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[brat_from_hell]

[Phibrizzo has a magical tome in his lap when he looks into his journal for this video broadcast. It's interesting, the things one can find in the library. He's learned a bit about magic in other worlds.]

Just curious, but how many people here practice magic, or come from a world where people use magic?

[This inquiring mind wants to know. Specifically, he wants to know who poses the most potential threat, but from an academic standpoint, he is sincerely interested as well. In that vein, he shares a little bit of information about his own world.]

There are more people who can't use it than those who can in my world, but it's still common enough for there to be a Sorcerer's Guild where magic is formally taught. A lot of people who can't use magic directly can still use magic objects made by a sorcerer.

[Including brass rackets. He'd like to get some of those here in Luceti and introduce the sport. The chaos and hilarity would be well worth it. But that's not the point of today's broadcast.]

I've also noticed there are a lot of people with powers here. If you have them, are there a lot of people who have them in your world? And if you don't have them, are there people in your world who do have them? I'm kind of curious if there's some kind of thing that makes people more likely to wind up here.

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[brat_from_hell]

[Phibrizzo watches with some curiosity. He can't tell exactly how it's drawn upon just from watching through the journal.]

Soooo you just wave your hand and it comes?

[brat_from_hell]

They must be really rare weapons...unless your world has a theft problem.

[13sugars]

White magic? So there's white magic and black magic where you're from, I'm assuming? Funny, the only magic I usually hear about is the black kind. Of course, anything outside the realm of science tends to get a bad rap.

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[splashpuppy]

Yep! I've been able to do it as long as I can remember.

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[onifukuchou]

[...Okay, he knows that not all worlds are the same. And that stuff like magic is real for some people. But that matter-of-fact statement is still a little unnerving]

I... can see why, I think.

[amberguardian]

Some things just need to be seen...but who is the-[WAIT! The title kinda explains itself, doesn't it?]

There's someone in your world that knows everything?

[Voice]

[defieddracula]

'Tis somewhat different in Valachia. Though any person can be born or infused with magic, one sorcerer may not share the inborn abilities of his counterpart. A… [He pauses again, searching for the correct way to phrase his thought.] colleague of mine carries the same type of magic as I, yet he possesses gifts that I do not.

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[brat_from_hell]

I've been able to use magic for as long as I can remember, too!

[brat_from_hell]

Well, white magic is mostly healing spells...there's a few spells for non-violent self defense, too. A sorcerer who uses mostly white magic could fend off bandits by casting a sleep spell on everyone near him. White magic spells can dispel curses. Stuff like that. Black magic is the most destructive kind, although elemental spells can be pretty destructive, too.

[voice]

[brat_from_hell]

He makes sure that they go to sleep. You know how they say "rest in peace" over graves and stuff? It's 'cause you don't want ghosts running around haunting people.

[13sugars]

That's... really interesting actually. I thought white magic would be all passive quiet healing spells. A sleeping spell is pretty tricky. Funny though, when people say black magic the image of pointy hatted witches riding broomsticks pops up not.... fireballs and explosions.

[brat_from_hell]

The Mother of All Things is a goddess who created multiple universes. She's even more powerful than the god of destruction or the lord of death.

[brat_from_hell]

Most black magic involves destructive intent, and sometimes it draws power from one of the gods. The spells that draw power from them are the only way to kill the strongest dragons.

[Voice]

[brat_from_hell]

But you must have some abilities that he doesn't then, right?

[13sugars]

You have dragons over where you are too? That's amazing! I've only seen dragons in storybooks. It's a shame there's never any stories about nice dragons, just evil ones who poison water and eat princesses.

[Voice]

[defieddracula]

One. For as long as I can remember, animals of all kinds have been drawn to me. Though I cannot directly command them, even the most savage creature relaxes in my presence.

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[splashpuppy]

Some people think that's weird. I don't really understand why.

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[onifukuchou]

[This conversation is just getting weirder and weirder] That makes sense, I guess. And it's probably better to rest than to be haunting someone.

[stilldontgotit]

Ha. But Keyblades can't be stolen-- only their wielders can use them, and if anyone else tries, their Keyblade will flash right back into their hands.

[amberguardian]

I don't think there's anyone like that in my world. Just God and Satan are the strongest ones...I'm not sure who the strongest one in the Otherworld is though.

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[complicatedliar]

Apparently not enough, if your mathematics is boring and your crumbly chocolate doesn't do anything but crumble and taste chocolatey.

[that_is_asecret]

Very well, I'll get something suitable and we can have some fun changing its appearance around a bit.

[Might as well make it look somewhat ridiculous]

[brat_from_hell]

The dragons who aren't brutal killers in my world are snobs. Of course, they're beings of human-level intelligence who can live to be well over a thousand years old so they do know a lot. So I guess it makes sense for them to be so stuck up.

[Voice]

[brat_from_hell]

Oh, that's neat! A little like my big sister Zellas. There's a god from my world called Lord Beastmaster, and my sister can draw more power from Lord Beastmaster than any other sorcerer or sorceress in the world. Although Xellos, the priest who learned from her, is pretty impressive, too. He's sometimes called the Beast Priest because of his strong connection to Lord Beastmaster.

[voice]

[brat_from_hell]

Exactly. Sometimes a white mage can convince the spirit to choose to move on, but drawing on Lord Hellmaster's power makes them rest even if they're stubborn.