You're welcome, March! I hope you had a nice belated birthday. And sure! I don't mind teaching you. Baking is essentially just alchemy with tasty results!
[Or results which won't just straight up kill you. Either way. ]
[ Oh no. The mention of that anime brings a groan out of Varian. It's a proper, long-drawn-out uuuugggghhhh sound. ]
No. It's not like that anime. Jun showed me some of that one, pretty sure because he wanted to make me mad and it's not like that. It's not magic, it's science.
[It's technically magic but he would rather drink sand than admit that, so here they are.]
I guess anything scientific can look like magic if it's advanced enough. I definitely thought Mr. Yang's black holes were a magic thing for, uh, a while.
[Just casually mentioning her father figure who can create black holes nbd nbd.]
Wait, though, so there's really no law of equivalent exchange for you?
Ugh, don't get me started. The time period I'm originally from had everyone thinking I was some kind of wizard when I'm really not.
[No. Wait. He caught that. He's- he's gotta cycle back because that's new. ]
I'm sorry. Did you say you knew someone who could create black holes?
[March???? EXPLAIN??? ]
Uhhhh no, there's not. I mean. Kaisou elemental abilities aside I had to get metal by mining and smiting it, I could just... make it form in my hand. I can now but that is magic, so it's different.
What time period are you from? Alchemy's not very advanced by my universe's standards, but then again I live on a train that travels across the stars and I know people who work on a space station.
[This is just all said so casually.]
Yeah! Mr. Welt Yang can make black holes. Well, actually he could make lots of things, but I've seen him create tiny black holes to suck up bad guys in a fight. I don't know how, though. I think he has a secret superpower that means he can make reality do whatever he wants, but he doesn't do it a lot because he's super old and he likes reality the way it is.
[No one should ask March 7th lore questions. This is a completely inaccurate assessment of Welt Yang's abilities.]
Oof, you're lucky. The anime with the blond guy went really hard on equivalent exchange.
I'm form the 1840's. So science isn't as developed as it is now. Alchemy was pretty much what we had. And yeah! I remember hearing about the train. I'm uh... not so keen on space. After... y'know. Event Horizon.
[Dying horribly in space really does ruin space for a person! As does having horrific visions brought on from a black hole really put you off black holes. He makes an uncomfortable noise for a moment, hrm. No. Doesn't like that none. ]
I don't- hm. So doesn't that uh... doesn't that super kill whoever he's attacking? That's uh- generally something people don't survive. Event Horizon withstanding. Again. How does he even do that? How does he avoid being sucked into it himself?
[He has so many questions!!! ]
Ugh yeah, don't get me started. That was... so stupid. I'm pretty sure Jun only got me to watch it so he could see how mad I got about it.
So what's different between alchemy back then and science now?
[She also winces at the memory of the Event Horizon. Yeah. Best not to think about that too much. But she does pause for a long moment, trying to think through Varian's questions.]
...it's Mr. Yang. I just kinda thought, y'know. He just...doesn't want it to happen, I guess? I mean, I've definitely seen him take things down in one hit with it, but like, not the really big threats. [A little noise in the back of her throat.] It's probably a part of his secret superpower. He makes things do what he wants them to do, and that includes his black holes. But I think you should maybe ask Dan Heng. He knew Mr. Yang longer.
[When in doubt, foist the questions off on the people who know more than she does.]
Mostly? Progress. There's a lot more that has been discovered in this time period than mine. They don't even call what I do alchemy anymore.
[They can just not think about the Event Horizon! It's totally fine!!! Varian listens to more of March's explanation and it does... literally nothing to help.]
That's- that sounds incredibly dangerous? Like... so much can go wrong with that. But sure...I can ask Dan Heng. I need to know more about that, I think.
[March is really not the lore expert here, but she's doing the best she can with what she has! Which, admittedly, is not much besides her own personal experience with Welt Yang's powers.]
I guess, but it's Mr. Yang. He's smart enough not to let things go that wrong. [Oh baby girl.] Anyway it came in useful a lot.
What was there to be angry about? I liked it! Well, I liked what I saw of it right up until... [She gets quiet and just looks away into the distance with the haunted face of someone who was utterly blindsided by what happened with the dog.]
Yes, they do. I mean, I called it science, too but... yeah alchemy as a term is basically gone.
[ And oh, how he misses that. It's sad! ]
Oh... trust me, you can be as smart as anything and things can still go wrong. That's out of our control.
[He has fucked up SO MANY TIMES. ]
Because he knew it'd irritate me with the alchemy. He did it on purpose and- [ oh. oh no he knows that face, he knows what that's about ] ...you're thinking about the dog girl, huh?
Hmm...you're right, I guess. But I think Mr. Yang's secret superpowers have it covered!
[Yeah, definitely ask Dan Heng instead. March doesn't know a lot about Welt Yang's past, and what she's guessed of it is through the lens of someone who's seen maybe a few too many movies.
Anyway, she shakes her head, more just to clear her mind of the very distressing image of poor Nina.]
