Seventh Mind Read - Getting Down to Business

[justcharles]

[Having finally having had a chance to speak with Fred about his plans for Cerebro, Charles figures it's high time he spoke with his other potential assistants. He knows it's a big project, but it'll be well worth everyone's time in the long run. Sitting out on the roof, Charles clears his throat a moment, before writing a filter into his journal.]

Comments

[modernholmes]

Every logical method I can think of for rearranging the castle in such a short span of time seems unworkable.

[justcharles]

Indeed. Yet another example of the castle defying traditional logic, though a young lady I spoke to imagined that the rooms all fitted together like pieces of a block puzzle, and could slide around to fit elsewhere, to give the castle it's new configuration. It's a far-fetched explanation, I know, but lacking any way to actually see what happened, all we're left with is conjecture.

[modernholmes]

Not a simple block puzzle. Simply from the size and shape of the rooms there are only so many possible configurations. But a puzzle of some kind I could see as being possible.

[justcharles]

It would naturally be a complicated thing, but it seems the most logical way to do things, if one was to discount the castle's magic.

[modernholmes]

And if we're discounting the sheer scale and impossibility of accomplishing this in three days.

[justcharles]

There are many impossible things that happen in Paradisa, Conan. It doesn't make them any less real. Though I am curious as to how it's done, though I'm not sure if conventional logic will be able to explain it adequately.

[modernholmes]

People only call things impossible when they haven't been explained yet. Anything can be understood if you only think about it long enough.

[justcharles]

True, but sometimes it takes a leap of faith to explain something extraordinary. For example, if I hadn't demonstrated my telepathy to you directly, would you have believed it possible?

[modernholmes]

No.

[He sighs irritably.]

A detective is a master of deconstructing tricks to figure out how they were accomplished. I base my deductions on facts and what I can figure out from observation. I don't rely on leaps of faith.

Before I arrived in this castle I solved dozens of cases that had been set up by the criminal to convince investigators that the culprit or method was something fantastic. Whether it was telepathy, ghosts or magic. But I proved all of those to be hoaxes.

[justcharles]

I'm not denying your talents, Conan, but sometimes it takes more than simple deductive reasoning to explain something. When I first discovered my telepathy as a child, I didn't believe it was possible. It was only when I invested myself in the study of genetics, which at the time was considered science fiction, did I find the cause.

[modernholmes]

Still, there is a rational explanation for it. I've had to expand my definition of what is possible here, but I still believe that everything can be explained. It is only a matter of learning the cause behind it.

[justcharles]

True enough. I believe I can be of help to you there, Conan. Part of my studies in genetics and mutation has involved me investigating seemingly impossible occurrences, and finding the logical explanation. For example, one of my students back home, a young man named Sean, is able to produce sonic vibrations of such intensity that he's able to achieve supersonic flight by directing his voice at a solid surface. After examination, I determined that it was a combination of explainable physical factors that allowed for this to happen.

[modernholmes]

Interesting. I'm not very familiar with the science behind sonic vibrations, but that is much more logical than someone simply claiming the ability to fly.