( one. ) voice • scientia potestas est [ id: nightingale ]

[ettersberg]

[ thomas nightingale does, in fact, know how to use a smartphone. he's owned one for quite a while before the end of the world; google maps in particular has always struck him as rather useful. the knowledge of how to operate such a device comes in handy now as well, though he's not entirely sure yet why he's bothering.

(the answer is peter; peter would want to know and nightingale would hate not to have any answers at all by the time his apprentice wakes up. because peter will wake up, surely. eventually.)

so there is no fumbling, no pauses when the device clicks on except deliberate ones, and a smooth, very british and posh-sounding voice inquiring: ]

It seems magic is not out of the ordinary, here. Someone has already inquired about those who believe in or practice magic, but I'd be interested to hear how magic was regulated, if at all, in your worlds. That, and whether there were particular ill-effects to it.

[ here, there is one of the aforementioned deliberate pauses. ] I'd also appreciate hearing of your experiences with employment.

Thank you.

Comments

[rememberher]

Because magic corrupts the mind, and destroys everything and everyone it touches. It is seen as an affliction; something that either needs to be cured by an annuller, or purged completely.

And there are those who wield much darker magic as well—blood mages, and those who create things that feed upon basic human fear.

[ettersberg]

How so?

[ these are more peter's questions, nightingale thinks, but even without peter, he is a police officer. asking questions comes rather naturally. ] In what way does it corrupt the mind, I mean.