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[samantha_grey]

[The image is a somewhat rare sight. Samantha is seated behind a worktable. There are a series of beakers in front of her and she seems to have something or another bubbling in a larger one of them. She takes a whiff of it and nodded in satisfaction before shifting to the side and looking at the camera.

Did she have a sort of smirk on her face?]

So, here I am working on magical defenses against the rigors of making certain fish-brained, fin-rotted, purple-obsessed morons look like chumps, and I was almost curious if they were making any progress with their "White Sciences" [Yes, she actually made the quote signs with her fingers as she said that, snickering.] in preparing my ultimate downfall. I mean, it isn't as if they don't prattle about all the ways they're going to have me at their mercy, and I was honest to god wondering if all of that was just a bunch of hot air.

...this is Eridan Ampora. What the hell am I talking about? Of course anything Captain Ahab's said's all hot air.

[Another snicker. Anyone who knew Samantha very well might recognize that some of it was effected bravado. She was still struggling with what her feelings were about him, but these little games were much easier to play on the network, and part of her had a feeling he'd get a kick out of shouting back at her.]

But, since I was thinking about it, I got to thinking some more. What really are the differences between magic and science? It's not like I haven't talked with a few of you about this, and I know what a certain moron thinks on the subject, but all the same with the power turned back on through the runes so to speak and with us able to affix just a little bit of the power of this world into a potion, I was wondering what some of you might have thought was the difference.

Oh, and Ahab, I am expecting great things out of you. Just so you know. Don't think I'm sitting idle over at the shop all the time.

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[trouser_chimp]

You're going to have the ultimate downfall?!

[the point






ritsu's head]

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[samantha_grey]

Hah! That idiot wishes. He might have won the last round, but I've got something that'll make him eat his words. Few somethings, actually.

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[samantha_grey]

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[ahem]

Noticed Jasmine left... sorry about that.

[Her tone when she tapped the private feed was apologetic sounding. Honestly, she had a feeling that Ritsu would never 'get' this whole relationship at all, but she did feel bad that the date had ended up like that.]

(OOC: Feel free to reply to either one.)

[seventeenpills]

Your ultimate downfall, huh? Whoever's trying to set that up probably has a lot of work on their hands.

As for the differences between science and magic? Science gives us reasons for something happening, helps us predict events and gives us a set of laws to explore and work within to help us understand the world. Magic lets you draw a picture on a box and when you open the box, there's melon bread inside. Totally different things.

[samantha_grey]

Eridan? He's going to have his grubby, clawed little paws full and you know it. I'm going to have fun watching him try this time.

Hah! See, that's sort of funny, but that's not how I've ever really seen magic. Take that runic array of hers. It allows you to draw and pool energies from the surrounding ley lines and focus them towards the energy's application. You use specific sigils to set the formula for the energy to take shape according to your wishes. It forms a variation of Freyr's abilities and converts the energy into matter. Since it's an array, though, it can't be used to create just anything.

There's actually rules, though they're not always as clearly understood.

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[victoryindeath]

[Heeey, this seems interesting.]

Working on something to screw with your rival?

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[samantha_grey]

In ways the little bastard's never going to imagine...
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[Wait a minute. Horns? Skin wasn't grey and that solicited a little bit of an eyebrow raise. She didn't say anything about it, but she made a mental note 'possible demon.']

He's always got an ego the size of a planet, so it's fun deflating it.

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[zodiacal]

Theory and application.

["Magic is Complicated" a thesis.]

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[samantha_grey]

I don't know that the theories are really all that different sometimes. The application's not quite the same, though. Science uses tools a lot more than magic, which tends to focus on a person's will directly. Is that what you're getting at, though?

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The difference is, science exists and magic doesn't.

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[samantha_grey]

[She swirled a stirrer in the beaker and gave Shinji a level look.]

Exactly how many not-magical half sex demons do you know, Shinji? Not that I don't think there's a level where it's all science or it's all magic, which is what I'm getting at, but you're talking to the half demon brewing a magical potion right now.

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[fishdouche]

I think I misjudged you, human. Clearly you havve much more sense than I credited you for.

[lookingfordragon]

We have a science division back home.
I used to visit there but the captain changed, the make new medicine so the healers can still use Kido.
[She didn't really know what the science division did any more, but the Captain said he wanted to cut her up and learn more about the accident. So staying away sounded best.]

[samantha_grey]

Hmmm. I'd have to talk to them to know what they did and tell the difference. From what you've told me, it's hard to tell exactly how you guys areally work sometimes.

But, it's not like it sounds that different from what I do around here. Probably more powerful though. Herbs here are limited.

