Tenth Treasure [Video, Accidental]

[towngoboom]

ZZZAAAAP!

[Here, have footage of Lina jumping as she's shocked, fortunately not falling through the window she's looking out of.]

AAAGH! Stupid thing-! I guess some things just don't change, even with shiny new packaging! They could at least have it do something else useful if they're going to change it.

[Deeep breath, and then speaks in a

Comments

[arcanacabana]

An airplane.

[towngoboom]

A whatnow? I've never heard of something like that.

[arcanacabana]

An airplane. A machine made by man to fly in the air. It works on the principles of certain physics.

[towngoboom]

... Physics that include or exclude magic?

[arcanacabana]

That depends on what you're asking exactly. In the plane's instance? No. Do magic and physics share traits in common? Yes.

[towngoboom]

In the plane's instance, of course. Anyone who's even dabbled can tell you that magic's got physical rules and limitations - even if it doesn't seem that way half the time.

[arcanacabana]

I'm more used to people not realizing this.

No, the plane does not use any magic in this case. It a creation by man using science and technology to produce flight.

1/2

[towngoboom]

You know amateurs or the completely unschooled in sorcery, then. Anyone who's ever tried to Levitate can at least grasp the issues of trying that with a heavy load.

2/2

[towngoboom]

But more to the point, these 'planes' sound pretty interesting. Technology on my world is nowhere near something like that. [Hee, she could do well for herself if she managed to learn something about that and take the ideas home...]

[arcanacabana]

There aren't many of us where I'm from, not any more. Regular people don't know about magic.

They are pretty interesting. Much of technology was created by sorcerers; I'm sure if you think about it a bit you could figure it out.

[towngoboom]

That sounds infuriating - hiding magic sounds like such a pain! Sorcery is common where I'm from, though a sorcery genius like myself is a rarity. [Oh, give her half a chance and some texts she can decipher, and she's likely to figure out plenty.]

[arcanacabana]

It's not so bad--until a Morganian decides to blow a crater in Russia the size of Rhode Island. Not too subtle.

[towngoboom]

... Morganian? And, uh, exactly how big is this Rhode Island place?

[arcanacabana]

Evil sorcerers. Rhode Island is about 1200 square miles. [This makes his statement several thousand square miles over-exaggerated but hey, he's a cuckoo old sorcerer, sue him.]

[towngoboom]

That's pretty badass of them - if you're not exaggerating, that is.

[arcanacabana]

Only a little.