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Both? either? I'm open. Depends on your comfort level.

Interesting. I can already see some crossover. Our schools are:
abjuration - shields and protective magic
conjuration - producing something tangible or useful out of magic, like items or energy
divination - for gathering information, mostly
enchantment - imbuing magic into people or items
evocation - calling and controlling magic as raw power
illusion - name says it all
necromancy - manipulation of the energy of life and death
transmutation - transforming the properties of creatures or objects

So I recognize conjuration, obviously, but it has nothing to do with healing (that's cleric evocation usually). thaumaturgy for us is a spell, not a specialization. Funny how some words can be the same but mean something totally different across other worlds. I noticed that the last time I did this whole world travel thing.

Soul crystals remind me of our spell scrolls, except a much speedier version. More permanent, too, but with the same basic concept. Sounds useful as hell.

Emet-Selch. Doesn't ring a bell, but I'll remember it. No worries, this is just between us. I'm more interested in the soul stuff, personally.

The mental-lock shit can work for a while, I totally get that. Can bite you in the ass later, though. There's probably a better way if things start to bleed over, but I can't really say what that would be, yet. If you're worried at all, I can do some research.

As I've no control over it it would be quite difficult to demonstrate, but were there a way I would not be opposed.

We have some forms of enchantment, though it is less its own discipline and more a concept applied throughout various others.

Necromancy exists, but is taboo and most oft considered a branch of Thaumaturgy or Black Magic.

I actually have a soul crystal with me. My Soul of the Dark Knight... Which I suppose relates to locking things away.

These repressed thoughts and feelings are sent to what is referred to as the 'Abyss' within me, giving life to and fueling my Darkside. My Darkside is its own entity. They have two forms, and can create a simulacrum of themself to fight by my side.

One form is Fray, the previous holder of my soul crystal, though they are not truly him. They acted as my teacher and guide to the Dark Arts in the beginning.

The other is Esteem, who is my doppelganger when they take physical form. Esteem appears less frequently.

Neither are 'evil', nor 'bad'. They love me and seek nothing more than to protect me and those I care for.

Gotcha. Well, that's life. I'm long past the point of getting fussy when I can't have what I want.

Interestingly enough, a few healing spells are categorized as necromancy. for the most part it delves into the death side of things, so it does still get a lot of side-eye. I have no problem with it, personally- it has its uses.

Dark Knight sounds pretty heavy. Compartmentalizing is all well and good, but on top of the rest, oh man. No idea how you keep all that stuff straight in your noggin, it sounds exhausting.

So that's the simulacrum you mentioned earlier? Sounds useful as hell, especially to have a choice of two on demand like that. I know of a similar spell in our schools of magic, but the cost is pretty high, both for material components and power.

Visions of the past tend to strike at either the most opportune or most inopportune moments possible, though also tend to provide very useful insight.

It is quite easy — while my Darkside is me, they do not feel like me. What they feel is all their own. But yes, they are the simulacrum I mentioned, though I haven't really a choice between them. Fray is who appears when I summon my Darkside, and who most frequently appears when I am in need, for they — he — is still my mentor in some ways. Esteem appears whenever it best suits them, though will occasionally come when I call for them outside of combat.

The cost is a portion of my aether, of which I have ample supply, even with this place having reduced my reserves considerably. I can sustain a simulacrum for a handful of weeks, and that simulacrum can then create much shorter-lived simulacrums... Though that is a situation that has happened only once, and it was under unique circumstances. I had experienced a surge of anguish whilst holding my Soul of the Dark Knight, and the result was said emotion stealing a portion of aether from me and giving itself physical form. I hadn't the faintest idea that he had been of me, not merely a living orphan.

