[Poly Entry 32:] Reminiscing

[whackaspirit]

[voice;]

Yesterday was yet another odd curse. The sudden urge to want to soar the sky was quite distracting.

[Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiighs.]

Ah.. it reminded me of the days when we still had the wing pack. The use of the Rarebirds were rather nice. The feeling of becoming one with the wind. Hmmm~ it was magnificent.

[He lightly chuckled, remembering

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[blastiafreak]

You didn't go jumping off of any buildings, did you?

[More or less her way of asking if he's all right. He doesn't look dead or flattened.]

[whackaspirit]

Not a scratch or a bruise as you can see.

How are things on your end?

[blastiafreak]

I didn't have any weird urges to become "one with the wind", so I wasn't cursed, anyway.

[whackaspirit]

One with the wind, huh? [He lightly chuckled.] Certainly a fitting title for yesterday.

I'm glad to hear. How about in your world though, Rita? Was there such a device that allowed you to soar the skies as well?

[blastiafreak]

No, not really...Nothing beyond the experimentation stage, anyway.

So those wing packs and Rarebirds you were mentioned--they were devices for flying?

[whackaspirit]

Oh? What sort of experiment?

That's right. An inventor in Alvanista presented it to us for easier travel in exchange for finding the means to make it work.

[blastiafreak]

Well, there were a few experiments for creating blastia that could hover, but I don't think they were strong enough to do much at the time. I wasn't really involved in that research, though.

And just what were these means?

[whackaspirit]

I see.. what was your focus?

It was to make a pact with Volt. Its energy source was what was needed in order to operate the device.

[blastiafreak]

Magic. I mean, I have some knowledge about other blastia fields, but magic has always been my specialty.

Volt--is that the spirit of lightning? So you ran these things with the spirit's powers?

[whackaspirit]

Hm. Essentially the process and source of it then.

That's correct. A charge was needed in order to have it function. I now see that it's much like those things of this world. They all run on this "battery".

[blastiafreak]

Yes, and applications, too.

Ah, I've seen those around here. I guess they're useful...Of course, there's never been a shortage of aer or mana, so it's not like storing energy has ever really been an issue for us.

[whackaspirit]

Formulas, was it? Despite the abundance of mana, there was always a need for something to channel and employ it in our case.

[blastiafreak]

That's right. Any energy source needs a way to be harnessed, but our way just happened to be more convenient than anything else.

1/2

[whackaspirit]

I see. [He allowed a sigh to pass.] Still, convenience, huh...

2/2

[whackaspirit]

Often times its hard to determine how far one should take things for such sake.

[blastiafreak]

...Yeah. This whole "convenience" put our world in a pretty bad state. So I guess when it gets to the point that you're relying on it, then it's gone too far.