homophonic: amelia

[camena]

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weekend 0: friday

[camena]

[ alex is exploring the gym... and trying to lift some very heavy weights. she's a twig. it's not working.

she looks a little bit embarrassed when she spots amelia nearby. ]

Um. Just checking corporeality and all. You know.

[saillune]

[She comes over to join her, looking curious.]

Oh... because of the message that said we're dead?

[camena]

Yeah.

Like, aren't ghosts not supposed to be able to interact with things this much?

[saillune]

[She nods.] That's right. They're astral beings with no physical bodies, so they wouldn't be able to do things like lift weights, unless they possessed somebody first.

[camena]

I can lift the lighter ones. And I'm pretty sure I'm not possessed right now.

[saillune]

Then the answer is simple! We aren't ghosts!

[camena]

Well, there we go, then.

[ she's not convinced they are. she's not really convinced they AREN'T either, but she's not going to argue! ]

Maybe we're just... Like, on another plane of reality or something.

[saillune]

Another plane? Hm... I wonder.

It sounds like whatever this place is, it's beyond anything known to me or my people...

[camena]

Do you mean... "this place" like the situation? Or "this place" like you've never been to a city like this?

[saillune]

Well... both, really. Whether this is another world, a different plane, or some kind of illusory pocket dimension... that's one question I don't have an answer to.

And on the other hand, this entire city is so strange and... well, huge.

[camena]

See, 'cause the city itself isn't so weird to me. It's just all the like - details.

[saillune]

You mean you've been to a city like this before?

[She looks impressed!]

[camena]

[ haha ]

They're pretty common.

[saillune]

Really!? There must be so many people...

[camena]

There are. Like, it would be normal for all those shadow people wandering around to just be other people.

[saillune]

Amazing... And the technology here is so advanced, too! That must be how they're able to have so many people living so close together...

[camena]

It feels normal to me, but... Yeah, I guess it's—probably advanced to some people?

[ she is trying not to sound rude but. ]

So you're not used to cell phones and stuff?

[saillune]

Not at all. [A little sheepish.] I didn't think anything like this was possible without magic...

[camena]

I always figured magic would make this stuff less impressive.

[saillune]

[She shakes her head.] It's much more impressive when it's something everyone can use! That's the sort of thing that can really change the world... much more than magic can.

[camena]

I don't know about that. But I guess it depends on the magic. Which... we don't have where I'm from.

So what sort of magic is there?

[saillune]

Well... there's white magic, which is mostly healing and protective spells, and black magic, which draws on powers of darkness and negativity for offensive spells, and shamanism, which are spells that draw on the elemental energies found in nature and spirits.

Those are the main three kinds!

[camena]

Can you use any of them?

[saillune]

I can use all of them, in fact!

I trained as a priestess, so my specialty is white magic... but my sister taught me some offensive magic when I was little, and it's come in handy enough times that I still practice it!

[camena]

Aaah! That's so cool!

What sort of stuff have you used it for? I wanna hear magic stories!