In theory a mental instability could cause another such occurrence, though it is not something that concerns me. Fray offers me protection.

if it happens at inopportune moments, I hope there's a way to control it. you seem pretty in-touch with your abilities otherwise but something like that could def get you killed if it happens at the wrong time, yeah? or with the wrong person

So you can kinda have a simulacrum nesting-doll situation... nice. our version is permanent until dispelled or killed, but the cost is so high most people don't bother unless they're highly-paid casters. Or I guess if they find a convenient spell scroll for it. I've never cast that one myself, never really had the need. having a twin's enough double for me.

the orphan thing sounds trippy though. is there a way to tell a simulacrum from a regular person?

While the Echo was not the cause, something similar happened at the worst possible moment with the worst possible person. I was lucky in that a friend jumped in and saved me, but it is troubling to think it could happen again with a vision.

You are a twin? My little siblings are twins.

Not so far as I'm aware. I imagine one with soul- or aether-sense would be able to tell the difference right away, but not even Fray was aware of it until some time had passed. Perhaps one day I could bring my Darkside forth and you could see for yourself.

Yeah, might want to look into that while you're thinking about the other stuff. Inconvenience aside, might be bad for you to get visions of shit you'd rather not see.

He's in town, keep an eye out for the very fashionable wizard hats. we're identical so you can't miss him.

If you're cool with that, sure. Show me that dark side girl, haha

(Seriously though I love seeing new magic, I'm all for it.)

I doubt I will remember any of this when I return home, but it cannot hurt to try.

Alphinaud and Alisaie are identical as well, to such a degree they're often mistaken for each other, though I've never confused them. I miss them a great deal.

I am fine with it. They say they are 'not some frivolous party trick', however I know they would agree to it if I asked.

Ah yeah that's the downside of places like this. Definitely a trend of forgetting as soon as you get back... sucks, but what can you do. At least it might help here?

Taako & I've been confused for each other plenty, but it's fun to play along for kicks, so I don't mind. Caught a few people here already!

Such helpful and obedient simulacrums. Looking forward to meeting them, then!

This is not the first 'other' universe I have been to. I do not miss it, but I miss the mentor I had there. She trained me in modern sciences and medicine, never judging me for what I did not know. She simply made sure I would no longer be ignorant, and that I worked hard to earn my knowledge.

I am glad I haven't forgotten that, here.

Taako? He is the one that hides behind the guise of an irreverent imbecile, correct?

They are the one and the same, Fray and Esteem; two sides of a coin. A single simulacrum, though they are both different. The one you will likely meet will be Esteem.

Yeah same here. Well, not the teacher stuff. Technically on the other side I was the teaching one... I have been to another magical jamjar like this, though. There's a few of us here from the same one actually.

Hah, nailed it! You saw through that huh? He loves to play up the stupid. Sometimes it's real, though, so the trick is knowing when he's being a dingo and when he's just being Taako.

Esteem, then, got it. I'll remember.

Magical jamjar? That sounds much more pleasant than Deerington. People often died or were killed in horrific ways, to such an extent that significant research was put into analyzing the side-effects of each subsequent death.

I do miss having wilderness to roam through, and a garden, a forge and proper resources, my Chocobo, and things to hunt and kill. This city is so confining and restrictive. We are prisoners, and to gain more freedom we must pay with our bodies. It is disgusting in a far more insidious way. I much prefer monsters.

I'm not sure what I think of your brother, though he has a good heart. When offering input on identifying my feelings, he brought up the concern that it may be an unhealthy relationship, and perhaps it would be better to focus on myself first.

He was wrong of course, but the thought was appreciated all the same.

Oh, don't get me wrong, plenty of people died in the fleet too. We travelled from planet to planet and a good half of them were pretty garbo. Not all, mind you, but enough. Monsters, bandits, cannibals...

I hear you on the constricting thing. I've seen worse, but it's still not great. Played the long game enough times that I just keep myself busy and try not to overthink it.

Nice, that's actually more than most people get out of him. He's a better guy than he lets people see, though, it just takes a while for him to let you in. Try to be patient with him, okay? But don't let him get away with too much either, he's a total asshole when he feels like it.

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