( after the conversation with dean, and then talking to him in his horizon, rowena certainly had a lot to think of and investigate. a magical library is certainly in her interests, particularly if there's information about the magic in this place (both the singularity and strengthening her own) so eventually she reaches out to him.
and it's a simple message written in a very neat, flowing script, a little testing of the waters before she states her real wishes )
My name is Rowena. A friend told me that you've been researching the Singularity that is here.
Hello Rowena. Yes, I have been for over two years now. I wish I could say I was an expert but there is a great deal we still don't know about it. What I can answer I'm happy to.
Then I suppose that you've answered these questions multiple times.
( in such a long space of time and with so many people coming in that time )
You are known as an expert though, at least to those less familiar with it. But let's start with one thing: whether there's a pattern to the magic that is "gifted" to the Summoned here.
Yes, I have, but I don't mind. I have a lot of information stored in my library too. I've written out the history of the Summoned in the past few years and information about living here. If you see a large lighthouse in the Horizon, that's where it is. But I'm happy to answer anything directly too, I just like the provide the resource.
A pattern, yes, in a variety of ways. It seems many of them are reflective of either the experiences we go through here or something relevant to people from home. They do seem tailor-made to the individual, it's not random. Has anyone told you about the collective vision we had in April?
Very. Earlier this year, the Singularity acted out and started causing dangerous storms. Our territories decided to force us into the crater to see if we could calm it down. We were thrown into a vision where we believed 800 years had passed and we were now native gods of this land. This is a theory some of us had, that the gods in this sphere were once Summoned like us. Through our time here and the powers that we grow, and our connection to the Singularity, it is possible that we will surpass our mortality and become something else entirely.
We all have these centuries of memories together. It's been a strange experience since returning. This vision was brought to us by one of the gods of this land who used to be a Summoned. I believe he was warning us.
We were gods by the definition of the word in this land. I wouldn't know the comparison with another sphere's version of gods, but from what I've heard, it is more power than anyone here had before. We had unlimited access to every part of this place and influence over all living beings.
We ended up being given "titles" and domains by the mortals here, similar to what the current gods have. It was reflective of perhaps what we at heart consider ourselves. I'm a scholar and consider myself that first and foremost, my domain was in forbidden knowledge.
In this vision I was a god by definition in this sphere. I believe the god was trying to communicate to us what happened to him and that it was happening to us. It remains to be seen if it was just a warning or if it was a prophecy, but it is relevant to the power that the Singularity keeps giving to us. It is modifying us.
Several magical skills that I'm aware of, it's possible I have more and have never found them. My limbs stretch extensively, I can blind people instinctively, I can memorize entire texts word for word, and most strangely, I can change the length of my hair. From our experience in April, I now have veins that glow like stars during high emotion, something that I did as a god.
I'm a mage, I'm used to magical abilities. They were strange at first, but common enough afterward.
I'd say every few months, although it is hard to tell for certain. It may be people have gained abilities and never find out because they don't know to instigate it. Mine showed accidentally.
The stretching came when I was reaching for a book on a high shelf. The blinding happened while hunting. Memorizing books just became evident as I read them. The hair I didn't control at all, it just happened. I am uncertain when exactly these skills were bestowed since they happened by happenstance. You may already have one.
In my home, I was an archaeologist studying magical stones nearly the size of the Singularity called monoliths. They were considered scarring from an incident long before in history when many spheres - worlds - crashed into each other and became one. I found out later that monoliths were in fact gates to other realms and all those worlds still existed.
When I came here, I already had background for magical objects. At the time I thought perhaps the Singularity was the same, until I found out it is in fact more of an entity with power and expression of its own. I believe it is connected to other spheres through the multiverse and has important ties we should not ignore. I think it is important to study its properties so we can understand it.
I'm afraid all I can do is study it. There are Summoned here who have managed to spiritually connect to it.
Apologies, everyone's terms are different. Witch, then.
I've done study into the rock itself and to the crater around it. The reason for that is I wished to see if it was the ground itself that killed natives, but no, it is the power emanating from the Singularity. The rock is just a visual representation, it's not in it. It's all around us. Honestly I don't think there is a way to truly understand it, because it is not anywhere close to human, it is its own species.
