23rd Resurrection - Never Do Anything

[sanctus_dei]

[Being locked up in his house for a few days after his last regain adventure, most of his not!family are avoiding him, and the usual boring Mayfield monotony have finally overcome young Mister Crawford, as it has many times, and as it will continue to do so. Time for a call, since you should all suffer with him.]

Hnng! I can't stand this place any longer! What the hell do the rest of you troglodytes do for entertainment in this town?! I've been here for like five months already, and every day is more boring than the last. I won't believe that the rest of you all just play along with their little game, either; you don't care about your lawn, or your fake families, or your fake jobs, or golf for Christ's sake. What the hell do you DO with yourselves to keep yourself from... from being so goddamn bored all the time?!

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[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey! I need your help!

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

....for what?

[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

Magic! Meet me at the park!

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Oh Marisa, what would he do without you?]

Right now?

[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

[CONTINUE TO BE BORED]

You're not doing anything else!

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[so true!]

That's the goddamn truth. Alright, I'll meet you there.

[He'll be there in a few minutes, carrying a backpack with him. He didn't know what spells he'd need but he brought a few books just in case.]

[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

[Awesome because in this thread, we're going to pretend we know EVERYTHING about magic.]

[And Marisa is waiting with sidewalk chalk in her right hand and her left arm in a cast.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[You mean they don't?]

'The hell'd you do to your am?

[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

[By we, I mean us players lol]

I broke it!

Alright, so...I'm trying to make a spell but I can't figure out how to configure the magic circle.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Uh, sure we do! 8D]

No, I mean, how did you break it.

Hnn. Alright, what are you trying to do with it, and what do you have so far?

[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

I broke it in the fighting tournament.

Well, here's the circle for Master Spark!

[scribbling out a circle with a star in it along with heebeejeebee writing]

I'm trying to make it so instead of one big laser, it scatters like a shotgun.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Oh, that. I heard about that. Did you at least win?

[He inspects the circle. It's not exactly his area, but since this is Marisa, be brought along some books on offensive spells with him. He takes them out of the bag, and tosses her one of them.]

There might be something in one of these. Just be careful with it, alright? I don't know if it'll work on a spell where you're from, but if it were me... I'd rewrite the energy transfer. Pull it in short bursts instead of all into one. That way you might be able to control each offshoot too.

[He finds the nearest bench, sits down and begins to flip through another book.]

[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

But that would take too much concentration. In a danmaku battle, you have to dodge, shoot, and cast big spells at the same time.

[Well, OTHER CHARACTERS can do it we're looking at you Alice, but Marisa can't.]

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Hmm, you're right. Then instead of just controlling them, just make them track your target. Not as accurate, usualy, but it'll take less energy and concentration that way.

[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

Hm, I already have things that do that.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[He flips the book he's looking at around to show her a circle for an explosive fire spell.]

Something like this could work. Do you write with that arm or did you break your good one?

[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

I write with my non-broken one.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Good.

[He comes over, checking out the circle again thinking, and points to a few spots.] Replace this and this with this. [Hands her the book.] It's for an explosive scattering fire spell, but the principals seem similar. And what would it hurt to try?

[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

[cradling the book]

Ooh, I see, I see.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Are you still in this tournament? Might be good to test out there. Hell, had I know there would have been magic battles, I would have joined.

[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

Nope, I lost! But I know people who are always looking for duels!

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Hnn. Too bad. Is there a reason for this tournament? Like a prize or something?

And let me know how it works if you try it.

[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

I wonder if there was. I just wanted to fight.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Eh, no matter. What kind of prize could anyone here offer that's any good anyway?

[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

I think it was anything!

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Scoff!] What? That's impossible. How could anyone fall for something like that?

[lasersallover.livejournal.com]

Seems pretty real to me.

[austere-dust.livejournal.com]

Five months? Oh, ya poor thing.

I never 'ad a real family o' my own 'fore, so I find it all a lil' interestin'.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Feels like a goddamn eternity. Might as well be, I guess.

Honestly, as far as the fake families go, mine stays out of my hair for the most part. One barely talks and the other is always off with her boyfriend or whatever. Better than the last "wife" I had who was just completely out of her mind.

[austere-dust.livejournal.com]

I wouldn' notice.

I 'aven't met most o' mine yet. Jus' a girl wit' a funny name--The others I haven' seen yet. Bu' fake o' not, it's kinda nice.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Surprisingly, mine hasn't changed in awhile. Well we got another recently, but I... avoid her at all possible. But whatever.

You mustn't have been here long then, I'm guessing.

[austere-dust.livejournal.com]

Jus' five days.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Hnn. So are the rest of your family drones, or actual people at the moment?

[austere-dust.livejournal.com]

They look normal if that's what yer askin'. Nothin' fake like some o' the people here.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

You'll unfortunately have to put up with the drones eventually. I'm sure the town has given you a job, right?

[austere-dust.livejournal.com]

How'd ya guess?

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Adult males pretty much all have jobs. Not all, just most. Most people's jobs are pretty mismatched, too.

hnggg sorry school ate me. I hope this isn't too late!!

[not-booberry.livejournal.com]

Baking! And playing the organ! And friends!!

It's, ehh heh heh-- not that hard! Miss Grimwood always said that only borin' people get bored!

Naw, it's cool!

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

[Frooown. He's actually heard that a few times when he's whined about boredom here.]

I didn't have any problems with being bored when in my home world. But ever since I got here and am expected to play along into their little "normal" worldview.

♥

[not-booberry.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, like! That's dumb, right? This place is dumb, but there's lots of, eee hee hee-- neat people!