[not again] catchall for wei wuxian

[fishingforcompliments]

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[fishingforcompliments]

[she hides a giggle behind her hand. wei wuxian sounds like exactly the sort of student that would send her brother into conniption fits.]

That must have been a very entertaining first day.

[givethemhell]

[He is the man that everyone's angry uncle warns them about (and then they marry him anyway).]

Oh, it was! It was absolutely hilarious, hah. Ah, but why don't you tell me a little bit about your world, too? Did you have any sort of schooling like that?

[fishingforcompliments]

Hmm... perhaps not precisely like that, but I am a student of the Officers Academy. I have become quite adept at combat and commanding troops since enrolling!

[givethemhell]

Ah! Impressive! What is it you're an officer for, exactly? A military?

[Flayn being a military captain wow, now there's a concept.]

[fishingforcompliments]

Most who study there go on to become knights. I do not know that I shall ever become one, but I will at least be able to follow those I care about to the field of battle should the need arise.

[She smiles.]

[givethemhell]

A valiant one! What's your combat style of choice, then? Lance, sword, bow and arrow?

[He leans forward, propping his chin up with his hand while he chats like they're just discussing the weather.]

[fishingforcompliments]

I have an aptitude for the lance, when the need to use it arises, and I have some skill with the bow. I am primarily a practitioner of white magic, however.

[She's the medic! Which probably surprises approximately no one.]

[givethemhell]

Oh!

[FLAYN IS HIS PARTY MIRROR, HE SEES, HE SEES.]

Wonderful! You should tell me a little bit about the magic in your world. I do something similar in mine.

[fishingforcompliments]

Oh, of course. Is there anything in particular you would like to know about it?

["Something similar"...]

What is it that you do?

[givethemhell]

How it works! What's the source of the energy you use? Do you channel through incantations, runes, spells?

[AS FOR HIMSELF... Well, he doesn't know it's going to be written on his profile but he knows some people here already tie his name to demonic cultivation, SO:]

I'm a cultivator! I work with resentful energy, personally.

[fishingforcompliments]

Hmm... spells, I suppose. Some have more of an aptitude for using magic than others - there are some scholars who believe it is hereditary, and runs in our blood.

[...huh. Resentful energy...]

How do you make use of such energy?

[givethemhell]

Mm! There's speculation like that where I come from, too - that only cultivation families have what it takes to form a golden core. Some are more apt than others with that, too.

[A little nod! As for RESENTFUL ENERGY:]

The way you would any other sort of energy, really! You just have to take care to, ah, cleanse yourself and what you work with. It can be a lot if you aren't used to dealing with it or don't have a strong tolerance.

[fishingforcompliments]

...what would happen if you did not cleanse yourself?

[givethemhell]

Bad things. [WELP.] Probably exactly what you'd expect to happen to someone who's steeped in negative energy?

[fishingforcompliments]

[She thinks about it, and...]

Ah... I can imagine.

[givethemhell]

[There's a little huff of a laugh, though it's not amused so much as just. Reflexive.]

Cleansing is important, and so are grounding techniques, but as long as you take care it can be used the same as any other energy.

[fishingforcompliments]

I see... whoever figured that out must be very resourceful indeed!

[givethemhell]

Hah, why let energy go to waste and all, right?

[He IS resourceful, thanks for the unintentional compliment Flayn!]

Do spells run on energy in your world too?

[fishingforcompliments]

[thinking... god, why does fire emblem not go into much detail about magic besides "it exists and you can use it if your character is in the right class"]

I believe so, yes, though I am not certain that it draws on particular types of energy. A magician would exhaust all their strength if they cast spells one after another and would eventually find themselves unable to continue doing so, but after some time to rest, would be able to do so again.

So it does sound like some manner of energy is involved...

[givethemhell]

[i am so sorry for cursing you britt,]

Mm! It sounds a lot like the use of qi, where I come from. An internal source of energy that you can use to do more traditional cultivation.

[fishingforcompliments]

[no you aren't.]

...I wonder! Does that mean that someone who could use magic from my world would be able to become a cultivator in yours?

[givethemhell]

[FOR THIS PARTICULAR CURSE I AM, I PLAYED FROM PH I KNOW THIS PAIN]

Could very well be possible! Though a key component of cultivating is a golden core, and it's said only those from cultivation families or with a history of cultivation somewhere in their bloodline has what it takes to form that.

[fishingforcompliments]

[okay that's fair]

A... golden core? [Flayn puts a hand over her heart, looking thoughtful.] What is that?

[givethemhell]

Ah, goodness, I'm terrible at explaining this. [He tried for like 10 minutes with Natalie but maybe it'll be easier with Flayn since she comes from a world with magic...

He pats his solar plexus!]

A golden core forms right here! I've described it as something similar to an organ, since it circulates qi through your body in the same way a heart circulates your blood. It's a tangible, physical thing, but doesn't entirely follow the laws of regular physics, since it was created from qi in the first place.

[fishingforcompliments]

[stares at his solar plexus

stares at his face]

...so do you have one of those, then? Since you are a cultivator?