( when jayce presses the cane into his hand, matt lifts it, feeling its weight before he puts it down in front of him and sweeps it back and forth, testing it out. it's a good weight and solid. it's not exactly familiar but it's close enough and he nods.
he switches hands, testing it in both left and right before making an affirmative sound. it's good, he likes it. )
Yeah, exactly. I can use it when I'm out walking but if I'm somewhere else where it's not needed, I can fold it down, stick it my back or jacket pocket, even.
( and it did make a good weapon in a pinch. not his preference but it works. )
I don't think Cadens is as crowded as where I'm from so I shouldn't have to worry about knocking it into people as I'm outside but I need to get familiar with this place so I expect I'll be walking a lot.
I get that. It's why my family created collapsible tools in the first place, it makes things more convenient for people to use.
(Their success eventually led them to have a lesser house designation which his father was very proud about, but Jayce struggled with more considering lesser houses meant nothing in the academy. He would always be from a working family, but he made that into a successful invention too.
He watches Matt testing it out, smiling. While he is a businessman, required at times to get where he needs to be here, he is more altruistic by nature. He likes doing nice things for other people with no strings attached.)
Oh, you're from New York too, right? I think I read that on your post. I've heard about it from others, it sounds giant. The Free Cities is spread out through a few locations so the overall population is over half a million but that's not in any one city.
(Jayce has asked around, he loves going to the museum and the libraries here, so sometimes he reads about Free Cities history just because.)
Can you show me where on your body you want the full walking stick to go to? I can estimate the places it needs to fold, I want to make sure it's comfortable.
I've never heard of Hell. It's something to do with your religion?
( Piltover tends to be kind of skeptical about religion, being a purely scientific city of progress. He knows there are religions all over their world and even the Zaunites have their versions of it, but it's not something he knows anything about. He is not oblivious to the concepts of beliefs other people might not understand though. For him, that had been magic, long before anyone in his city would accept it.
On his end, Jayce puts a hand up in the air to where Matt is and does a very quick calculation, writing it down on his notebook. He draws a stick and then makes notches where he thinks it should fold. Pretty simple. )
I'll make it with strong steel so it'll be sturdy, my boyfriend had a terrible one when he got here, these aren't the easiest roads.
( He is used to sleeker floors and not so much sand, which he hates. )
I don't know if you've done magic before, but everyone has access to it here. I would recommend learning some earth-based spells, it might help you kind of visualize the ground.
( matt laughs because it feels like he's been explaining this more in this place than he has ever before. he's taken for granted that everyone knows what it is and when in a place where that isn't true, he flounders a bit. )
Basically, where I come from, there are said to be places where people go after they die. If they've been a good person, they go to a place called Heaven. And if they weren't, Hell. Can't tell you if that's true or not because I'm not dead but —
( it's what people believe. he thinks he has an idea of where he's going to go when that happens.
but, he shakes his head, dismissing those thoughts and then laughs at jayce's mention of magic. )
Never done magic before but I've heard that it's something I'll have access to. I don't know how that's going to go for me.
Oh, I see, why in the world would they call a location Hell's Kitchen in that case?
( Jayce feels like it inherently has to be rude, doesn't it? If it is a location compared to the place where bad people go when they die, yikes. He thinks there are probably versions of that mindset and religion in his world, somewhere. It's simplistic but there is a sort of sense to it. You tell people to be good and they do that for a reward in death. Jayce wishes sometimes he believed in an afterlife, if only to imagine what might happen if Viktor did leave him. Finding him again after death, it's a very alluring concept. Not one Jayce believes, but he gets it. )
There are different types of magic, I'm pretty new to it myself. The easiest kinds require you to just learn a spell and speak it enough times until it works.
( Jayce has learned many of those! He's extremely good at memorizing things so academic magic came very naturally, even if Free Cities isn't as into it as New Magic. )
You'll also get something from your first Horizon visit. Everyone comes out of it with some kind of ability, although it's not always obvious right away.
And I've already been to Horizon so I guess I should be on the lookout for that.
( matt isn't really sure how he feels about it either. he's never felt the need to be magic or learn magic or anything like it but magic seems to be all around him in here in the people that he knows and how the worlds work.
it's...strange to know that he might be involved with it sooner rather than later. he hums a bit. )
Yes, don't be surprised if you end up with several unexpected gifts. I don't think anyone knows why exactly it happens, only that sometimes we suddenly get them.
( It's magic. And the Singularity. Jayce hasn't learned of his newest ability since nothing has happened to set it off yet, but he has trained in several other spells and magic in Cadens. It's what he's always dreamed of. He assumes they might have a way for blind people to learn the same magic, but that is something Matt would have to talk to the academy or libraries about. They're very helpful. )
I came out with natural healing magic, no spell required. It is exactly what I would have asked for, so I'm not sure if the Singularity just granted my unspoken wish.
( Jayce was already interested in medicine and healing before that for Viktor, but the fact he came out of the Horizon already powered was hugely helpful. He never thought of himself as a natural healer, but now it seems he really is. And he enjoys it, it feels right, somehow.)
But you still have to put the work in to strengthen what you're given, like with any skill I guess. I've spent months practicing, now I'm pretty good at it. It's ... really beautiful, actually.
( He sounds wistful and a little bit in love, which might sound strange for something general like magic, but that's Jayce.)
It's never been something that I wanted to do because I just thought I couldn't.