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[singlehandedly]

Many people are superstitious or believe in magic where I come from, or believe in creatures of legend or religion. It seems to me that people often call things magic that they are unable to explain.

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[samantha_grey]

Perhaps, though I can assure you.

In my world, I have been to hell. Not all superstitions are false.

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[linkedtogod]

Not many different. Both require research and studying in order to applicable. I think of them as related. One difference is that magic has less boundaries than science and isn't bound to certain laws like gravity or space.

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[samantha_grey]

Oh, there's probably still rules. There's always rules. But, they might seem broader and freer from the outside. Still, there's always things that you can and can't do at certain levels of power. Fresh kids don't blot out the sun on their first days.

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[wasthemaster]

I feel like I'm obligated to answer this question despite the fact you and I have had this discussion once or twice. [Still, it's not necessarily a subject he doesn't like arguing.]

What the hell is Eridan doing?

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[samantha_grey]

[She chuckled and shook her head.]

You can if you want, but like you said, we've talked about this before. I'm interested to hear a few others.

And Ahab? Hah. Nothing. That's the damned problem. Little king of all things purple needs to get off his lazy troll ass and try to take me down again.

[Don't try to understand it, Draco. Your head will seriously hurt.]

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[redpaintednails]

Magic and science? I'm not an expert since there is no magic in our world, but I suppose it would depend on whether something can be proved or not through experimentation. If it can, it works within science; if not, people will still want a reason to believe it can work anyway!

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[samantha_grey]

mmm, depending on how you look at it, there are experiments that can be done through magic.

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[wallcrawls]

From what I can work out, the difference between magic and science is understanding. [ it's uttered with something of a shrug — as if it's something he's attempted to consider before and whilst the answer he's given is something he believes to a certain extent, he's not entirely convinced that's all there is to it. ]

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[samantha_grey]

Nice to see someone has a similar way of looking at it to me to start with. It's almost a difference of the terms, the way it's approached.

[Video] I'm trying to remember if he's already talked to her about this... because he'd remember jkd

[comeonthensexy]

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There's no difference.

[Video] I think they did a little.

[samantha_grey]

I think a bit more that way. It's more a different way of approaching it, rather than a real difference between two completely opposed things.

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[needsmoregreen]

Eh? What do you mean your ultimate downfall?! That's just mean, don't you think?!

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[samantha_grey]

The only thing mean is if the punk ignores me entirely. I'll come drag him out of Baldr by his horns and string him up on the nearest fence post!

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[ventoaureo]

[What's this? Well, his interests are now piqued by seeing this.]

One; I would find it hard for this "Eridan" figure to actually bring about your downfall. From my standpoint, it would actually be the other way around.

Two; Science and magic are two separate entities in and of themselves. One is more exploited than the other, yet magic is practiced by few, but could cure a lot more in shorter time then science ever could. All I know is; magic sure can beat the hell out of science. Tell me, when has science ever produced something that actually doesn't take centuries to benefit society, while at the same time hurting it? Same about magic.

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[samantha_grey]

Thanks, but for all of his bluster and overconfidence, he's not completely full of hot air. I wouldn't be doing this if he was that pathetic. It should be entertaining all the same.

I think, though, that you might be a bit lost at the applications level. There's an old saying where I come from that science that is sufficiently advanced is thought of as magic by primitive cultures. I think that applies a little here. [She's stirring the beaker's contents again.]

But, if you were to ask me specifically what I could do... with more power back home, an illusion could cover a whole lot of people, hide a small army or maybe make an entire place look like something else. Science, on the other hand, it's a little harder for me to guess... but I'd say communication's probably the most powerful thing I've ever seen science do. A spell could help communicate quickly but even if that's their specialty it gets draining after a while to keep it up. Knew a kid used to trade stories with a friend back in the phillipines in real time, just back and forth, back and forth. Really did make the world seem smaller.

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[fishdouche]

[Did she just... call him out in front of the entire city?

That ill-bred flap-jawed little fuckin' harpy! Who did she think she was! He'll have her fuckin' know that he's been working diligently on his stupid little powers, on getting his wand back--though he still didn't know how. But he wasn't just sitting on his backside doing nothing like she was--...

Wait.]

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[fishdouche]

[His kismesis had just called him out in front of the entire fuckin' city. It was practically swoon worthy.

Eridan's cheeks flushed a bright violet as he chewed at his bottom lip, fingers tapping at the bracelet as he tried to think of a suitable comeback.

He knew part of this was her posturing--covering for the awkwardness of their little snow-adventure. But, he hoped that part of her understood just what a gesture this was. To call him out like this--to clearly make him her center of attention. It was quite the grand statement.]