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Klaus Hargreeves ([personal profile] bestfuneralever) wrote in [community profile] abraxasnet2023-07-27 05:47 am

@everyone

does any1 know what the deciding factor is 4 the mages dragging us in2 this world?
there doesnt seem 2 be much of a pattern…
we have just as many supernatural/superhero/magic types as not
theres adults as much as theres kids (sorry not sorry to all the teenagers: ur still just kids, deal w/ it)
so whats the common denominator
whats on their checklist

personally i think its a requirement 2 be super hot if ur summoned
every time we get together 4 some swanky party hosted by someone its like a fucking hollywood extravaganza
this is not a complaint but it IS weird right
like are we being fetishized by the natives???
(THAT gets real weird when u think abt the teenagers tho Y I K E S)

thoughts/opinions?
(do we think they even specifically get 2 choose who they pluck out of their lives or is it all at random?
magic is chaos, right??
come @ me research bros ik ur out there)


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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-07-31 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
There are certain ratios that are naturally aesthetically pleasing. However, I'm of the belief this is too subjective a topic to accurately assess.
Edited 2023-07-31 16:08 (UTC)
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[personal profile] bealufull 2023-07-31 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
That is my feelings on it. Any ratios would still hold bias.

As does all of Jesper's findings.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-07-31 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose it's harmless. The book is real, though. He updates it every other month or so.
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[personal profile] bealufull 2023-08-01 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Sadly I'm not even surprised.

Might be useful to have though to keep track of those that have been here when they're not.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-08-01 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, it's a thorough record, if nothing else.
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[personal profile] bealufull 2023-08-01 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose credit should be given for that, and for it holding his attention for this long.

Obviously I need to find more for him to do though. I would have thought between learning, the things that go on, and paramours he wouldn't have time to classify the beauty of everyone here.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-08-01 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
One will always find time for passion projects, no matter how busy they are otherwise.
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[personal profile] bealufull 2023-08-02 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose I can't argue that. I certainly had mine back in our own world.
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[personal profile] bealufull 2023-08-03 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
The Crow Club, which you may know from the Horizon.
Taking my time utterly and wholly destroying the livelihood of the man that destroyed mine.
Taking over the organization I work for.

I think that's the part here I'm missing.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-08-03 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I know the feeling. What are you doing for work here?
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[personal profile] bealufull 2023-08-06 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Mostly picking up things here and there.
I've been working on a few personal projects but most of those are tabled.

I considered doing something like the Crow Club with entertainment without the gambling. I've spent a lot of years in charge and running a large enterprise.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-08-06 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
I imagine such a place might be popular. What sorts of personal projects?
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[personal profile] bealufull 2023-08-14 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd like to think so. Especially for those that aren't as comfortable relaxing when in a business owned by those from here.

Mostly trying my hand at cartography as well as indulging my curiosity in their magic here.
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[personal profile] bealufull 2023-08-15 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Whatever I can learn and anything anyone would teach me. The few I've gained, though that usually takes someone to experiment on it seems. Seeing what else I can learn.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-08-16 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately, magical education in the Free Cities is lacking, at least when it comes to mastery. Do you have any abilities given to you by the Singularity? I find that's always a good place to start.
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[personal profile] bealufull 2023-08-20 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I've recognized two skills I certainly didn't have before coming here.

I'm trying to do well not using them on people without permission and most wouldn't agree to letting me try.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-08-21 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you comfortable discussing what they are? I’d like to make my own assessment.
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[personal profile] bealufull 2023-08-23 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't expect to have a need to use them against you, or most within the city... If I need, to having it known isn't likely to harm things.

One is the ability to harm with words. The other... I think I've developed the skills of a Corporalki from my world. I haven't had a lot of time to explore it though. Not enough targets that I wish to try it on.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-08-24 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
What is that, exactly?
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[personal profile] bealufull 2023-08-28 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a class of person that has been born with certain gifts that they train and hone. A bit like some of what we do here.

A Corporalkis gifts focus on the body. It can include healing and altering the appearance of a person.
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-08-28 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
And you haven't explored this yet?
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[personal profile] bealufull 2023-08-30 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I've noticed two different skills that I'm told are not entirely polite to test out on others.

One is a seeming ability to use words to distract and weaken others. It's not from our world that I know of. The other is a bit more intrusive and I know it from our world. It can well knock someone out. Or kill them.


[ Perhaps he shouldn't be sharing the details of the things he's noticed with others, but he is little bothered by the idea of others knowing him for those skills if he can hone them well enough. ]
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[personal profile] techmaturgy 2023-08-31 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
I can see why you wouldn't want to test them practically. What abou tin the Horizon?

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