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[penny_dancer]

*flipping of pages*

Well, I've looked through all the books I still had from when I went to magic school, and I found nothing about why islands would be falling. Plenty of theories--mana crystals, angels, magical creatures being the soul of the islands and Reial--but nothing actually...well, concrete.

*closing of a book* So, anyone else got any

Comments

[sugarforteatime]

Certainly the most logical course of action would be to look for commonalities between the fallen islands and make comparisons to islands which have not fallen, looking for disparities.

That would require detailed analysis of several fallen islands, however.

[penny_dancer]

And that's impossible.

[sugarforteatime]

Yes, less detailed analyses must be substituted. It will likely take the form of anecdotal evidence.

[penny_dancer]

If the island's gone, how are they going to find islanders to tell us what happened?

Hey, guess who doesn't know you're a pirate

[edge_of_honor]

While I'm not a mage or a scientist, if I had to guess, I'd say that the answers we're looking for are tied to another question: how do the islands and continents float to begin with? If we knew the answer to that, we would have greater insight on this problem.

She's a Nurse Practioner Mage, TYVM :P

[penny_dancer]

Yeah...I was hoping my books would have something about how we're floating up here.

I wonder if someone can fly below the cloud cover to check it out....

A Nurse Practitioner Mage on a *pirate* ship. That's close enough for Edgeworth

[edge_of_honor]

Oh, people have tried, but you know how the story goes: a team goes down, they're unable to return, and instead of improving the problems from the last expedition they hide away for the next couple of decades. At least, until someone else decides to try again, and the cycle repeats itself once more.

She has never pirated anything! Not even a radio show!

[penny_dancer]

Yeah, I know. A girl can dream, though.

I wonder if they ever tried sending a willing demihuman down there...

[coyotealpha]

Repeat to me the part about 'magical creatures being the soul of the islands and Reial'.

[Voice]

[penny_dancer]

Uhm, hold on...

*flipping pages*

Says here that some people think certain creatures--titans, angels, y'know, that kinda stuff--are what hold up Reial.

Why?

[coyotealpha]

...well, that just kind of reminded me of the little tyke that was with us.

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[penny_dancer]

Oh, for the love of the gods, you're not thinking that cute thing was keeping that island up?

Penelo | Unhackable

[smokydemon]

Magical creatures?

...The island we were on fell after we took the pink creature from its place. If there were more, and someone's going after them...

...It's all up in the air right now. We need more evidence before I'll be swayed to any particular theory.

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[penny_dancer]

Yeah, that's what Mr. Bernardette said.