[ week two: mingle ]

[murderhost]

MINGLE LOG

We're back, everybody! Fresh week, fresh house, fresh murder. It is indeed a fresh house as when people wake on Monday morning they'll see that — everything is fixed! The windows, the table, whatever property damage that was inflicted last week is all cleaned up and reset. There is no SOS on the roof anymore. None of that. Anyone who stayed up all night on Sunday will have seen the mannequins diligently cleaning and repairing the house during the course of the night, finished by dawn. Yay!

They've also opened a new room in the house. A cleaning room — there is a washing machine, dryer, and various cleaning supplies in the room. Mops and brooms and dustpans and swiffers and all sorts of things! There's even a basket for collecting dirty laundry too.

And then in the morning, they bring in a few things to note, dumping it all in the living room.

• A assortment of feminine clothing — dresses, skirts, blouses, etc
• Included in that pile of clothing are twenty-five sailor uniforms of various sizes
• Make up! Quite a bit — enough to last the rest of the time
• So many packs of underwear. You had underwear last week but like, this is better
• A tablet with Candy Crush and Infinity Nikki on it. There is nothing else accessible on it. There's a sticky note on the cover that says FOR ECHINACEA
• A gun with one bullet is on the coffee table
• A spear is laid across the coffee table as well

That said, it doesn't seem like the food restocked. Huh...

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PROPERTY DAMAGE | PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS

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Comments

[akademise]

[ More does not actually mean before the war because that was centuries ago, but he's not going to bother correcting that right now, both because the truth is more painful and also because he was asked a second question that is far easier to latch onto. ]

The key to scholarship is observation and experimentation, naturally. The magic that I know is channeled through what we call 'magla particles'. They are near invisible to the naked eye, but they can band together and crystalize. In conventional use of magic, these crystals are used to create what we call 'igniters' - a tool with a spell already carved into the crystal, that enables the caster to use it easily while at the same time limiting their magic expression to the pre-decided form.

Our basic understanding of magic stems from the study of those igniters, but they are not the only form of magic. Despite what the Church would have you believe, there is a way to cast magic without the use of a tool, for true magic is an expression of the heart.

My latest research project focused on the transformation magic that is borne from confronting one's anxieties to the fullest: the magic of Archetypes. I had a rather fascinating research subject by my side, mastering the abilities and allowing me to observe his growth. I surely filled volumes with my notes on him.

[pharmahoudini]

[His age already sounds fake so maybe time is also fake at this point. Who knows anymore, not Axel!

This guy really is a lecturer, but since he's already settled in Axel will listen thoughtfully -- like half of it is going over his head but he hmmms a few times anyway.]

So like the thing where magic is science you don't understand, but more practically or something? Uh, minus the soul part.

I think I heard something somewhere about crystals being a real good way to record information? So makes sense you can just write your magic on 'em and take 'em to go.

[Magic isn't McDonald's....... He cants his head almost all the way to the side.]

An archetype's like, something you get in stories, though. You're studying superhero transformations??