notaccurate | 7rings - PCs with Mollymauk

[He did immediately just zigzag away from that question, yeah. As for whether or not he'll get an honest answer . . . maybe eventually? Who's to say.]

Mm, not sure! I've always got my chest, but, surely have to save that for something special. Then my legs, not much on there as of now. Plenty of canvas to work with.

You have a suggestion?

[Time to speedrun some Molly CR.]

Your chest should absolutely be saved for something special. As for the legs...actually, if you draw a sfeer pattern so that it circles around your leg that might be interesting. Picking the right one would be the challenge there.

[And since he's sure nobody elseknows about sfeer theory, he'll take his hands off of Molly's back to lean into him and drape his arms over Mollly's shoulders. Then he forms a circle with his thumbs and index fingers, which he holds up in front of Molly for the man to see.

He could have moved to be in front of Molly, but this lets them be pressed closely for a bit. And Luca likes even nonsexual touching.]

Sfeer patterns are what help maintain a sfeer's shape. Someone can possibly make a sfeer without the patterns, but it is a lot harder to do spontaneously as opposed to with sfeer patterns. They form circular shapes, and the placing of all the lines and patterns indicates what you are trying to do with your sfeer. Some let you make fire, others control the wind, and still others can freeze or influence people.

It's one of the more difficult branches of science, but it's well worth the effort to memorize the chalk patterns.

[Speedrunning Molly isn't that hard, he likes people and he especially likes this nerdass little speech he just got, even though he's got a deeply blank expression (Luca probably can't see it, but it would give the impression of someone who's really struggling to activate their brain cell) until he hits the part about making fire and what not! Because, oh! Duh. He knows what magic is.]

Ah, so you're a wizard?

Well. That isn't the word I would use for it, but people who don't know sfeer theory have made the comparison before.

[Normally the wizard comment would annoy him, but Luca's being charitable here because other worlds here.]

It's not a magic 'do-all'. Sfeer theory is more of a science than magic, truthfully. If you understand the mechanics behind it, then the inputs and outputs are all very predictable. Fire is made by speeding up the movement of molecules to the point where they ignite, for example. Wind is made by changing the air pressure in the area around oneself to influence where the air molecules move to...

[He will. Ramble on about this for a while if he's not stopped. Pretend it's science talk I never got past high school biology.]

[While Luca is being a big ol' nerd, Molly will just lean back into him and get comfortable? Might as well. He doesn't mind someone rambling at him but this is well and truly beyond him because the wizard boy is now just talking about doing wizard things and he's daydreaming patterns in chalk.

Eventually, after he keeps going, Molly will occasionally give him a mhm or a huh as you do in polite conversation.]

. . . Sometimes I simply think the right thoughts and make a few hand gestures and people do as I like.

[If Molly is leaning back against him, then Luca will slip his arms around Molly's waist loosely to hold onto him.]

Oh? It works with hand gestures and thoughts for you?

[He's assuming Molly is talking about magic too.]

[Is he talking about magic?]

Most of the time. Sometimes it backfires. People can tell when you're manipulating them.

[also:]

And they tend to be pissed once the hour is up.

I would expect them to be pissed, yes. Though you must be quite strong, if you can maintain control for an hour like that.

[Luca might be more worried if he didn't know powers were off.]

[Molly just hems and haws a bit, concentrating more on the snuggling than actually explaining how his magic works.]

Control makes it sound more powerful than it is. It's influence, mostly. Makes people more amenable.

[Luca hums thoughtfully at that.]

Influence sounds different from what we do. With sfeer theory, you can control the actions one does, but it doesn't affect their mind. They are fully aware of what is going on and can actually fight back against the effects. It's a matter of which willpower is stronger as to who wins that fight.

Edited 2021-02-11 16:07 (UTC)

[luca: i'm not a wizard!! i'm not a wizard!!!!
luca: also describes a wizard spell

Molly just twists to look up at him a bit, grinning.]

Is that what you do?

[GLANCING AWAY]

Sometimes someone tries to punch you and you have to encourage their fist to go somewhere that is not your face.

[ ehehe ]

Now that I understand. Been in that situation myself too many times to count.

You really should be careful, your face is too pretty to get punched.

[This is also Luca's problem.]

I can take a few blows. I suppose it is my job.

[He'll gesture to some of the scars across his chest, up his neck.]

I do prefer my face be left alone, though.

Exactly. Injuries can happen elsewhere, but a face is one of the most important features on a man. How you look can affect your life in ways you never would have imagined.

[He. Might be speaking from experience.]

I have some idea.

[bro he looks like a demon and just goes around looking like this. Just. Reaching up with his tail to lightly thwack Luca in the side of the head.]

[He is hit! And he blinks for a moment before peering over at Molly.]

You mean people from your home don't all look like you?

[He. Was assuming everyone looked like Molly and wasn't going to comment on his looks because das rood.]

Certainly not. For one, I'm much prettier.

[Actually it's nice to be assumed to be normal for a moment, anyway. Going back to relaxing, though he is laughing to himself a bit at this point.]

But no, we're rather rare, actually.

I suppose it is unfair to expect everyone to be as attractive as you.

[He's. Not the best at actual heartfelt talks or anything, but he can use his flirting powers to make it clear he still thinks Molly is attractive. Purple and horny (literally) included.]

So if your people are rather rare, what is more common? Humans?

[That's fine, he isn't great at them either, so just flirting through it is a perfectly valid option.]

Humans, yes. Then halflings, half-elves . . . whole elves. The lizard folk. Orcs and their kin. Somewhat surprising to learn there's places with nothing but humans.

That sounds like quite a collection.

[He doesn't know half of them. Luca doesn't know a fantasy world. But he's assuming Molly is being truthful.]

My world is one of those, we only have humans. And while humans can be quite varied in appearance, it's likely nothing compared to what you can see.

[Mollymauk? Lying? Why. He'd never. He does seem to be relatively upfront about this, however. The tail winds around Luca's arm though, because Molly thinks he's not being paid enough attention to at the moment.]

But you do have magic - or, what was it? Spheres? So at least there's some color to it.

[Oh, hello tail! That certainly is interesting. Luca reaches over with his other hand to touch the end of the tail, as he wants to see what it feels like. He didn't pay too much attention to it the last time he was this physically close to Molly.]

It's more of a science, but it is similar to your magic, yes. And it's about the only interesting thing to come out of my world, which is why I study it.

[Just skin. Or rather leathery skin. The end is spade-shaped, like a devil.]

Nothing else interesting at all? Then good thing you're here.

(no subject)

notaccurate - 2021-02-12 20:30 (UTC) - Expand