[IC] Myriad Reality

[Nimda]

NOW...

*The light fades as my physical body reforms, reality stabilizes, and the words and intentions cease. Bound in the constancy of flesh once more*

My world did have mages like you describe, although in our case it was a shell generated by their souls that they could "burn" to create a variety of magical effects in mundane reality. They could also use it for defense with enough training, which was quite smart of them since those who lacked the knowledge of how to defend themselves with their shells would find themselves at the mercy of mages of a more... malicious persuasion.

@Caldizar

And was the yelling required for that to work? I'm taking notes.

[Webmaster]

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*Leaps up and lands on the flat end if the blade in a squatting position, and from that position, I smash my foot into your face*

@Melodious

*A black aura erupts around me, which pushes your foot off its trajectory, and I use the momentum shift to swing the sword around toward you*

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Like some kind of soul battle?

@Fractured

In a manner of speaking. Although if a shell is not used to defend, or otherwise falls, then the soul is left vulnerable to swift and often instantaneously fatal attack.

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And was the yelling required for that to work? I'm taking notes.

@Nimda

*Smiles*

And no, that's just the natural volume at which beings such as myself are at when in such a state.

[Fractured]

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In a manner of speaking. Although if a shell is not used to defend, or otherwise falls, then the soul is left vulnerable to swift and often instantaneously fatal attack.

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*Smiles*

And no, that's just the natural volume at which beings such as myself are at when in such a state.

@Caldizar

Were you defending your own soul, or equivalent?

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Were you defending your own soul, or equivalent?

@Fractured

Hm? Oh no, of course not. I'm not subject to the same rules as that. I do have to keep my essence safe of course, but it takes another being of equal power to myself to remove it in the first place. Even then I'd need to be at the point of total exhaustion for such a thing to work.

[Nimda]

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Hm? Oh no, of course not. I'm not subject to the same rules as that. I do have to keep my essence safe of course, but it takes another being of equal power to myself to remove it in the first place. Even then I'd need to be at the point of total exhaustion for such a thing to work.

@Caldizar

Perks of being a god, huh?

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Perks of being a god, huh?

@Nimda

*Shrugs*

I suppose.

[Fractured]

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*Shrugs*

I suppose.

@Caldizar

Who made your casting system?

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Who made your casting system?

@Fractured

Hmm, let's see...

*I turn my gaze skyward as I ponder the matter*

That was Thivlir if I recall correctly. They always were the most skilled when it came to the creation of metaphysical frameworks.

[Nimda]

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Hmm, let's see...

*I turn my gaze skyward as I ponder the matter*

That was Thivlir if I recall correctly. They always were the most skilled when it came to the creation of metaphysical frameworks.

@Caldizar

How does someone create forgotten magic systems like that?

[Melodious]

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*A black aura erupts around me, which pushes your foot off its trajectory, and I use the momentum shift to swing the sword around toward you*

@Webmaster

*Just as the blade nearly makes contact, the crystal flashes before unleashing a focused, conic concussive blast that practically instantaneously shreds through your chest and hits the floor behind you*

[Webmaster]

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*Just as the blade nearly makes contact, the crystal flashes before unleashing a focused, conic concussive blast that practically instantaneously shreds through your chest and hits the floor behind you*

@Melodious

*Stumbles back, a cloudy mixture of anger and confusion in my eyes, and I drop the sword*

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How does someone create forgotten magic systems like that?

@Nimda

I don't know. I didn't look into the specifics of their system for mortal use.

*Scratches the back of my head*

That and uh, I kind of zoned out whenever they started talking about it.

[Fractured]

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I don't know. I didn't look into the specifics of their system for mortal use.

*Scratches the back of my head*

That and uh, I kind of zoned out whenever they started talking about it.

@Caldizar

*Laughs*
Alright, you know, I can respect that. I do the same thing when she starts droning into magic systems I'll never be able to use.

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*Laughs*
Alright, you know, I can respect that. I do the same thing when she starts droning into magic systems I'll never be able to use.

@Fractured

It wasn't for lack of trying, but I honestly wasn't that concerned with it at the time. Plus it all came off as a bunch of incomprehensible jargon. Anyway, in regards to how they did it, I assume it was in much the same way the rest of us gods did when we started filling the void with things.

*Clasps my hands behind my back*

By their will.

[Fractured]

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It wasn't for lack of trying, but I honestly wasn't that concerned with it at the time. Plus it all came off as a bunch of incomprehensible jargon. Anyway, as far as how they did it, I assume much the same way the rest of us gods did when we started filling the void with things. By their will.

@Caldizar

Sounds like cheating to me.

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Sounds like cheating to me.

@Fractured

*Shrugs*

Well at some point it inevitably will be. We were first, in our world anyway, so it's only natural that we could do more with what we had than anything else.

[Melodious]

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*Stumbles back, a cloudy mixture of anger and confusion in my eyes, and I drop the sword*

@Webmaster

*Without hesitation, snatches the blade from the air before it hits the ground and swings it through your midsection*

[Galaxy Raider]

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*Without hesitation, snatches the blade from the air before it hits the ground and swings it through your midsection*

@Melodious

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*Stumbles back, a cloudy mixture of anger and confusion in my eyes, and I drop the sword*

@Webmaster

No!
*Draws a knife and appears quickly between the two of you, sparks flying from the blades as I just manage to parry it in the same motion as I deliver an elbow blow to knock him back*