dictated

[kickthecanplz]

[You can all blame Hunny for this.]

This might be a stupid question, but... is it possible for a guy who came from a world without magic, to learn magic here?

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[modernholmes]

Why would you want to do something as ridiculous as that?

[kickthecanplz]

Maybe if I understood magic, I could understand how this place works.

And maybe defend myself from crazy shit. There's no harm in asking, right?

[modernholmes]

Isn't it better to find something more reliable?

[kickthecanplz]

Like what?

[modernholmes]

People only use words like magic when they don't understand it.

[kickthecanplz]

... Are you trying to say there isn't magic here? How long have you been here?

[modernholmes]

Over five months.

[kickthecanplz]

Then you should understand what we're dealing with.

/jack?

[lord_wizard]

Don't listen to him, Kasonoda. That boy is about as open-minded as a vault.

[kickthecanplz]

I'm getting that idea, yeah.

still that carefully anonymous block print. /also jacks?

[payback]

It's wise that you're trying to diversify what you know and the skills you have to handle whatever this place throws at you. It's not ridiculous, but rather very practical.

[kickthecanplz]

[Aw, shucks.]

Oh, uh, thanks. I'm just trying, at least.

[payback]

And it's commendable. That boy hasn't even bothered doing his research or he'd know better than to belittle you for it.

[modernholmes]

That there are people here with abilities that I can not yet understand, that I know. But I refuse to believe that such things are magic.

[kickthecanplz]

Are you kidding me?! We were kidnapped from different worlds, people's bodies can chance without a moment's notice, the entire world around us can change, ghosts bring us whatever we want, there are dragons and demons and talking animals, and you refuse to believe in magic?!

[modernholmes]

I said it already, didn't I? Magic is just a word people use when they don't know why a thing happens. They call a thing magic and stop trying to figure out how it works. But there is nothing that cannot be explained with enough effort.