Invasion of the Anzens

[tailsofwoe]

Who: Some Anzens & you
When: July 29
Where: Dorms
What: just friendly people being good neighbors
Warnings: N/A

[ Knock knock, open up, there is some number of Anzens at your door.

A pretty lady in sky blue smiles and waves. ]

Good evening. Hopefully this isn't a bad time? Enough time has passed that we figured it was a good idea to check in and make proper introductions.

You'll have to forgive the lack of housewarming gift. We're a bit shorthanded at the moment, which I'm sure you can relate to.

[ From behind her peers a perfectly average guy with tousled hair dressed in sky blue slacks. He gives a friendly wave! ]

We did think about it, though.

[ GIVE BROWNIE POINTS ]

Comments

[ordimame]

[. . . ?]

Aren't science and magic two different things?

[bowtiedbones]

Sure? Technically? Math and science are two different things too, but like you’re not going to do chemistry without equations.

[ordimame]

. . . point taken! I guess I never thought about magic that way. . .?

[because it doesn't exist where he comes from]

Not that I ever had any reason to before now.

[bowtiedbones]

If I get my abilities back, I can show you a demonstration later. Like a lot of people know how to reheat coffee, right? It's an easy sigil to put on a coaster. But do it wrong and you'll flash-boil it!

[ordimame]

[. . . well. he already got a demonstration from Styx so. . .]

Oh-- sure. What better way is there to learn than to witness something firsthand?

[he will lose his mind when it happens, but. . . perhaps less than he did when he saw Styx summon his weapon]

[bowtiedbones]

[apologies in advance for the day she gets any one of her dragon ghosts back]

Right? Learning by example.

[ordimame]

[THERE WILL BE NO MENTALLY PREPARING HIMSELF FOR THAT ONE]

What made you want to learn magic in the first place?

[bowtiedbones]

I just thought it was cool. I wanted to be a beastmaster when I was little, but then I got into dragons and all the biggest and coolest dragons were extinct. So... necromancy!

[ordimame]

[. . . valid!]

What kind of jobs does a necromancer usually take?

[bowtiedbones]

Well for me, I'm a scientist. I work with paleontologists and zoologists. But I know others who are in like, the veterinary or medical fields too. For most mages necromancy's not like, the full-time part of their job, but it helps if you're doing anything with bodies. Or preservation!

There's also a bunch of theoretical necromancers, but they're mostly just annoying.

[ordimame]

[huh. . . huh! her world is nothing like what he was imagining (he was imagining high fantasy with wizards in gray robes and fairies)]

What's the difference between a theoretically necromancer and an actual necromancer??

[bowtiedbones]

The difference is that I actually do necromancy. They write books and snippy "reviews" in the journals.

[ordimame]

. . . how can you "review" something if you're not even an expert in it! Shams, the lot of them.

[at least. he thinks so]

[bowtiedbones]

Total shams! They're so stuffy! Don't tell me how to write my arrays when you're not the ones standing in them for seven hours!