The Untitled RP

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

 

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Because it's a Perception based weapon, he has an affinity with it. He can essentially make it not physically exist.

 

[Channelknight Fadran]

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I'm afraid that... uh...

"We're reading a reverse signature of sorts, sir." It was an aide that spoke to the officer. "Not sure what it is. It isn't even really releasing any type of regular energy."

The officer held out a metal tray. "Relinquish whatever it is you're concealing at once."

Edited August 28, 2023 by Channelknight Fadran

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

"We're reading a reverse signature of sorts, sir." It was an aide that spoke to the officer. "Not sure what it is. It isn't even really releasing any type of regular energy."

The officer held out a metal tray. "Relinquish whatever it is you're concealing at once."

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It can't give off any sort of signature. For all intents and purposes, it does not exist at the moment.

 

[Channelknight Fadran]

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Is Perception magic 100% efficient? If it isn't then they can at least tell that there is the act of concealing, even though they can't tell what is being concealed.

 

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

Allera put their hands up, trembling slightly.

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

Just now, Channelknight Fadran said:

 

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Perception magic is not illusion magic. It's not a case of magical energy obscuring something, it's an interface with the ability for something to be perceived. In this case, it's strong enough to have an actual impact on the object, kind of like how he can touch and push things.

 

[Channelknight Fadran]

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...................okay fine. They didn't detect anything.

"Relinquish any items you might have on your person," the officer said, holding out a tray.

[Aeoryi she/her]

17 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Relinquish any items you might have on your person," the officer said, holding out a tray.

Strohger threw the knife on the tray.

25 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"We're reading a reverse signature of sorts, sir." It was an aide that spoke to the officer. "Not sure what it is. It isn't even really releasing any type of regular energy."

The officer held out a metal tray. "Relinquish whatever it is you're concealing at once."

"The knife?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

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(we decided that the "they detected the knife" thing didn't happen)

 

[Aeoryi she/her]

1 minute ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

 

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Strohger has the knife Aiya gave him

 

[Channelknight Fadran]

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......

I meant that second one you quoted didn't happen.

"Nothing else on him, sir." The aide tapped his monitor a couple times. "We're reading an unorthodox energy signature. He's releasing it steadily."

The officer looked to Strohger. "Care to explain?"

[Aeoryi she/her]

3 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Nothing else on him, sir." The aide tapped his monitor a couple times. "We're reading an unorthodox energy signature. He's releasing it steadily."

The officer looked to Strohger. "Care to explain?"

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Does this refer to tempest? If strohger isn't using it, it ends up just being air. Like normal air. And even then there isn't an energy signature, since the fourth is completely invisible, intangible and undetectable.

Maybe the flags could be detected but there isn't anything strohger can do about that

"Explain what. The knife?"

Edited August 28, 2023 by Aeoliae

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Your magic."

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Strohger can control air that's he's "touched*," right? Which requires energy, as well as a means of maintaining the connection. Those are both things that they can detect.

 

[Aeoryi she/her]

3 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"Your magic."

 

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Uh sure... Okay

It's a little weird but yeah I guess all you could detect are the flags

"What is there to explain?"

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

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Allera’s stone will probably get detected too.

[Aeoryi she/her]

Just now, Szeth_Pancakes said:

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Allera’s stone will probably get detected too.

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What stone

 

[Channelknight Fadran]

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...my perception of Magic Systems as a concept is pretty much baked into my psyche. Presumably in a universe where the laws of physics apply, then doing things with Magic would require energy of some sort - otherwise you'd have energy created from nothing, which would ultimately lead to the universe expoding itself.

This is also how magic tends to work in literature anyway. Wizards and stuff can only cast magic as long as they can continuously put energy into it, so they get tired over time (examples: AtLA, She-Ra) or otherwise just take note of how much Aura/Ki/Hamon/Chakra/Stormlight/Mana/etc. they have left, which they have to work around.

...maybe I should make a RightingWrite about this.

