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[milkisgross]

[Edward's been seeing all of these different posts come up. It's obnoxious to him, but he can see the potential of being able to communicate with so many like this, so he decided to give it a try.]

It's come to my attention that there's a few people here who use "magic." From what I've seen, there's nothing like it where I come from and I have a few questions for anyone who's willing to answer.

In science, you've got different laws that everything follows. Is that the same for magic? Does some magic have laws while others don't?

Are there different fields of magic? What are they?

Where does the energy or power come from?

What makes it "magic" and not a field of science?

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[madannoshashu]

It's kinda tricky sometimes, and there is a little overlap since the two belong together, naturally, but that's the best way to think about it.

Generally, the state of a person who loses their heart is pretty sad. The shell that's left behind very rarely keeps a human shape or memories so you're left with a spindly sorta critter called a 'Nobody'. Not real bright and generally sorta aimless.

It's reversible, if certain conditions are met, but I wouldn't wanna bore you with so many technicalities.

[ Xigbar and Kimbley would probably hit it of, lbr. ]

Yeah? If it's so bad, why do it at all, then?

[ Simple enough solution, no? ]

Interesting. I'd like to see that sometime, if you're ever up for a demonstration. I could show you a little magic, too, if you're interested in that.

[milkisgross]

[And it's this description of a Nobody that Ed starts having trouble following this.]

The physical body actually changes when you remove a heart? Is there something else I missed that explains that?

[They probably would. I'd pay to see some CR between those guys.]

Personally, I enlisted to gain access to the research. I can't deny that the money and influence haven't been helpful at times despite the misgivings a lot of people have about State Alchemists though.

I wouldn't mind giving a demonstration. Just give me a time and place.

[OoC: Just let me know if you want to play this out. We can toss it up under Ed's catch-all or if you'd rather post it elsewhere, that's fine too.]

[madannoshashu]

Sure it does. If somebody came along and ripped your physical body apart, you'd look like a mangled mess, wouldn't you?

Same principle applies. If you rip apart the metaphysical elements that make somebody a whole person, you're gonna wind up with a nasty result.

There are ways to do it more precisely, but most of the time when it happens, a person's heart is violently ripped away by critters that eat them. So all around, not very pleasant.

[ They'd have way too much fun, and it would be terrible. ]

Fair enough.

[ He knows enough about morally ambiguous choices that he's not about to rib on Ed for it. Or at least, not at the moment. ]

Tomorrow evening sometime work for you?

[ ooc: Oho, I would love to! c: I'll hit up your catch-all!!! ]

[milkisgross]

I guess that makes sense. Are these creature that eat hearts a common problem where you're from? It sounds like they could do a lot of damage.

Tomorrow evening is fine. Does the Greatmoon Groves work for you. There's planty of open space there where we shouldn't bother anyone.

[madannoshashu]

It's been an ongoing problem for a while now, and the thing is, you can't really ever entirely get rid of them.

They're not too bad if you just find batches of 'em here and there, but it can get real messy.

[ He's just gonna conveniently not mention his own part in Heartless spawning all over the place over the last ten year, yep. ]

Sounds like a plan to me! The name's Xigbar, by the by. You?

[milkisgross]

Maybe containment would be a better solution? Then again, if they were all kept together and managed to get loose, that'd just lead to a whole new mess...

[That decision is for the best. Ed's not as annoying if you stay on his good side. Usually.]

Edward Elric. I'll see you there. I'll be the guy with the blonde braid and the red coat.

[madannoshashu]

A nice idea in theory, but since they can spawn in just about any world, that's pretty hard to do.

[ He's not dumb. No need to have more altruistic sorts on his case, especially if they don't know him. ]

Nice. I'll be the dude in a black coat with an eye patch. See ya, then.