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[gumshoewizard]

[To anyone who gets motion sick easily: sorry. Harry's copied Rebecca's awesome computer chair, but made it even better: its a rolly chair now! And typical of any man-child, he's spinning back and forth as he addresses the PORTAL.]

So, hello Promenadians... Promenaders...whichever. For the newcomers, I'm Harry Dresden and I'm a wizard. A few months

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[feycarved]

[Have a skeptical look, Harry.] You made circles for protective wards?

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[gumshoewizard]

Not protective wards, think of them as magical barriers on demand.

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[feycarved]

Ah-huh... But you're still usin' circles for keepin' things out, is that right?

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[gumshoewizard]

Yeah, pretty much.

[feycarved]

Right, uh... An' you're sure that'll work just the way you intend? Without nothin' breakin' or dissipatin' on ya?

[gumshoewizard]

...Its worked every time I've used it that way.

[feycarved]

[He pauses before answering this time, but eventually shakes his head.] Awright, if you're sure... But I ain't never laid much trust in a circle formation when it comes to barriers or wards.

[gumshoewizard]

What do you have against circles? You've piqued my professional interest here.

[feycarved]

Easier to penetrate, tougher to keep reinforced. They're ideal for empowerment wards an' other enchantments an' such, anythin' that's invitin' power in, but ain't worth shit next to many-sided figures when it comes to protective wardin'.

At least not in my experience, but I'll tell you what, you ain't never gonna find many warders more experienced than me.

[gumshoewizard]

Really now.

[Scratching at his chin in thought. Hmm, he needs to shave today.]

But any other structure really mucks with the flow of energy. Plus, there's a metaphorical resonance with circles representing completeness and wholeness. Good thing for a ward to have.

[feycarved]

So sayeth the Grant method, if I'm rememberin' right, which works just fine if you got the time an' effort to put into maintainin' it. But when it comes to practicality, it sure don't hold up to the Hutchinson honeycomb-like what I just mentioned.

[gumshoewizard]

So you actually have names for these different styles? Huh, that's pretty interesting. Man, the more I hear of other worlds' magics makes me wonder just how much I know about my own.

[feycarved]

[He snorts at that.] Them names belong to the families that developed those methods in their grimoires.

You really don't have nothin' like that where you come from?

[gumshoewizard]

We have classifications of magic - evocation, summoning, thaumaturgy. There's some unique skills and specialties belonging to certain cultural groups, but...tradition is tradition, I guess.

[feycarved]

[He raises an eyebrow at the mention of summoning, but decides not to address it.] Sounds like how it is back home... I got this associate, big Nordic fella I met out in Europe, an' his grimoire's got magicks that are miles different from my own.

[gumshoewizard]

Well, in the end, its all just energy being moved. But some of the techniques I've seen experience wizards use...its a little frightening.

[Like...dropping a defunct Russian satellite on a vampire den.]