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[alicornucopia]

In Paraasilan, Esmaar, a pair of roommates are about to break a rule that, compared to the one about running in the corridors or even the one about unlicensed teleportation, is there for a good reason.

In unison, they complete their shared spell.

~~~

with Adarin (Aestrix)

with Ekador (kappa)

with Brilliance (kappa)

with the admin (kappa)

with Teah (kappa)

with Katran (lambda)

with Hall (kappa)

with Joy (kappa)

with Kalinda (Christy Hotwater)

Comments

[cardistry]

"Mmmmmnot sure. I think I could come up with a spell that soaked up fresh background mana, but it'd have to be cast on the spot... and I think old background mana might just not be accessible that way. Probably easier to just charge a mana battery directly, so your magic thingy doesn't depend on how many big spells have been cast nearby in the last day or so. And then I still have the problem of figuring out how to design a magical object to work without a magical interface."

[alicornucopia]

"Fair enough. There's ways other than button pressing - the lights, for example," he gestures at the glowing ceiling, "operate by intentionality, not by someone poking something."

[cardistry]

"That might be harder. I don't know any way for magic to interface with the thoughts of somebody who's not magic. At least I already know it can manipulate and analyze physical objects."

[alicornucopia]

"So much for that idea." Kaylo twists the pieces of the picture crystal; the picture winks out and he pockets it. He ushers the books all back whence they came.

[cardistry]

"This is fun," Brilliance says cheerfully. "I think I might design that external mana storage system just for the hell of it."

[alicornucopia]

"And then when you've filled up ice cream and olives and toast and whatnot you can have someplace to put it even if you haven't been casting? Unless I misunderstand how you currently handle storage."

[cardistry]

"The way I currently handle storage... there's sort of an upper limit on how much mana I can carry at once, but it's more that when I get above a certain point I don't generate it so fast. I don't actually know if I'll just stop converting mana if I keep eating ice cream while I'm at capacity, or if it'll overflow and go into background immediately, or what."

[alicornucopia]

"You are enamored enough of ice cream that I fully expect you to find out."

[cardistry]

He giggles.

[alicornucopia]

"I'm out of avenues for questioning for the moment, I'm going to work on the analysis so I can squint directly at your workings and see if that inspires anything."

[cardistry]

"Have fun!"