Second Investigation

[parasomniacs]

Week 2

Friday

[ You've all done pretty well this week thus far -- this time no one has even seemed to outwardly give the motive much of a blink or two. Given that this has been the case, it probably ran through everyone's minds that no one this week would bother to commit an additional murder based upon motive, especially since it had been already filled with the sea of three bodies added to the pile. Besides, who would kill for something like Power anyway? Psh.

... It wasn't like people had killed their own best friends for power or accidentally unleashed monstrous abominations in their quest for power, right?

Anyway.

As morning dawns once again and people get up...at around 5-6 am or so, for the early risers they may find something quickly, although whether that somethingis something pleasant is another thing entirely. ]

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[respring]

[ She's quiet for a moment. ]

The motive...was getting back our powers, right? My magic doesn't have many practical applications, so even if I was willing to kill someone to get it back, it wouldn't be very useful, here.

[ ............ ]

And I really don't have the stomach to cut someone up like that, for what it's worth. [ She looked like she was going to barf just digging through the bloody trash bag, tbh. ]

[lienhearts]

[Hm.]

Could you explain your magic a little more? I don't know much about the stuff, so even if you say something like that, it doesn't mean much to me.

[respring]

It's called Imaginary Numbers, which...is a little complicated if you aren't familiar with system of magic my world uses, but I'll try my best to make it clear.

I can manipulate matter made out of ether in place of manipulating the other four elements--fire, water, wind, and earth. Ether is a form of artificial magic energy, and it can't attain a real physical form. But spirit beings can use ether to materialize in the physical world, it's what their bodies are made out of. So, in short, I can harm spirits and other immaterial beings. It's mostly useless against anything not made of ether...most living people.

[ ... ]

I-I can also perform regular magic, but I don't have any proper training, so I can't fight with it.

[lienhearts]

...?

[Yeah, that sounds pretty darn weird, but okay.]

What does 'regular' magic look like?

[respring]

It's very broad. It depends what the magus in particular specializes in. My older sister, she uses the five elements, for example.

[lienhearts]

Assuming I’ve never seen magic before in my life, how would you describe it?

[…Ah, well, it’s close enough.]