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[fiendennor]

Do you believe in magic?
If so, what do you know about it?

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[fiendennor]

I see. And what you have seen does not change your mind in any way?

[ownit]

Never said that.
That would make me stupid and an asshole and I ain't both of those things.

[He...totally is both of those things.]

[fiendennor]

Then you're only referring to the world you come from. What makes you certain that those who know magic aren't just keeping it from those who do not?

[ownit]

[Pssshh.]

Human nature.
Nobody could resist showing off their magical powers for that long. It would get out.
People loooove their power plays.

[fiendennor]

Are you familiar what was historically done to witches or other suspected magic users? There might have been good reason to keep quiet.

[ownit]

[Dio's spending a minute wondering if this girl is for real but that doesn't stop him from replying basically right away, laughing to himself.]

Sure. But it's not like any of that was anything other than total bullshit.
"""Witches""" was just an excuse to be able to go around forming lynch mobs to off someone's neighbor for some perceived wrong.
Considering humanity jumps at the chance to kill anyone and everything in any era for who knows what fucking prejudice...

Yeah, I don't buy magic has anything to do with it.

[fiendennor]

You have missed my point fairly spectacularly. Yes, the "witch hunts" were often pretexts for persecution on other ground. Say you were a magic user at the time. Knowing that torture or worse awaited you... ...would you have gone public with it?

[ownit]

I didn't miss your point, sweetheart.
I chose to ignore it.

[Why? Because he's a douchebag.]

Witchcraft in my world doesn't exist.
So who cares what I would've done?
But fine, if you want to play a game of philosophical twenty questions I'll bite.

Depends on what my aim is.
If hiding is just about staying alive, I'd rather die to send a message.

[fiendennor]

Don't call me sweetheart. You're making assumptions you have no evidence for. You can't prove the existence of a negative. You would throw away your life to "send a message"? What message?

[ownit]

Sure I can! It's called being fucking observant!

[I'm really sorry for him, honestly.]

It's not throwing it away if you have a good reason.
Dead soldiers are a dime a dozen but their sacrifices are regarded as noble.
I'm the kind of person who embraces my nature for better or worse.
So, say hypothetically I'm some kind of secret wizard.
To me it would be living to my best potential to do what I can to help like-minded individuals spread the good word.
If I'm one of the few eggs that have to be broken to ensure a world where my kind aren't the ones being persecuted in the future, I'd fucking accept that.

[When he says "good word" he means chaos and destruction but to-ma-toes to-mah-toes.]

[fiendennor]

How self-sacrificing of you. [She types it with the absolutely most-dry tone possible in mind.]

[ownit]

[It's a good thing he knows how to read tone in text or he'd let this get to his head.]

Yeah I'm a goddamn saint.
What, not giving you the sort of discussion you were hoping for?

[fiendennor]

I hadn't been "hoping for" anything. It had been a question of curiosity, little more.
You're among the less helpful of respondents, though.
And surprisingly lacking in imagination.

[ownit]

[Um...excuse you?]

What the fuck?
Hey, I'm over here taking time out of my day to participate in this little back and forth you have going so show a bit of fucking respect.

[Is he maybe upset that he was called unimaginative? Maybe a little. Just a little.]

Sorry I can't tell you that I suspect magical secret societies floating around where I come from.
Trust me, if you could see it, you'd know what I'm talking about.
People are too busy trying to find food and survive.

[fiendennor]

I will gladly respect one who has earned it. I'm sure you have your reasons, and I do not know what place you come from, but not "suspecting magical secret societies" and closing your mind to the possibility of things you don't know about are two different things.

[ownit]

Who said I'm being closed minded?
I'm not denying any of the magic I've seen here.
Hell, I'm sure now that there's a fuck ton of worlds floating around out there that have some wacky shit going on.
How would I know?
Trust me, I'm the least judgmental person you could possibly meet.

[Sounds fake.]

[fiendennor]

Yes. I'm sure you are. At any rate, I think this conversation has ceased to be useful for either of us.