Plan A-1 :: Text

[touma_h_norstein]

Hello, everyone. My name is Touma H. Norstein, and despite my initial doubts, it seems that everything here is legitimate. This is, however, outside my usual area of expertise, and suffice it to say, I'm wondering how I should go about acclimating myself to my new surroundings.

I'm told I'm a "Meister", and suffice it to say, it seems as though my best course of action is to work with the powers-that-be here and learn how to hone these abilities I've been given. Back home, I am both a scientist and a doctor, and I know this place does allow you to approach these phenomena academically...

I suppose, ultimately, the question I'm asking is...

Where do I start?

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[touma_h_norstein]

On what principle do the supernatural forces of this world operate? What natural laws are they associated with?

[dysfunctions]

Magic.

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[touma_h_norstein]

...

Seriously. That's all you have to tell me?

[dysfunctions]

Because that's what it is.

[touma_h_norstein]

... Then clearly, "magic" must have its own sets of laws and principles...

[dysfunctions]

Sort of. Did you have any specific area that you wanted to start in?

[touma_h_norstein]

Well, I suppose... I should ask how you define what a soul is. What are its properties?

[dysfunctions]

I'll give you three.

One: the animating and vital principle in humans, credited with the faculties of thought, action, and emotion and often conceived as an immaterial entity.

Two: The spiritual nature of humans, regarded as immortal, separable from the body at death, and susceptible to happiness or misery in a future state.

Three: The disembodied spirit of a dead entity.

[Cranking his screw now.]

There is a fourth - 'a human' - but that is philosophically problematic.

Questions before we talk properties?

[touma_h_norstein]

No, I think I follow you.

And I'm thankful to finally reach something academic.

[dysfunctions]

"Academic" is also a matter of perspective. Magic, for us, is a part of what is "academic" in our world - it's simply a field that we are not as well-versed in as the witches are, since it's one of the things that define them.

[Dropping his hand again, pillowing his arms once more on his chair.]

A soul possesses great energy: it powers the body in as much as a body's physical organs do. It embodies one's will, and everything that one has become. Remove the soul, and you remove the very thing that makes a living creature what it is.

That is the energy that Meisters and Weapons channel. That is also the energy that fuels kishin.

[touma_h_norstein]

I see... I apologize if I've been slow or obstinate about this, by the way. This is just so far out of my field of knowledge that it's very off-putting.

[dysfunctions]

What do you specialize in, back in your world?

[touma_h_norstein]

Medicine, technology, and interdimensional physics.

[dysfunctions]

Mm, pretty basic beyond the interdimensional physics. I'm curious to know what you think of what BREW is doing here.

[touma_h_norstein]

I assure you, what I've worked with is far from "basic."

And I'd have to know more about what the BREW is before I could even begin to answer that.

[dysfunctions]

We might have a viewing of BREW sometime. If we do, come and see it for yourself.

[touma_h_norstein]

I think I shall. Thank you, sir.

[dysfunctions]

Got any other questions?

[touma_h_norstein]

I... think I have enough for now.

Thank you for all your help, sir.

[dysfunctions]

[Nods.]

Don't think too hard.