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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.

Comments

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[redpaintednails]

Oh? Reminds me of what the runes boy told me... It does sound interesting, though! How could it be done?

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[samantha_grey]

Depends on the magic. Alchemy like this? It works a lot like chemistry. Mix and match, test the results. Change the variables, check the results. It's like having a chemistry set, only with different rules.

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[redpaintednails]

It's a little strange, but it makes sense when you explain it like that! It's almost like magic and science aren't that far away from each other, one could say...

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[samantha_grey]

That's the general idea. They don't work with the same rules, but I think part of that is because neither actually knows all the rules yet. It's just a different approach. Different concerns.

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[redpaintednails]

One has faith in what we don't know and cannot explain. The other has faith in what we can see with our own eyes. Yes, I think I understand it. Now to see how to make them get closer, I suppose? Or would that destroy the charm of what makes magic exist?

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[samantha_grey]

hehe, if you really believe that a scientist can see a thing with their own eye, ask one of them about what they call a "STM" machine. I heard about those once. Supposed to map atoms. Definitely can't see them.

But yes, you've kind of got the idea.