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[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

[dictated.]

[Pages rustling, and the sound of a cat meowing.]

Who in this castle does NOT believe in magic? Who here believes that what we are going through is something that can be explained by normal means? What of the demons, vampires, and other non-human entities here? If you don't believe in the supernatural, how would you explain their existence here?

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[majestic-blue.livejournal.com]

My world doesn't have magic, per se, but there is a certain inexplicable quality to be found in theater, friendship, luck... However, I came to terms with it when I arrived~ ♥ If you can't adapt to your situation, you might as well be dead.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

What world did you come from?

The theater, I remember going to one once before. Do you enjoy it?

[majestic-blue.livejournal.com]

Earth. But probably not the Earth everyone else knows~ ♥ There's only a couple of people here from the same place I am.

Oh yes, very much! I'm a playwright and an actor, and nothing satisfies my otherwise-lonely soul more than seeing the faces of the audience light up as I fly about on stage. There's also something incredible about being able to step into the shoes of a character and take the audience with you, and make them cry or laugh as if they're living the story too.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

There seems to be a lot of different Earths.

Well, as long as you don't dress like Caliban

[majestic-blue.livejournal.com]

There are~

Hm?~

Filtered

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

A character from Shakespeare's "The Tempest" I saw a part of the play when I was young. Didn't care much for it.

Filtered to this lovely onee-san here~ ♥

[majestic-blue.livejournal.com]

Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.

...

Fear not, I am no beast man. ♥ If anything, my silhouette conjures up a creature of the night, such as a bat or owl, though my lit presence features the grace and dignity of a lion.

Re: Filtered to this lovely onee-san here~ ♥

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.

...

Well, that certainly sounds interesting. Perhaps I'll see you perform sometime?

Filtered to this lovely onee-san here~ ♥

[majestic-blue.livejournal.com]

Saaa... what a life that would be, where dreams are not so tangible, and one might weep to see a peaceful vision in sleep... Not one I desire, surely.

Perhaps~ my play has been put on hold, but I do plan to open it by summer.

Re: Filtered to this lovely onee-san here~ ♥

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

Perhaps so.

I look forward to it.

Filtered to this lovely onee-san here~ ♥

[majestic-blue.livejournal.com]

Excellent. ♥

[ontheclockpro.livejournal.com]

[a pause]

If people been in this castle long enough and don't believe in magic - they're kinda friggin' insane or stupid.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

[a small laugh]

I suppose if some people don't believe in it they're probably stubborn.

[cloakand_danger]

Magic is hardly supernatural.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

Why would you say that?

[cloakand_danger]

Where I come from, it's a perfectly natural phenomenon.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

Do you come from Earth too, or some other world?

[cloakand_danger]

Somewhere else.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

Hnn. And magic just happens? Who do you get your magic from?

[cloakand_danger]

Magic is the name for manipulation of mana, an...energy field, I suppose you could call it, upon which all life depends. Mana is provided to the world by either the Great Tree or its Seed. Among humanoids, only those with elven blood have the ability to use magic, but some creatures can as well.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

That's interesting to know.

Thank you.

[notyouruncle.livejournal.com]

I do not.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

Why not?

[notyouruncle.livejournal.com]

[in a very professorial tone]

Because what we might perceive as magic is really only a higher form of science that the human mind has yet to penetrate the secrets of.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

[You can hear her sighing.]

So you really believe that science can explain how a castle in a realm different from ours, has been able to pull a miriad of beings; all different species, and all from different times, into this place?

Well, now I'm curious!

[notyouruncle.livejournal.com]

Of course I believe it. Why should I not?

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

You'll be seeing a lot of strange things.

[notyouruncle.livejournal.com]

I've seen many strange things in my lifetime! I look forward to it.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

How would science explain something like, say, a demon?

[notyouruncle.livejournal.com]

[thoughtful hmming]

I really cannot say, offhand, as no man of science has yet described one.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

I see.

[broken-clock.livejournal.com]

I've tried. In the beginning - I went through countless theories before discarding them. And if I can't think of a scientific explanation...

...That sounded rather arrogant, didn't it.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

What were these theories, if I may ask?

[broken-clock.livejournal.com]

Well, a modified Time Scoop could have been used to bring people from across realities, and it's strong enough to pull a TARDIS through. Certain forcefields would keep even them inside. That of course all relies on the theory that the Time Lords are behind it all, which is doubtful.

The changes in scenery could be accounted for by very advanced holograms, or a controlled shift in dimensions. Mind, the latter would take unfathomable power.

The power of illusion oughtn't be discounted; there are beings who revel in it, who can twist minds like so much twine, shift perceptions...but I've never seen something of this scale.

'Magic' can often be explained by the power of will, amplified by one's surroundings.

[lots of rambling technobabble follows]

...But none of it holds up in the end, not really. Something this elaborate ought to have collapsed by now, some of the magic I've seen defies scientific explanation, and nothing brings back the dead. No calculations I make allow for this sort of nexus, for what goes on within it. Nothing I've seen compares.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

[Alessa perks up at the mention of 'The power of illusion']

You mentioned the power of illusion. What is the, I hope this makes sense, the largest form of illusion you've seen. Not including this place.

[broken-clock.livejournal.com]

[quietly]

Castrovalva, probably. It was a construct of mathematics, concepts, ideas - the people within it thought it was real, of course, until convinced otherwise.

It collapsed in on itself when there was no one to maintain it.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

Hnnn, that's interesting.

[quietly, almost hushed]

Sounds similar to the town.

[broken-clock.livejournal.com]

[soft, concerned] Perhaps.

The people in Castrovalva...when they realised they were made for something malicious, were being used as puppets, they rebelled against their creator, even though they knew they would perish.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

[thoughtful]

Then they did a noble thing.

[broken-clock.livejournal.com]

Yes, they did.

He didn't count on that, I suppose. He rarely does.

[bring-god-down.livejournal.com]

He? Their creator?

[broken-clock.livejournal.com]

Yes. Always was a blind spot.