prismatica | text; un: weiwuxian

[ after an embarrassingly long time spent figuring out the functions of the communication bracelet - look, it's a lot to take in all in one go - wei wuxian types out a message that's equal parts honest inquiry and throwing things on a wall to see what sticks. ]

my respectful salute to everyone reading this. my name is wei wuxian, from the yunmeng jiang sect. i have some questions and a request, if it pleases.

[ okay, the manners part is done. wei wuxian can now go wild. ]

from what i've been told, moonlacing is the practice of creating chroma. it requires at least two willing participants, and physical contact is involved.

how much contact is needed? would exposed skin touching covered skin work? how long does one need to be in contact with their moonlacing partner in order to succeed in creating chroma, what's the bare minimum? how exactly is it stored, and can you learn how moonlacing is done? has anyone succeeded in moonlacing by themselves? are there limitations to moonlacing? does it still work if your partner is unconscious, or otherwise unable to participate due to injury or some other misfortune? how quickly can you lose chroma, what's the quickest that anyone's ever drained their reserves?

i have so many questions!

anyway, my request is this: would anyone be willing to help me test the answers to these questions by moonlacing with me? i'll be more than grateful for the help!

thank you for your time!

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A control group are the people who dont receive anything in the study. In this case people not doing the actions studied in order to compare the differences. They are used as a baseline. I suppose in a way they are "under your control" but only in the sense of knowing what and what they are not doing. You want to have accurate information after all.

that does seem like a better way to do this, rather than just going around and asking people to help me answer my questions.

is there a name to this method? are there other steps to it?

It's the scientific method. I cant say exactly what steps there are, but basically you get at least two groups of people, one your control group, and the other the ones you experiment with. In this case you would have them do all of the things you're curious about. Generally in an order or with space between. So perhaps one day you would have them all hold hands and monitor the response, and the next day hold hands through gloves. Another day could be inducing sleep in half the group and seeing of anything happens if the other half try to moonlace with them.

[the scientific method. it has a nice ring to it. wei wuxian notes it for future reference as he builds a quickly-growing list of things he wants to learn more about. coffee. donuts. cameras. science. wei wuxian's curiosity is voracious, and he has found himself desperately hungry for satisfaction.]

then the most important question remains: where to find willing participants. i may have skipped to that step without really meaning to.

would you be willing to volunteer?

[for science!!!]

Well, people here could perhaps volunteer. I wouldn't mind helping out either. I know some people can be gathered by paying them....

Of course when getting volunteers it's important to outline what it is you mean to do with them in case it's something that would make them u willing.

wouldn't moonlacing with them be payment enough? ah, i'm too poor to pay anyone anything...

but as for that second part, i can do that! honestly, if you asked my brother he'd tell you i talk too much for my own well-being. it's not very nice of him to say, it hurts my feelings sometimes.

That could be an offered incentive, yes.

That does seem mean, I don't mind people that talk a lot as long as it's not nonsense. Also, don't people who talk a lot tend to have more friends?

it's easier to make friends when one is willing to talk to people, this is true. jiang cheng speaks well, though! it's just his face... he always looks like he ate a lemon, and it's not a good look. he's not even ugly! he's making himself ugly!

would you like to meet? we could compare notes, and you can tell me more about the scientific method too!

Sure, I wouldn't mind that! Though, I don't know much I can really tell you, I only know what I've read before.

Some people are just in a perpetual bad mood I suppose. The type where you have to get to know them to see their other moods.

any information is useful information, given the chance to flourish! after all, even if it's just smoke, there must be a fire causing it somewhere.

and true enough! jiang cheng is a good man, i promise, he just needs to lighten up.

say, where are we meeting?

True, even a little can go a long way.

I'm not really sure, I haven't been here very long. Maybe a cafe? Or, the library?

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