Why it wants to give us power and have us ascend, it's also unclear. It made a connection with each of us the moment we were captured.
From what I have been told, they don't get direct answers out of it, because it doesn't communicate like a human does. It speaks through feelings or metaphors rather than words.
I'm certain there is, but since there isn't a direct communication, it's hard to say. People do seem to have a better chance of getting answers from the gods at this point. One of them in particular, Umbvagher, has given us more information than any other.
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Date: 2024-11-10 01:12 am (UTC)and it's a simple message written in a very neat, flowing script, a little testing of the waters before she states her real wishes )
My name is Rowena. A friend told me that you've been researching the Singularity that is here.
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Date: 2024-11-10 01:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-11-10 01:24 am (UTC)( in such a long space of time and with so many people coming in that time )
You are known as an expert though, at least to those less familiar with it. But let's start with one thing: whether there's a pattern to the magic that is "gifted" to the Summoned here.
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Date: 2024-11-13 12:54 am (UTC)A pattern, yes, in a variety of ways. It seems many of them are reflective of either the experiences we go through here or something relevant to people from home. They do seem tailor-made to the individual, it's not random. Has anyone told you about the collective vision we had in April?
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Date: 2024-11-13 05:51 pm (UTC)( which may also sound like she has every intention of going. it's a library full of magic, who is she to deny that? )
They haven't. I take it that was significant?
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Date: 2024-11-13 07:35 pm (UTC)We all have these centuries of memories together. It's been a strange experience since returning. This vision was brought to us by one of the gods of this land who used to be a Summoned. I believe he was warning us.
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Date: 2024-11-13 07:46 pm (UTC)Is gaining more power really enough to become a god? Or is that just a perception of others?
( being seen as a god but you're not actually a cosmic entity. can you become that? not that she wants to be, she has god issues )
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Date: 2024-11-13 08:29 pm (UTC)We ended up being given "titles" and domains by the mortals here, similar to what the current gods have. It was reflective of perhaps what we at heart consider ourselves. I'm a scholar and consider myself that first and foremost, my domain was in forbidden knowledge.
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Date: 2024-11-13 08:41 pm (UTC)( from a scholarly perspective, she's thinking, from what he knows of that situation, what he believes and knows of magic.
but it's perhaps the last question that she'll ask on gods: she's got much better things to dip into )
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Date: 2024-11-13 08:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-11-13 09:10 pm (UTC)How much power has it given to you?
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Date: 2024-11-13 10:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-11-14 06:16 pm (UTC)( her tone suggests that's certainly not the strangest thing that he just described )
How far apart have these skills been given to you?
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Date: 2024-11-14 06:25 pm (UTC)I'd say every few months, although it is hard to tell for certain. It may be people have gained abilities and never find out because they don't know to instigate it. Mine showed accidentally.
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Date: 2024-11-14 06:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-11-14 06:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-11-14 06:35 pm (UTC)( though she has been focused on strengthening her own and... being dead had made that a focus )
Why did you choose to study the Singularity?
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Date: 2024-11-14 09:04 pm (UTC)In my home, I was an archaeologist studying magical stones nearly the size of the Singularity called monoliths. They were considered scarring from an incident long before in history when many spheres - worlds - crashed into each other and became one. I found out later that monoliths were in fact gates to other realms and all those worlds still existed.
When I came here, I already had background for magical objects. At the time I thought perhaps the Singularity was the same, until I found out it is in fact more of an entity with power and expression of its own. I believe it is connected to other spheres through the multiverse and has important ties we should not ignore. I think it is important to study its properties so we can understand it.
I'm afraid all I can do is study it. There are Summoned here who have managed to spiritually connect to it.
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Date: 2024-11-14 10:35 pm (UTC)( she's very particular about it, there's a history to it and regardless of what it's been witch is rowena )
And have you learned many of its properties?
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Date: 2024-11-14 11:14 pm (UTC)I've done study into the rock itself and to the crater around it. The reason for that is I wished to see if it was the ground itself that killed natives, but no, it is the power emanating from the Singularity. The rock is just a visual representation, it's not in it. It's all around us. Honestly I don't think there is a way to truly understand it, because it is not anywhere close to human, it is its own species.
Why it wants to give us power and have us ascend, it's also unclear. It made a connection with each of us the moment we were captured.
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