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[dreadof]

Heh, thought I lost this stupid thing for a while. Aah, not like I need the old man getting on my case for more reasons.

[A few random, meaningless scribbles here and there, almost as if he's trying the journal out.]

I'm still not getting what's so special about these journals, since there's no reason to believe that they're magical just because

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[dofaye]

What would they be other than magic?

[dreadof]

Well, I can't explain it much yet, but what if it was some trick X that was inside the pages that just sent information from what you write to the rest of the journals?

[Welcome, to Battler's strange theory making.]

[dofaye]

That... would be a kind of magic, you know.

[dreadof]

You can't just say it's magic because you can't explain it. A trick, some sort of mechanism that's inside all the pages in the book.

[justbelieveinit]

Uu! They are magic, they are!

[dreadof]

O-oh, come on Maria, I'm sure that there has to be a way to explain how this happens.

[justbelieveinit]

There is, uu! Battler just doesn't believe! Uu- uu!

[dreadof]

. . .

[Battler isn't like Erika as cruel as to make Maria angry, so he'll just retreat for now]

Ha ha, sorry there, Maria! I was just pulling your leg there! Of course I believe.

[donttelldaddy]

Why, are you an orphan?

[dreadof]

Eeeh? Of course not! I just can't stand being around the old bastard. It's not like my family does much on Christmas anyways.

[donttelldaddy]

You poor, dreadfully adjusted boy.

[dreadof]

Huh? I don't get what you're talking about.

[not_kotani]

[They share a dorm so no doubt Otani is aware of Battler's denial.]

Still working on your "logical explanations" for all this? I thought you'd be taking a break during Christmas.

[dreadof]

Heh, well I'm not the kind of guy that gives up so easily!

[not_kotani]

That seems to be a trend in our dorm. Still I guess it's hard to ignore since you're still in the castle.

Same person, different account...hope you don't mind ^^'' /needs the icons

[smallbombing]

Huh? What do you mean?

[tinycaptain]

Still not convinced, are you? I don't know why... Muggle technology hasn't gotten to this point yet.

[dreadof]

Well, who knows if they have gotten to that point? If they have, then it's easy to explain how this journal works without using magic!

[tinycaptain]

If that had happened, everyone would know about it, not just wizards. Making a worldwide conspiracy to hide it and then teaching it to children would be ridiculous.

[[gah sorry for lateness ;;]]

[dreadof]

((it's alright <3))

[wow that kind of hit him]

Well, it does seem ridiculous, but hey, it doesn't mean that it's impossible. But...I don't want to think that anyone's in a conspiracy.