[...ah. Goodness, how does she explain aether in a way that doesn't take a full week...]
Aether. It's a force that permeates our world and all living things. Utilized properly, one can use it to perform any number of feats, magical or no.
[She frowns slightly, considering all the nuances of even just those two sentences, then chuckles, glancing back to Nanaly.]
There's much more to it than that, but I'll spare you the details. Suffice it to say, Alphinaud and I spent years at the Studium learning the ins and outs of aetheric studies and manipulation, and I still don't know everything there is to know.
Ah, gotcha. Sorry, that's the name of a race of people in my world, so it kind of threw me off.
[ She is one of them, so it was a little weird there for a second. ]
That sounds a little like how we use the energy from lens, though, so I think I get the basic idea, at least. We use it for upgrading weapons and stuff too.
[ it'll be short lived because she's more of a jock than a nerd and i don't really understand lens lmfao but!!
She shakes her head. ]
Mm, it's some kind of mineral they say came from this asteroid that hit the world a long time ago. It's got a special kind of energy in it that we've used for all sorts of things -- that's how we're able to use magic, too, by drawing from that power. If you're looking to get into the nitty-gritty of how it actually works, though, I can't help much with that.
[that's fine Alisaie's nerd side really doesn't come out much anyway]
That's all right. While fascinating, there are other mysteries we should be expending our energy on.
[A general "we," not as in her and Nanaly specifically, but who knows if that nuance goes through I sure don't
Alisaie glances toward the bed.]
Do you see any problems with sharing? I suppose we could flip a coin for it, if you'd prefer... [She digs in her pouch and comes up with the coin they were all given, offering to flip.]
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Aether. It's a force that permeates our world and all living things. Utilized properly, one can use it to perform any number of feats, magical or no.
[She frowns slightly, considering all the nuances of even just those two sentences, then chuckles, glancing back to Nanaly.]
There's much more to it than that, but I'll spare you the details. Suffice it to say, Alphinaud and I spent years at the Studium learning the ins and outs of aetheric studies and manipulation, and I still don't know everything there is to know.
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[ She is one of them, so it was a little weird there for a second. ]
That sounds a little like how we use the energy from lens, though, so I think I get the basic idea, at least. We use it for upgrading weapons and stuff too.
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What are lens? Surely you don't mean the glass type used in telescopes and glasses...?
[are they nerding out about magic and energy now? Huh. Unexpected.]
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She shakes her head. ]
Mm, it's some kind of mineral they say came from this asteroid that hit the world a long time ago. It's got a special kind of energy in it that we've used for all sorts of things -- that's how we're able to use magic, too, by drawing from that power. If you're looking to get into the nitty-gritty of how it actually works, though, I can't help much with that.
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That's all right. While fascinating, there are other mysteries we should be expending our energy on.
[A general "we," not as in her and Nanaly specifically, but who knows if that nuance goes through I sure don't
Alisaie glances toward the bed.]
Do you see any problems with sharing? I suppose we could flip a coin for it, if you'd prefer... [She digs in her pouch and comes up with the coin they were all given, offering to flip.]