thusia | (no subject)

[Is totally cool with the humming!

In fact, she's coming over to sit and get a better look.]

*nods distractedly to her, working on separating the wings and laying them neatly out on ice*

[Interestinggggg...]

Is this a task or personal curiosity?

The latter. There's some potential in these creatures.

I don't recall seeing a live one before.

[Writing for most of the day.]

They were in the common area downstairs, trying to break the windows.

--Indoors?

How did they enter?

Any number of ways, I'd expect. The floors above or below would be most likely.

[Noticing the claw on its tail]

Is that tail prehensile?

Yes, it was using it as a hammer, more or less.

Interesting.

What were you thinking of doing with them?

Saving them for future need, most likely. They'll freeze well.

[Like eating them?]

I'm not sure I follow.

[Which very rarely happens.]

Some of them will make trade goods for the gods, in case I should find myself in need. Others will doubtless be used when I rebuild them into constructs.

[nodding at the first part, then--]

Constructs?

Necromantic, yes.

How does that work?

I assume you don't want the technical explanation; in basic terms, I'm capable of animating constructs of bone and flesh, once I build them.

I wouldn't mind a technical one, but at the very least, I'd need a general understanding of necromancy for it to make any sense.

We don't have that where I come from.

Necromancy is the direction and manipulation of the Essence whose qualities and aspects form the Underworld, or the world of the dead; one might call it magic, though the term isn't precisely accurate and apparently implies a nonexistent lack of rigor. Through it, one can, among a number of other uses, restore animation to dead flesh and bone, whether temporary or permanent.

So, what are the characteristics of magic, like that of say, Tohsaka-san?

Without having studied her particular style, I can at least say that it draws on the Essence of the living world, rather than the world of the dead. I imagine it's somewhat more versatile at the cost of a certain degree of specialization, but she and I haven't thoroughly compared our metaphysics yet.

I'd like to be informed of that, if possible.

A slight tangent: how would compare your world to Thusia? Skill limitations aside.

[Today is all the questions day, apparently. :|b]

We'll see.

*a-amused*

Well, to begin with, the human race is not extinct, and most of it is quite civilized.

[Th-- there's a rather legitimate reason for it. Really.]

. . . I see.