TP - PERIDOT DORM 1.0

[impacter]

If any of the Peridots die, we shall make a new dorm PC (unless the dead, idk, become ghosts or something).

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[noellemadic]

...I guess you're right. As much as I hate to take that stuff as a firm truth, I'll try to for the time being.

[She's not happy about it, but she will try!

Oh hey...she raises her head a little]

I just realized, you're the guy with the weird grave I checked earlier.

[impacter]

Ah! You finally put it together!

[Yippee!]

Are you still mad at me?

[noellemadic]

Yeah, fuck you.

[Not even a stutter of hesitation. She held back in the forum by saying 'screw' because she assumes others can read it, but now that they're in person she just said fuck even though Ainosuke and Pinocchio and Zelos are right over there.

She doesn't seem particularly mad, though, she's just being a teenager, hah]

But I found you. You owe me answers.

[impacter]

Ahahah - sorry, sorry. I didn't want to feed the gossip pool that is our "student body". The forum felt like a bad place to continue.

[Since he's long since returned with the water pitcher, she's being poured a glass. Hydrate, girlypop.]

So! What were your questions?

[noellemadic]

[Noelle holds the water instead of drinking. Smooth, Noelle]

Like I was asking before you fled...'elemental and summoning arts'? What's the deal with that?

[impacter]

No "deal", actually. It's just magic.

[Said as though that's a very simple answer.]

[noellemadic]

You can't just say 'it's magic' and think that explains everything to someone who doesn't know magic.

[Solomon please]

[impacter]

Well, it's not as though I can prove I'm telling the truth while I'm here, right?

[Little miss skeptic over here.]

"Elemental arts" means using elemental spirits and energies for different sorts of means, such as spells. "Summoning arts" means calling on a spirit, entity, or other creature, usually to use them for a task.

[noellemadic]

Ah. I have seen something like that, but it wasn't considered magic.

[It was parahuman powers, after all. But the ones she knows do it in a veeeery small scale]

[impacter]

Mm?

What would you call them, then?

[noellemadic]

They're called Masters. They summon or create lifeforms, or they just control existing ones.

[In terms of classification, Noelle Meindhart/Echidna is a Master, given her ability. Her threat rating in that classification is 10, because yeah]

[impacter]

Ahh, I see.! [Uh oh, you've got him interested now.]

Is it something you learn how to do, or something you're born with?

[noellemadic]

I'm no expert, but... [She tries to remember the details she knows from osmosis] If two parahumans have a kid, it likely will be a parahuman too, even if the powers may be different to the parents'.

But for most, they gain the powers in moments of great distress, so...it isn't something you learn. It's more something you unlock. Then it's up to you to hone it.

[Oh! Maybe she should add...]

A parahuman is someone with powers. There's a whole system of classification, and Master is one of the many categories. Parahumans are rare, about a few dozens people in any big city.

[But the numbers sure pile up when you consider the national and global scale!]

[impacter]

...I can't imagine the shock it must be to have powers you don't understand come to you so suddenly. It must be rather frightening.

[There's a tinge of something hard to place in how he says that. Sympathy, perhaps.]

How are they treated?