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RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#894876: May 5th 2015 at 11:41:30 AM

Ah- yes.

I do.

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#894877: May 5th 2015 at 11:42:30 AM

R-right, -goes to him-

A-are there any spells for detecting metal? O-ores and otherwise?

edited 5th May '15 11:42:38 AM by f1r3lemon

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RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#894878: May 5th 2015 at 11:45:44 AM

Well- I'm not good at intellectual magic but...

-folds his arms thoughtfully- There is essentially a spell for everything.

You just need to have an imagination, and creativity- and some intelligence as to what you're doing.

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#894879: May 5th 2015 at 11:46:43 AM

W-would you need...Mana for it?

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#894880: May 5th 2015 at 11:48:38 AM

-shakes his head- No, you just need ingredients and power words.

Though that's only to begin with. Eventually one becomes proficient enough to only need the words- and then only need thought.

But- you would probably be middle-aged by the time you get to that point.

Even then- if you stray a bit far from what you're used to- it can mean stepping back to basics.

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#894881: May 5th 2015 at 11:49:22 AM

-nods- U-understood.

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RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#894882: May 5th 2015 at 11:52:25 AM

I think this is in the introductory paragraphs... but Intellectual Magic is based on qualities, Populist is based on concept.

Qualities are more specific, and have greater range than concepts.

It's the secret word behind the world that you see- it's what makes us identify what a particular thing is.

Universal qualities like emotion- universal concepts like gravity.

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#894883: May 5th 2015 at 11:53:30 AM

I-I think...I can identify with C-concepts. Its like science, isn't it?

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RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#894884: May 5th 2015 at 11:57:23 AM

-nods- Yes.

You have to treat magic as a field of science in its' own way- it conforms to its' own logic.

Some of which you'd think are purely mental forms of logic.

Such as the law of opposites. For every single quality- there is an opposite quality.

Everything exists on multiple spectrums. Love to Hate, Anger to Calm, Sharp to Blunt- things like that.

edited 5th May '15 12:01:19 PM by RegularDefender

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#894885: May 5th 2015 at 11:58:17 AM

-nodnod- Y-yes.

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#894886: May 5th 2015 at 12:01:05 PM

-I think you know what I meant, there... I will edit it out anyway-

-fahaishaogho "science is a field of science"-

Populist is a lot easier to access. I can teach populist.

Though you have the book on Intellectual Magic. Something- Chester is better at teaching.

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#894887: May 5th 2015 at 12:02:08 PM

W-what does...Populist entails?

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#894888: May 5th 2015 at 12:07:25 PM

Populist is looking at Concepts and is bound by universal laws.

Where Intellectual Magic is all quality-based.

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#894889: May 5th 2015 at 12:08:15 PM

I-I see...C-can you teach me it then?

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#894890: May 5th 2015 at 12:09:07 PM

Hmm... I have never taught before.

The only problem is- that I can't really afford big distractions like teaching.

I have to keep an eye out for Levack after all.

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#894891: May 5th 2015 at 12:11:35 PM

A-alright...w-would you have something similar to this though?

-holds the Intellectual Way for Bengt to see-

O-one that I can actually read?

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#894892: May 5th 2015 at 12:15:48 PM

What problems in reading are you having?

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#894893: May 5th 2015 at 12:16:39 PM

-flips open the book-

-is it in a language she can recognize?-

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#894894: May 5th 2015 at 12:18:09 PM

-it's strange-

-but it's like the book conforms to the language you know-

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#894895: May 5th 2015 at 12:18:46 PM

-Finds gem-encrusted cane-

While the gems on this look absolutely mouth-watering, where the heck are all these gem-encrusted things coming from?!

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#894896: May 5th 2015 at 12:19:00 PM

-Oh-

...N-nevermind, its alright.

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#894897: May 5th 2015 at 12:28:10 PM

-nods- Yes... I had thought that maybe the book just didn't have time to be imprinted with a language you're familiar with.

Chester did write it to be universal.

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#894898: May 5th 2015 at 12:29:57 PM

I-I see...

-flips open to the first page-

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#894899: May 5th 2015 at 12:32:18 PM

-it seems to be an introduction-

-explaining just what it is, and what it means to be an Intellectual Magi-

-as well as explaining how much of the book's spells are just examples of application-

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#894900: May 5th 2015 at 12:32:46 PM

-flips to the next page-

-particularly on what the spells are-

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