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Feather 12 [Video]

[ Not that January 1st was actually Joshua's birthday instead of just being a handy date to roll up his age one more year, but Joshua couldn't help the feeling that somehow Johto had hatched his shiny new egg into a... well, shiny new male fox, of all things, this day on purpose.

It probably could only have been more on the mark if the thing had been some combination of grey, blue, and/or purple. ]

Since this isn't exactly the first time it seems everyone spontaneously obtained an egg all at once, I'm going to ask a different question. Do we have any idea what determines which Pokemon we each receive?

[ And if anyone happens to be in Cianwood, Joshua can be found towards the outskirts of the city, sitting sideways on an Absol, Espeon on shoulder and a newly hatched golden Vulpix on his lap, all four of them watching as a Luxray happily bounds about on the sand and knocks out any Pokemon it scares up with its antics. ]

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[...well, you asked for it...]

Well, first, it's important to note that there's a difference between true magic and magecraft. True magic is extremely rare in this day and age, and is something that goes so completely against the laws of the world that it could only be called a miracle. For example, something like time travel or traveling between worlds would be considered true magic.

Magecraft is something that is permissible within the laws of the world, but done in a far more efficient manner. For example, accelerating healing, controlling liquids... that sort of thing. It's still far beyond what can be accomplished through mundane means, of course, but it has more limits to it than true magic and is governed by a form of equivalent exchange. We mages primarily power our spells with Prana, which is magical energy primarily contained within Magic Circuits, which are contained within our souls. That isn't to say that there are no physical side-effects from using it: even relatively weak spells cause small amounts of pain, and overexertion can lead to physical exhaustion or, in some cases, death.

...That is, of course, the abridged version. It's really far more nuanced than that.

[ Indeed he did! ]

What does it take to bring about true magic, as opposed to magecraft?

An exceptionally uncommon individual, for the most part. For example, the ability to travel freely between worlds is known as Second Magic, and the only individual currently capable of it is... extremely atypical.

So it's not the sort of thing that would seem reasonable to trace to magecraft, and if it would be true magic, that's even rarer.

What about the possibility of it existing outside of even that system? As I said, it's a game in my world, and we don't even have anything like what you do.

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Well, it's not necessarily impossible that it couldn't. It does seem as though there are different magical setups in different worlds, ranging from ones that seem to have similar limitations to mine to ones that have no magic whatsoever. It's probably intimately connected to this world, unless things like this simply happen at random and no one actually remembers them.

Though far-fetched, at this point it certainly seems possible. Another question is if the fictionalization of some worlds in others is related to the phenomenon we've experienced of being thrown into another world. It might even be that because they're connected so as to be fictional, we can be brought into them.

[ He giggles. ]

Maybe in a few years' time, one of us will be stuck in the world of Mickey Mouse.

That could be it, certainly... but I rather hope that isn't the case. I've only barely become accustomed to how bizarre this world is, after all.

How long have you been here?

I'll have been here a year in April. Not as long as some people, of course, but long enough to become accustomed to this place.

I'd ask how different this place is from your own world, but I suppose that's in the eye of the beholder.

Well, it's slightly more pleasant in that there isn't tinny music playing everywhere, and there's something resembling actual transportation-to say nothing of the obvious fact that the flora and fauna are different.

[ Joshua giggles. ]

This place could certainly benefit from a good transportation system.

Still, I don't think you need to worry. With so many worlds out there, it can't be that likely that you'd wind up elsewhere after this.

It could benefit from having one to begin with, really. The fact that it doesn't is truly the most frustrating thing about this place.

...I'd contest that for the fact that there are infinite worlds out there, but I can't recall meeting anyone from a world where something similar to what is happening in this world has occurred.

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