[video]- A few days after Ben's speech
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auranet[A message from Lea appears on everyone's phones.]
So I was thinking... we don't know when more people are gonna turn up, but it's a pretty safe bet that eventually they will. And it's not super practical to have people walking around specifically looking for new arrivals all the time, or to throw a party and make a big speech every time new people show up.
So how about we set up a spot somewhere, like in the front entrance hall of the school, that's like an information booth? We could take turns manning it in case anyone turned up, and if anyone did, we could answer questions, hand out phones, try and explain the situation, stuff like that. We could maybe even print up some pamphlets or something that cover the information Ben went over in his speech, so we don't have to keep repeating the same basic stuff all the time. And to make sure people know where to go, we could hang a banner on the big 'Auradon Prep' sign; it's a big obvious landmark, so it'd be hard to miss, and the banner would serve double duty covering up the bottom part of the sign and making it seem less full of itself. What do you guys think?
Also, is it just me, or is everything way too... perfect, around here, appearance wise? And I mean like creepily perfect. Not just the grounds, but all the public areas, all the rooms I looked into before we were told which ones were off limits, everything.
There's nothing out of place that can't be explained by people just suddenly vanishing. No one's bed was unmade. No one's desk had just randomly accumulated stuff. The desks in the classrooms all look pretty much brand new. There's no cup rings on any of the tables, no fingerprints on the glass, no books in the library with dog-eared pages that I've seen, no random mysterious stain on the carpet that's probably been there forever, no scratches in the woodwork, nothing. What's up with that?
So I was thinking... we don't know when more people are gonna turn up, but it's a pretty safe bet that eventually they will. And it's not super practical to have people walking around specifically looking for new arrivals all the time, or to throw a party and make a big speech every time new people show up.
So how about we set up a spot somewhere, like in the front entrance hall of the school, that's like an information booth? We could take turns manning it in case anyone turned up, and if anyone did, we could answer questions, hand out phones, try and explain the situation, stuff like that. We could maybe even print up some pamphlets or something that cover the information Ben went over in his speech, so we don't have to keep repeating the same basic stuff all the time. And to make sure people know where to go, we could hang a banner on the big 'Auradon Prep' sign; it's a big obvious landmark, so it'd be hard to miss, and the banner would serve double duty covering up the bottom part of the sign and making it seem less full of itself. What do you guys think?
Also, is it just me, or is everything way too... perfect, around here, appearance wise? And I mean like creepily perfect. Not just the grounds, but all the public areas, all the rooms I looked into before we were told which ones were off limits, everything.
There's nothing out of place that can't be explained by people just suddenly vanishing. No one's bed was unmade. No one's desk had just randomly accumulated stuff. The desks in the classrooms all look pretty much brand new. There's no cup rings on any of the tables, no fingerprints on the glass, no books in the library with dog-eared pages that I've seen, no random mysterious stain on the carpet that's probably been there forever, no scratches in the woodwork, nothing. What's up with that?
Re: Locked
Date: 2023-01-04 02:27 am (UTC)[Lea sighs slightly, settling himself a bit before getting into explaining.]
Anyway, magi-science and magi-tech...
Most worlds I've been to- including this one, it seems- treat magic and science as two completely separate things, with science being natural and logical and magic being this weird, other supernatural force. But that's not how it is at all. Magic is just as much a part of the natural world as rocks, weather, plants, or animals, so there's no reason it can't and shouldn't be studied the same way you would geology, meteorology, botany, or zoology. Magic has rules, laws, classifications, limitations, and an internal logic with which it interacts with the rest of the world and other natural forces.
...And I think I accidentally quoted my middle school science textbook in there somewhere. Basically, magi-science strips away the mysticism from magic, and helps expand knowledge in general by making it so the vast majority of people aren't effectively locked out of a good chunk of it. It helps people understand magic, not just use it, so it's not this big mysterious thing to be intimidated by any more. It's just a part of life.
As for magi-tech or magical engineering, it's basically just applied magi-science. No offence to you or FG on this one, but using spellbooks and wands and things like that is super outdated where I'm from. Magi-tech combines the power and versatility of magic with the stability and reliability of technology to create something that's better and more efficient than either of them could be alone. Harnessed Thunder magic for cheap, clean electricity, stoves and heating systems that run on certain types of Fire spells, modified Blizzard magic devices for air conditioning and refrigeration, elevators that work using modified Float spells... Really, there's all kinds of applications, from small scale to huge.
I know the capitol's waterworks in particular were a big point of pride. The the magi-tech water purification system let it provide clean water to the whole city and its surrounding area without the need to keep replacing filters or adding a lot of chemicals, all the while using less than half the power of a non-magi-tech alternative. We went there on a school field trip once and saw it action; it was really cool.
Traditional spellcasting is still a thing too, of course, but it's all streamlined and standardized. No more little poems or silly-sounding context-sensitive spells required; most spells are just one or two word commands, and with enough practice you don't even need to verbalize them, just think them. Introductory spellcasting is actually an elective in most high schools, but with all the magi-tech around, most people don't need more than the few basic spells they'd learn there unless they planned to make a career out of some form of magical study.
So basically magic there is just... part of the world, not some game-breaking power only a few people have access to. And it could be the same way here, if people worked at it.
Re: Locked
Date: 2023-01-04 05:58 am (UTC)"Well your best bet for any of that would be starting with Professor Yen Sid, but they you'd have an uphill battle against FG and the council. They've seen too much magic used for ill to fully trust it, no matter how regulated."
[Which did make it easy to manipulate Jane, though long term it was a pain in the neck to deal with now that she was trying to be good.]
Re: Locked
Date: 2023-01-11 06:57 am (UTC)Not surprised that Yen Sid would be the guy to talk to about something like this. If he's anything like the Master Yen Sid I know, he's probably that rare combination of super-smart and sensible. Most other geniuses I know tend be simultaneously brilliant academically and idiotic when it comes to things like common sense.
But yeah I figure it'd take some convincing. It'd basically be proposing a whole new way of thinking about magic and its relation to the rest of the world rather than just some new law or something, so there'd be bound to be resistance for a bunch of different reasons.
Re: Locked
Date: 2023-01-12 07:41 am (UTC)Re: Locked
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Date: 2023-02-23 06:58 am (UTC)