Yyyyyyeah. That wasn't fair to her! She was just a sweet baby!
[ He is going to have to ask Dan Heng about this because otherwise this will keep him up at night. ]
...Admittedly, that was a very sad scene. That shouldn't have happened to her, it certainly was a solid example of forgetting ethics in science, which you should never do.
early march, voice; un: photocutie
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You're welcome, March! I hope you had a nice belated birthday. And sure! I don't mind teaching you. Baking is essentially just alchemy with tasty results!
[Or results which won't just straight up kill you. Either way. ]
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[There's a beat.]
Alchemy, like—from that one anime with the blonde guy?
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[ Oh no. The mention of that anime brings a groan out of Varian. It's a proper, long-drawn-out uuuugggghhhh sound. ]
No. It's not like that anime. Jun showed me some of that one, pretty sure because he wanted to make me mad and it's not like that. It's not magic, it's science.
[It's technically magic but he would rather drink sand than admit that, so here they are.]
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[Just casually mentioning her father figure who can create black holes nbd nbd.]
Wait, though, so there's really no law of equivalent exchange for you?
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[No. Wait. He caught that. He's- he's gotta cycle back because that's new. ]
I'm sorry. Did you say you knew someone who could create black holes?
[March???? EXPLAIN??? ]
Uhhhh no, there's not. I mean. Kaisou elemental abilities aside I had to get metal by mining and smiting it, I could just... make it form in my hand. I can now but that is magic, so it's different.
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[This is just all said so casually.]
Yeah! Mr. Welt Yang can make black holes. Well, actually he could make lots of things, but I've seen him create tiny black holes to suck up bad guys in a fight. I don't know how, though. I think he has a secret superpower that means he can make reality do whatever he wants, but he doesn't do it a lot because he's super old and he likes reality the way it is.
[No one should ask March 7th lore questions. This is a completely inaccurate assessment of Welt Yang's abilities.]
Oof, you're lucky. The anime with the blond guy went really hard on equivalent exchange.
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[Dying horribly in space really does ruin space for a person! As does having horrific visions brought on from a black hole really put you off black holes. He makes an uncomfortable noise for a moment, hrm. No. Doesn't like that none. ]
I don't- hm. So doesn't that uh... doesn't that super kill whoever he's attacking? That's uh- generally something people don't survive. Event Horizon withstanding. Again. How does he even do that? How does he avoid being sucked into it himself?
[He has so many questions!!! ]
Ugh yeah, don't get me started. That was... so stupid. I'm pretty sure Jun only got me to watch it so he could see how mad I got about it.
[ Because they flirt weird. ]
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[She also winces at the memory of the Event Horizon. Yeah. Best not to think about that too much. But she does pause for a long moment, trying to think through Varian's questions.]
...it's Mr. Yang. I just kinda thought, y'know. He just...doesn't want it to happen, I guess? I mean, I've definitely seen him take things down in one hit with it, but like, not the really big threats. [A little noise in the back of her throat.] It's probably a part of his secret superpower. He makes things do what he wants them to do, and that includes his black holes. But I think you should maybe ask Dan Heng. He knew Mr. Yang longer.
[When in doubt, foist the questions off on the people who know more than she does.]
...soooo what did you think about it?
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[They can just not think about the Event Horizon! It's totally fine!!! Varian listens to more of March's explanation and it does... literally nothing to help.]
That's- that sounds incredibly dangerous? Like... so much can go wrong with that. But sure...I can ask Dan Heng. I need to know more about that, I think.
The alchemy anime? ...I got mad about it.
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[March is really not the lore expert here, but she's doing the best she can with what she has! Which, admittedly, is not much besides her own personal experience with Welt Yang's powers.]
I guess, but it's Mr. Yang. He's smart enough not to let things go that wrong. [Oh baby girl.] Anyway it came in useful a lot.
What was there to be angry about? I liked it! Well, I liked what I saw of it right up until... [She gets quiet and just looks away into the distance with the haunted face of someone who was utterly blindsided by what happened with the dog.]
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[ And oh, how he misses that. It's sad! ]
Oh... trust me, you can be as smart as anything and things can still go wrong. That's out of our control.
[He has fucked up SO MANY TIMES. ]
Because he knew it'd irritate me with the alchemy. He did it on purpose and- [ oh. oh no he knows that face, he knows what that's about ] ...you're thinking about the dog girl, huh?
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[Yeah, definitely ask Dan Heng instead. March doesn't know a lot about Welt Yang's past, and what she's guessed of it is through the lens of someone who's seen maybe a few too many movies.
Anyway, she shakes her head, more just to clear her mind of the very distressing image of poor Nina.]
Yyyyyyeah. That wasn't fair to her! She was just a sweet baby!
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[ He is going to have to ask Dan Heng about this because otherwise this will keep him up at night. ]
...Admittedly, that was a very sad scene. That shouldn't have happened to her, it certainly was a solid example of forgetting ethics in science, which you should never do.