Magic.

[heroic_commoner]

So I guess everyone is turning into children for some reason. I was talking to Eve, and she said that once before everyone turned into animals. I've been trying to be rational about all the stuff that's going on here, but I can't come up with any explanation for this other than "it's magic

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[asu_e_no_basho]

Magic? Y'mean like alchemy? That's science too.

[heroic_commoner]

Alchemy? Isn't that when you turn stuff into gold?

[asu_e_no_basho]

Yeah, except making gold's one of the things you're not supposed to do.

[heroic_commoner]

...huh. Sounds complicated.

Can you do alchemy?

[asu_e_no_basho]

Not really. You just gotta draw an array.

Yeah! Al and I found books about alchemy. We've been practicing.

[heroic_commoner]

Wow!
Could you show me a little, if it's not too much trouble?

[asu_e_no_basho]

Okay.

*looks for a chalk and starts scribbling a circle on the ground*

*and then looks at it*

*and blinks*

*and tries to remember the array, since he doesn't have the book here*

...Er.

...................Right.

*kinda fills it in mostly right, and touches it, and, voila, flash of light, and you get... well, some sort of little wooden horse-thing made with your floor*

[heroic_commoner]

Whoa!

That was amazing!

[asu_e_no_basho]

Hehehe, wasn't it?

[heroic_commoner]

Yeah! I've never seen anything like it!

Where I come from, I don't think there was any magic or alchemy or anything, so it's really surprising.

[asu_e_no_basho]

Eh? That's boring. Where do you come from, anyway?

[heroic_commoner]

That's... I... don't remember.

[asu_e_no_basho]

Eh? D'you have amnesia?

[heroic_commoner]

Er, yeah. I thought everyone here did.

[asu_e_no_basho]

Eh? I don't have amnesia. Maybe they made a mistake and kidnapped me and put me here!

[heroic_commoner]

Kidnapped, no, it's...

...

...I'm sorry, what's your name?