driftfleet | (001)

Who: katsa & you
Broadcast: fleetwide
Action: marsiva hospitality deck
When: now

—think you can do this to me again after all this time, but you can take your blazing courts and shards and shove it up your—

[ There's an audible thud as Katsa kicks a cot in front of her, bumping the bed a few feet and skewing it sideways into one nearby. Her rather angry string of anger cuts through the faint tinkling of bland, simple music in the background.

She certainly doesn't look like someone who'd be suited for an adventure in space, dressed in ragtag leather and furs that look as though she's thrown them together herself from a variety of dead animals. She also doesn't seem to be aware that anyone might be watching her; or perhaps it's more than she doesn't particularly care, for she scrubs the back of her hand across her eyes and scowls through what is very obviously only a half-hearted attempt at holding back tears. ]

You don't need me here. You can dress this up all you like—I don't have to do this. Whatever's outside that window, I shouldn't be the only one who gets to see it.

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I didn't mean any people. I meant—oh, forget it.

I'm sure there are plenty, but I've yet to see a single person with my own eyes. Which is how it should work, but apparently this—this magic nonsense means no one acts like anyone should.

Oh, this isn't magic. Take it from me. ♥

But, that's okay, you'll be moved to a new place full of people after a few days! Think of it as being moved to a new prison cell from solitary confinement.

[She's helping.]

I see why they send you out to greet newcomers.

[ Katsa's just. Going to ignore that, mostly. ]

It must be magic. I've seen magic. How else do you explain being able to communicate with someone like this, voices and faces shown instantly no matter how far away? That's how it was before. Preposterous as it is to say magic, it must be.

No one sent me, I sent myself!

[yeah, good call.]

It's just technology. Magic would be a lot more elegant about it, you know? This is just modern technology, like a phone.

[ Katsa crosses her arms over chest and would have just given a blank stare as a response if she hadn't remembered that the person talking to her can't see her. She has absolutely no idea what a phone is. ]

It's all the same. I've seen magic. I wouldn't call it elegant.

Eh, how rude, to say that to a Caster! You just haven't seen the right kinds of magic, then.

I've seen plenty of magic. Too much magic. I've even used magic. [ Bizarre as that is. ] I'd still not choose "elegant."

Like I said, then you've seen and used the wrong magic. Mine is cute and elegant, thank you very much!

Sure. It's elegant. [ It's very clear Katsa's just saying this to placate her. ] Magic is magic. It all allows you to do something impossible. What makes it wrong?

By not being elegant, of course. There's as many methods of magecraft as stars in the sky, but some of them are much better than others!

It all amounts to the same thing in the end. Some might be better at doing certain things than others, perhaps, or prefer different kinds of magic. Some might use it for unpleasant things, or to exert their own power. What do you mean by methods?

Things like alchemy, or the notarikon, or numerology, or transmutation of materials, or projection, or recreation of miracles... The way to achieve magecraft, of course. It's not all so simple as waving a wand!

But, I suppose it's too much for someone who doesn't seem to care for magic very much.

[ This seems like an insult. Katsa ignores it. ]

I've never heard of any of that.

[ Of course her brief study in magic years ago was limited, but still. ]

Well, of course. Are you a magus?

[It's... probably not intentionally insulting, anyway. Probably.]

I've used magic, if that's what you mean.

[ A long time ago. Often still disgruntled about the thought of magic. And not in her own world. But nonetheless. ]

Edited 2016-08-29 13:13 (UTC)

Now that was an unexpected answer... What kind?

[She still just seems amused.]

[ Katsa squints. She still doesn't get this concept of kinds of magic. It's really all the same. ]

I could summon fire with my fingertips and make it do what I wished without getting burned. I could use the shard... [ She touches her chest and wonders, still frowning, whatever happened to that. ] A jewel that was somehow inside my chest, to enhance my natural capabilities. Perhaps at one point there was more, but that's the short of it.

Edited 2016-08-30 15:29 (UTC)

[Well, her surprise is audible at that.]

Shard? Ah, wait a moment. Are you from that 'Drabwurld' place too?

[ Surprise is met with surprise. ]

Yes. Well, not from there, but I spent years of my life there some time ago, if that's what you mean.

Well, that's close enough! That's the same as my Master.

[... which isn't a weird thing to say, not at all.]

Your—excuse me?

[ The phrase my Master sounds rather unfortunate to Katsa, and it catches her off guard—but there's something else about it that also, in the context of the Drabwurld, seems strangely familiar.

She's just a bit too caught up in her surprise at the word. ]

Ah... Would it be easier to understand if I said my husband?

[i'm so sorry, katsa.]

I'm only more concerned that you mean both to be the same person.

[ like, legitimately concerned. ]

If that's the problem, then just blame the quality of the translation.

[leave the fourth wall alone, caster.]

Besides, they're different titles for different things! Anyway, do you think you might know her?

Her? [ now this is just getting really confusing. halp ] What—or who—in the name of blazes are you talking about?

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