marian's hunch is totally fair]

I'll keep that in mind. thank you. never know what the moons here are going to throw at us.