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[evocation]

Hey. Uh... I've never posted to the network before, huh? I'm Kyna.

[Kyna helpfully wiggles her fingers in a little wave. She's very clearly some kind of elf, with pointy ears and all.]

So, my magic's back, which is good, since a lot of things want to fucking kill us here. Anyway, I'm offering lessons or whatever. I'm an evocation wizard, which means I know a lot of spells that blow shit up, but I know defensive magic too, if that's your bag. No healing spells, though. Find a cleric for that.

Oh, yeah, this probably goes without saying but, you know, bloodthirsty assholes need not apply. If I've heard sketchy shit about you I'm not teaching you.

[She pauses for a moment, head tilting as she thinks.]

Yep, that's it. Let me know.

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[evocation]

Yeah, it's all over the place. Anyone can learn it.

[tongueamok]

Ah. That's... splendid, actually. I was beginning to wonder if my world was an anomaly of some sort, as so many people I have met here seem to come from ones without magic of any kind.

[evocation]

Right? It's so weird. I'd go nuts. What's magic like where you're from?

[tongueamok]

Varied. Versatile. My uncle was an evocationist, like you, though he primarily specialized in electricity and fire rather than melding his studies with abjuration. Not that he couldn't do that too, of course, when he put his mind to it. It was occasionally necessary in his work.

[evocation]

What kind of work did he do?

[tongueamok]

Both of my uncles -- my father, as well -- were hunters. They took care not only of wild beasts, but also thieves, brigands, and the undead who would plague our region.

[evocation]

Cool! Do you know magic, too?

[tongueamok]

Some. Outside of the school of reparation, I am limited to minor magics and glyphcrafting, admittedly. I did not get my uncle's proclivity for more destructive arts.

[evocation]

Wait, what's reparation and glyphcrafting?

[tongueamok]

Repar— [a quiet sort of grunt on his end] I'm a healer. [That's just easier.] And glyphcrafting is utilizing the construction of glyphs to cast, rather than spoken incantation and gestural methods. It's primarily for those unfamiliar with the nature of the other schools, but it can be incredible versatile in the hands of a gifted crafter.

[evocation]

Oh. Uh, I don't think we have that where I'm from. The glyphs, I mean.

[tongueamok]

Ah.

[And here he was super dooper excited to chat glyphs with someone. Another time, then.]

You have healers though, I trust. You mentioned clerics. [Like him.]

[evocation]

Yeah, and paladins. I mean, other people can learn healing spells, I guess. I'm just not good at it.

[tongueamok]

I see.

[Another sort of quiet pause.]

You... called yourself a, um. A wizard. [Said quietly, as though others might be taken aback should they hear.] Why is that?

[evocation]

Um... That's what I am? It's just, like, the way I learned my magic. You know, like clerics make a deal with something that they worship, sorcerers just know it. I had to bust my ass off to learn magic.

[tongueamok]

[And that little pause there is the dawning realization that they come from very similar, but very different sorts of worlds.]

I'm sorry, clerics do what?

[evocation]

Uh... I guess they don't where you're from.

[tongueamok]

Well, no, of course not. I mean, I use my abilities in the service of my goddess, but I would have them regardless of whether I served her or not. I didn't make some bargain with her divinity. What sort of deity would need to bargain with those from the mortal realm, anyway?

[evocation]

[She shrugs.]

It's like a worship thing, I guess? But it's not like anyone knows if they're actually... I don't know. Gods. Shit, some people make deals with faeries for magic. Or demons.

[tongueamok]

Your people don't know if your gods are gods.

[He has so many questions, and that flat statement is what he gets out.]

[evocation]

[Kyna bursts out laughing.]

Dude, we don't even know if the gods here are actually gods.

[tongueamok]

[Why is she laughing? Is she laughing at him? Or the ridiculousness of gods people don't know are gods? HE HAS MORE QUESTIONS.]

They're not. Obviously.

[evocation]

Okay. What's your... you know, criteria?

[tongueamok]

Criteria for them being gods? They should have more omniscience than they have, for one. And two, even they admit they are not gods. I think that discredits them quite a bit, don't you?

[evocation]

Yeah. They're assholes.

[She shrugs.]

What are gods like where you're from?