text | un: Rocketman

[vrepit_no]

Two questions.

1. Does anyone have any ideas about how to turn a mechanical object into one which runs on magic?

2. Would people be interested in a social media channel of videos explaining science and doing experiments to determine the differences between Earth and Avalon? Like gravity, acceleration, states of matter - things like that.

Comments

Text; un: mithrarin

[mithrarin]

I don't understand science to begin with. I'm not sure everyone does. You might need to start really simple if you want everyone on board.

[vrepit_no]

I could do that. Science is the study of the world around you through observations and experiments. There are lots of different areas, but that's the primary definition. I'm best at the physical sciences: how the universe works, the study of the stars, the building blocks of the world, what different types of natural formations can tell us about the history of the place we're in, and the combination of things to make other things.

I'd probably start with some simple things like what certain areas of science are called and what they study, so people can get an idea of what they might want to watch.

What sorts of things do you like to learn about?

[mithrarin]

How to fight better. But I know I need to understand the technology here better than I do. Falana was not anywhere near this advanced.

Also androids. I think that's the term. People who are machines, instead of flesh and blood. I want to understand that.

UN: Spacehobo

[tookashirototheknee]

YES PLEASE. I WANT IN.

I mean, can I help you with this channel? Please?

[vrepit_no]

LOL Of course! Some things can really only be done with two people. Besides, who's going to be the sun when I talk about orbits?

... what the actual heck was that misjournal, self.

[tookashirototheknee]

I'll always be your sun.

But, yes. I want in. We can be nutty professors, or something. Or I'm just your sidekick. I could handle that too.

Username: CarlosVK

[dudesbestfriend]

I've been poking a bit into making things run on magic, but I haven't come up with anything concrete yet.

It's, uh, something I was trying to work on back home, actually, but didn't get too far. Actually, there's a lot of discussion back home about the difference, or, well, non-difference between science and magic, but that's not the point here, sorry.

[vrepit_no]

Really! I'd love to compare notes. Though mostly what I have is "This doesn't run on bioelectricity or aether anymore." And I've been specifically trying to look into the difference (or not) between magic and science in Avalon, so please don't apologize.

[dudesbestfriend]

Sure! I'm always up for idea sharing.

Magic works a lot differently back home than it does here. Or, well, it seems to. At home, only certain people seem to be able to do magic. And, well, it's not exactly seen as a good thing. Fairy Godmother keeps telling everyone that it's better to do things without magic, than just magic things up.

But then again, people do use magic for big things, and don't seem to mind too much if people do use it, so it's all contradictory.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure that almost anything that can be done with magic back home can be done with science of some sort.

[TEXT] un: sparklythings

[patchricide]

1. They might have some ideas at the traders. My own quintessence technology was losing power, and they were able to modify it to tap directly into my magic instead. I cannot imagine it would be hard to replace other power sources the same way.

2. If you start this, you're getting free promotional spots on my vlog. I won't take any arguments against this.

[TEXT] un: RocketMan

[vrepit_no]

Huh! I'll definitely ask. Thanks! I really want to get this thing working again.

Haha Thanks, Allura. You don't have to, but I think you know that. It feels like more and more of a sure thing, so when we have a few episodes recorded and are ready to go live, I'll let you know. :) We appreciate the help.

text | un: claudiometer

[claudiometer]

1. Good question. I'm kinda hoping I don't have to do the same thing to my Tesla.

2. SCIENCE

[...That's probably a favorable response.]

text | un: RocketMan

[vrepit_no]

Runs on electricity? Yeah, if it doesn't plug into a wall, that might be an issue. Unless electricity is an extension of fire magic?? Maybe??

Lol Yes, science! You interested in watching or helping?

Text : Un; Caster

[colchismagecraft]

items can certainly be infused with magecraft
it was a fairly common practice in my world

im sure youll find people with similar abilities here if you needed
but that would depend on the object in question

Text : Un; RocketMan

[vrepit_no]

Hey, Caster! Good to hear from you.

I'm definitely in the market for someone who can do that - I'm just not sure how to go about searching for that. The thing is pretty special and sentimental to me as well as useful, you know? Handy.

text; un: selcouth

[sulit]

Where do we sign up for science??? Can we help???

I'm pretty sure you can make magical things with Alchemy. I've been working on infusing other kinds of magic into things as permanent enchantments. And I'm used to magic powering things in my world--or at least bringing them into existence and giving them life? But I'm not sure how to do that here.

Re: text; un: selcouth

[vrepit_no]

Haha Right here! You can sign up right here. :D You're welcome to help. I'd love to do some comparisons between different worlds' expectations and potentially comparing and contrasting magic techniques, if you know anything about that.

I don't think I'd want the item I'm working with to have life, exactly, or at least not to be sentient or sapient? The last time I saw it, it had been set up to use the wielder's excess energy or life force to power itself without harming the user and allow it to act as if it were alive. I'm not sure if that makes sense out loud rather than in my head.

text; un: smoking_bomb

[bakudan_bambino]

1. No.

2. Yes.

Text; un: RocketMan

[vrepit_no]

Short and sweet. Thanks!

Any suggestions for topics you'd like to see?

Text | un: scientistatwork

[doctorintern]

1. Some of it is trying to incorporate this world's magitech into the object. Trying to figure out what works with mechanical objects and what doesn't has been a bit of a process, though, and I'm still trying to figure it out.

2. That's actually pretty similar to my own social media channel! It's not specifically about the differences between Earth and Avalon, but I do talk about and experiment with the differences a lot.

text | un: RocketMan

[vrepit_no]

This one does have the advantage of being built to be magitech, if in a different place than this. I think it should (????) have some options for conducting magic, I'm just not sure what magic would work and how to implant a magic power source. If that's what's needed.

You really have a show? Shoot! I missed it! Are you okay with a sibling show, or would you prefer to have a monopoly on it?

text; u/n: vox_persona

[heart_demands]

1. That's a thing they can do here?

2. Our biology doesn't even work right here, so why would physics?

text; u/n: Rocketman

[vrepit_no]

1. Yes, they can. I've heard about it, and people here seem to think it's pretty common, it's just finding the right way to make it work with your personal magic.

2. I think the biology thing depends on your universe. Having magic is what I would term an evolutionary step up from where humans are back on my Earth. So the baseline for here is definitely different than a baseline at home. When you get transferred to a new place, oftentimes you wind up getting more or less translated into what would fit in within the world you're going to, in my experience.

So if the biology conforms to this world's baseline, it would be interesting to see what kind of physics baseline they have in comparison to the one I know.

[sapphirecontess]

I'm certainly working on the first one, although my success has been pretty limited. If you manage to find someone who does know I do so hope you'll share the knowledge.

[vrepit_no]

Yes, of course, Ma'am. This isn't something that should be a closely guarded secret. There are too many people who could really benefit from something like this. Do you have a preferred method of contact for when we figure it out?