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  2. Posted

    1 hour ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

    Never spent time on a farm?  Never were forced to slowly walk through every livestock exhibit at the county fair?  Their experiences as small town kids in the midwest do not resemble my own.

    Assuming Moperville = Naperville, Illinois, it's now pretty thoroughly urbanized. Farms are still in easy reach, and the Kane County Fairgrounds are still near there.  But you're more likely to see a  music fest than a chicken.

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    10 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

    I often have trouble sleeping.

    Taking things just makes the problem worse.

    Is diluting your awareness and driving yourself to magical fatigue a healthy way to fine tune circadian rhythm?

     

    Same here, but Susan's approach to shutting down intrusive thoughts seems likely to be healthier.

  14. Posted

    Here.  Most (all?) of us saw most of this coming. I was a little surprised at how powerful Edward thinks he is (yes Volty, the some of the toys do have knives!) , and I'd forgotten about Zeus, but Susan would definitely be a major asset. If the owner? (Dean? President? Provost?)  of Moperville University groks magic, I wonder if there's a special track for students in the know.

  15. Posted

    On 4/12/2023 at 10:53 AM, ijuin said:

    Mundane? Susan is already an Awakened Mage whose initial spell had combat applications. That already puts her in the general recruiting pool. Actually, pretty much all of the main ten have potential as recruits.

    Ridiculously poor wording on my part, my apologies. What I tried and failed to say was that Susan, who knows about and can do magic, and who has demonstrated her ability to come to  valid conclusions from sparse evidence, will likely get guidance in college that other students who have similar academic qualifications but no magical talents would get. If Arthur has anything to say about it, following this guidance would make her a better potential agent.

  17. Posted

    5 hours ago, mlooney said:

    That would be amusing, but why would Voltaire be in view of DGB agents?  Edward, at least, would know who he is and be aware that he's more hostile to humans than normal.

    He could have been taunting the agents with his newfound abilities and decided to make a dramatic exit through the ceiling.  That would be even funnier.

  20. Posted

    23 hours ago, mlooney said:

    I always found it strange that a man that more or less ran on the "I have lots of money, I don't need federal funds" needs to get money from his base.  Very suspect.

    Small political donations have the effect of making voter fell invested in a candidate, or so I'm told. If so, even a politician who doesn't need money would be wise to solicit them.

    Darth Fluffy reacted to this

  21. Posted

    Susan should have enough information to know that Immortal law is more of a gentlebeings agreement than natural law. Mr. Verres would have shared enough information after the kids various Immortal encounters to keep them somewhat safe and Zeus blurted as much to Diane. She also knows that Magic itself has changed somewhat, the extent still not fully determined. She would be looking for and expecting differences.

  22. Posted

    12 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

    What, in fact, is the purpose of the rules? Why have Immortals agreed together to hold to a set of common constraints? I keep circling back that it must in some sense be like having rules about protecting the environment. You've got to live in it, make sure you keep it livable.

    Or keep the "toys" (ordinary Humans) in playable condition.

  23. Posted

    20 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

     

    20 hours ago, ijuin said:

    The “no longer able to pass through physical walls” seems a stretch, but the others seem plausible. I think that he was talking about some other form of barrier.

    You would think that at the very least, they could phase in and out of our reality, bypassing barriers in the process. <shrug> We'll see.

     

    I think that Pandora not being able to pull off this trick is simply an indication of how young and relatively powerless she is right now.