Bishop Mingle!

[everydayhero]

Who: Everyone on the Bishop!
Broadcast: none!
Action: Bishop!
When: Anywhere from 3/15 til the end of the month!

[Welcome to the Bishop. We have rave lights.]

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[everydayhero]

Well, yeah. My brother--he's the medic on this ship--back home, he developed a robotic nurse who not only is pretty much the most revolutionary piece of tech in our world, but he can learn. Expressions, social cues, even a sense of humor; he's pretty incredible.

[look at this pride.]

And that's just the beginning of what technology and science can do. We've got phones that can connect us to our closest friends and family everywhere in the world, medical procedures that can heal new kinds of diseases every day, platforms for sharing our experiences with the whole world... Life is science; it's just... documenting how it works. So any theories of magic there are in your world, that's science, too, technically. Y'know, why certain types of magic affect things certain ways--that kind of thing counts.

[arcanepower]

[Belthazar flat out STARES because this kind of shit just Doesn't Happen on Azeroth. The robots there might have personalities, they might even snark back! But they don't... learn, not like people do.]

A nurse? Like a healer?

[He can't imagine... and yet, it'd be so helpful. He listens as Hiro goes into brief detail about what science is. It's so much more than making things and no one has ever tried to tell him that. Not until now.]

Science is documentation? [That... makes so much sense.] So you're saying that it's used to explain how things work, for when you look closely at them.

[everydayhero]

Yep.

[he closes his eyes and raises a finger, like he's noting something sagely.]

The only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down.

[arcanepower]

I never thought of what I did as science, but the lengthy papers I've written on various arcane theories would certainly qualify.

[He's... somewhat pleased. A few months ago he might've been infuriated by this argument, might've thrown a tantrum because how dare he have something in common with a human, but... curing diseases? That's relevant to his interests.

He looks down, smiles a little.]

... Perhaps I will look at some of these other textbooks after all.

[everydayhero]

Trust me, it'll be worth it. Your magic could be used as an energy source to make something run cleanly, or to keep it from breaking down... Just off the top of my head, I can tell the applications would be limitless.

[and the gears are not only turning in his head of his. the light behind his eyes says he's got an entire world building from the ground up in there.]

[arcanepower]

[Energy source. Oh, right. He looks a little startled at the reminder, and then his ears pin a little against his head.]

Yes, it can. That's the most common application of domestic spells. We have brooms that move by themselves, lanterns that follow you and cast light without a touch. And that's only a couple of examples.

But mana isn't endless. I'll need to... find some other way of getting some, because mine will deplete with the magic I use.

[everydayhero]

Oh... Do your people draw it from something specific, then?

[hiro stop prying so damn much]

[arcanepower]

[It's just history, he's not bothered.] The Sunwell. It's a fountain of mana and holy energy. It was-- destroyed for a few years, and we had to sustain ourselves without it. I remember how.

[He bites his bottom lip.]

It will not be pleasant, but I will manage.

[everydayhero]

Oh... Hey, if there's anything I can do to help, let me know. I know I'm human, but... that just means I don't know how things work for you, so if there's something I'm capable of, I'm on it.

[he can't imagine what that would be like, to lose the source of your energy like that.]

[arcanepower]

[He shakes his head fiercely and levels Hiro with a stare. It's not 'I'll set you on fire' so much as 'listen to me VERY CAREFULLY'.]

This isn't something you can help with, and I greatly discourage you from offering should you ever find yourself possessing magic.

[He leans in. Celsius ambles around in the background picking up books from the floor.]

Having your mana drained is incredibly painful. It feels like having your skin slowly peeled off while your blood boils inside your veins. You can scream, but if any of my brethren are thirsty enough, they will not care.

I am not telling you this lightly. If you have friends who can use magic, they must guard themselves from anyone who looks like I do. [A pause.] Except for Adrasteius. He would never feed on someone without their consent. But there may be other blood elves, and they should be watched carefully.

[everydayhero]

[just. this face.]

[arcanepower]

[Belth straightens up again.]

You asked, [he says quite matter-of-factly, and turns to help Celsius put a few books back on the shelf.]

[everydayhero]

... Can't... argue with you there. At least you're honest.