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Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1227876: Nov 21st 2017 at 12:41:34 PM

Kohaku: Total double standards, yo.

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1227877: Nov 21st 2017 at 12:42:07 PM

Kayla: Only to your underdeveloped not-elf mind.

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1227878: Nov 21st 2017 at 12:50:31 PM

Kohaku: Does having a haughty attitude come with being a mage, or is it a prerequisite?

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1227880: Nov 21st 2017 at 12:54:07 PM

Kohaku: You are definitely a haughty sort of person.

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1227881: Nov 21st 2017 at 12:56:36 PM

Kayla: And you're a jealous sort of person.

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1227882: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:00:27 PM

Kohaku: What's to be jealous of?

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1227884: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:02:53 PM

Kohaku: Still nothing compare to scientific knowledge.

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1227885: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:04:25 PM

Kayla: Bah, science. Magic is a science.

HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#1227886: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:04:42 PM

Kyo: Guuuuuys, come on, There's no need for this. :c

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1227887: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:10:54 PM

Kohaku: Kyo, it's fine. We're not having an argument.

...For it to be an argument, there needs to be merit to Kayla's assertions. >.>

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1227888: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:11:24 PM

Kayla: I'm being serious. Magic is a science.

Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#1227889: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:16:49 PM

Fen:Its no problem Kyo.

And the elf lady is right. Fireballs don't just happen you know.

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Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1227890: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:32:43 PM

Kohaku: ...

-For one brief moment, Kohaku sounds less like she's bored and more like she's attempting to be coherent and analytical-

Kohaku: By the raw definition of "a gathering of knowledge", yes, the study of the mystical aspects of reality are indeed a form of science. But I have a personal problem with a branch of encyclopedic knowledge that asserts it can't ever be understood or applied without a vaguely defined genetic predisposition, in part because I have spent a great deal of my previous careers dedicated to that field and I know that supernatural phenomena never has an origin as simple as "I was born this way".

I understand that you have lived with this phenomena all your life and find my disregard of its effects confounding, Kayla. I bear no disrespect to your person or your work ethic. I will still continue to remain skeptical of your assertions until I have some method of actually observing it and coming to my own conclusions without needing to rely on the words of another.

-...And then switches back to sounding bored because even that much was overly exerting on her-

Kohaku: ...Also, is this one of your mage friends, Kayla? Because I don't quite recognize her.

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1227891: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:37:52 PM

Kayla: But is it not genetic disposition that makes one good at science? Red tutored under you and still cannot name one law of physics. Further, one does not need to cast spells in order to study magic. Magic-craft is a science. We perform experiments using a tested method, we record said results, and we submit them for peer review. Further, we have a code of ethics and a regulatory body that ensures magical experiments do not harm anyone. What you see is the flashy, showy magic that is used for combat. J Ust as missiles are a flashy, showy application of science.

Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#1227892: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:42:17 PM

Fen:We don't know each other, I'd like to though.

My name's Fen.

And...would it be easier to accept if I just showed you?

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1227893: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:44:38 PM

Kayla: Kaylan'der. My friends call me Kayla.

edited 21st Nov '17 1:45:14 PM by NeonMoon

Azure Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist from The World Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Fist
#1227894: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:50:02 PM

Fen:Pretty name.

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1227895: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:51:20 PM

Kayla: Thank you. Yours is as well. smile

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1227896: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:53:10 PM

Kohaku: Kayla, knowledge is not inherently rooted in genetic predisposition. Red's an idiot, but he has the capacity to apply his knowledge in other ways beyond memory rote rotation. I've asked over thirty people what magic is, and it's always been framed to me in a binary state, "can/can't use it, ergo can/can't understand it".

...Like I'm sure this nice young lady would do if I asked her to explain how someone like me would use magic.

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1227897: Nov 21st 2017 at 1:55:32 PM

Kayla: Lack of understanding does not equate to it not being a scientific study. Ask thirty normal people about dark matter or neutrinos.

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Cool Dude
#1227898: Nov 21st 2017 at 2:06:21 PM

Kohaku: No, it would be the lack of consistent applicability and definition that I find contestable as a concept, not the proliferation of a subject to the common body.

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NeonMoon Since: Oct, 2012
#1227899: Nov 21st 2017 at 2:08:18 PM

Kayla: Very well. Magic is an energy that underlines physical reality, which can be studied by anyone, and manipulated or directed with training and skill.

HilarityEnsues Since: Sep, 2009
#1227900: Nov 21st 2017 at 2:08:44 PM

Kyo: Magic, well... hm, that's complicated.

-a blonde floof pops her head out of the sand-

Lust: Magic is like pornography. You know it when you see it, and you can use it to make a lot of money.

Kyo: ._.


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