08 - Still, they seek an answer for living [ Dictated ] / Clinic Filter

[stainedglassreflections]

I've noticed some definite strangeness between my world and others.

[ Well, beyond all the terrible things that happen. ]

Does anyone else have any culture clash noticed? Mine is that magic isn't shared. If you know magic of one country, it is more or less illegal to go to another. Seeing magic users of different worlds work together is something of a shock.



[ Filtered to : Clinic Staff ]

... I don't suppose there's someone I can see in private? I don't really know how this place works.

[ The problems of being a king, with your own infirmary should you need it. ]

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[ofhope]

The 'team spirit' seems to come and go.

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[stainedglassreflections]

But that it is here at all is a marvel.

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[ofhope]

Just give people something or someone to hate enough, and anyone can band together.

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[stainedglassreflections]

I can't tell if it is sad that it is so accurate, or something else. Hopeful that banding together is always an option?

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[inlifesname]

It's pretty much the exact opposite of that where I'm from. Wizards tend to travel more and work together more than most people.

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[stainedglassreflections]

Sounds like a far nicer place. Its mostly out of "If they know how our magic works, they'll attack us more effectively" that no one who knows magic gets to travel.

[inlifesname]

Maybe that's the difference; all the wizards in my...universe have taken the same Oath. We're working to do the same things, in the end, even if we have different ways of doing it.

[stainedglassreflections]

That would definitely make for a spirit of cooperation.

[givetheslip]

I've noticed one or two, yes. There's nothing I'd call magic where I'm from, and the..."technology" has advanced quite a bit for many of the people I've met here. Just about everyone, in fact.

[stainedglassreflections]

Like pens that you don't need to fill with ink before writing with? Or the startling lack of quills?

[givetheslip]

Yes, exactly! And the bathing closets. I rather enjoy those.

[stainedglassreflections]

Not having to go outside, or use a pot is always a plus. And the lighting - so far as I have seen, no chance of accidental fires.

[lord_wizard]

[Oh no Sion you said the 'M' word.]

Are the systems of magic different in every country where you are from?

[stainedglassreflections]

[ Oh no he did. ]

Yes. It makes for telling who is attacking you fairly easy, but sometimes it is too late by the time that magic is used.

[lord_wizard]

The latter is true for most types of magic, I would think. Does being able to identify the origin make it easier to counter or avoid?

[stainedglassreflections]

Yes. Estabul magic requires some speaking - and if you cancel the sound in the area, they can't cast. ... Or when they try casting a group spell, and you disrupt the sound, sometimes they don't all cast the same one.

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[toobravehearted]

I've seen many people of different worlds work together to defeat a common foe. Granted, where I'm from the magic itself is science.

[Clinic staff filter.]

... What seems to be the problem?

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[stainedglassreflections]

I know some magic is used like science, home. It is always a less than savory sort, though...

[ Clinic Staff Filter ]

[ Oh no, he didn't know you worked there- ]

I haven't managed to figure out how to bandage my own fingers properly yet.

[ That whole spiral mess, his hands aren't particularly happy with anything. ]

Dictated - Clinic Filter

[toobravehearted]

[Yes, Sion. He is on staff. It's your lucky day.

The Doctor huffs a little, wondering why he required a private filter just for that.]

Meet me in the clinic?

/Clinic Filter

[peacockherald]

I can see you if you wish, though I warn you that my skills are not that of Miss Jennifer or Simon. But if it is small, I can care for it easily enough I should think. Or otherwise find Simon or Miss Jennifer.

/Clinic Filter

[stainedglassreflections]

I have another offer, but it is mostly that my fingers aren't healing quite quickly enough for my self bandaging skills to work for more than... a few days.

Re: /Clinic Filter

[peacockherald]

I can help with that. I have the Healing Gift, so I can speed the healing of your fingers. I have done it with many small wounds before.

[wishmadeinfire]

I could see a reason for that, though in my world there was no way to stop it. People are born with their Talents, regardless of Clan. Segregating or banishing one for being born Water when I rule with Fire is not wise nor does anyone any real good.

[stainedglassreflections]

.... That sounds more like "I was born with Estabul-style magic, I am now kicked out of Roland", only.. with elements?

[ How odd, to be born into the type of magic. ]

[wishmadeinfire]

I would be better able to answer that if I understood the metaphor.

My point was that the element you are born into makes no difference. What matters is your Clan. My mother was Earth, my father Fire, and I took after him.