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Have to stop coming back to the automail wings. Too heavy. Rip a person in half. Meant to put people back together, not pull them apart. Right.

But if I could find a way to get the right metal ratio to support the right lightening spells and not disrupt the natural magic

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She is SUPER CURIOUS but TRYING NOT TO BE XD

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...are you attempting to create non-magical powered flight?

...I could help.

IT'S OKAY, CURIOUS AWAY

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Uh. Sort of. Kind of. In a way. Not really.

It's just - an idea, you know? And most of the time I can run with this sort of this and it actually ends up somewhere, but I'm stumped here. I mean, automail is all about replacing something that used to be there. It makes sense like that. No human ever had wings naturally, so you can't replace them. And it would really be non-magical anyway, because automail relies on the natural magic in a person's body to run. Which is why Muggles can't use it. Yet. Yet.

YOU USED YET. SHE IS SOLD.

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Maybe there would be a way to sort of...trick the automail into thinking that the wings were some other part of the body? Rerouting the magical energy from the arms or legs in order to power it? Would it be possible to use a charm to channel the natural magic to the extra extermities, and upon landing, channel it back? You wouldn't exactly need legs for flying.

Jaina realizes she has forgotten something...

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Oh, and my name's Jaina. Seventh year Slytherin, I don't think I've seen you around much.

I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship :P

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That would have to be some pretty impressive rerouting, though. Convincing magic that belongs in the legs that it's actually meant to be in wings? That would be a heck of a challenge.

But possible. Totally possible. I think it all comes back to the question of weight, though...there are spells you can use to make things lighter, but metal and magic don't mesh together too well in the first place...if the wings had to support a spell like that, as well as weight-lifting on top of working the nerve impulses that would be required to make the things work...

But yeah. Totally possible, if you figured out how to get the wings to hold all those spells without failing.

Hi, Jaina! I'm Winry~ I'm not surprised we haven't met before, this is only my first year here at Hogwarts, and I'm a fifth year Hufflepuff. But it's nice to meet you!

Oh most definitely xD Man do we need a Tsunade for this problem xD xD xD

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Certainly, but challenges are half the fun, right?

The weight ratio aspect would be difficult, as would actually powering the wings enough so that they can lift the body off of the ground. Powering up a set of wings that must be constantly in motion to sustain flight would be infinitely harder than, say, walking on the ground and would need a way bigger magical source. Maybe there would be a way of...storing magical power in an object, in which case, we could use that to fuel the wings. All that would be left is the nerve impulses issue, which might be harder, since it's human anatomy and not magic, but I figure the mechanics of it can't be harder than prosthetics. I think I might ask Professor Matsumoto about this.

...actually, I'm kind of impressed that you work automail at all. My uncle has an automail hand that works great, but I've heard the stuff is extremely volatile and difficult to work with.

It's nice to meet you too, hopefully we can figure this problem out.

We totally need a Tsunade anyway! :D

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Oh, three quarters at least~!

Storing magic could work, definitely. I was meant to start learning about that specific to automail this year at Rush Valley, but they sent me here instead. My old master gave me a few notes though, I'm sure I could figure something out...

A girl in my year, K, suggested that I we deviate from a bird design and go with something more mechanical. It could work, I suppose, but it wouldn't actually be a part of the body.

Which was actually the main problem I was having, I think. Even if you had a pair of completely functional wings, they'd still have to attach to the human body, and there's not ports for wings. I can't see too many people wanting to have them created.

Maybe...maybe there would be a way of hooking the magic stored in the wings to the magic in a person's body, and a spell - probably healing based magic - to make the body think that the wings were a part of it. And then the magic could convert the nerve impulses into pure magic and feed them to the wings. Or you could forgo the nerves

this is a fact xD

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Hm...your classmate K has a point. But I was wondering, perhaps if we apply some shapeshifting principles to the person it would be easier to attach the wings? Something not too different from Animagus magic. Granted, it would be extremely advanced and possibly dangerous, but the payoff would be well worth it.

I like this idea. It would probably be easier just to ignore the nerve endings all together and simply substitute it with the magical intention, as you said. Mind over matter as the expression goes.

It's definitely the norm in my family, my grandfather was said to be almost entirely comprised of automail parts towards the end of his career as an Auror. What is your grandmother's name, if you don't mind me asking?

Very true. And to be honest, there isn't a team better suited to tackle this problem-- a Hufflepuff and a Slytherin, all the hardwork and drive we need.

Winry is old school. She's pretty wary around too much magic XD

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Oh wow. I didn't even think of that. I guess there's a use to this magic thing after all! XD

Of course, that person would have to keep their mind on the matter...otherwise, splat.

E-entirely comprised? That would be - I don't even - *_*

Oh, Granny? Pinako Rockbell. She says she's retired, but she won't give up until the end, I don't think.

You're right!