text; @RuffRabbit

[bunnyblock]

[It's been about a month since this weird, glitchy-looking styled message has appeared on the network, but here he is again. But instead of a list of quiet, seemingly random questions, it's a pretty legible question.]

There are people here from different sorts of worlds, with different sorts of abilities, and experiences that border on the supernatural.

The longer I'm here, sometimes I find it hard to believe this is anything more than a strange dream, or something along those lines.

I understand science and machinery. I don't understand the supernatural, only in the sense of Videogames and Science Fiction.

If you have abilities or experiences that are different from this 'normal' I understand...

Tell me about it.

Your magic, your reality, supernatural creatures or abilities...

I'm interested in that.

Comments

text; @d.pavus

[tevinteraltus]

You offer an interesting perspective. You see, magic is rather akin to technology where I come from. That isn't to say it's buildable, such as a bridge, and there are those, such as myself, born with the ability to wield it, but it is measurable. It isn't anything strange or, as you say 'super' natural. It is just as natural as hair or eye color.

[bunnyblock]

'Buildable'.

Meaning people born without the ability to wield it can train themselves to do it?

People born with it, like you, are you naturally stronger at it than someone who's put themselves through the efforts to be able to use it?

I can't imagine 'Magic' being like 'Technology...'

[tevinteraltus]

Well, not as such, no. Items can be enchanted to allow those who are not able to "access" magic, if you will, its use.

Have you any experience at all with magic? If not, why would it not be as technology? You would, in essence, have no basis for comparison. I've found it to be assumed that "magic" is something beyond comprehension, some sort of strange phenomena that simply is, and that just isn't the case. Yes, it is, whether one chooses to believe it or not, but, just like anything else that is, it is measurable, touchable.

When I arrived here, this device through we which are currently communicating seemed like unto what you seem to perceive magic to be: supernatural. I believe we should assume "supernatural" henceforth to refer to anything beyond what we know. That being said, nothing shall remain "supernatural" after its method and function are understood. Do you follow?

[bunnyblock]

[Noiz takes a long moment to respond to Dorian, likely due to how he's carefully going over the mage's explanation to Science vs Magic. It's a lot to think about and logic out, so he's giving the others' careful explanation the thought it deserves before thoughtlessly responding.

Finally, a response will appear on the others' screen.]

A device like this, things like AllMates could be seen as Supernatural to anyone not used to technology. I think I'm starting to understand this point of view.

Always thought of magic as something that's pulled out of thin air, but the way you're describing it...

It's like a science itself, following different rules from what I know.

Should say thanks. This has been the most useful response I've gotten.

[tevinteraltus]

You're quite welcome, and if you ever need a unique perspective, you know how to contact me.

It is a science. Mages study their ability to access magic and its application just as intently as any architect the maths required to properly distribute a building's substantial weight.

On the topic, magic is not pulled out of thin air. It is pulled from a plane of existence beyond the physical. I realize it could be argued it does not exist, but I wager most of us here, in the Quarantine, would argue other worlds didn't exist, except we've recently been proven wrong, you see.