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'ɓเɠ ɠαყ' รσ૨εყ ([personal profile] monolike) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2018-03-17 04:00 pm

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Who: EVERYBODY
Broadcast: Maybe
Action: Lone Breaker System
When: The fleet will be in this system from 3/10 to 4/14




Welcome to the Lone Breaker System. The planet consists of a single ghost town that replenishes its stock daily, and a desert that does not. There are quite a few points of interest, no consequences, and a mystery to be investigated!

More system info is here!
tsunergy: (calm) (no the other one)

[personal profile] tsunergy 2018-05-02 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Well, for us it's just seraphic artes, nothing more. They're a versatile sort of power- different elements, different effects on the world and its people.
watermarks: (Well | I See)

[personal profile] watermarks 2018-05-03 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That... makes so much more sense than magic, really. ]

What are the different kind of elements in your world? Can a seraph be connected to more than one?

[ Clearly, she's relaxing enough to go off into a bunch of questions, so good job, invisible dude. ]
tsunergy: (smile) (i'm fine i didn't trip)

[personal profile] tsunergy 2018-05-04 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[He's noticed! And he's glad of it, because he loves sharing information.]

Seraphim are born of their elements, so they can't be connected to more than one. We can weave submissive and dominant elements into our artes, but our control is very limited.
watermarks: (Oh? | Curious | Mild Concern)

[personal profile] watermarks 2018-05-04 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...so much of that information was: Wait, what? ]

...What do you mean, 'born of your element?' and what are submissive and dominant elements?

[ She is going to have to give him a good demonstration to make up for this. ]
tsunergy: (calm) (hey sorey i discovered a thing.)

[personal profile] tsunergy 2018-05-06 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[At least it sounds like he doesn't mind?]

Well, humans are born from other humans, aren't they? Typically with seraphim, we just come into being in places where the mana of our element gathers. When the world needs a new seraph, one is "born". That's just how it works.

And submissive and dominant elements just refers to the circle of power. Water is strong against fire, so fire is the submissive. Earth is stronger than water, so it's the dominant.
Edited (I FORGOT) 2018-05-06 04:33 (UTC)
watermarks: (Just the Beginning | Coming up Roses)

[personal profile] watermarks 2018-05-06 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ginko would love this, she surprises herself by thinking, wishing intently that the mushishi was here for once not for her own sake, but for his, because he'd love to hear about this kind of ecosystem so entwined with magic and life.

And it suddenly makes her a lot more comfortable about him being invisible too - if he's so intrinsically connected to his element like this, it's almost like he's a spirit. So, that makes sense.

Also, "earth is stronger than water"? Psh, Toph wishes. ]


What's mana? And - does this mean that seraphs are part of your world's elemental balance?

[ She is clearly starting to think you're really neat. ]
tsunergy: (smile) (i'm working on a new recipe)

[personal profile] tsunergy 2018-05-07 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[He is a spirit, so.]

I suppose you could say that mana is just magic, but that's too simple. It's energy, life, the ebb and flow of a planet. I'm still young, so I can't claim to be an expert, but it's my understanding that elemental balance is an important part of how a seraph is born, and what element that seraph is born from.
watermarks: (Well | I See)

[personal profile] watermarks 2018-05-08 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
[So he wasn't just connected to his element, he was born out of it...]

So does that mean you're... almost like a part of your element? Representing it in some way?
tsunergy: (annoy) (what? i said nothing)

[personal profile] tsunergy 2018-05-08 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Not almost. We're inextricably linked to our element.

[There's a quiet huff; she's lucky it's him and not Edna trying to explain this. She'd get a whole lot of insults attached to her answers.]
watermarks: (Smile | I Am Who I Am)

[personal profile] watermarks 2018-05-08 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
...that's so cool.
tsunergy: (calm)(huh) (what? I didn't say anything)

[personal profile] tsunergy 2018-05-09 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry, what?

[Didn't expect that.]
watermarks: (Hee! | We Are Family)

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[personal profile] watermarks 2018-05-09 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That's just really cool! [Hands clasped together, giant nerd smile and everything.

SHE IS TALKING TO A REPRESENTATION OF WATER, EVERYONE!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAH!]
watermarks: (Smile | All Aglow | (older))

[personal profile] watermarks 2018-05-09 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, look, she'll explain. Unclasping her hands, she waves one through the air, gathering the moisture that remains from his exhibition earlier. She moves her hand through the air and the water separates into landmass shaped blobs. Hmm... that water was a little clear.] This worked better with tea...