"What does it do? I recommend you explain as honestly as you can."

48 minutes ago, Szeth_Pancakes said:

Allera put their hands up, trembling slightly.

"Feathered biped... beak..." A second officer noted her traits. "Are you capable of removing that stone from your head?"

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

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Tbf Strohger could be drawing from some sort of external power source (like in a pocket dimension or something)

“No!” Allera snapped.

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“baka”

Edited August 28, 2023 by Szeth_Pancakes

[Channelknight Fadran]

"Watch your tone. I'm authorized to eliminate any prisoners who act up." The officer examined the stone. "Very distinct energy, that. Something to do with fire, yes?"

[Aeoryi she/her]

2 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"What does it do? I recommend you explain as honestly as you can."

"Feathered biped... beak..." A second officer noted her traits. "Are you capable of removing that stone from your head?"

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The way the tempest and all other mutables are set up is that "you can use all the power you want, but there will be consequences". The consequences are normally really bad (reality breaking) and drive people away from them, but since there is no magic system enforcing the consequences here, King's folly magic can be used much more liberally. It doesn't really come from a place, more that it uses things that already exist, and are mostly infinite 

There are limitations but no 'mana' limitations. For instance, strohger can only affect marked air but he can affect it at any time, place, etc

Strohger's power connects him to the air he touches by using the omnipresent fourth

"It... Is complicated, but it eats water to conduct electricity essentially."

[Channelknight Fadran]

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I...

......okay

So it's narratively-limited, rather than functionally. Fair enough, though for RP purposes I'm going to balance it somewhat.

"That's an unusual field you're projecting for a power like that," the officer replied. "But sure. We'll go with that."

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I'm going to assume that the whole "Strohger directed all the air inside the entire cruiser" thing didn't happen

 

[Aeoryi she/her]

1 minute ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

"That's an unusual field you're projecting for a power like that," the officer replied. "But sure. We'll go with that."

 

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I would say the two most limiting factors is:

1. Ownership of Air: since air has to have an invisible marker on it to use it, only one marker can be on at a time, meaning another tempest user cannot use the air that isn't theirs. And they can't mark the air either. This is normally the most limiting factor of air, as on the planet where Tempest users originate from, nearly all air is claimed, meaning newer tempest users can't have much of an influence without leaving the planet.

2. Marking of Air: you have to touch air in order to use it. Self explanatory

3. The presence of natural Consequence: typically, when you use your power you attract the attention of the elsepower (option a) which hunts you down or the Otherside leaks through and causes tears in reality. Using tempest excessively causes these things to happen.

"So what now?"

[Channelknight Fadran]

The officer tapped a band across his wrist a couple times to open a Semirealm, from which he brought out a pair of large hand bracers. "Turn around. Arms on your head."

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Ah yes.

"Two" most limiting factors

So how exactly does Air Ownership work if there's no clear boundary for claiming it? You said that most of the air on Strohger's home planet is claimed, but if you can claim any area of unclaimed air, then shouldn't it all just belong to the guy who got it first?

 

[Aeoryi she/her]

2 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

The officer tapped a band across his wrist a couple times to open a Semirealm, from which he brought out a pair of large hand bracers. "Turn around. Arms on your head."

 

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Only a tempest user can claim it, and even then, it's hard to touch every little air molecule. So there is at least some left over. And also, I assume that there is no tempest users anywhere around, since Strohger comes from another universe.

But yes, the first one to claim air gets it forever*

*- forever

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There are ways around this but strohger knows none. Inversion and flags do strange stuff

 

Strohger sighed and complied

[Channelknight Fadran]

1 minute ago, Aeoliae said:

it's hard to touch every little air molecule

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought you said earlier that the Tempest users don't have to touch every molecule - something to do with air being a kind of "idea" rather than just a collection of particles.

The officer pulled them down moments later, pushing the bracers over his hands. They clenched down to hold the entire hand still up past the wrist, then snapped together to make a single piece.