[cool...? she's never heard it put that way before.]
It was part of it, I guess. She left books, too.
Aspio wasn't exactly a child-friendly city. If I wanted to stay, I had to become a mage. And once I started learning... it was all I ever wanted to do.
I guess that makes sense. [ you find things you like, you latch onto them. ] Our world's usually fine, but for people like us it's not exactly what you'd call child-friendly either. Mostly because we're a great snack option for all kinds of monsters. If we want to survive we have to train, too. But it's with weapons and our powers. I think most of us keep finding new powers and ways to use them all the time.
Kind of one of those constantly evolving things, so there's always something to figure out.
[ he's debating how long it'll take before her curiosity might turn into repulsion, but that's just reflexive thinking. ]
Everything on my profile's true. But in simple terms, I can work with the dead. Ghosts, skeletons, other undead beings, bones, shadows...I have control of all of them, even if I'm still learning how far my limits can be pressed.
Um... [ the how is iffy, he thinks, because he sort of just. does. ] Usually I can just tap into the earth and connect with them and summon them. Sometimes I have to use rituals. Sometimes they just appear to me. I didn't even know I could shadowtravel until someone else taught me years ago.
It's just a part of who I am. I had no idea how to use most of my powers when they first started showing up.
Right. [ it's not. accidental necromancy, and he seems to realize like half a second later that he is not explaining this well. ] ...for people in your world it sounds as if anyone can learn magic and learn how to apply it so long as they understand the theory and have a blastia thing. For us, it's people who are born with abilities that're dormant for a while until they're a little older. Some of us display signs as early as seven or eight? And others don't realize it until as late as fifteen or sixteen. Mine started manifesting when I was ten.
It's...all dependent on one of your parents and what they're capable of. The Underworld is my father's domain and all of my abilities are things that came from him. Nobody else can use them the same way I can. My sister and I have a little bit of an overlap, but she's better with some things and I'm better with others.
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Date: 2023-09-29 08:37 pm (UTC)It was part of it, I guess. She left books, too.
Aspio wasn't exactly a child-friendly city. If I wanted to stay, I had to become a mage. And once I started learning... it was all I ever wanted to do.
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Date: 2023-09-30 03:22 am (UTC)Kind of one of those constantly evolving things, so there's always something to figure out.
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Date: 2023-10-02 12:13 am (UTC)[now that she thinks of it, she's pretty curious.]
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Date: 2023-10-02 12:36 am (UTC)Everything on my profile's true. But in simple terms, I can work with the dead. Ghosts, skeletons, other undead beings, bones, shadows...I have control of all of them, even if I'm still learning how far my limits can be pressed.
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Date: 2023-10-02 01:52 am (UTC)That's... -- seriously?
I mean, how do you even... use those?
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Date: 2023-10-02 04:14 am (UTC)It's just a part of who I am. I had no idea how to use most of my powers when they first started showing up.
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Date: 2023-10-02 05:55 am (UTC)[did he just bumble into some accidental necromancy?? please don't tell her there was accidental necromancy.]
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Date: 2023-10-02 06:00 am (UTC)It's...all dependent on one of your parents and what they're capable of. The Underworld is my father's domain and all of my abilities are things that came from him. Nobody else can use them the same way I can. My sister and I have a little bit of an overlap, but she's better with some things and I'm better with others.