[Okay, she has an idea.] On my world, there are four nations, the Earth Kingdom [its water blob turns to ice.], the Fire Nation [its water blob turns to ice.], the Southern and Northern Water Tribes [each pole turns to ice in order], and the Air Nomads who had temples in each part of the world. [She continues to have the ice hover in the air just above her extended right hand.] Each nation is intrinsically connected to its element, and there are spirits in our world too -- of the moon and ocean, of knowledge, of forests... but I've never met a spirit connected directly to an element before like you! [Sona was like and unlike this - the spirits in Luceti had always seemed to have a limited personality; they never really did anything on their own. Mikleo was a water spirit!] I think that's amazing!
Edited 2018-05-09 18:10 (UTC)
tsunergy: (huh) (lailah's pies are amazing tbh)

[personal profile] tsunergy 2018-05-10 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[O-oh goodness. Thank the Lords he's invisible, because he's as red as one can get.]

...Ah... we-well, I'm... glad you think so?

[Mostly? ANYWAY.]

Your world sounds interesting, too. I'm still very new to the concepts of human society, but I've never heard of a whole nation linked to a single element. Maybe the villages devoted to specific Lords would come close, but still, that's a stretch...
watermarks: (Smile | Pleasant Neutral)

[personal profile] watermarks 2018-05-11 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Invisible or not, Katara's not quite gone enough into fangirl-land that she can't tell that he sounds awkward. She's unapologetic about her enthusiasm, but she's willing to let it go and deal with him as a person.

With a flex of her fingers, the ice dissolves into mist. She directs a more sedate smile to the direction of his voice. ]


It doesn't sound like you mean "lord" like a ruler of a land. What do lords represent in your world?
tsunergy: (annoy) (i need another story to tell...)

[personal profile] tsunergy 2018-05-12 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Those still exist in human society, but I was referring to the Five Lords- the five most powerful seraphim known to exist, rumoured to have abilities strong enough to shape continents and oceans, and the original source of all seraphic artes. In some stories they played a role in the creation of the world itself. I guess you could say they're technically gods...

[Which is still super weird to think about considering they're still just seraphim like him, especially now that he knows the origins of Maotelus, but she doesn't need to hear about his existential crisis.]
watermarks: (Well | I See)

[personal profile] watermarks 2018-05-12 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. [She blinks and assimilates that information, but the fact that there are five super-powerful seraphs is less cool than the fact seraphs exist, and she's already geeked out over that. So she refocuses on her interests:] Does that mean there are five main elements in your world?
tsunergy: (calm) (hopefully not an actual giant dog)

[personal profile] tsunergy 2018-05-14 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
No no, just four. Water, fire, wind, earth. The fifth is Maotelus, and he has no known element. If anything, he's the seraph lord of blessings and purification.
watermarks: (Oh? | Curious | Mild Concern)

[personal profile] watermarks 2018-05-15 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Wind and not air? Weird. Wasn't wind just a form of air? But then... that was far from the weirdest element she'd heard of. ]

Oh. [ She had no idea what that meant. ] ...why does your world need purification?
tsunergy: (huh) (and then one just happened to splash...)

[personal profile] tsunergy 2018-05-15 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Ah...

[He hesitates, unsure. Explaining this part to humans always runs the risk of offending someone.]

Have you ever heard of malevolence?
watermarks: (Shruuuug?)

[personal profile] watermarks 2018-05-15 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
...probably not in the way that you mean it. In my world that's just a word that means something like 'evil intentions.'
tsunergy: (calm) (that was back in elysia of course)

[personal profile] tsunergy 2018-05-17 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, not quite. Malevolence where I'm from is more like... a negative energy that stems from contradicting feelings. It's less about being evil and more like lying to yourself. The majority of humans produce it in varying amounts, and it can cause corruption in the world around them. It's also poisonous to seraphim.
watermarks: (Concerned | Uncertain)

[personal profile] watermarks 2018-05-17 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that doesn't sound good. [She gives him a concerned look, because, yeah, most people she's met lie to themselves, human or not.]. Is that what's purified?
tsunergy: (calm)(huh) (i mean you're only human)

[personal profile] tsunergy 2018-05-21 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[YEAH THEY SURE DO KATARA]

Yes, exactly. It can be harmlessly purified before it reaches dangerous levels, but the number of people who have that power are rare. Maotelus is one of them, and he can channel that power through others. Presumably that's why he became one of the Lords.
watermarks: (Hmmm | Pensive)

[personal profile] watermarks 2018-05-22 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
...are there enough people with that ability to make it safe for you seraphs to live? Because... people lie to themselves all the time.

[And she'd hate for something to happen to a... living embodiment of water.]

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