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[velveteenmage]

There's something I'm trying to figure out.

[A slightly bruised but quickly recovering Waver could be found on the network today. His right hand was raised to his head thoughtfully, displaying the mostly faded remnants of red markings that were once burned into the back of it.]

Could there really be something that passes for magecraft in this world? Not that I'm complaining, considering Palmon's second form is perfect for me, but I'm just wondering about the implications.

If there's a species of Digimon clearly classified as some sort of magus, just what qualifies as the 'magic' they're using? Some lines of code or circuitry? And if that's the case, could it be something people like us could work on utilizing?

...then again, maybe there's not much point in me considering this. [Waver sighed, shaking his head.] I don't know much about computers or programming, so I guess even if it was possible, I wouldn't be the one to figure it out.

[Someone really misses his magecraft, apparently.]

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[lovespinkbirdies]

Ummm... I don't see why there can't be some magic here.

[Though well... if this guy used to have magic she doubted he'd be able to get it back.]

But I think it's probably going to be part of whatever Digimon is using it.

[velveteenmage]

I hadn't really thought about that. So you're saying it's probably something in whatever information makes up their structure and ability?

[lovespinkbirdies]

Well, that would make the most sense. I mean, magic doesn't exist on my world, but Wizardmon and other digimon like that were still there.

[velveteenmage]

It exists in mine, but I--

...wait, you have Digimon on your world? How'd you end up here?

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[perrytheperson]

Like Wizardmon?

If digimon can be based on animals and plants and angels it doesn't seem hard to believe that other aspects are considered like wizards or mythical creatures.

Magic probably works differently. It's a new world, new rules. But digital does imply code of some sort. How you hack a world is another question.

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[velveteenmage]

Yeah, he's the one I'm talking about.

I was talking to someone a while ago that seemed to imply she wanted to break into and hack the world somehow...but honestly, I wouldn't know where to start.

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[perrytheperson]

Interesting. My partner evolved to Wizardmon, too.

Me neither. I think I have some friends back home crazy or creative enough to figure out a way at some point but they aren't here right now. In the meantime we'll just either have to look for a way or continue doing what we're doing without magic.

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[velveteenmage]

Really? Who do you have for a partner?

You're right, just...it'd be a little easier if I could use some kind of magecraft again.

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[doesnotgetit]

Maybe the 'magic' here is just manipulating the world's code to your advantage. That seemed to be how it worked back home in the Moon Cell.

Well, for the Masters, at least. Everything else was just normal programming, from what I understood.

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[velveteenmage]

Yeah--don't take this the wrong way, but I'm not sure I understand what you're talking about. Same with Tousaka; do you think you can explain how magecraft works for you a little more clearly?

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[doesnotgetit]

Oh! You met Rin?

[Hm, well if he's still confused after talking to her...] I only really know what I know thanks to what Rin and a few other people told me, so I'm really not the best person to ask about that.

But it's not really magic. It's just... hacking. Manipulating code so that it can change ours or our opponent's stats, or things like that. Rin can do a lot more than just that, so you're really better off talking to her more.

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[velveteenmage]

I...don't think she likes me all that much. And she isn't really easy to talk to.

But I don't get it. Magi hate technology. I'd be surprised if half of them owned so much as a phone.

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[risette_truestory]

[ Hello, Waver. Long time no see. ]

Well, Lucemon might be one I suppose ...

... or maybe not. He is sort of more like an angel.

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[velveteenmage]

I wonder just what the source of there abilities are. It's probably coded into their system somewhere, but if it's not...I don't know, I guess I thought I'd be able to learn this world's magic.

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[risette_truestory]

Well, if this world is just like one big computer ... that idea might be too far off.

Have you asked people who know more about these things? I mean codes and computers. They might know more about manipulating things.

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[velveteenmage]

The only person that even hinted she'd know about that would be Tousaka, and...uh, I don't think we got on all that well.

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[codes]

Ugh--do I really have to explain it all to you?

[ Don't worry Waver. It's Rin's duty as the Protagonistic Heroine to explain all this shit to you. ]

This world's form of magic is exactly like the code casts back in the Moon Cell. They are magic, but not the magic you know of. Think of it like, let's see, oh! You know the mythological heroes that are called upon to be Servants in the Holy Grail War? It was rumored before they were immune to the archaic magecraft that you practiced, but after everything was dumped into this simulation on the moon, it meant that Masters could fight back too. Although I guess that was more hacking the server than anything else...

[ Seems she's going off on her own tangent here again. ]

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[velveteenmage]

But that shouldn't be possible. Wouldn't it twist the entire system t--

On the moon?!

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[codes]

Yes, on the moon. [ Flatly said. ]

Geez, you're a lot more dense than the last person I had to explain things to. Buy a girl a drink at least before you drive her insane, won't you?

[guilmon]

Hmm... I don't know if it's really magic. Guilmon hasn't really thought of that before.

[Then again, maybe it is kinda magical the way some of his version of the Real and Digital worlds work. Guilmon came from a drawing, Digignomes grant wishes...]

I don't really know what magecraft is like, but there could be some kind of Digimon attacks that are like it. I guess Sakuyamon's attacks are kind of like magic. She even carries a staff!

[velveteenmage]

That's..the kind of thing I'm wondering about.

[woah hi guilmon]

Magecraft's basically just magic--the kind people like me can use on any normal day. Watching Wizardmon fight was kind of like the same thing, or at least similar.

[guilmon]

Do you use lots of magic back in your world?

[Have a curious head tilt. This is interesting to him because it's so new!]

Guilmon hasn't met lots of Wizardmon, but if they're like wizards, then I bet they've got lots of attacks that are magic-like.

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[sawhell]

Supposing it is just circuitry, what would you do about it? Why limit yourself to the stuff you know from home? Give yourself a whole new appearance, make yourself a god... If we really are all just encoded information like they tell us, there's gotta be a way. If not, we know there's a catch.

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[velveteenmage]

What? I don't want to make myself a god or anything like that. I just want my magecraft back if I can get it, that's all.

[sawhell]

You're talking about breaking it down into its components and rebuilding it into something that works for you, right? Rewriting what you are because you don't like how it turned out. It's the same kind of thing.