( so, he'd put it out of sight, out of mind. when everything started happening in new york, he couldn't really say he didn't believe in magic but it was separate from him, something he couldn't do.
until now. even though he hasn't figured out what skills he might end up with, just being able to create things in the horizon is more than he's ever done before. )
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he switches hands, testing it in both left and right before making an affirmative sound. it's good, he likes it. )
Yeah, exactly. I can use it when I'm out walking but if I'm somewhere else where it's not needed, I can fold it down, stick it my back or jacket pocket, even.
( and it did make a good weapon in a pinch. not his preference but it works. )
I don't think Cadens is as crowded as where I'm from so I shouldn't have to worry about knocking it into people as I'm outside but I need to get familiar with this place so I expect I'll be walking a lot.
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(Their success eventually led them to have a lesser house designation which his father was very proud about, but Jayce struggled with more considering lesser houses meant nothing in the academy. He would always be from a working family, but he made that into a successful invention too.
He watches Matt testing it out, smiling. While he is a businessman, required at times to get where he needs to be here, he is more altruistic by nature. He likes doing nice things for other people with no strings attached.)
Oh, you're from New York too, right? I think I read that on your post. I've heard about it from others, it sounds giant. The Free Cities is spread out through a few locations so the overall population is over half a million but that's not in any one city.
(Jayce has asked around, he loves going to the museum and the libraries here, so sometimes he reads about Free Cities history just because.)
Can you show me where on your body you want the full walking stick to go to? I can estimate the places it needs to fold, I want to make sure it's comfortable.
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( he's had to explain that a few times already so he just makes sure to say it all up front. )
Actual Hell might not even matter to you if you're not religious. I'm still getting used to all the different worlds.
( it doesn't bother him considering new york had been invaded by aliens recently but still.
but, matt moves on from that and answers jayce's question by putting a hand around his chest. )
Right about here? I hold it and sweep it across the front of me to make sure I'm not about to hit anything in my path.
I have two characters with no concept of hell LOL
( Piltover tends to be kind of skeptical about religion, being a purely scientific city of progress. He knows there are religions all over their world and even the Zaunites have their versions of it, but it's not something he knows anything about. He is not oblivious to the concepts of beliefs other people might not understand though. For him, that had been magic, long before anyone in his city would accept it.
On his end, Jayce puts a hand up in the air to where Matt is and does a very quick calculation, writing it down on his notebook. He draws a stick and then makes notches where he thinks it should fold. Pretty simple. )
I'll make it with strong steel so it'll be sturdy, my boyfriend had a terrible one when he got here, these aren't the easiest roads.
( He is used to sleeker floors and not so much sand, which he hates. )
I don't know if you've done magic before, but everyone has access to it here. I would recommend learning some earth-based spells, it might help you kind of visualize the ground.
time to teach them both about hell lmfao
( matt laughs because it feels like he's been explaining this more in this place than he has ever before. he's taken for granted that everyone knows what it is and when in a place where that isn't true, he flounders a bit. )
Basically, where I come from, there are said to be places where people go after they die. If they've been a good person, they go to a place called Heaven. And if they weren't, Hell. Can't tell you if that's true or not because I'm not dead but —
( it's what people believe. he thinks he has an idea of where he's going to go when that happens.
but, he shakes his head, dismissing those thoughts and then laughs at jayce's mention of magic. )
Never done magic before but I've heard that it's something I'll have access to. I don't know how that's going to go for me.
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( Jayce feels like it inherently has to be rude, doesn't it? If it is a location compared to the place where bad people go when they die, yikes. He thinks there are probably versions of that mindset and religion in his world, somewhere. It's simplistic but there is a sort of sense to it. You tell people to be good and they do that for a reward in death. Jayce wishes sometimes he believed in an afterlife, if only to imagine what might happen if Viktor did leave him. Finding him again after death, it's a very alluring concept. Not one Jayce believes, but he gets it. )
There are different types of magic, I'm pretty new to it myself. The easiest kinds require you to just learn a spell and speak it enough times until it works.
( Jayce has learned many of those! He's extremely good at memorizing things so academic magic came very naturally, even if Free Cities isn't as into it as New Magic. )
You'll also get something from your first Horizon visit. Everyone comes out of it with some kind of ability, although it's not always obvious right away.
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( matt isn't really sure how he feels about it either. he's never felt the need to be magic or learn magic or anything like it but magic seems to be all around him in here in the people that he knows and how the worlds work.
it's...strange to know that he might be involved with it sooner rather than later. he hums a bit. )
You mind if I ask what you came out of it with?
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( It's magic. And the Singularity. Jayce hasn't learned of his newest ability since nothing has happened to set it off yet, but he has trained in several other spells and magic in Cadens. It's what he's always dreamed of. He assumes they might have a way for blind people to learn the same magic, but that is something Matt would have to talk to the academy or libraries about. They're very helpful. )
I came out with natural healing magic, no spell required. It is exactly what I would have asked for, so I'm not sure if the Singularity just granted my unspoken wish.
( Jayce was already interested in medicine and healing before that for Viktor, but the fact he came out of the Horizon already powered was hugely helpful. He never thought of himself as a natural healer, but now it seems he really is. And he enjoys it, it feels right, somehow.)
But you still have to put the work in to strengthen what you're given, like with any skill I guess. I've spent months practicing, now I'm pretty good at it. It's ... really beautiful, actually.
( He sounds wistful and a little bit in love, which might sound strange for something general like magic, but that's Jayce.)
I've always wanted to do magic.
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( so, he'd put it out of sight, out of mind. when everything started happening in new york, he couldn't really say he didn't believe in magic but it was separate from him, something he couldn't do.
until now. even though he hasn't figured out what skills he might end up with, just being able to create things in the horizon is more than he's ever done before. )
Magic exists where you're from?