twenty-third labyrinth

[lord_wizard]

[Now that his mood has recovered after the events of the last week, Felix is feeling rather chatty. Relieved of worry, his mind turns back to his favorite subject, which has come up quite frequently this month. Granted, he usually asked these questions of people who knew about magic, but after talking with Marian, he began to realize that the

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[moleculars]

[ Asking Piper what magic is to her is just opening a big can of emotional worms. So, she avoids. To hear magic spoken about so candidly is ... surprising. And puts her on edge. Please forgive her for her lack of trust. Magic in her world ... isn't that grand. And is a secret. ]

What's the catch?

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[lord_wizard]

[Felix is used to some degree of suspicion among wizards. It's their nature to hoard knowledge and distrust intentions, and he's seen this reaction enough here to know her reaction isn't unusual or unfounded]

There is no catch. At least not one I intend. I do not seek information for personal gain or power. I realize that might be hard to believe, but I only wish to help the residents as a whole.

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[moleculars]

[ You've got her interest peeked. ]

Ah huh. So, how will information on my magic help you help the residents? I'm guessing that there's different types of magic, rather than just one set of rules that governs all.

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[lord_wizard]

True, there are different types of magic, but I can't say for certain if there is a universal rule. That's actually something I'd like to find out. Even then, the more I know about different types of magic the more likely it is that I can understand how Paradisa itself functions. We could use that to gain a measure of control over how things work around here, perhaps even use it get home. I don't want to make promises in that regard. Goals that like a lot more far-reaching.

In the short term keeping records of such things is a safe-guard. If the castle should decide to manipulate you into being hostile think of how much easier it would be to neutralize that if we knew how your magic works, rather than running around aimlessly in the library every time an emergency arises.

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[moleculars]

I'm still a little hesitant about this - but anything to beat this bastard of a castle and get me home, I'm sold.

But what kinds of research methods will you use? I'm not so keen on being hooked up to a machine and experimented on.

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[lord_wizard]

Sadly I haven't come up with such a machine, so mostly we'll be using the old-fashioned way. Observation and lots of questions.

The real question is how involved you'd like to be.

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[moleculars]

I think I can deal with that. [ Thank god. ]

I guess it would depend on how much of my ... magic you'd like to get to know. Anything I can contribute to help us get a little further with understanding this castle and overriding some of it's pranks is something I'd very much like to be apart of. But I'd rather not say how far I'd like to be involved if in the end I just turn out to be unhelpful.

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[lord_wizard]

[He chuckles]

I understand your hesitation. I think we can take this a little bit at a time. I would love to have you as a member to help with the research, but why don't we just start with your name and go from there?

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[moleculars]

[ She smiles, grateful that they can take this a bit slow. ]

Thanks. Well, Felix, I'm Piper Halliwell. I don't mean to be hesistant - it's just that whenever magic has been involved, I've had only bad experiences with it. [ Some good, but Piper tends to focus on the bad. ] And the idea of 'research' that has circulated around me has been laboratories and tests and needles and - I'm sorry that I was expecting the worst from you.

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[lord_wizard]

[Aha. So this was Piper.]

It's good to meet you.

You don't know me, so I really don't fault you your view, especially given how people like myself can be. I don't want to dissect anybody, and I am sorry to hear that anyone would deem to treat you that way because of your abilities.

I hope you may come to see Paradisa, for all it's faults, as a place where you need not be persecuted. I don't suggest you go doing magic tricks in the lobby, but a little trust and ease is a good place to start.

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[moleculars]

I think I can manage that.

Is there anything in particular I need to do to ... join this project?

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[lord_wizard]

Not especially. At least not now. [Barring maybe Galadriel's screening process, but he's fairly certain he can trust Piper]

Chimera's only been in existence a few months, so I'm afraid we haven't made it as far as complicated paperwork or clandestine vows of secrecy. I will, however, send you a key to the headquarters, so you can access that as you wish.

You're new to the Paradisa, am I right?

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[moleculars]

Thank you.

Horribly new. I've been here for about a week.

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[lord_wizard]

I thought as much.

I probably won't assign you anything yet, in that case. You should settle in and get to know how things work around here.

Is there anything I can do to help you in that regard?

[He normally wouldn't be quite so helpful, but he gave Paige his word that he'd help Piper out, and he intends to do just that]

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[moleculars]

Sounds good.

Uh, no. I think I just have to allow myself to settle in now. I think I've been filled in about how this place works. But thank you, anyway. Do you ever get used to how kind people are around here?

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[lord_wizard]

[He laughs lightly]

Not everyone here is all that kind or helpful. It's just more likely those types who will bother to speak to you at all.