twenty-third twist of the coil

[vampirize]

[Hey, Paradisa! It's your favorite jerk of a vampire scientist. And today, due to the fact that he's easily bored, he's going to ask a question of you all, just to see what sort of answers he will get.]

So, this is more out of curiosity than anything, but what, in your opinion, is the most important invention in the world, and why? Like, what changed the world more than anything else that has ever been created by human hands?
 
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If any one of you says the light bulb or the wheel, I am going to seriously ask you how in the world you survive with such an unoriginal point of view. I mean, really, I need some more creative answers than that.

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[radiantwingedone]

.... A combination of efforts, humans only one third - but the Shrine of Zaude and Brave Vesperia. Prolonged the life of our world by shielding it for a thousand years. Of course, would not have needed a such a thing if humans used their ears...

More generalized, anything that became a weapon.

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[vampirize]

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So, what are these things, world shields of some kind? How do they work? Energy source, other possible functions?

I don't come from where you come from, so I am at a loss as to consider whether those are good inventions or not.

And really, "anything that became a weapon". How barbaric of you. But I suppose, the invention of key weapons helped turn the tide of wars and the world, so I can understand how much worth they are.

Dictated

[radiantwingedone]

Shrine of Zaude holds the power source and controls; a crystal formed of the lives of the Children of the Full Moon. Brave Vesperia is a source of secondary power and the point where the shield encases the planet. Had worked without maintenance for quite some time.

Would you argue that the world would not be what it is for you, if humans had not discovered means to defend themselves.... or attack? Not only your "key weapons", but the basics that start problems in hands of those who don't fully understand what they are using? [ Of course he's barbaric, he's human. Perhaps faintly amused. ]

Dictated

[vampirize]

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I swear, half of that sounded like something you would read in an overly cheesy fantasy novel. It's formed from lives, what is that supposed to mean, life energy? Don't tell me it's souls. Because I think I draw the line of unbelievability at souls.

[He muses that for a few seconds.] I guess you have a point. True, we wouldn't be anywhere if humanity's ancestors didn't scrounge up sticks and stones to break other people's bones. So, the invention of the weapon, though it's not really credited to one person, is pretty noteworthy.

Dictated

[radiantwingedone]

If "overly cheesy fantasy novel" to you means a world where monsters have a higher populace than humans, three of the six continents are inhabited and one not explored, where magic is a matter of study and most do not travel from the city of birth, then I am from one.

Correct, life energy. Those who wish to cast a better light on the situation may use the word 'soul', but it is a concentration - a crystallization - of the power of all the Children of the Full Moon who wished to meet this end in protection. The power of their life, not.. any sort of supposed consciousness.

... ah. Were seeking a name of a creator.

Dictated

[vampirize]

[A pause, before saying, dryly:] Nice to meet you, Mr. Cheesy Fantasy Novel Protagonist.

Ugh. [Tesla doesn't like this magic and "life energy" stuff, he likes cold hard logical science.]

I don't suppose you have anything that doesn't rely on mythical subtances of the body, or things that rely on energy that can actually be measured by scientific means, do you?

Dictated

[radiantwingedone]

... Incorrect. [ He might have been a protagonist once, but.. he's not any more. ]

Have only begun to harness the power of anything aside from Aer, not something even looked into. Shortsighted.