oo1: video. un: lilies.

[cwiclac]

[ lily potter has had something of a jarring entrance into el nysa, and has remained relatively quiet since her arrival. she's spent most of the time with her ragtag family in some sort of attempt to parse through everything that had happened. and, honestly -- lily hasn't managed to do that. she isn't entirely sure whether or not she could ever do that.

but sitting around and doing nothing is also definitely not her style. she needs to be proactive, to find her spot in this new world. get information, learn how to adapt and survive, and try to get through everything that has happened.

even in times of peace, war is still the predominating factor in how she tries to analyze what in the actual hell has happened.

so lily (a young twenty-something-year-old with a huge amount of red hair and green eyes) presents as tired, but with color in her cheeks and a brightness in her eyes. she's noticed some people have been asking for jobs, and lily knows that she needs to do that eventually, too -- but to introduce herself to her new community of ... well, refugees, lily figured something a little less to-the-point was more appropriate.

information is needed. and in this world, there are so many different people, people who are living openly, that it doesn't seem that magic is so taboo here as it is in the muggle world back home. it's almost refreshing, really, but it also leads lily to a question: ]

This entire world is miraculous, isn't it?

[ literally. figuratively. metaphorically. she's breathing, isn't she? ]

I'm new, here -- I'm sure a lot of other people are going to say the same thing in the coming weeks, and I know people who have been here for longer than I have are probably tired of the questions. [ tough shit is what she wants to say, but ah well. ] My name is Lily, and I come from a world where there are a lot of different types of people, too. I'm not sure how many skills or talents I have that will be useful to any of you, but I do want to know -- how many of you believe in, or practice, magic?

[ that's it. that's her question. but after figuring that that blunt question might lead the suspicious to not really want to answer, she continues. it's a risk, and it feels odd saying it -- but after seeing so many different people, and watching the network closely, she figures it's a risk that could probably pay off in spades: ]

I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

[ lily potter will make ice sculptures out of rain puddles all day if it means someone will give her something to do, thanks. ]

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[fractaljesus]

[Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C Clarke

Truthfully, her spells do seem very similar to the type of magic used by the natives of El Nysa, though the words used are different.]

Your magic is based in Latin. [He muses, eyebrows lifting slightly as the vase floats into the air. Though he is growing used to magic, it still mystifies him, as he is a being based firmly in science, and magic is something that completely defies all written (or unwritten) laws of physics. Even should you change the parameters of a universe, magic would still exist outside the bounds of possibility. By definition, it is the achievement of the impossible.

Had he the capability, he would love to analyze it.]

Is it necessary to speak designated words to achieve a similar effect?

[cwiclac]

Wandless, silent magic can be done, but it's a bit more difficult. I can perform certain spells with it.

[ to demonstrate, she sets her wand on her bed next to her, and raises her hand over it. it only takes a second, but she thinks accio -- and the wand immediately comes to her hand, to grasp it quickly. ]

It's a bit easier when it's your wand, though, because it's an extension of you. Or that's what I've been told, anyway.

[fractaljesus]

The magic is within you, then. The wand and words are merely a catalyst, a conduit. [He observes, tapping a fingertip to his chin thoughtfully. He really wants to analyze it, to understand it. It is incomprehensible, impossible, yet it stares him in the face and he wants to know more.]

How does magic function? What is its form and vector? From where does it originate? I desire to know all of these things. [And more.]

[cwiclac]

Yes, exactly.

[ with a smile, at the first bit. but at the second (watch me make ALL OF THIS SHIT UP): ]

I think of it as a type of energy inside you... it can take a lot of different shapes, but it just feels like... hm -- a power, I suppose? I've never been without it, so I don't know how it feels to not have it.

[fractaljesus]

[Unfortunately, that answer doesn't really help him understand it any better. It's vague, and not something he can evaluate using the words provided.]

How unfortunate. [Yet his face remains impassive.] You harness this ability, yet you cannot explicate it. [The natives couldn't either. The only answer he seems to be able to get from anyone is that magic just is, and that is... frustrating. Yes, he's certain the emotion this instills in him is frustration.]

Magic is truly incomprehensible.

[cwiclac]

Maybe it's not meant to be dissected and understood.

[ with the tone that lily knows he isn't particularly going to be satisfied with that response, but: ]

All I know is that it's a part of me, and I'm a part of it. I'm sorry I can't be more useful -- my husband might have a better answer for you, he grew up with wizards and witches. I didn't, until I came to school and met other magical people.

[fractaljesus]

[But he wants to dissect and understand it. Not to be able to use it himself, but just for the knowledge alone.]

Everything exists as information, and all information may be processed. [Is meant to be processed. He wants to know it.]

If he knows the answer, I desire to speak with him.

[cwiclac]

I wouldn't say he knows the answer, but he might have a better answer than I do.

[ also, it gives james something to do. ]

But I wouldn't be surprised if you still don't get the answer to your question, because I'm not so sure it exists.