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"Your humans magic?

Off the top of my head, healing, wards, crop growth, heat, some teleportation, moving things, scrying, making objects magic. That all I know I can do. Can probably do more if I try."

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"They can, through rituals and a lot of effort. Are those common capabilities for your world?"

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"Which ones, mine?"

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"Yes. Here it would be uncommon for someone to do so many things easily, though I don't know if they are effortless to you."

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Think your people would take 'through rituals and with a lot of effort' magic-doing humans?

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...everyone can make blood-iron. Or train as Helas.

I don't know if people would think it was - the same kind of thing, but -

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"Not effortless, particular effort depends on what I'm doing. Same deal as doing things with your body and all.

Most people aren't mages but we have a lot of mages. Power level I have isn't common; most mages can do most of what I said with less power. And with more effort, generally, while we're at it.

My friend thinks the people where she's from might take some humans. Can't be sure, but might. If your humans are fine with how they're living. 

I don't really recommend them trying to live where I'm from, though if they really want to I can give tips on trying it. 

Third place we have people will almost definitely try to kill them so that's out."

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A bit of startled blinking. "Why? Can you explain how do they live there? We don't have that many options, but still would be good to know."

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"Well, living not with other established humans is another option.

Which bit's the why about? Where I'm from is ruled by mages, they're not very nice about it - could also put it as 'everyone else is enslaved to them', depends a bit how you want to draw that line - and I don't think they'd find your humans as described mage enough to count.

Third place hates outsiders and generally tries to kill them if they show up.

My friend's people enslave all their mages - that one you can't really argue about the line, and generally very unpleasantly. The setup they have is also not very super nice to their laborers - not up to where the mages I'm from get up to, but. We don't think they'll find your humans mage enough to count either, though if they have mage babies they'll want them given over like everyone's."

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Genea is looking at the ground somewhat.

"Everyone is supposed to be citizens - not mages, but everyone else. But - we're - they're - we're - not doing it right, not really."

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We're not fans of the enslaving part she replays to Phelix and Pherikles specifically. But don't think a bit more humans will matter one way or the other on that. And seems a bit much to insist your humans can't hang out there, given they're doing it anyway.

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"Would magical species be on the same category as mages?"

 

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The slavery is not really something I am glad about our system.

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Nice to be on the same page.

New place can be all slavery free.

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"Don't know. Might depend on how they show up and present themselves."

And to the known-antislavery-contingent: I think mages where I'm from would be up for an alliance at least, but there I think new players make a tractability difference to the current problem. Not that we really have ideas about the current problem, but.  

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"How can we present ourselves correctly then?"

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"Considering some of their capabilities. I think finding somewhere remote on their world a safer option."

I think ending slavery would be easier if we found a place that would take us in but only if abolished that. People are too attached to it as a form of punishment and... well, possessions.

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"I do not think I'd do a good job of guessing that at all.

My mages might think you're a threat they have to fight, might think magic slaves they can overcome would be great fun, if they can get them. My friend's people think mages are demons and kill magic Beasts that try to stampede into their towns as routine defense." Is she stressing one side of possibilities based on what he's saying yes she is.

Well, I don't know if only taking in if you abolish it is the word, but if I'm helping with the going to unoccupied land part I'm sure requiring abolishing it. ...If you can do it without my help that might be harder but, well, trying when it's harder was kind of where we were before you grabbed us.

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"It sounds like, her place might be an option for magical beings, but a very complicated one. Our state is weak enough that I don't think we can put that much of a fight. Just look at what she did to us. We should discuss more when I am better recovered. Her world has potential."

I am trying to imply to him that I don't want to talk while you're right there. I am going to pressure in favor unoccupied land as well. We get a sense that you put pressuring against slavery is more useful than we doing it, because then it isn't a supposed ally making a difficult situation more difficult.

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The people on this world absolutely need all help that they can get.

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Honestly unoccupied land sounds easier on basically all parameters even without the slavery problem. All the slavery problems. I'm stressing the one side of possibility here but I'm not not making it up

Let me know if you need more examples of the horrors that can befall respective victims where we're from for convincingness; I have a collection.

Very happy to put all the pressure you want. If we need angles, my friend'd be a slave-or-whatever where I'm from, and vice-versa - well, I'd be dead, but, details - and I spent a bit as a mage-slave actually. 

 

Well, we've got lots of help to give and have been kind of stuck on how to manage giving it, so.

 

"Don't think anyone's answered me yet on if anyone needs healing right at this moment, by the way. Or some crops or wards or something."

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Oh, if you see an opportunity insert that fact in the conversation. Though, don't blurt it out without context now. The timing is off.

"What are the limits of your healing? More crops would be useful as well."

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Which fact?

And, just let me know when, don't know how good at spotting local opportunities I'd be.

"Regrowing limbs takes a bit and then there's a wait time and I may have to revisit. Can't do anything for dead people. Haven't done anyone but humans before; pretty sure I could but it'll be new.

If you take me to some crops - or seeds, that also works - and tell me what you need I can help you out with that."

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That you have been affected by how different cultures affect slavery. I will let you know when it's pertinent.

"Regrowing limbs and other wounds sounds like a better use of your time then. We will see if any of our seeds are stubborn against magical growth, maybe they will bend to your magic more easily."

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Affirmative sign, mentally.

"Wounds goes easier than regrowing. 

Haven't met stubborn seeds before but happy to try."

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