video; un: athanasia

[trivialization]

[ Not much to say about setting here; Evangeline is in a study of some sort, trying to look vaguely professional... though more out of videoconferencing habit than anything else, since the sour look on her face is ruining it. ]

I'm honestly incredulous no one else has put themselves out here on this subject and saved me the trouble of opening myself to the responses of the hordes of simpletons who will probably decide this concerns them.

But in case any of you have an honest interest in this kind of thing I'll lay out a short case. Most everything here, convenient or dangerous, runs on magic. Many of us can use magic but aren't familiar with its workings here, or the possibilities cooperation may open.

And the rest may at least be able to use it from time to time as their transformation dictates.

So. Those of us who are interested in furthering their magical abilities, either within their own paradigm or by understanding how to wield it more effectively here, stand to benefit from an association, whether it's for serious attempts at syncretism or just to use each other as sounding boards. Call it a guild, department, tower, cult, conspiracy, coven, whatever you want; mages love their pomp and their bureaucracy where I'm from, I'm sure some of you know how it goes. Speaking of which I'd like to keep things more informal, but in the interest of not having to take responsibility for any collegial fraticides or lab accidents or inventive crimes against humanity there will probably be some rules if this attracts more interest than your average knitting circle. There will be time for that later, though, at this point this is just me assessing interest.

Oh, and if anyone has a sufficiently relaxed relationship with the ephermerality of all form to be interested in hosting, now's your chance to get that insurance fraud scheme off the ground.

I'd say I look forward to your responses, but that would be a lie. Just try not to make me regret posting.

[ Why did she post this in such a terrible mood? Who knows. At any rate she just stares at the screen for a few seconds like she's already regretting this before she ends the video. ]

Comments

[trivialization]

If I didn't mean 'first' I would have said something else. Mahora.

[im_gonna_heal_u]

Oh yeah! You were blank, disinterested, and pretty sour. Everyone was surprised when you actually piped up about something.

[trivialization]

If something bad happens to you in the next few days don't tell me you don't understand why.

[ Then again if her threats were sufficient to impose tact on Konoka they would have been long past having this kind of banter by now. ]

I don't like meeting new people. I like asking new people to meet me even less.

[im_gonna_heal_u]

Okay!

[ And that's precisely why they don't work on Konoka. Konoka knows when Eva means business. Today is not one of those times. ]

But it looks like you're actually making the effort. See, it's not so bad! Don't even have to meet them in person yet!

[trivialization]

Of course I expect you to attend as practice target number one.

I'll make you a uniform and everything.

[im_gonna_heal_u]

Um, target practice?

I don't think I'd survive very long if I were target practice...

[trivialization]

Come now, Konoka. You should be the first to know there's more to magic than putting irritations on ice. There are all sorts of things people could practice on you that would leave you entirely whole.

[im_gonna_heal_u]

And probably still dead. I was paying attention to magic classes, Eva-chan.

That being said, getting a little tougher can't hurt. Just please make it more manageable? I'm having a busy time as it is!

[trivialization]

Killed you a few times with the dragon speech, but you didn't seem to mind.

I'm not going to make you attend. But you should. I understand that your roving medic job is both good practice and how you want to use that power, but you'll hit a point where your abilities stagnate and you need more than just practicing the same methods. And of course your abilities won't broaden at all.

[im_gonna_heal_u]

Uh, I'm sure the dragon speech was a different kind of killing.

[ Like her dignity. That was a thing she needed in Lunatia, right? ]

But yeah, you're right in that I should find new ways to expand my abilities. That's fine!