[open] march catchall

[techmaturgy]

Who: Viktor and special guests and YOU
When: throughout March
Where: Cadens, the Horizon
What: open stuff, closed stuff, general nerdery, horizon visits, whatever I WANT
Warnings: the usual references to terminal illness, will list additional warnings as needed.

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[carmesi]

In part? I am. There isn't exactly much for me to return to.

[or at all, if she thinks about it, but removing herself from her own planet earth doesn't mean that she can extricate the pain that comes from grieving her loved ones away; they are all certainly dead, and nothing will change that. there is perhaps an ounce of hope that perhaps vision or pietro may show up one day—like many of the already-dead summoned—but knowing her luck in this universe.

it's probably best to not put her hopes on that.]

Though I suppose, much like yourself, I was in the middle of some studying to implement later. I am at a loss here without my — book. [a sigh] Not that I've given up. Solvunn is just lacking as opposed to Thorne, I've been told.

[techmaturgy]

That seems to be the case for a handful of us.

[Though, Viktor doesn't necessarily count himself in that number. He'd like to go home--he'd like to live long enough to go home, but that's why finding a way back isn't a priority. He needs to figure out how to save himself, first, and then he can worry about reverse-engineering the mage's ritual.]

Your book? [Probably easier to talk about than some of the other things they've all left behind, and he understands the frustration of comprehensive resources being strewn across the factions, because they all prioritize different things.] For your magic?

[carmesi]

Yes.

[quite simply put—]

It was given to me by another witch. Details a lot of useful information. I told you before that I didn't know my powers were considered 'magic', so it's the way I was working on understanding them.

[a light smile]

I imagine I can try and learn from those here instead.

[techmaturgy]

Yes, I remember.

[Having that torn away from her, well. He's sure it's frustrating, and not unlike what he's experiencing, with the Hexcore. The difference is that he'll be able to retrace his own steps.]

Have you tried to recreate it here? It's not perfect, but I've found the Horizon has a way of...filling in the blanks.

[He gestures to the books around them--he certainly didn't recall them all word for word, but so he'd allowed the powers here to draw from his own knowledge base, and iterate accordingly. Don't ask him to explain how it works. Maybe it's just his subconscious mind.]

[carmesi]

[recreate the darkhold? yes, that much has crossed her mind. however—]

It is a magical book. I would only be able to recreate its design, not its contents.

[if only she could describe it to viktor, the way the content burnt on the pages as her eyes roamed over them, seemingly wanting to show her what she wanted to read—what she needed to read. magical artifacts are entirely out of her scope at the time being, especially considering that the darkhold draws its content from a chasm in her universe.

surely it would not be able to connect to the dark dimension?

hm.

she takes another sip of her tea, and concludes:]

It is not a normal book.

[techmaturgy]

Ah. Yes. That does complicate things.

[He gets it. He's still feeling out the rules of this place, and had been expecting limits. It's not surprising that an item with magical powers might find itself in conflict with the equally-magic Singularity.]

But, to my understanding, there are very few limits, here. This might be a valuable place to practice what you do know, at least.

[With no fear of property damage. That's mostly what he's doing.]

[carmesi]

[she raises an eyebrow at his suggestion, and the laugh that escapes her isn't so much a slight at him as it is just thinking of how absurd her circumstances are.

wanda waves a hand as if to dispel any misunderstanding.]

I fear to practice what I want could prove a little too dangerous.

[her smile is sincere. to use her chaos magic, recreate the hex in some capacity—she never wants to lose control of her powers like that again, and her goals require a little more universe-bending work than otherwise.]

It's not that simple, unfortunately.

[—but, that's a lot about her:] What is your world like?

[techmaturgy]

There's no danger here.

[Of course, he has no real idea of what she might want to do, nor does he know what might happen if someone infringes on someone else's domain or otherwise damages it. Viktor sees only possibility, with the added advantage of being able to piece everything back together with the power of his mind, in the event of disaster.

She says it's not simple, so he offers a shrug, conceding the point. She knows her magic much better than he does, after all, and it doesn't surprise him that she might not want to share, opting to train the conversation back on him, instead. He's not opposed, necessarily, but he does seem to take a moment to consider where he wants to start.]

Piltover. [No sense in going through the entire geography of Runeterra--he'll keep things local.] They call it the City of Progress. As you might imagine, we're at the forefront of scientific innovation on the continent.

[He should sound proud of this, maybe, but for some reason he can't seem to muster it.]